Chicago. University of Chicago Press. 1983. x + 230pp, works cited, index, good copy in dustjacket. This work is an "original theory of the role of marriage alliances in kinship systems. The studies collected here, presented together for the first time, show a consistent focus on affinity as a value..... More
London. Oxford University Press. 1958. Second Edition. Black and white photographic illustrations, 194pp, notes (glossary), endpapers patchily browned, minor damage dustjacket. The Gonds live in Central India. The author lived among them from 1932-1935, wrote about them and photographed them. These are his personal recollections of the time he spent..... More
Lanham. Scarecrow Press. 2007. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, lxix + 374pp, bibliography, author's signature on front free endpaper, penciled annotation lower free endpaper, edges trifle soiled, very good hardback copy. The Historical Dictionary of the Tamils presents a vivid picture of the Tamils' cultural and literary traditions, both..... More
Madras. Business Week Press. 1949. xxiv + 332pp, glossary, bibliography, index, good copy in little rubbed cloth covered boards. When referring to this item please quote stockid 150556. More
Coonoor. United Planters' Association of Southern India. 1953. Black and white full page illustrations with captioned tissue guards, xiv + 452pp. Original green cloth binding considerably insected damaged, lettered in gilt on faded spine. Upper edge and corners little damp stained but nevertheless a sound and otherwise clean secondhand copy..... More