ethnographica london (35 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 28 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 19 x 21 cm. Published at the time of the exhibition Treasures of Ancient Nigeria, The Royal Academy of Arts, Oct. 30, 1982 - 23 Feb. 23, 1983.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut. 181 p. Good. Cover shows mild wear. Clean pages. Slight smell of smoke. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Margaret Plesner (illustrator). First Edition. A paperback book in very good condition, dated 1989.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 96pp well illustrated, card wrappers, very good.

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Gut. 120 p., ill. Good. Cover shows mild wear. Clean pages. Slight smell of smoke. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 520.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 741+iii., 222 pp., illustrated throughout . Small tear at the top of the front panel of the jacket repaired from behind, 0 and marks to edges of book cloth 0905788028 4to.

ISBN10: 0905788753 ISBN13: 9780905788753 Paperback, First edition. VG in original glazed covers as issued. Showing overall minor wear, slight signs of reading and minor corner lift. Uniform toning to spine. Internally clean and bright with no ink marks or writing. An excellent reference example. 14919 antref.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. 222pp hardback, black cloth red-lettered and gilt in wrapper, edge of wrapper torn with loss, well illustrated in colour and bw, decorated end-papers.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Oversized soft cover in good condition. Ex-library copy, from the School of Oriental and African Studies, in London. Their stamp is present, marked 'withdrawn'. General wear and tear to cover, including light scoring, slight adhesive residue and minor creasing to edges and corners. Pageblock tanned, leading lightly into page edges. Within, pages are tightly bound, and content and fold out map at rear are clear and unmarked. Colours true. CN. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing (1985). 252pp. VG/VG copy, now preserved in archival jacket protector.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Folio. 30×22cm; xvi,252pp. Black papered boards with gilt title on spine. Binding square and tight. Neat dust jacket. Clean within. Bookplate on front paste-down endpaper. B/w plates and figures. A 'Near Fine' copy.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 300x215mm. 222pp. with 11 colour plates, 23 b/w plates and c.200 drawings of designs on gourds. Hb. in dj. mint.

FIRST EDITION. 8vo., black clothbound hardback gilt, with dust jacket (unclipped); [viii] + 112pp, with b/w illustrations. A clean copy with no previous ownership inscriptions or annotation. Light foxing to top edge, dust jacket has some slight top edgewear and creasing, otherwise a Very Good copy in a Very Good dust jacket. (Shelf 6) ISBN: 0905788451 PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Condition: Very Good. xvi, 252, b/w photos, line drawings, maps, text figs. . HB. 4to, orig. boards. Vg in d/w. Foreword by Desmond Clark. A unique intensive study of the past human settlement of a single area of central Africa. It uses questions, ideas and understanding derived from ecology, archaeology, oral and written history, and observation of contemporary communities. The raising of the Itezhitezhi dam on the Kafue River in Zambia implied the flooding of a large area of islands, riverside grassland and woodlands, much lying within today's Kafue National Park. It has been intensively settled since the later Stone Age. This book presents the observations and conclusions of research to reconstruct the culture history of the area, and will be of interest to readers concerned with archaeology, African history, and African studies generally. [9780905788227].

, Hardcover/Pappeinband. Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. 144 Seiten From the working library of Hans-Joachim Koloss, curator of the African department of the Berlin Ethnography Museum. Hardcover copy in good condition with original dustjacket. Includes some underlinings in pencil. Aus der Arbeitsbibliothek von Hans-Joachim Koloss, Kurator der Afrika-Abteilung des Museums für Völkerkunde Berlin. Gebundenes Exemplar in gutem Zustand mit Original-Schutzumschlag. Enthält einige Unterstreichungen mit Bleistift. ( Benin ) Contents: Foreword by Dorothy Emmett - Introduction - 1. The Disrepute of African Philosopy - 2. Methodologies for African Philosophy - 3. Translating Abstract Ideas and Translation Indeterminacy - 4. Before We Begin - Chapter 1: Indeterminacy and the Translation of Alien Behaviour - 1. Introduction - 2. Underdetermination of Theory: the Relationship Between Observation Sentences and Standing Sentences - 3. The Indeterminacies of Alien Behaviour - 4. Zande Indeterminacies - 5. Introduction to an Experiment in Translation - Chapter 2: An African Epistemology: The Knowledge - Belief Distinction and Yoruba Thought - 1. Introduction - 2. Quine on Indeterminacy of Universal Propositional Attitudes - 3. To 'Know' in English Language Discourse and PHilosphy - 4. To 'Believe' in English Language Discourse and Philosophy - 5. Relations and Comparisons Between 'Knowledge' and 'Belief' - 6. The Onisegun Explain 'Mo' in Yoruba-Language Discourse and Thought - 7. The Onisegun Explain 'Gbago' in Yoruba-Language Discourse and Thought - 8. Relations and Comparisons Between 'Mo' and 'Gbagbo' - 9. Comparisons of the 'Knowledge' - 'Belief' Distinction with the 'Mo' - 'Gbagbo' Distinction - 10. Final Comments on the Translational Indeterminacy of Propositional Attitudes - 11. Conclusion - Chapter Three: The Secrecy of the Aje - 1. Introduction - 2. Analyses of Western Witchcraft - 3. Analyses of African Withchcraft - 4. Using African Withcraft to Understand Western Witchcraft - 5. Universal and Cross-Cultural Analyses - 6. The Aje in Yoruba Society - 7. Is the Aje a Witch? - 8. Aje as a Personality - Type - 9. The Myth of Universal Theories - Conclusion - Appendix - Bibliography - Index ISBN 9780905788555 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 501.

222 S. mit zahlr. Abb. Umschl. etw. lichtverf. u. randrissig. Gutes Exemplar. Sprache: Deutsch 4°, Orig.-Karton mit ill. Orig.-Schutzumschlag.

Erste aAflage. 20 x 22,5 cm. 118 S. OPappband mit illustriertem OUmschlag und Cellophanumschlag. Umschlagkanten aufgehellt und mit Bereibungen, Cellophanumschlag stellenweise festgeklebt, etwas angestaubt. Sonst noch gutes Exemplar. Ethographic Arts & Culture Series 4. Durchgehend mit schwarz-weissen Abbildungen versehen. Text in englischer Sprache. Sprache: englisch.

Condition: Sehr gut. 222 Seiten. A very good and clean copy, dust-jacket with small sign of wear. - Judged by normal African standards, the former province of Adamawa in North-East Nigeria, is 'art-impoverished', at least where the plastic arts are concerned. However, in an area where natural resources are limited, the peoples of Adamawa display well developed decorative skills which they utilise to embellish many of their ordinary everyday domestic utensils, such as the gourd, a multi-purpose carrier/container and also, by virtue of its intimate associations with feminine attributes and activities, a potent symbol of fertility and motherhood. In certain contexts the gourd may also function as a powerful symbol of social integration. This book describes the decorative tradition associated with household gourds and the social contexts of their production and consumption, i.e. use and appreciation, with particular reference to four neighbouring cultural groups, the settled Fulani, the Pastoral Fulani, the Bata, and Ungal. Material on individual carvers contributes towards the 'individualization' of African decorative art-forms which are sometimes referred to as a minimal art - and questions their supposed anonymity. The book is illustrated with a comprehensive selection of gourd designs, and also includes designs found on other media. / Contents -- Preface/vii -- -The area and its peoples / -- -The gourd and its uses /- -- - Decorative techniques and designs/-- -- Gourd designs and their meanings / -- Carving as an individual activity/ -- Appendix A: carving exercises/ -- Carving as a social and cultural activity/ -- The appreciation of decorated gourds/ -- Appendix B: the aesthetic appreciation of decorated gourds/ -- Gourd-carving and modern change/ -- Notes/ -- Bibliography/ -- List of figures and plates/ -- Index. ISBN 090578802 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 250 Orig.-Pp.; Orig.-Schutzumschlag.

Condition: Very good. Very good in dust wrapper.

Hardback. 1st Edition. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Small nick to top of DJ spine. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 222 pages. Describes the decorative tradition associated with gourds and the social context for their production and consumption.

Oblong 8vo. pp.iv + 68. Illustrations patterns & photographs in black & white.bibliography. original card wrappers. Mary Wright collected almost lost patterns from the elderly women who once were part of the large contract knitting industry in Cornwall. Almost lost many of these patterns have detailed graphs , charts and instructions.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. ISBN: 0905788451 Pages: 120 Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket.

222 pages with 11 colour photographs and 223 illustrations. Hardback 30 x 21.5cms. Descriptive analysis of the decorative tradition associated with household gourds and the social contexts of their production and consumption. With a comprehensive selection of gourd designs and designs found on other media.

First edition. Ethnographica, London. 1991. Hardback with dust-wrapper. 157 pages. B&w photographs, maps and drawings. Index. Dust-wrapper sl. grubby but overall a very nice copy.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Oblong octavo. 96pp. Glossy wrappers. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Fine. Ethnographic Arts & Culture Series, #3.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Black cloth, sl wear on front edge nr spine, unclipped color illus black dj in mylar cover; 11 color & 23 b/w photos, 223 drawings in red/b/w and b/w, many designs illus, 222 pp. Adamawa peoples of North-Eastern Nigeria, also info on Fulani, Bata, and Ungal. Size: 8.5"-12".

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 219 pages 180 illustrations. Some rubbing and wear to the dustjacket cover with chipping and tears all along the top edge. One two inch tear to the head of the spine, dustjacket is now protected with a Mylar cover. Bibliography. List of Figures and Plates. Index. Book.

4to. pp. 157. b/w illus. 1 colour fold-out map. index. cloth. dw. First Edition.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy oblong octavo 174pp., b/w pls., plans, maps, bibliog., index, A scarce monograph on this unique African architecture.

Ethnographic Arts and Cutlure Series, 1. London: Ethnographica, In association with the National Museum, Lagos, 1982 Square 8vo. v,114pp. numerous plates and illustrations, (12 colour), map, index, dw. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's cloth with the dust-wrapper. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[L].