Buijs C W (19 results)

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. A bright, clean copy. ; Verhandelingen; 9.40 X 6.20 X 0.70 inches; 262 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Heavy creasing to the covers and all of the pages in the book. The binding is tight. The former owner's name is printed on the inside of the front cover. The half-title page has been stamped. The interior pages are clean and unmarked. Electronic delivery tracking will be issued free of charge.…

SC. Condition: Gut. Obr., 4?, 6s., in gutem Zustand, [SAP270]. Deu 300g.

Softcover. Condition: Gut. 424 p., ill. Good. Ex-library with usual markings. Clean pages. Cover rubbed. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 910.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In Personal Religion and Magic in Mamasa, West Sulawesi, Kees Buijs describes the traditional culture of the Toraja's, which is rapidly vanishing. The focus is on personal religion as it has its centre in the kitchen of each house. In the kitchen and also by the use of magical words and stones the gods are sought for their powers of blessing.This book adds important information to Buijs' earlier Powers of Blessing from the Wilderness and from Heaven (Brill, 2006).…

Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorKees Buijs (1944) worked on Sulawesi in executive training in Gereja Toraja Mamasa and supervised aid projects in education and health care. He also gathered data in the field of religious anthropology, later used in h.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Women run screaming from their village at night, leaving all their clothes behind--possessed by spirits of the wilderness, they climb up a barana tree. It is but one of the fascinating rituals of the Toraja people described in this study.The Toraja people live in the mountainous region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Their religion is an ancient one predating the Hindu and Buddhist religions that arrived in Indonesia some 1,500 years ago. It is marked by a dualism in male and female elements, a characteristic of rituals the older people in the western Toraja region, Mamasa, still remember. Three rituals, the headhunting, fertility, and tree-climbing rites, are dealt with in detail, while in the marriage, childbirth, and mortuary rituals point to a shift in Toraja beliefs. Where once both earth and celestial deities were expected to bless ritual participants, the Toraja, influenced by developments in their physical environment, now devote their attention to the deities of the heavens, while those of the earth are disappearing.…

Hardcover. Condition: gut. 1988. Molecular Neuroanatomy (Techniques in the Behavioral and Neural Sciences Vol 3) In englischer Sprache. pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good Solid Copy, Splitting Starting At Spine Upped Corner Sm Quarto, Hardcover, Blue cloth, Gilt Lettered Has Hand Stamp At Title Page No Longer Property Of New York Botanical Garden And Ex. Libris Book Plate, Copyright Date: 1927 Sm Quarto, Hardcover, Blue cloth, Book Plate Of Elmer D. Merrill An Important Figure In Tropical Exploration Himself, PP.421, This Book Is From The Personal Working Library of Dr. Alfred Byrd Graf of The Roehrs Co., New Jersey. Dr. Graf Traveled The World Botanizing For The The Roehrs Company. He Wrote Three Major Books On Tropical And Sub Tropical Plants - Exotica, Hortica And Tropica. Dr. Graf Died in 2001 at the age of 100. Met 155 Illustraties Naar Fotos 21 Pen Teekeingen En $ Kaarten ( One Map At Frontis, One After 22, One After Page 103, One IN Rear Pocket) (illustrator).…

; C. van der Post Jr.; uitgegeven door het Provinciaal Utrechtsch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen; half cloth 71 pp. and 13 folded leaves with tables. Bound with: 'Het beginsel van de wet der stormen. Een gids voor zeelieden. Naar het Engelsch van J. Sedgwick met eene voorrede van C.H.D. Buijs Ballot'; Utrecht; 1852; W.H. van Heijningen; 19 pp. and 3 folded plates., 'Uitkomsten van wetenschap en ervaring aangaande winden en zeestroomingen in sommige gedeelten van den oceaan benevens verslag van de conferentie te Brussel gehouden in augustus en september jl.'(1853); by Buys Ballot; Utrecht; 1853; Kemink en Zoon; 77 pp., 'Aan de heeren scheepsreeders' by Buijs Ballot (in connection with the foundation of the 'Koninklijk Nederlandsch Meteorologisch Instituut'; Utrecht; 3 Februarij 1854; 8pp., 'Eenige bijzonderheden over meteorologie. Ter verklaring van de weerkundige berigten der dagbladen' by F.H. Klein; 's Gravenhage; 1862; P.E. van Staden en Zoon; 24 pp., 'The foretelling of the weather in connection with meteorological observations by F.H. Klein together with a description of the telegraphic warning system introduced in The Netherlands, June, 1860, as proposed by the director of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute Professor Dr. Buys-Ballot'; London; 1863; Benjamin Pardon; 31 pp., 'Toelichting van de gronden, waarop stormen verwacht worden en waarop het hijschen van stormsignalen steunt' By Buys Ballot; 8 pp., 'Sur la pression moyenne de l'atmosphère en plusieurs lieux de l'Europe' by C.H.D. Buijs Ballot. 17 pp. and some other descriptions in connection with Buijs Ballot: description of the 'Aëroklinoskoop' a. o. (15 (folded) pp.). All together bound in gilt-stamped half cloth with marbled cover, titled: 'Buijs Ballot'. added: 2 newspaper articles and one other about Buijs Ballot. A very interesting and extremely rare collection of meteorological publications. Buijs Ballot (Kloetinge 1817-Utrecht 1890) was the founder and first director of the 'Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut' and a famous scientist. Top of spine slightly loosened. …

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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. lam edition. 190 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

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