Translated Peter Whigham (10 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Artemidorus (Cover) (illustrator). Published in Penguin Books: 1966. 246 + pp. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. Minimal, light, slight or very mild browning, tanning, foxing or discoloration on slightly brittle page edges, not affecting text.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition first printing paperback, 246pp. Slight tanning of edges as is usual otherwise Very Good condition. . No inscriptions.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Tomlinson, Kerry (illustrator). Poem printed on a single piece of folded paper. Attached to paper covers.

First edition. 330 pp. Fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with a small mark on the spine. Whigham's translations with his introduction.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. The author discusses sexual customs of Africa, arguing that they are evidence not of "primitive" culture but "degenerate forms of ancient societies"; he seeks extant links between modern rituals & ancient rituals depicted in rock art. Italian/Russian Rachewiltz was educated in Rome and Cairo, did field work in Egypt & Sudan and later returned to Rome to teach. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, spine ends bumped; price-clipped jacket shows minor edgewear, couple of short tears, light creasing. Text clean; 329 pages; index, extensive bibliography, some color & many b/w photos, many of topless women. Size: Octavo.

Hardcover in Dustjacket. HISTORY  329 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm. Bibliography: p. 291-320. #250224 Sex customs -- Africa Africa -- Social life and customs Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Very Good +. Edgewear to jacket.

First edition. 330 pp. Light wear to edges of covers, bit of foxing to fore-edge. In all, very good plus in very good plus, price-clipped dust jacket with a small tear and bit of loss to one jacket flap. Dated (March 6th, 1969) and INSCRIBED by Whigham.

Broadside. First Edition Thus. Broadside, 17 x 11 inches, printed on tan stock in black ink. Whigham (1925-1987) was an English poet and translator. In 1968-9 he taught at University of California, Santa Barbara, and in the mid-1970s at U.C., Berkeley. First edition thus. A fine copy.

Broadside. First Edition Thus. Broadside, 17 x 11 inches, printed on tan stock in black ink. Whigham (1925-1987) was an English poet and translator. In 1968-9 he taught at University of California, Santa Barbara, and in the mid-1970s at U.C., Berkeley. First edition thus. A fine copy.

Condition: Fine. First edition in publisher's original illustrated laminated card wrap covers. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. ISBN 856460184. Contains 143 printed pages of text. Spine sun faded, without any ownership markings, the contents in Fine condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHILE.