Irwin Geoffrey (72 results)

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Condition: Acceptable. COVER SHOWS SOME GENERAL WEAR, SUCH AS SCRATCHES, RUBBING, STAINING, STICKER AND/OR GLUE RESIDUE AND CREASES. SPINE IS SUN-FADED. EXTERIOR PAGE EDGES HAVE SOME STAINING/ SMUDGING. paperback 100% of proceeds go to charity! Acceptable reading copy with obvious signs of use, wear, and/or cosmetic issues. Item is complete and remains readable despite notable condition issues.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Softcover. Condition: Very good condition. Volume 68, Number 3 (September 2000). Softcover.

8vo, 240pp. Black & white illustrations. A very good hardback copy in like dust jacket.

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. pages 335-492. articles: Female pollution in Polynesia. by F. A. Hanson, p 335-382; Written on the ground: spatial symbolism, cultural categories and historical process in New Caledonia, by B. Douglas, p 383-416; Samo initiation: its context and meaning, by R. D. Shaw, p 417-434; William Charles Lunalilo's ''Alekoki' as an example of cultural synthesis in 19th century Hawaiian literature, by J. Charlot, p 435-444; Fused glyphs in the Easter Island script, by J. B. M. Guy, p 445-448; A short note on the mythology of Yali, by N. McDowell, p 449-452.

Cloth. Condition: G+. No Jacket. Geoffrey Grier (illustrator). 286 pp, b/w frontis and ilustrations, the book and contents are clean and tight, front inside hinge has been repaired, the covers are light ly scuffed and have a little soil, the edges are lightly rubbed, this book is based on the Arctic diaries of Vilhjalmur Stefnsson.

paperback in very good condition; 240 pages, b/w maps.

softcover super octavo (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

softcover super octavo (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

softcover super octavo (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

softcover super octavo (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Softcover super octavo (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The exploration and colonization of the Pacific is a remarkable episode in human prehistory. Early sea-going explorers had no knowledge of Pacific geography, no instruments for measuring time and none for exploration. Forty years of modern archaeology, experimental voyages in rafts, and computer simulations of voyages have produced an normous range of literature on this controversial subject. This book represents a major advance in knowledge of the settlement of the Pacific by suggesting that exploration was rapid, purposeful and undertaken systematically, and that navigation methods progressively improved. Owner's Name inside. 260 pages.

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. pages 181-328, iillustrations. articles: Tongan exchange structures: beyond descent and alliance, by A. Biersack, p 181-212; Growth and development of folk botanical life-forms in Polynesian languages, by C. H. Brown, p 213-244; A revision of the Anuta sequence, by P. V. Kirch, p 245-254; Correspondence: women's roles in Tikopia, by R. Firth, p 255-256.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1992. South Pacific, Oceania. Cambridge University Pres. Very good - ner fine green boards, good+ dust jacket 240p. 10/25.

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. pages 181-328, iillustrations. articles: Tongan exchange structures: beyond descent and alliance, by A. Biersack, p 181-212; Growth and development of folk botanical life-forms in Polynesian languages, by C. H. Brown, p 213-244; A revision of the Anuta sequence, by P. V. Kirch, p 245-254; Correspondence: women's roles in Tikopia, by R. Firth, p 255-256.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. Vol. CXCIII, No. 2. Edited by D. McIlwraith. Cover art by Pete Kulhoff. Includes "The Story Tellers' Circle"; "The Professor" (novelette) by Frank Gruber; "Long Range Revenge" by Ray Millholland; "Plane Facts" by Jim Ray; "The Canvas Is Stained" by Jack Karney; "Red Clark in Paradise" (conclusion) by Gordon Ray Young; "The Keeper of the Reguge" by Jim Kjelgaard; "Curioddities" by Irwin J. Weill; "Murder Below Zero" (novelette) by Geoffrey Hewelcke; "Snapping Them Down" by Kerry O'Neil; "Thunder Out of Jezebel" (novelette) by Stueart M. Emery; "Can a Dead Man Walk?" by Michael Oblinger; "Tented City" (verse) by Frank Bone; "Backfire" by George Armin Shaftel; "The Shooter's Corner" by Pete Kuhlhoff. Illustrated by Humiston, Kuhlhoff, PT, and others. Edge tears and small losses; tanning; minor soiling. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Geoffrey Grier (illustrator). First Edition. (no dust jacket) [modest wear to extremities, some soiling to edges of text block, spine slightly turned; binding solid, internally quite clean]. (pen and ink drawings, one map) Something of an adventure-novelization of incidents presented by Stefansson in his 1913 book "My Life with the Eskimo." Stefansson, a U.S.-based, Canadian-born anthropologist of Icelandic extraction, eventually became a somewhat controversial figure, but in earlier times (in particular between 1906 and 1912) was responsible for leading important explorations of the Canadian Arctic region, and gained a lot of attention for his observations and writings about the life and culture of the Copper Inuit, the so-called "blond Eskimos".

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 240 pages, paperback reprint.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 240 pages, paperback reprint.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition.

vii+240pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. Black and white illustrations and maps. First edition.

Soft Covers. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Reprint Edition. 25 cm, 240 pp, maps, soft covers. VG copy. A heavy book - overseas buyers please ask for a freight quote.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Cover shows very slight signs of use, but is unmarked and undamaged. All pages clean, crisp and fresh. Overall, very sound and presentable. Publisher's note: The exploration and colonisation of the Pacific is a remarkable episode of human prehistory. Early sea-going explorers had no prior knowledge of Pacific geography, no documents to record their route, no metal, no instruments for measuring time and none for exploration. Forty years of modern archaeology, experimental voyages in rafts, and computer simulations of voyages have produced an enormous range of literature on this controversial and mysterious subject. This book represents a major advance in knowledge of the settlement of the Pacific by suggesting that exploration was rapid and purposeful, undertaken systematically, and that navigation methods progressively improved. Using an innovative model to establish a detailed theory of navigation, Geoffrey Irwin claims that rather than sailing randomly downwind in search of the unknown, Pacific Islanders expanded settlement by the cautious strategy of exploring upwind, so as to ease their safe return. The author has tested this hypothesis against the chronological data from archaeological investigation, with a computer simulation of demographic and exploration patterns and by sailing throughout the region himself. Size: 24.7 x 19 x 1.4 cm. vii, 240 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Navigation -- Pacific Area; Trade routes -- Pacific Area -- Computer simulation; Pacific Area -- Discovery and exploration; Pacific Area -- Colonization; Pacific Area -- Antiquities; ISBN: 0521476518. ISBN/EAN: 9780521476515. Add. Inventory No: 250612MM2721.