Search Results: Anthropology from Collettes Books

Copy in Good condition with tight binding and unmarked text. Report on the economy and material culture of the "bush Negroes" of Suriname (per subtitle). Vol. 26 of this important journal from the Dresden State Museum of Ethnology. Some edge wear, rubs, and sunning to covers; light toning to pages. Uncommon in the US. Text in German. Printed tan wraps (softcover), 181 pp, 28 pls. [z1]

1st Ed. (1942) in Fair condition with clean, unmarked text. Primary wear is rippling and dampstains to covers and pages--does not affect readability of contents. Also some edge wear and rubs to covers, light sunning to margins. A suitable reading copy, and a bit uncommon as a First. Brief study of anthropometry of a Polynesian group from the Pukapuka atolls (Danger Island), "based upon data collected by Ernest and Pearl Beaglehole." Printed gray wraps (softcover), pp 141-169, 23.5 cm. [z2]

Uncommon 1st Ed. (1918) in Fair condition with clean, unmarked text. Pages are uncut, suggesting that this copy was unread. Obvious wear to covers, which are beginning to detach from textblock. Also open and closed tears, chips, and general edge wear and rubbing to covers, sunning to margins. Split along over half of spine, light toning to pages. Suitable as a reading copy. Brief report based on an investigation of a shell mound along the Indian River, with thoughts on local chronology. Printed tan wrappers (softcover), pp 75-103, 7 figs, 24 cm. [z1-2]

Uncommon copy of 1st Ed. (1928) in Good condition with tight binding and unmarked text. Pages are unopened (uncut), suggesting that this copy is unread. Some edge wear and rubs to covers, open tear to foot of back adjacent spine (see photos), wear to foot of spine, light sunning to cover margins. Short report on a statistical method for correcting for dimensions of artificially deformed skulls in Indigenous populations. Printed gray wraps (softcover), 38 pp, 24.5 cm. [z2+]

Uncommon 1st Ed. (1908) in Fair condition with unmarked text. Pages are unopened, suggesting that this copy was unread. Front cover has detached from textblock, and back cover nearly so. General edge wear, chips, rubs, small tears to covers and spine. Loss and tears along spine. Pages are clean and fairly bright given age. A suitable reading copy. Discusses "measurements made upon casts of the hard palate in living subjects" to address "variations in the hard palate and states of feeble-mindedness." Printed gray wraps (softcover), pp 283-350, 8 figs, 24.5 cm. [z1]

Uncommon 1st Ed. (1921) in Fair condition with clean, unmarked pages. Some pages are unopened (uncut), suggesting that this copy is unread. Edge wear/chips, rubs, and sunning to covers; lower half of spine is split and detached from staple binding; dampstaining and light rippling from moisture to upper fore portions of all pages. Suitable as a reading copy. Printed gray wraps (softcover), pp 451-527, 1 fig. in text, 24 cm. [z1/y1]

Good hardcover with no dust jacket (possibly as issued). Copy has tight, square binding. Some highlighting, primarily in two chapters. Light edge wear and rubbing to covers, front free endpaper is a bit creased, slight bow to boards. Still a solid, readable copy. Edited volume with nine papers. Hardcover. [z2]

Ex-library copy of 1st Edition (1932) in Good condition with tight binding and unmarked text. Softcover that has been rebound in hardcover library (buckram) binding. Has usual library stamps and stickers to spine, back cover, textblock edges, front pastedown, and some pages. Also some edge wear and rubbing to covers, spine slant, discard stamp on top textblock edge, small tape repair to title page, light creases/tears to a few pages. While clearly showing library use, still a solid, very readable reference. 216 pp, illus, 23 cm. [z2]