Search Results: Anthropology from Rose's Books, IOBA

New York, NY: Atheneum, 1961. Book. Illus. by Ardrey, Berdine. Near Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Atheneum, 1961. First American edition. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and lime green lines embossed on spine, gilt lettering on front board, olive green textured endpapers, illustrated throughout, text block upper edge stained pink, 380 pp. This book is at once the story of an unprecedented search and a story of man that has never before been told. It is shocking in that it challenges assumptions of human uniqueness that color every segment of modern thought and every aspect of our daily lives. Yet, it is a remarkably satisfying book, for it reveals the personality of man not as some fragile accident, mundane or divine, but as a dynamic expression of the history of all living things. Beautifully illustrated and includes a fold-out drawing of "The Last Five Hundred Million Years: The Emergence of Complex Life".… Read More

New York: Henry Holt, 2008. Book club edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 288 pp. Acclaimed as "extraordinary" (New York Times) and "a classic" (Los Angeles Times), The Big Necessity explores a subject we'd prefer not to talk about it, but should; disease spread by waste kills more people worldwide every year than any other single cause of death. Moving from the underground sewers of Paris, London, and New York (an infrastructure disaster waiting to happen) to an Indian slum where ten toilets are shared by 60,000 people, Rose George breaks the silence, revealing everything that matters about how people do and don't deal with their own waste. New in new dust jacket.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo.

New York: Henry Holt, 2008. Book. New. Hardcover. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo. Book club edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 288 pp. Acclaimed as "extraordinary" (New York Times) and "a classic" (Los Angeles Times), The Big Necessity explores a subject we'd prefer not to talk about it, but should; disease spread by waste kills more people worldwide every year than any other single cause of death. Moving from the underground sewers of Paris, London, and New York (an infrastructure disaster waiting to happen) to an Indian slum where ten toilets are shared by 60,000 people, Rose George breaks the silence, revealing everything that matters about how people do and don't deal with their own waste. New in new dust jacket..

New York, NY: Pantheon, 1968. Book. Very Good. Quarter Cloth. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Pantheon, 1968. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over blue boards with gilt and silver lettering embossed on spine and gilt decoration embossed on front board, green top edge on text block, rough cut pages, 201 pp. Dust jacket has slight discolorations, mostly on back, crease on front flap. Bindings are faded top and bottom. Appears gently read. Very good in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932. Ex-Library. Good. Cloth. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam. First edition, third printing. Ex-library with library binding on spine and cloth tape repairs to hinges. 8vo. Cloth binding, 281 pp. 41 illustrations and some period dialogue: Good.

Garden City, NY: Natural History Press, Double Day & Company, Inc., 1970. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Garden City, NY: Natural History Press, Double Day & Company, Inc., 1970. First edition. 8vo. Cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine and attractive gold end papers. Appears unread. Today, because the whole world is caught in the same electronically produced, intercommunicating network, youth have an experience that their elders never had. They face a new era. From her knowledge of societies throughout the world, Margaret Mead explains how this lonely generation differs from those in the past and why an unprecedented generation gap must be acknowledged by old and young alike before communication can begin. Fine in fine dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

Garden City, NY: Natural History Press, Double Day & Company, Inc., 1970. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Garden City, NY: Natural History Press, Double Day & Company, Inc., 1970. First edition. 8vo. Cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine and attractive gold end papers. Appears unread. Today, because the whole world is caught in the same electronically produced, intercommunicating network, youth have an experience that their elders never had. They face a new era. From her knowledge of societies throughout the world, Margaret Mead explains how this lonely generation differs from those in the past and why an unprecedented generation gap must be acknowledged by old and young alike before communication can begin. Fine in fine dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1973. Book. Fine. Cloth. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1973. Second edition. 8vo. Cloth with gilt and blue lettering on spine, illustrated with diagrams and graphs, 370 pp. Appears to be unread. Bold, urgent, essentially disturbing, often entertaining, Encounter with Anthropology is at once an introduction to anthropology, an account of a personal odyssey and a call to action. Robin Fox, one of the most powerful anthropologists of the postwar generation, ransacks his own experience to show both the range and potential of the discipline and its inherent weaknesses. But we are also shown the ruthlessly professional side of anthropology, so obsessed with field work and obsolete ideology that it is failing in its task of exploring human nature. Price clipped dust jacket, else near fine. Fine with very good dust jacket; protected by a mylar cover..

New Haven: Yale University, 1922. Book. Good. Cloth. Early Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Haven, Yale University, 1922. First edition, second printing. 8vo. Green silk with gilt lettering on spine, illustrated in black and white throughout, 202 pp. A fascinating and comprehensive look at the evolution of early man, accompanied by 27 plates/illustrations. Rare! Two small tears at top of spine (1/8"), shelf-wear on edges of bindings, fabric at top of rear board punctured in tiny areas (1/8" or less), text block is clean and sharp, appears unread. Good condition..

Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1987. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stanford, California, Stanford University Press, 1987. First edition. 8vo. Cloth with black and white illustrations, 360 pp. Appears to be unread. By combining an original thesis and representative body of ethnographic, ethnohistoric, and archaeological data, this ambitious work seeks to describe and explain the evolution of human societies- from scattered family groups through local polities to the onset of industrialization. Near fine with near fine dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

New York: Crossroad, 1992. New York: Crossroad, 1992. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 357 pp. New in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo.

New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Harper & Row, 1964. First edition. 8vo. Dark blue cloth with silver lettering and bronze decoration embossed on spine and front board, endpapers decorated with maps, illustrated in black and white, 296 pp. Dust jacket slightly rubbed. Former owner name, bindings slightly faded at extremities. Very good in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. First edition. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering embossed on spine, 64 pages of black and white photographs, 465 pp. Millions of us glimpsed the Tasaday on television or read tantalizing but incomplete accounts of them in the press, causing people around the world as ask about their safety. Here is the first book that tells the story of these gentle, loving and beautiful people. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

New York: George Braziller Inc, 1960. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Braziller, 1960. First edition, stated first printing. Two-tone cloth binding, 630 pp. Edgewear to botto of dustjacket, a few small chips, scuffing. A fascinating anthology of writings on anthropology, many not commonly available. Near fine in very good dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover..

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1954. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Harper & Brothers, 1954. First edition. 8vo. Black cloth with white lettering on spine, decorated gray endpapers portraying a map of Indonesia, illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, rough-cut pages, 263 pp. Here is a personal record of adventurous fact finding that provides a broad and fascinating introduction to Indonesia and its growing role in today's world. Writing on endpaper, brief underlining on three pages, some shelf-wear on dust jacket, but overall a nice, solid book. Very good in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover. A must-have for anyone interested in Indonesia!.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin, 2005. First edition. 8vo. Dark brown quarter cloth over rich, tomato-orange boards with gilt lettering on spine, light brown endpapers, 260 pp. The western Amazon is the last frontier, as wild a west as Earth has ever known. For 30 years David Campbell has been exploring this lush wilderness. In this account he travels to the town of Cruzeiro do Sul, 2800 miles from the mouth of the Amazon, to collect three old friends: Arito, a caiman hunter turned paleontologist; Tarzan, a street urchin brought up in a bordello; and Pimentel, a master canoe pilot. They travel together even farther into the rainforest, set up camp, and survey every living woody plant in a land so rich that an area of less than 50 acres contains three times as many tree species as all of North America. Campbell knows the trees individually, has watched them grow from seedling to death. He also knows the people of the Amazon, and introduces us to two remarkable women:… Read More

New York, NY: G.P. Putman's Sons, 1972. New York, NY, G.P. Putman's Sons, 1972. First American edition. 4to. Black cloth with gilt lettering embossed on spine, profusely illustrated in color and black and white throughout, 432 pp. Dust jacket price clipped. Very good in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York, NY: Greenwillow Books, 1976. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). Third Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Greenwillow, 1976. Third edition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. Brown cloth with black lettering embossed onto spine and front board, illustrated with a map and black and white drawings, 118 pp. Set against the spare, keen beauty of the Kalahari desert with its endless expanses of sand and thorn veld, the tale of Skankwan depicts the life of an extraordinary people and evokes the special relationship of the Bushmen to their harsh environment and the many creatures that share it. Near fine in a good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

New York: Macmillan, 1959. New York: Macmillan, 1959. First abridged edition by Gordon Rattray Taylor. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 451 pp. The Mothers was written as an attempt to explode the fallacy, propounded by Westermarck and others, that lifelong monogramy was the normal pattern of marriage throughout human society, polygamy representing a degeneration from the original monogramic pattern. Through his study of the history of marriage, Briffault provided evidence that women were socially predominant across cultures and across ages. This is an abridgment of the original 3-volume set. Price-clipped dust jacket, light soiling. Near fine in very good dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.. First Abridged Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Macmillan, 1927. New York: Macmillan, 1927. 3 volumes. 4to. First edition. Uniform dark blue cloth binding, titles in gilt. 781, 789, 841 pp. with cumulative index. Minor rubbing to extremities, very shallow chipping to top of spine on one volume. No writing inside. Hinges sound. Fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to..