Howitt a w (33 Ergebnisse)

1967, South Pacific, Anthropological Publications, The Netherlands, 372 p., goos paperback, paper cover is no longer glued to spine, has penciled underlining and marginal notes, war the property of George Stocking.

Large 8vo, 88pp. + appendices. Original b/w wrappers, slightly edgeworn, rubbed and discoloured. Several in-text diagramatic illustrations, in addition to appendicia comprising b/w geologica strata diagrams, mineralogical illustrations and a b/w map of the Swift's Creek region. A very good to near-fine copy.…

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. pp.797-824. c.22.5cm. Extracted from the Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883, and inserted into paper covered boards over cloth spine. Paper label to upper cover. A good clean copy. (Note: Greenway 4785. 'Bibiiography of the Australian Aborigines' has incorrect pagination. It is as above).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Sociological discussion of Australian aboriginal tribal composition. Scarce. 28pp, tables in text. Tan cloth rebind, fine cond.

Zustand: New. pp. 843.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Zustand: Good +. (&) Some New Britain Customs. (&) On some Ceremonies of the Central Australian Tribes. (&) Maternal Descent in the Salic Law. (&) On Some Native Trade Centres (abstract). (&) The Annual Harvest Festival in Kiriwina, British New Guinea (abstract). Extracted from: Proceedings of the Anthropological Institute, ca. mid 1880's. pp305-330, b&w tables in text, stapled. …

Paperback. Zustand: Good +. Extracted from: Journal of the Anthropological Institute, Nov. 1886. pp311-344, b&w tables in text.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.

Paperback. Zustand: VERY GOOD. Revised Edition. 252pp. Sewn binding in original printed wraps; spine ends perished, taped at front hinge, owner's name to half-title, extensive pen and colored pencil annotations to the Gaebelein and Scofield chapters.

, xix, [1], 835 pages, 6 double-sided map plates with titles Reprint , slight curling of upper cover, slight crease to foredge of half-title, in very good condition , colour illustrated laminated covers with colour titles 22 x 13.5 cms Paperback ISBN: 0855752750.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Zustand: New. pp. xix + 272 Illus., Maps.

Zustand: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | A Visit to Lake Nigothoruk and the Mount Wellington District, Gippsland is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.…

104pp. 8vo. Original stapled wrappers, B/w illustrations, folding maps. A very good copy.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Natural Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific | Policy and Governance | Caroline Brassard (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Disaster Risk Reduction | xxiv | Englisch | 2016 | Springer | EAN 9784431561996 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - A. W. Howitt's classic two-volume study, first published in 1904, investigates the organisation, practices and customs of the indigenous peoples he encountered during his forty years exploring Australia. He describes how he made 'close and friendly contact' with tribes who were, in his words, in a condition of 'complete savagery'. Howitt achieved considerable status among the Aborigines, and was even permitted to witness some of their sacred ceremonies. Focusing particularly on the social organisation of the tribes, their kinship systems and marriage rules, his book is a captivating account of a now-vanished civilisation.…

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. illustrated edition. 550 pages. 10.00x7.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Cloth. Zustand: Good Only. First edition. The first edition of a collection of much-loved ballads from celebrated poets, brought to life by beautiful colour illustrations. The delightful first edition of A Book of Favourite Modern Ballads: Choice Pictures and Choice Poems by various celebrated poets including William Wordsworth, Mary Howitt and Alfred Lord Tennyson. Published by Ward, Lock, and Tyler in 1865.In the publisher's red decorative cloth, with a frontispiece of The Old Green Lane. Contains all twenty-three beautiful colour illustrations, all printed and engraved by Edmund Evans. Collated complete.This charming collection of ballads is the product of brilliant collaboration between the artists and Edmund Evans, as these celebrated poems are masterfully brought to life with beautiful illustrations. In the publisher's red decorative cloth. Externally, very smart. Minor bumping to head and tail of the spine, and the occasional small sign of rubbing to boards. End papers are bright and clean. Internally, a number of loose leaves, including pp.1-4, 19-20, 43-44, 49-50 and 57-60. Signs of wear to hinges on other leaves. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot to the occasional leaf leaves pp.2-3 and pp.42-43, heavier spotting to leaves pp.4-5. A faint large mark to center of p.65. Good Only. C.W. Cope, George H. Thomas, Edward Duncan, Birket Foster, Harrison Weir, William Harvey, George Dodgson and A. Solomon (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Rebacked with most of original cloth spine laid down. 1/2" loss of cloth at corners of boards. Later endpapers. Some foxing. A couple of rubber stamps on front fly leaf and title page: "Reg.-Gen's Office 6 Jun 99".; lii, 1161 pages + 36 plates (including maps, several folding). Rebacked with most of original cloth spine laid down. Page dimensions: 214 x 135mm. Various contributors. Geology, mineralogy, ornithology, zoology, ethnology and anthropology. Includes "Notes on some Superstitions and Customs of the Maori" by Elsdon Best on pages 768-777. "The Geographical Knowledge of the Polynesians" by S. Percy Smith on pages 801-816 + folding chart reproducing a French map of the Tahitian Islands, "Copied from De Quartrefages Repduction of Forster's Map". "The Life History of a Savage" by Rev. George Brown on pages 778-790. Brown's paper is on "a man born in a part of the New Britain Group, situate in about 4 S. lat. and 153 E. long. His parents were members of one branch of the great Papuan family and had their home in the midst of a dense bush - not far from the beach, however, for all the coast natives live in dread of the bushmen." Also includes the paper "On the Origin of the Aborigines of Tasmania and Australia" by A. W. Howitt on pages 723-758 + 1 full page map.; 8vo.…

Ex library, first edition, scruffy but sound, small quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt necklance motif to front board, xix + 819pp, illus + folding maps, VG- (usu library markings, moderately heavy tanning to page edges, some foxing to prelims & terminals, owner's name in ink to title page, some sellotape-residue staining, light fraying to spine extrems & sides, ding to rear board upper edge, patch of dampstaining to edge of several pages).…

Zustand: Good. 1880. First ed. Original cloth.three small stickers to spine. Some pages uncut. Cloth is dust soiled, especially on back board. Contents clean, map intact. For further description or pictures please message us. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. 70 pages. Features: Lovely colour ad for British Consols cigarettes inside front cover; Nice Birks-sponsored ad for Challenger Watches features photo of British film star Anna Neagle; Editorial - Money and the Christmas Spirit - an argument for people to spend liberally; Should Canada Increase Her Navy? - an urgent plea for greater protection of our merchant ships; Rah, Rah, Russia! - America's communist "Commonwealth College" (near Mena, Arksnsas) - article with photos, including Dr. Lucien Koch; Nice one-page colour ad for Good Year studded tires shows car plowing through mud; When That Day Comes (short story); Peaking Under the Mat - wrestler Norton B. Jackson reveals some piquant secrets behind the groans and grimaces of a gay and goofy game; The Fourth Bride (short story); For the Ladies - with content and photo of Belinda Jelliffe; He Learned About Women (short story); Glimpses of the Canadian Scene; Music in His Feet (part 1 of 2); Nice one-page two-colour ad for Philip Morris cigarettes; Fantastic two-colour centerfold ad for the line of 1937 Chevrolet cars includes eight illustrations; Underworld Nights - new revelations from Mildred Harris and "Cokey" Flo who helped clinch the case against "Lucky" Luciano; Wise Virgin (part 2); Thank-you, Thank-you, So Much! - a chronicle of the storm-tossed way of a maid at 17; More Private Flying - article on the future of aviation with photo of Eugene L. Vidal; Fantastic one-page colour ad for Sheaffer's Lifetime Feathertouch pen; Paul H. Wendel Tells All - "My 44 days of kidnapping, torture and hell in the Lindbergh case" - article with photos (part 4); Handsome colour one-page ad for the 1937 Ford V-8; Lovely Christmas-themed colour ad for Arrow Shirts inside back cover; Classy colour ad for Community Plate cutlery on back cover. Front cover nearly detached due to nibbling along coverfold, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Howitt, John Newton (Cover); Booth, Sewell; Fisk, Harry T.; Swain, Frank; Green, Bert; Jay; McGraw, Edgar; Goodwin, Frank (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Melbourne, George Robertson, 1880. Octavo, [viii], 372 pages with numerous genealogical tables plus a two-colour folding map frontispiece. Brown sand-grain cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, sides panelled in blind; covers a little bumped and very slightly worn at the extremities; spine a little sunned; binding canted and a little shaken; a few later leaves marked and opened a little roughly at the top edge; a few other minor signs of age and handling; a very good copy. A foundational work of Australian anthropology, concentrating on the Gunai / Kurnai people of Gippsland and the Gamilaraay of New South Wales and southern Queensland. Provenance: Fred C. Smith, with his large pictorial bookplate on the front free endpaper (the design by Douglas Norman features Aboriginal artefacts and weapons).…