Rivière Peter Editor (23 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Quarto, 10" tall, xii + 266 pages with intertextual illustration, gilt titles on blue cloth. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover with little shelf wear, one corner slightly bumped, binding tight, paper bright. In a near fine, slightly edge-worn dust jacket. The Guiana Travels of Robert Schomburgk / 1835 - 1844 / Volume II / The Boundary Survey, 1840?1844 (Hakluyt Society, Third Series) No. 17 (issued for 2006).…

1970, Anthropological Theory, University of Chicago, Classics in Anthropology, 152 p., good ex-library cloth, no dust jacket, some penciled notes and penciled underlining.

hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New in mylar sleeve. First Edition. 7 1/4 x 10, 266 pages. "He was appointed Her Majesty's Commissioner for Boundaries with the duty to survey the boundaries of British Guiana, hitherto undefined. His surveys between 1841 and 1843 consisted of 3 journeys: Orinoco River, the boundary with Brazil, and the boundary with Dutch Guiana (modern Sudan)".…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 95 pages. 8.25x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book 17 of 36: Hakluyt Society, Third Series; dj in mylar; navy c w/gilt spine titles; 266 clean, unmarked pages. a published collection of the full, unedited reports regarding Robert Schomburgk's expeditions to map and define the boundaries of British Guiana. 12 figures & 3 maps (illustrator).…

Reprint. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; (xv, 214 pages) : illustrations. Subjects; Balfour, Henry 1863-1939. Pitt-Rivers, Augustus Henry Lane-Fox 1827-1900. Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. (Alfred Reginald) 1881-1955. Anthropology England Oxford History. Anthropologists England Oxford History. History Oxford England. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book 26 of 36: Hakluyt Society, Third Series; dj in mylar; navy c w/gilt spine titles;406 clean, unmarked pages. with 13 figures & 3 maps (illustrator).

Reprint. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; (xv, 214 pages) : illustrations. Subjects; Balfour, Henry 1863-1939. Pitt-Rivers, Augustus Henry Lane-Fox 1827-1900. Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. (Alfred Reginald) 1881-1955. Anthropology England Oxford History. Anthropologists England Oxford History. History Oxford England. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. li, 152 pages, 1 leaf of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents: Introductory: Legal Symbolism and Primitive Life The Form of Capture in Marriage Ceremonies The Origin of the Form of Capture On the Prevalence of the Practice of Capturing Wives, de facto Of the Rule against Marriage between Members of the Same Tribe-of the Coincidence of This Rule with the Practice of Capturing Wives, de facto. And the Form of Capture in Marriage Ceremonies On the State of Hostility Exogamy: Its Origin-Comparative Archaism of Exogamy and Endogamy Ancient Systems of Kinship and Their Influence on the Structure of Primitive Groups The Decay of Exogamy in Advancing Communities.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dark blue hardback in better than very good condition: firm and square with bright gilt lettering. Complete with original dustjacket, neat and sharp, not showing any tears or chips just lightly rubbed. Contents crisp, tight and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Looks and feels unread. Thus a very nice copy. …

2 Vols., Large 8vos, 406; 266pp. Black & white illustrations. A very good hardback copy in like dust jacket. Series III, Volume 16 & Volume 17.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Series III Volume 17. 266 pp, index. Dj has edgewear. Interior unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Aldershot: Ashgate for the Hakluyt Society, London 2006. Hakluyt Society, Third Series, Volumes 16, 17. 250 x 170 mm. Volume I: Explorations on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society 1835-1839; xiii, 406 pp. & 13 illustrations and 3 maps | Volume II: The Boundary Survey 1840-1844; xii, 266pp. 12 figures, 3 maps. [ISBN: 978-0904180862 & 978-0904180886] Hardbound in Publisher's clue cloth. A very good bright set free from ownership inscriptions in like dustwrappers.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 230 pages. 8.70x5.60x0.60 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Light shelf wear to extremities.

Condition: Near Fine. First edition, volume 2 only (hardback). 8vo (25cm by 18cm), xii, 266pp. 12 figures, 3 maps. Original dark blue cloth, dustwrappers. Short ownership inscription, else the book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. Hakluyt Society Third Series, volume 17. ISBN 9780904180886.…

1st edn. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. Original gilt decorated blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. 406 [&] 266, illus with b&w plates and maps (no inscriptions).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 322 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. illustrated edition. 214 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Two Volumes small 4to. pp.xiii + 406,illustrations and maps in black & white, Vol II. pp, xiv + 266 illustrations and maps in black & white, index, bibliography, Original publishers navy cloth hardcovers in light blue, slightly marked dust wrappers else a little marking to fore edges else very good. ' In 1829 the young Schomburk, a native of Germany, travelled to the Caribbean where, after various business failures began to devote himself to the study of natural history, especially botany. The quality of his work encouraged the Royal Geographical Society to sponsor his explorations of north-east South America for which no reliable maps or information existed which eventually led to him being appointed boundary commisioner of British Guiana with the task of surveying that colony s boundary. '. …

The Hakluyt Society, Third Series. Nos. 16 & 17. 2 vols. Frontispiece portrait to each volume, other plates and maps. 4to. Uniform gilt blue cloth with dust jacket. London, Hakluyt Society, Volume I: Exploration of behalf of the Royal Geographical Society 1835-1839. Volume II: The Boundary Survey 1840-1844.…

Volume I: Explorations on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society 1835-1839. The Hakluyt Society, Third Series. No. 16. Frontispiece portrait and several other plates and maps. 4to. London, Published by Ashgate for the Hakluyt Society.