Los Toros : Bullfighting
36: Indice, 1974. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Includes a poster. Text in English. 207 pp. Creased spine. Moderate edge wear with some scuffing to the covers. No 45 rpm EP included.
Customs & Traditions
Samlingar til en beskrifning öfwer Norrland I-III
12: J. L. Horrn, 1771. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Swedish topographer Abraham Hülphers the Younger's magnificent travelogue depicts 1750s Norrland. This is a joint binding of the first three parts; volume 1: Medelpad (published 1771), volume 2: Jämtland (pub. 1775), volume 3: Härjedalen (pub. 1777). The work appeared in a total.....
Multan : History and Architecture - Pakistan
55: Institute of Islamic History, Culture & Civilization / Islamic University, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Text in English. Detailed look at the Islamic architecture of Multan, Pakistan. 390 pp. Minor wear to the covers. Dust jacket appears over-sized and this is why the upper edge is quite frayed (one could.....
Kaheköne Kimonoga = Dialogue with Kimono
89: Estonia-Japan Association, 2011. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Released alongside an exhibition of the same name, held at Galerii Aatrium, Tallinn in 2011. Features photos and articles about kimonos and other traditional Japanese garments and crafts. Text in Estonian and English. 55 pp.
Doing Christian Theology in Asian Ways : ATESEA Occasional Papers No 12
44: ATESEA, 1993. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Interesting essays, for example about using native folklore in doing theology. Spine faded and front cover also has some discoloration. Minor wear to the covers otherwise. 76 pp.
Guddicks : Traditional Riddles from Shetland
70: Shetland Times Limited, 2013. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Text in English. 184 pp. Guddicks - Traditional Riddles from Shetland offers diverse, informative and often humorous insight into traditional life in Shetland's past. The book is packed with personal narratives by Shetlanders themselves – many born in the late.....
The Heart of Haiti : Photographs - signed
24: Hawkhurst / Becotte & Gershwin, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 40 striking portraits from Haiti. Edition of 1000 copies. Publication of Dr. Baldeck's photographs was made to support Hopital Albert Schweitzer and its credo, "Reverence for Life." Author's signature on the title page. In good shape, only small wear.
Lahore : Topophilia of Space and Place - signed
52: Oxford University Press, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An interdisciplinary reconstruction of the historical and cultural images of Lahore, one of the oldest cities in the Indian Subcontinent. Inscribed and signed by the author on the flyleaf. 246 pp. Otherwise mainly just minor wear to the covers.
Bearralat Cimcaheh Ciim'cik
47: Sámediggi, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Art Anthology of Sámi Youth in Northern, Inari and Skolt Sámi languages. The book contains the writings, poems, pictures and comics of about 50 children and young people who have participated in the Sámi Youth Art Event in 2001-2007. The work has been published.....
Excavations in Laikipia : An Archaeological Study of the Recent Prehistory in the Eastern Highlands of Kenya
28: Finnish Antiquarian Society, 1984. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Text in English. Archaeologist Ari Siiriäinen (1939-2004) published several reports detailing the findings of his field studies in East Africa, of which this is one. He meticulously reports on the artifacts excavated at various rockshelters and a burial cairn in the.....
A Businessman's Guide to the Finnish Sauna
54: Business Books, 1989. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Text in English. Pages very slightly yellowed. Some small scratches etc on the dust jacket. No markings! 71 pp.
Die Stickmuster der Tscheremissen : Ethnographische Forschungen auf dem Gebiete der Finnischen Völkerschaften VI - Traditional embroidery of the Mari people
13: Societe Finno-ougrienne, 1915. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Rare publication about Traditional embroidery of the Mari people! Includes three color picture boards representing traditional Mari / Cheremisa clothes and 185 black and white boards with different patterns. There's a tear at the top of the spine, otherwise in very good.....
Reflections on Resemblance, Ritual, and Religion
42: Oxford University Press, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The classical Vedic texts that deal with large-scale sacrificial ritual and those writings that deal with domestic ritual have traditionally been treated as unrelated. The former are devoted to the explication of rituals that are dominated by wealthy male elites; the latter.....
Flora y fauna de Sarhua : Pintura y palabra : Colección cuentos pintados del Perú
54: Hydrocarbures Pérou, 1999. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Text in Spanish and partially in Quechua. Spine skewed and some wear to the covers. 229 pp.
Drama as a Mode of Religious Realization : The Vidagdhamadhava of Rupa Gosvami : American Academy of Religion Academy Series 43
42: American Academy of Religion, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ballpoint pen marking on the flyleaf and slight yellowing of the pages, otherwise fine. 270 pp.
Marriage Ceremonies in Morocco - with the author's compliments
63: MacMillan and Co., 1914. 1st edition. Hardcover. Famous Finnish heavy study of Moroccoan marriage. In nice condition, includes a plate: "With the Author's Compliments". Ex owner a baron from Helsinki (Helsingfors). Text in English. 422 pp.
Holy Relics of the Church of Georgia
34: Akhali ivironi, 2011. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Richly illustrated rare work on the holy relics of the ancient Georgian Orthodox Church. In English. 282 pp.
Arte rupestre en Arequipa y el sur del Perú - rock art in Arequipa and southern Peru
53: Arequipa, 2004. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Text in Spanish, richly illustrated. On prehistoric rock art in Arequipa and southern Peru 152 pp. Tiny little stab marks going through the back cover and few of the last pags. Few stains. Over all in nice condition.
Arco iris de sueños : Así juegan los niños mexicanos
53: Nacional Financiera, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Text in Spanish. Richly illustrated book on Mexican toys. 148 pp. Small light stain on the top edge of the pages.
Nature in the Kalevala : Nature and Wildlife in Finnish Folklore
40: Articmedia, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Text in English. 159 pp. Minor edge wear to the dust jacket. Finland's most renowned nature photographer Hannu Hautala gives with these photos his interpretation of the fauna and flora of the Finnish epic Kalevala. Docent Reijo Heikkinen, who is very familiar with.....
Kolme pohjoista = Three Northern Views
47: Tampereen museot, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Text in Finnish and English. Archival photos from Lapland and the Sámi people. 120 pp.
Guanajuato patrimonio cultural de la humanidad
50: 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy with no markings. Cultural heritage of humanity in the state of Guanjuato, Mexico. Text in Spanish. 150 pp.
Sounds Like Theory : XII Nordic Theoretical Archaeology Group Meeting in Oulu 25.-28.4.2012
47: Archaeological Society of Finland, 2014. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Wide range of archaeological essays by various reserchers. Topics range from textile fragments in prehistoric burials and dental pathology in northern Finland to social control in Roman Pompeii and boundaries in Sami archaeology. 197 pp. Illustrated.
Social Choreography of the Viennese Waltz : The Transfer and Reception of the Dance in Vienna and Europe, 1780-1825
80: Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, 2014. 1st edition. Softcover. This book focuses on the socio-cultural and economic circumstances in which the Viennese waltz developed at the turn of the 19th century. Through an examination of the production, dissemination and consumption of the waltz in Vienna and Europe during.....
Árbbolaccat : Goalmmát oassi romána - third part of the trilogy
47: Davvi Girji, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. In Northern Sami language. 238 pp.