Gary Seaman Editor (25 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. VG+. Minimal wear. Interior is clean. No writing or markings of any kind. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. First Reprint edn; rev pb edn; 8vo illuswraps appears unread; VG: 177pp, bw illus, glossary, filmography; annotated transcriptions of films and explanatory essays by Napoleon Chagnon about the Yanomami Indians of Venezuela and Brazil. Titles include: 1969: Ax Fight, 30 mins. 1971: The Feast, 30 mins. Yanomamo: A Multidisciplinary Study, 44 mins. 1973: Magical Death, 30 mins. 1974: Ocamo Is My Town, 12 mins. Arrow Game, 10 mins. Weeding the Garden, 20 mins. A Father Washes His Children, 15 mins. Firewood, 12 mins. A Man and His Wife Make a Hammock, 9 mins. Children's Magical Death, 8 mins. Climbing the Peach Palm, 9 mins. New Tribes Mission, 12 mins. 1975: The Ax Fight. 30 mins. A Man Called Bee: Napoleon Chagnon in Mishimishimaboweiteri, 45 mins. Studying the Yanomamo. 45 mins. Tapir Distribution, 12 mins. Tug of War, 9 mins. Bride Service, 10 mins. The Yanomamo Myth of Naro [possum] as Told by Kaobawa, 22 mins. The Yanomamo Myth of Naro as Told by Dedeheiwa, 22 mins. Moonblood: A Yanomamo Creation Myth as told by Dedeheiwa, 14 mins. 1976: Jaguar: A Yanomamo Twin-Cycle Myth 22 mins. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Black titles and illustration on white soft covers, 315 pages including charts and index plus 13 pages of introductory material. A one word not on the half-title page and a note to the previous owner on the title page.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo softcover illustrated wraps UNREAD.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo softcover illustrated wraps UNREAD.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo softcover illustrated wraps UNREAD.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo softcover illustrated wraps UNREAD.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo softcover illustrated wraps.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo softcover illustrated wraps.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo softcover illustrated wraps UNREAD.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo softcover illustrated wraps.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo softcover illustrated wraps.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo softcover illustrated wraps.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo softcover illustrated wraps unread NF.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo softcover illustrated wraps UNREAD NF.

Trade paperback. Presumed first edition/first printing. 247 p.; 22 cm. Notes. Bibliography. This is Ethnographics/USC Monograph # 1. Dedicated to the memory of Richard P. Feynman. This is Volume 1 of the Proceedings of the Soviet-American Academic Symposia in Conjunction with the Museum Exhibition Nomads: Masters of the Eurasian Steppe, Los Angeles, Febryary 3-5, 1989, Denver, June 8-11, 1989, Washington, D. C., November 16-17, 1989. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Ink notations on back cover. Some pencil check marks, lines, and remarks noted. Corners of some pages creased.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Presume d first edition. No additional date, edition or printing indicated. Near fine plus, if not fine wraps/paperback. Only trivial signs of age/wear/previous use.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Very good hardback copy. No dustjacket. xxviii, 288pp. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Edition.8vo softcover illustrated wraps UNREAD NF: x+312pp, index, 24 b/w photos, 2 line drawings. Volume 4 of 4 volumes compiled in conjunction with one of the last major museum exhibitions on eurasian nomads organized under the auspices of the Soviet Union. Academic articles by American and Soviet scholars presented at a series of symposia held in the USA in 1989. TOC: 1. An Overview of Shamanism by Peter Furst; 2. The Attributes and Power of the Shaman: A General Description of the Ecstatic Care of the Soul by Lawrence E. Sullivan; 3. The Cultural Significance of Tobacco Use by Johannes Wilbert; 4. Walking on Two Legs: Shamanism in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala by Robert S. Carlsen and Martin Prechtel; 5. The Mara'akame Does and Undoes: Persistence and Change in Huichol Shamanism by Peter T. Furst; 6. Peyote Religion by Omer C. Stewart; 7. From Shaman to Medicine Man: Transformations of Shamanic Roles and Styles in the Upper Great Lakes Region by James A. Clifton; 8. Shamanism in the Columbia Fraser Plateau Region by Robert J. Theodoratus; 9. The Dark Emperor: Central Asian Origins in Chinese Shamanism by Gary Seaman; 10. Shamans in Traditional Tuvinian Society by Vera Diakonova; 11. The Shaman's Costume: Image and Myth by Larisa R. Pavlinskaya; 12. The Horse in Yakut Shamanism by Vladimir Diachenko; 11. Texts of Shamanistic Invocations from Central Asia and Kazakhstan by Vladimir N. Basilov.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Edition.8vo softcover illustrated wraps UNREAD NF: x+312pp, index, 24 b/w photos, 2 line drawings. Volume 4 of 4 volumes compiled in conjunction with one of the last major museum exhibitions on eurasian nomads organized under the auspices of the Soviet Union. Academic articles by American and Soviet scholars presented at a series of symposia held in the USA in 1989. TOC: 1. An Overview of Shamanism by Peter Furst; 2. The Attributes and Power of the Shaman: A General Description of the Ecstatic Care of the Soul by Lawrence E. Sullivan; 3. The Cultural Significance of Tobacco Use by Johannes Wilbert; 4. Walking on Two Legs: Shamanism in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala by Robert S. Carlsen and Martin Prechtel; 5. The Mara'akame Does and Undoes: Persistence and Change in Huichol Shamanism by Peter T. Furst; 6. Peyote Religion by Omer C. Stewart; 7. From Shaman to Medicine Man: Transformations of Shamanic Roles and Styles in the Upper Great Lakes Region by James A. Clifton; 8. Shamanism in the Columbia Fraser Plateau Region by Robert J. Theodoratus; 9. The Dark Emperor: Central Asian Origins in Chinese Shamanism by Gary Seaman; 10. Shamans in Traditional Tuvinian Society by Vera Diakonova; 11. The Shaman's Costume: Image and Myth by Larisa R. Pavlinskaya; 12. The Horse in Yakut Shamanism by Vladimir Diachenko; 11. Texts of Shamanistic Invocations from Central Asia and Kazakhstan by Vladimir N. Basilov.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Edition.8vo softcover illustrated wraps UNREAD NF: x+312pp, index, 24 b/w photos, 2 line drawings. Volume 4 of 4 volumes compiled in conjunction with one of the last major museum exhibitions on eurasian nomads organized under the auspices of the Soviet Union. Academic articles by American and Soviet scholars presented at a series of symposia held in the USA in 1989. TOC: 1. An Overview of Shamanism by Peter Furst; 2. The Attributes and Power of the Shaman: A General Description of the Ecstatic Care of the Soul by Lawrence E. Sullivan; 3. The Cultural Significance of Tobacco Use by Johannes Wilbert; 4. Walking on Two Legs: Shamanism in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala by Robert S. Carlsen and Martin Prechtel; 5. The Mara'akame Does and Undoes: Persistence and Change in Huichol Shamanism by Peter T. Furst; 6. Peyote Religion by Omer C. Stewart; 7. From Shaman to Medicine Man: Transformations of Shamanic Roles and Styles in the Upper Great Lakes Region by James A. Clifton; 8. Shamanism in the Columbia Fraser Plateau Region by Robert J. Theodoratus; 9. The Dark Emperor: Central Asian Origins in Chinese Shamanism by Gary Seaman; 10. Shamans in Traditional Tuvinian Society by Vera Diakonova; 11. The Shaman's Costume: Image and Myth by Larisa R. Pavlinskaya; 12. The Horse in Yakut Shamanism by Vladimir Diachenko; 11. Texts of Shamanistic Invocations from Central Asia and Kazakhstan by Vladimir N. Basilov.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Edition.8vo softcover illustrated wraps UNREAD NF: x+312pp, index, 24 b/w photos, 2 line drawings. Volume 4 of 4 volumes compiled in conjunction with one of the last major museum exhibitions on eurasian nomads organized under the auspices of the Soviet Union. Academic articles by American and Soviet scholars presented at a series of symposia held in the USA in 1989. TOC: 1. An Overview of Shamanism by Peter Furst; 2. The Attributes and Power of the Shaman: A General Description of the Ecstatic Care of the Soul by Lawrence E. Sullivan; 3. The Cultural Significance of Tobacco Use by Johannes Wilbert; 4. Walking on Two Legs: Shamanism in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala by Robert S. Carlsen and Martin Prechtel; 5. The Mara'akame Does and Undoes: Persistence and Change in Huichol Shamanism by Peter T. Furst; 6. Peyote Religion by Omer C. Stewart; 7. From Shaman to Medicine Man: Transformations of Shamanic Roles and Styles in the Upper Great Lakes Region by James A. Clifton; 8. Shamanism in the Columbia Fraser Plateau Region by Robert J. Theodoratus; 9. The Dark Emperor: Central Asian Origins in Chinese Shamanism by Gary Seaman; 10. Shamans in Traditional Tuvinian Society by Vera Diakonova; 11. The Shaman's Costume: Image and Myth by Larisa R. Pavlinskaya; 12. The Horse in Yakut Shamanism by Vladimir Diachenko; 11. Texts of Shamanistic Invocations from Central Asia and Kazakhstan by Vladimir N. Basilov.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good++. Three volume set. 26 x 18 cm. Vol 1 and 2 bound in grey cloth with red lettering, volume 3 in white cloth.Volume one covers through 1980, Association for Asian Studies Monograph No. 41, copyright 1985, xlix 302pp. Black pen mark on front cover. Volume 2 covers 1981 through 1990, Association for Asian Studies Monograph No. 47, copyright1993, xxviii 288pp. Volume 3 covers 1991-1995, Monographs and Occasional Paper Series, Number 58, copyright 1998, xxi 147pp.…

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo gray cloth covers/red silk spine, gilt titles to cover and spine, UNREAD and GIFTWORTHY, SIGNED by author beneath tipped in bw photo to fep; two page insert in Chinese of a eulogy of author by her husband Huang Zuoping; NF/ndj as issued: xiii+315pp, index, charts, figures. Signed by Author(s). …