Orinoco, First Edition (155 results)

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Thus. A creation myth from the oral tales of the Makiritare Indians of the upper Orinoco River in Venezuela. Edited and translated by David Guss.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing, inscribed by author to his editor at Five Star, ship by MediaMail. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some edge wear and faded spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Acebes, Hector (illustrator). 1st Edition. Black cloth covers with red and green lettering on spine. Very light soiling on top and front page ends. Previous owners interesting bookplate and been neatly pasted on the half title page. Maps on the inside of the front and back covers are in fine condition. Text is clean and unmarked. Hinges are tight. Illustrated with many b&w photos. Pictorial DJ has small tears and chips on corners, edges and spine ends. 3/4" tear with creasing on the bottom edge of the back cover. Soiling and shelf wear to covers and spine. The authors "interest in the natives, his talent for evoking the mystery of the jungle, and his many superb photographs combine to make this book an original, colorful and highly entertaining travel-adventure book." All of our books are individually inspected and described. Never ex-lib unless explicitly described as such.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 116-138 pages with maps, figure, table and bibliography. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Journal of Anthropological Research Volume 30, Number 2 complete issue. First edition. Rituals of the Warao Indians of the Orinoco delta of Venezuela that involve the distribution of moriche (Mauritia flexuosa) starch may contribute to the preservation of tribal or subgroup identity, but such rituals also constitute an important survival mechanism by channeling surplus food between subgroups, and by institutionalizing the storage of basic foodstuffs which are thus guarded against capricious consumption. The nahanamu festival, with the associated kanobo cult, enhances the possibility of survival for the entire population. This article examines the economic features of the nahanamu, nowara, and habi sanuka rituals, and links them to the seasonality of moriche starch and other aspects of the Warao habitat. Condition: Spine sunned, light edge wear, corners bumped else very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ex-library edition with stickers, stamps and mylar sleeve with tape protecting the jacket; there is some light wear around the edges of the book and jacket; there is a little staining on the top of the page block.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by North Point Press, 1980. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good with price sticker on left flap and light shelf/edgewear.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In pictorial jacket over green cloth with gilt spine titling, 8vo, 190pp. (shelfwear to extremities, sm nick at lower jacket corner).

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Spine ends gently rolled with associated crimps to the mylar covered jacket. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Inscribed By the Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, cloth, xv, 320pp. First edition/printing. VG+: clean, bright and sound.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st. Blue and yellow illust on cover. B & w frontispiece. 181 pages. Chapter book. Brown pages. Covers slightly darkened. Spine slightly worn at ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Bargain book!

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. A.B. Shut (illustrator). 1st Edition. 8vo Illus. by A.B. Shut. 1st Ed. -[Cat. 61-573.] The first book in the "Pan American Series". In pictorial boards. Rear hinge cracked; Good no DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First English Edition. DJ intact with edge wear. 207 pp with extensive striking color plates, maps. In Southern Venezuela re the Walka,one of four sub-tribes of hunters and gatherers known as Yanoma.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Edge wear to jacket.

Paperback. Condition: New. 1. ed. Excellent. Esta colección nos presenta cinco piezas de fina escritura dramática. En ellas, la realidad y la fantasía, la irrisión y el dolor, se encauzan en un mismo espacio creando mundos realmente irresistibles para el lector curioso. Rosa de dos aromas, por ejemp If book and packaging weight exceeds 400gms, additional shipping charges may apply. New Popular 499 272 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Shute, A.B. (illustrator). 1st Edition. GOOD: Good Copy of the Lee and Shepard, 1902, First Edition - part of their Pan-American Series. Bindings have some soiling and rubbing wear especially along back of spine. Hinges are tender. Location: V25.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine 1st American edition, first printing in fine dj. Spine is slightly sunned. More hilarious adventures in the field. Probably unread.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good (Protective cover). Various (Photographs) (illustrator). First Edition. Cover is in excellent condition, save for minimal rubbing. DJ is unclipped and in good condition, save for corner/edge chipping. Text is otherwise tight in binding. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout, save for penned ownership on FEP. No other markings or indications of note. Due to the size of this book, additional shipping charges may apply. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Washington, DC: The National Geographic Society, 1998. The April, 1998 issue, Volume 193, No.4. Quarto, wraps, 130 numbered pp. + pages of unpaginated features and ads. Fine; one light ball pen mark at lower right (see scan), otherwise flawless. Very high grade. See scan. Feature articles: The Orinoco; Roman Shipwrecks; Australia by Bike, Part Three; Testing the Waters of Rongelap; Ozarks Harmony; Life Grows Up; The Vanishing Prairie Dog. Departments: Behind the Scenes; Forum; Geographica; From the Editor; Flashback; On Television; Earth Almanac; Interactive; On Assignment. L-pr2.

Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing. "One of the oldest and longest of American creation myths, this oral tale has been gathered in Venezuela over the past 15 years by Marc de Civirieux, one of South America's leading anthropologists." Edited and translated by David Guss. Preface and glossary. Photographs. viii, 195 pp. Map endpapers. Near fine in very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 1st. 264 pages with 293 illustrations, 139 in color. Fine condition in fine dust jacket.

Condition: Fair. 1954. First Edition. 281 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white plates. Clean pages and plates with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Bookseller sticker stuck to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is darkened. Minor sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends, edges and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear and water marks to boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. The book itself is very good, clean and unmarked, spine ends slightly bumped. The jacket has some bit of shelf rubbing, bit of edge wear. Jacket not clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Margaret Gordon (illustrator). First Edition. Hardback: laminated colour pictorial boards slightly discoloured, scratch and old sticker mark on front, illustrated by MARGARET GORDON, internal foxing, else g. small format (170x145mm). Illustrations based on the film puppets created by IVOR WOOD.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 16 pages, illustrations, map; 28 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. cloth.thick large 8vo.illustations by robert rotter.very good copy.no Jacket.