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Published by Beacon Press, 1971
ISBN 10: 080704671XISBN 13: 9780807046715
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Published by Penguin Books, 1974
ISBN 10: 0140600302ISBN 13: 9780140600308
Seller: Bookmans, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. X-Library book. Standard wear to cover and typical library markings. No dust jacket. 100% Money Back Guarantee!!!.
Condition: Good. Good condition.
Published by Beacon Press, Boston, 1963
Seller: G.M. Isaac Books, Winston-Salem, NC, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. (Fly-leaf and the title page are missing; Wrappers have edge-wear and creases; Text is clean, neat and tight). Book.
Published by Penguin University Books, Harmondsworth, 1973
ISBN 10: 0140600302ISBN 13: 9780140600308
Seller: The Glass Key, Montmorillon, France
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Paperback. Condition: Very good. Later printing. First printing of this trade paperback edition. Pp 190. Translated from the French by Rodney Needham. Introduction by Roger Poole. Name of ownership on the inside of the upper wrapper else a clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers.
Published by The Merlin Press Ltd, 1964
ISBN 10: 0850363829ISBN 13: 9780850363821
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Published by Merlin Press, 1964
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1964. No Edition Stated. 116 pages. This is an ex-Library book. White dust jacket with black lettering over black cloth. Front endpaper missing. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Ex-library with usual stamps, inserts and markings. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine and board edges. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear and tear to edges and corners. Moderate tanning to spine and edges, with staining and soiling to DJ.
Published by Merlin Press 1964, 1964
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1964. No Edition Remarks. 116 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Light cracking and staining to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondworth,, 1973
Seller: FIRENZELIBRI SRL, Reggello, FI, Italy
br.cop.fig.bn. Condition: BUONO. Traduz.di Rodney Needham. Introduz.di Roger Poole. cm.12,5x21, pp.190, Coll.Penguin University Books. Harmondworth, Penguin Books Ltd. cm.12,5x21, pp.190, br.cop.fig.bn. Coll.Penguin University Books. testo in francese.
Published by Tavistock Publications, 1969
Seller: Brothertown Books, Deansboro, NY, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. "The Structural Study of Myth and Totemism", edited by Edmund Leach, was issued in 1969 by Tavistock Publications under the auspices of A. S. A. (Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth). This collection, aside from the immense scholarly gravitas of its collective authors, is noteworthy for the inclusion of an essay by Claude Lévi-Strauss. *********************************************** Excerpt from the cover write-up : "The social anthropology of Claude Lévi - Strauss is both like and unlike the social anthropology ordinarily practised by members of the Association of Social Anthropologists. In this volume members of the Association have tried to decide for themslves just where they stand in relation to Lévi-Strauss's work, with special emphasis on two mainthemes : the study of Myth, and the study of Totemism." *********************************************** CONTENTS - PART I : The Structural Study of Myth > Introduction . by Edmund Leach / The Story of Asdiwal . by Claude Lévi-Strauss (Translated by Nicholas Mann) / The Meaning of Myth, with special reference to 'La Geste d'Asdiwal' . by Mary Douglas / 'The Raw : the Cooked :: Nature : Culture' - Observations on 'Le Cru et le cuit' . by Nur Yalman / Lévi-Strauss and Myth . by K. O. L. Burbridge / CONTENTS - PART II : The Structural Study of Totemism > The "Univited Guest' : Ancilla to Lévi-Strauss on Totemism and Primitive Thought . by E. Michael Mendelson / Groote Eylandt Totemism and 'Le Totémisme aujourd'hui' . by Peter Worsley / 'Totem and Taboo' Reconsidered / Notes on Contributors / Author Index and Bibliographical Cross-Reference *************************************** SERIES : Social Science Paperback / AUSPICES : A.S.A. - Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth / EDITOR : Edmund Leach / AUTHORS : Claude Lévi-Strauss et al / IMPRINT : Tavistock Publications / PLACE : 11 New Fetter Lane, London / DATE : (1969) / EDITION : Second Paperback Printing / PROVENANCE : From the personal library of an esteemed professor of anthropology, with his inked signature on the first page, dated 1972 / PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade paperback; has a single map; notes, bibliographical and otherwise; Introduction, Index; [xxii] + 185 pages; 5 3/8" x 8 7/16"; printed wraps, sewn and glued. Original 1969 price printed on rear cover. ***************************************** CONDITION - VERY GOOD - This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted :: EXTERIOR -- No creasing to spine; creases run along the spine on front and back; small nicking along joints and cover edges; moderate surface rub, else clean. Text-block edges are clean. / BINDING -- Solid / INTERIOR -- The previous owner's inked signature with date on first page - else the interior is clean and free of marking.
Published by Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1969
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Pelican Books Edition. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 190 pages 1 illustration, map 19 cm. Contents: Translator's note -- Note to the Pelican edition -- Introduction by Roger C. Poole -- Introduction -- Ch. 1: The totemic illusion -- Ch. 2: Australian nominalism -- Ch. 3: Functionalist theories of totemism -- Ch. 4: Towards the intellect -- Ch. 5: Totemism from within -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index. Summary: "The so-called 'problem' of totemism, which was once seen as the embryonic form of all religiouw belief, has for long exercised the minds of anthropologists. From McLennan's famous pronouncement in 1869 that totemism was simply 'fetishism plus exogamy and matrilineal descent' to Sir James Frazer's portentous publication in 1910 of the four volumes of Totemism and Exogamy, the institution was accorded a special and honoured place among anthropological studies." Subjects: Totemism. Magic and sorcery Clever people.Dating and chronology Carbon dating. Food Sociocultural aspects Avoidance. Social organisation Kinship Matrilineal systems. Social organisation Kinship Systems Moieties. 1 Kg.
.- Great Britain. 1969. Pelican Book. 8º. 190 pgs - 1 h. Rústica editorial . Firma anterior poseedor tinta en portada. Buen estado. . . Literatura Extranjera / Idiomas / Inglés.
Published by Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1969
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Pelican Books Edition. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 190 pages 1 illustration, map 19 cm. Contents: Translator's note -- Note to the Pelican edition -- Introduction by Roger C. Poole -- Introduction -- Ch. 1: The totemic illusion -- Ch. 2: Australian nominalism -- Ch. 3: Functionalist theories of totemism -- Ch. 4: Towards the intellect -- Ch. 5: Totemism from within -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index. Summary: "The so-called 'problem' of totemism, which was once seen as the embryonic form of all religiouw belief, has for long exercised the minds of anthropologists. From McLennan's famous pronouncement in 1869 that totemism was simply 'fetishism plus exogamy and matrilineal descent' to Sir James Frazer's portentous publication in 1910 of the four volumes of Totemism and Exogamy, the institution was accorded a special and honoured place among anthropological studies." Subjects: Totemism. Magic and sorcery Clever people.Dating and chronology Carbon dating. Food Sociocultural aspects Avoidance. Social organisation Kinship Matrilineal systems. Social organisation Kinship Systems Moieties. 1 Kg.
Hardcover. Condition: good. . 1964, with some wear to dustjacket, neat name on endpaper, no other markings, feint toning to pages, Professional booksellers since 1981.
Published by Penguin Books, 1969, England., 1969
Seller: Librería y Editorial Renacimiento, S.A., VALENCINA DE LA CONCEPCIÓN, Spain
18x11. Encuadernación rústica (tapa blanda). 190 pgs. Texto en inglés. 698976.
Published by Merlin Press, London, 1964
Seller: MIAC-LOA Library, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. VERY GOOD+/ NEAR FINE. Boards slightly cocked. Original non-library owner's name penned on flyleaf. DJ has a single closed 1/4" tear, a pinhead sized spot of wear to the DJ top front cover corner and very very slight soiling. This translation originally published (B64-19127), London: Merlin P., 1964. Originally published as 'Le Totemisme aujourd'hui', Paris: Presses Universitaires de France (1962). Purchase supports the programs, operations and collections and collections preservation of the renowned Museum of Indian Arts & Culture Laboratory of Anthropology Library.
Published by Merlin Press, 1964
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: GOOD. 1964. Merlin Press. Hardcover. GOOD DJ; Acceptable, edgewear. Parts of the DJ are discoloured/sunned including the spine. DJ is also marked and foxed. Foxing and marks throughout on pages and page edges. 8x5.
Published by Beacon Press., Boston, 1968
Seller: antiquariat volapük, Berlin, Germany
3rd. OHlbLn. 116 S. OU. Zustand: Half cloth, dust jacket. Good copy. Pictures on demand.
Published by Beacon Press 1963, 1963
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
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Published by London, Merlin Press. 1964., 1964
First Edition
8vo. viii+116pp. Original cloth in insect affected dustwrapper, a very good copy. First UK edition. Scarcer hardcover issue.
Published by Beacon Press, 1963
Seller: Llibres Bombeta, Terrassa, BCN, Spain
Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Bien.
Published by Boston, Massachusetts. Beacon Press. 1968., 1968
Seller: Worpsweder Antiquariat, Worpswede, Germany
Paperback. 116,(2)pp. Translated by Rodney Needham. 3rd printing. 8vo. Covers worn. Slightly used.
Published by Merlin Press, London, 1964
Seller: Primrose Hill Books BA, London, United Kingdom
Cloth. Condition: Very Good + in Good DJ. First edition thus. Cover slightly bowed. Dj is a little discoloured and soiled.
Published by PENGUIN BOOKS, GREAT BRITAIN, 1973
Seller: TRANSATLANTICO LIBROS, Madrid, MADRI, Spain
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Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Bien. CARTULINA EDITORIAL. 21x13 cms. 190 págs. INTRODUCTION BY ROGER POOLE.
Paperback. Condition: Good+. 190pp.