Ethnology from Focloir

China slmk Schram, Louis, 1883- The Monguors of the Kansu-Tibetan border. Their origin, history, and social organization. With an introduction by Owen Lattimore. (Series: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society; New series., volume 44, pt. 1). Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1954-61, 138 pages, illus, maps. Large format paperback, (measures 9" x 12") minor shelf wear. Good copy.$25.00 Box 5678 Summary: The… Read more about this item

Mongolia hjas1952. Antoine Mostaert, Francis Woodman Cleaves. 'Trois documents mongols des Archives secretes vaticanes'.Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Volume 15, December 1952, pages 419 to 506, bib. Inscribed by Cleaves on the front cover panel to a friend, a professor of Chinese studies. Offprint of an article, paperbound. Good, clean copy. $12.50 Box 12

Amerchama Excavations in the Chama Valley, New Mexico, by J.A. Jeancon. [Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 81.]. Washington, DC, 1923, 89 pages, illustrations, maps.good to veery good copy of hardcover.

Australia pspp Porteus, Stanley D. 1883-.The psychology of a primitive people : a study of the Australian aborigine London : E. Arnold, 1931, xv, 438 p., 48 leaves of plates : ill. bibliographical references and index. Some light fading to cover, good, clen, tight copy of an interesting study

Irish in America bjsn Bourke, John Gregory, 1846-1896. The snake dance of the Moquis of Arizona. (Series: A Rio Grande classic). [Chicago]: [Rio Grande Press], [1962], xvi, 271 pages, index, plates. Very good copy of the reproduction of the 1884 edition, published by Scribner, New York. $20.00 Box 2027 A 19th century Army officer and ethnologist relates his… Read more about this item

Tibet nwro Nebesky-Wojkowitz, René de. Oracles and demons of Tibet: the cult and iconography of the Tibetan protective deities. Kathmandu: Tiwari's Pilgrims Book House, 1996, xiv, 666 p, indexes, illus. Very good, clean tight copy in good dust jacket. This work was reprinted by various Indian and Nepalese publishers but all share the same dust jacket, probably shared the same… Read more about this item

Ancient world 1407re Wolfram, Herwig. History of the Goths. Completely Revised from the Second German Edition. Translated by Thomas J. Dunlap. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988, 613 pages, maps, notes, bib, index. Fine in fine dust jacket, very bright well-made book. (German title: Geschichte der Goten). Is this a book club edition? May have been one of… Read more about this item

Ancient world 1131 Rose, H. J. (Herbert Jennings, 1883-1961). Primitive culture in Italy. London: Methuen & Company, 1926, ix, 253, bib, index. Book dusty but generally in good shape. $10.00 Contents: I. Introductory -- II. Race, religion and culture -- III. The Gods -- IV. Worship and magic -- V. Worship and… Read more about this item

Ancient world 639Frazer, James George, Sir. Myths of the origin of fire: an essay. London: Macmillan, 1930, 238p, index. Good, solid, clean tight copy, page 39 has some offsetting in the gutter from a ticket stub. $45.00

Ancient world 567 Donaldson, John William. Varronianus: a critical and historical introduction to the ethnography of ancient Italy and to the philological study of the Latin language. Third edition, revised, and considerably enlarged. London/Cambridge:John W. Parker and Son/Deighton, Bell, and Company, 1860, xx, 564p,indices, pub ads. The book is in good condition overall, clean, tight page block with… Read more about this item