African Warriors. The Samburn
London, Harvill, 1994. More
Anthropology
Argonauts of the Western Pacific. An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea
London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1950 [third impression]/ 1922. With a foreword by Sir James George Frazer. More
Argonauts of the Western Pacific. An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea
London, Routledge, 1932 (second impression)/ 1922. Rare with the dustwrapper. More
Argonauts of the Western Pacific. An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea
London, Routledge and Kegan, 1964 [sixth impression]/ 1922. More
Kula. Myth and Magic in the Trobriand Islands
Wahroonga, Cowrie Books, 1998. Signed by the author in ink on the title page. The Trobriand Islands are north-east of mainland Papua New Guinea, and north of Fergusson Island. More
Family and Social Change in an African City. A Study of Rehousing in Laos
London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1961. Inscribed and signed by the author. More
Sorcery in its Social Setting. A Study of the Northern Rhodesian Cewa
Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1970/ 1965. More
Life, Death and Magic. 2000 Years of Southeast Asian Ancestral Art
Canberra, National Gallery of Australia, 2010. Exhibition catalogue. Two newspaper clippings are loosely inserted: one is a review of the book, the other a review of the exhibition. More
The Traditional Pottery of Papua New Guinea
Kensington, Bay Books, 1982. More
R. Austin Freeman. The Anthropologist at Large
Adelaide, Investigator Press, 1980. A 'pioneering practical epidemiologist, an original eugenic thinker' as well as the creator of the amateur detective, Dr Thorndyke. Signed by the author. More
R. Austin Freeman. The Anthropologist at Large
Adelaide, Investigator Press, 1980. A 'pioneering practical epidemiologist, an original eugenic thinker' as well as the creator of the amateur detective, Dr Thorndyke. Signed by the author. More
R. Austin Freeman. The Anthropologist at Large
Adelaide, Investigator Press, 1980. A 'pioneering practical epidemiologist, an original eugenic thinker' as well as the creator of the amateur detective, Dr Thorndyke. Inscribed archly 'A rare unsigned copy, the property of Michael Abbot. 6 xi '83'. In our experience unsigned copies are indeed extremely uncommon. More
Blood and Race. A Study of the Colour Problem
Sydney, The Anglican Truth Society, 1957. More
Growing Up in New Guinea. A Comparative Study of Primitive Education
London, Routledge, 1931 [first edition]. The author's second book. More
Mythen und Erzahlungen der Kustenbewohner der Gazelle-Halbinsel (Neu-Pommern)
Munster, Aschendorff, 1909. Myths and legends of the Gazelle Peninsula, Papua New Guinea, with parallel text in both the original Tolai and German (and an early example on both counts). 'Anthropos-Bibliothek. Internationale Sammlung Ethnologischer Monographien. Band 1, Heft 1'. More
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Die Inseln des Stillen Oceans, eine Geographische Monographie. [Volume 1]: Melanesien und Neuseeland. [Volume 2]: Polynesien und Mikronesien
Leipzig, Paul Frohberg, 1875 and 1876 (both first editions). More
Louise Flierl Mission Museum. Artefacts and Photographs reflecting the Culture and Customs of the people of Papua New Guinea, before and since the coming of Christianity
Adelaide, Department for Church Cooperation in World Mission of the Lutheran Church of Australia, 2001. More
The Highlands of Papua New Guinea
Bathurst, Robert Brown and Associates, 1983. More
The Lost World of Irian Jaya
Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1985 (third impression)/ 1983. A significant work, published posthumously (the author died of leukaemia at the age of thirty in 1977). More
The Lost World of Irian Jaya
Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1985 (second impression)/ 1983. A significant work, published posthumously (the author died of leukaemia at the age of thirty in 1977). More
The Lost World of Irian Jaya
Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1985 (third impression)/ 1983. A significant work, published posthumously (the author died of leukaemia at the age of thirty in 1977). More
The Firm and the Formless. Religion and Identity in Aboriginal Australia
Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1982 (first edition). Not stated as such, but from the collection of Reverend Bill Edwards, and with his occasional emphases. More
Biological Anthropology and Prehistory: Exploring our Human Ancestry
Boston, Allyn and Bacon, 2005. More
De Kracht van Zilver. Etnische Sieraden uit de Collectie Smith-Hutschenruyter
Rotterdam, Mercatorfonds/ Wereldmuseum, 2011. Exhibition catalogue. Text in Dutch. More
Coming into being among the Australian Aborigines. A study of the procreative beliefs of the native tribes of Australia
London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974 (fully revised and expanded edition)/ 1937. '... the question of primitive nescience of paternity - the most exciting and controversial issue in the comaprative science of Man'. More