Chisholm William S Editor (2 results)

Soft cover. First Edition. Trade paperback, 1st edition, Fine/pictorial wraps; the annual publication of the Dictionary Society of North America, includes articles on the study of words and language, as well as reviews of new books dealing with this subject, 8vo., 214 pages., 0.0 0.0 0.0.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Following the Editor's Introduction, Contents divided into 15 Essays in 3 Parts: Part One: BIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, AND CULTURAL FACTORS [1] Helen Fisher, "The Nature and Evolution of Romantic Love"; [2] James S. Chisholm, "Love's Contingencies: The Development Socioecology of Romantic Passion"; [3] Charles Lindholm, "Love as an Experience of Transcendence"; [4] Jan Collins and Thomas Gregor, "The Boundaries of Love"; Part Two: ROMANTIC LOVE AS A PRIVATE EXPERIENCE [5] Helen Harris, "Rethinking Heterosexual Relationships in PolynesiaA Case Study of Mangaia, Cook Island"; [6] Leonard Plotnikov, "Love, Lust and Found in Nigeria"; [7] Helen A. Regis, "The Madness of Excess: Love Among the Fulbe of North Cameroun"; [8] Jim Bell,"Notions odf Love and Romance Among the Taita in Kenya"; [9] William Jankowiak, "Romantic Passion in the People's Republic of China"; Part Three: CULTURAL EXPRESSION: FAMILY, MARRIAGE, AND THE POLITICS OF ROMANCE [10] Victoria Katherine Burbank, "Passion as Politics: Romantic Love in an Australian Aboriginal Community"; [11] Pamela R. Stern and Richard G. Congdon, "A Good Spouse is Hard to Find: Marriage, Spouse Exchange, and Infatuation Among the Copper Inuit"; [12] Douglas A. Davis and Susan Schaefer Davis, "Possessed by Love: Gender and Romance in Morocco"; [13] L.A. Rebhun, "Language of Love in Northeast Brazil"; [14] Kevin K. Birth and Morris Freilich, "Putting Romance Into Systems of Sexuality: Changing Smart Rules in a Trinidadian Village"; [16] William Jankowiak and Emile Allen, "The Balance of Duty and Desire in an AmericanPolygamous Community"; Contributors, pp. 297-301; Index, pp. 303-310. Glossy dustwrapper not price-clipped (NO price) with full front cover abstract realist illustration, Title Box in black at top center front cover for Title lettering in white-tinted-light-green lettering; Editor name lettering in narrow rectangular black box at bottom left front cover with similar white-tinted-light-green lettering; Subtitle in a line along front cover right edge. Only peccadillo is a tiny tear at right bottom spine corner (now backed by Archival tape): NOW in Brodart mylar for additional aesthetic appeal and protection. Book itself: Cream boards with green cloth spine and brilliant silver lettering. Only flaw is a 1/8" light brown, surface spot on fore-edge, abutting the rear cover left edge and landing on pp. 265 to rear flyleaf (NO bleeding onto pages): describes much worse than it is (truly nugatory), but there you have it. Essentially, an As New ensemble. Crisp. Appears UNREAD.…