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27758. Arbeitsgruppe Action Anthropology. Trickster. Wider das eurozentrische Denken. München: Trickster, 1980-1982, 1980, 102, 111, 64, 80pp., large stapled PAPERBACK volumes, 4 issues, very good, a few minor marks, $65
Includes 4 complete issues of the journal. Issues 4/5 Action Anthropology - 6/7 Der Anthropologe in Entwicklungsprojekten - 8 Action: Reflection; Marxismus - 9/10 Gari Kwaghbo singt.


6331. Augé, Marc, 1933-. Der Geist des Heidentums. Tr. from French by Michael von Killisch-Horn. no pl.: Klaus Boer Verlag, 1995, [originally 1982], 319pp., very good dust-jacket, very good black boards, fresh copy, $17
French ethnologist on the West and the rest: present and past. Paganism and Christianity, heroes, myths, cannibals, witches, prophets, Nietzsche, Bataille, Freud.


6848. Benary-Isbert, Margot. Mädchen für alles. Sieben Jahre Sekretärin im Völkermuseum. München: Heimeran, 1953, 14.- 17. Tausend, 153pp., fair dust-jacket, green half-cloth, decorated boards, $15
Memoir of life and work at the Frankfurt museum for Völkerkunde, ending with her marriage in 1916. Written lightly for colleagues and for young girls deciding on a career (acc. to jacket text). Includes a small anecdote about Max Wertheimer in 1914.


12705. Briffault, Robert, 1876-1948. Marriage, past and present: a debate between Robert Briffault and Bronislaw Malinowski. Edited with an introduction by Ashley Montagu. Boston: P. Sargent, 1956, 90pp. . 22 cm, very good sewn paper wraps, $12
Extending horizons books.


26653. Charbonnier, Georges, ed. Conversations with Claude Lévi-Strauss. Translated from the French by John and Doreen Weightman. London, Cape, 1971, reprinted, 159 p. 18 cm., small PAPERBACK, very good, with separate dust-jacket, slight wear, remainder stripe on bottom edge, $12
Translation of Entretiens avec Claude Lévi-Strauss.


23830. Cohen, Ronald / Middleton, John, ed. From tribe to nation in Africa; studies in incorporation processes. Edited by Ronald Cohen and John Middleton. Scranton, Chandler Pub. Co. [1970], xi, 276pp., sewn PAPERBACK, good used copy, but ink underlining on a few pages at start, $5
Chandler publications in anthropology and sociology. Contributors include: Elisabeth Colson, Aidan Southall, R. G. Abrahams, Jack Goody, Ronald Cohen, Elliott P. Skinner, Jacques Maquest, David Hammond-Tooke, John N. Paden.


27803. Duchet, Michèle. Antropologia e Historia en el Siglo de las Luces. Buffon, Voltaire, Rousseau, Helvecio, Diderot. Mexico: Siglo veintiuno editores, 1975, 477pp., large sewn PAPERBACK, good used copy, worn around edges, pencil marks in margins and some pencil underlining on a few pages, previous owner's name, $25
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23740. Dumézil, Georges, 1898-1986. L’oubli de l’homme et l’honneur des dieux et autres essais : vingt-cinq esquisses de mythologie, (51-75). [Paris] : Gallimard, 1985, 1985, 338pp., very good sewn paperback, $25
Bibliothèque des sciences humaines.


10111. Durand, Frederic. Nordistik: Einführung in die skandinavischen Studien. München: Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung, 1983, 103pp. . 21 cm., PAPERBACK, $15
Themen / Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung. 36. "Vortrag, gehalten an dem Mentorenabend der Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung in München-Nymphenburg am 2. November 1978. Mentor des Abends war Professor Dr. phil. Kurt Schier.". "Bibliographie zur Nordistik, bearbeitet von Francois-Xavier Dillmann":pp. 55-87.


25040. Eliade, Mircea, 1907-1986. The myth of the eternal return, or, Cosmos and history. Translated from the French by Willard R. Trask. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1971, xv, 195pp., PAPERBACK, very good, previous owner's name, $7
Bollingen series ; 46.


26904. Eliade, Mircea, 1907-1986. The two and the one. Translated by J. M. Cohen. NY: Harper & Row, Harper Torchbooks, 1969, 223pp., PAPERBACK, very good, fold mark on one corner of cover, remainders stripe on top edge, $7
Cover design by Pat Steir. Translation of Méphistophélès et l'Androgyne. Harper Torchbooks, TB1483.


23421. Eliade, Mircea, 1907-1986. Myth and reality. Translated from the French by Willard R. Trask. New York : Harper & Row, 1968, v, 212pp., PAPERBACK, good used copy, but worn around edges, $5
Harper torchbooks ; TB1369. Includes chapter on the magic and prestige of "origins", eschatology and cosmogony, myths and fairy tales, more.


15194. Friel, George Quentin. Punishment in the Philosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas and Among Some Primitive Peoples. A Dissertation. Washington D.C.: Catholic University Press, 1939, 308pp., good sewn paper wraps, frayed around edges and cover worn, internally sound; an ex-library copy with spine numbers blacked out and a couple of deaccession stamps, otherwise very good, $25
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8414. Frobenius, Leo, 1873-1938. Dokumente zur Kulturphysiognomik. Vom Kulturreich des Festlandes. Berlin: Volksverband der Bücherfreunde, 1923, 344pp., very good decorated white half-cloth with red boards, corners slightly bumped, $25
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27920. Geertz, Clifford. The interpretation of cultures : selected essays. New York : Basic Books, 1973, 1997 printing, later printing, ix, 470 p. ; 20 cm., PAPERBACK, very good, slight wear, $16
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27276. Goldschmidt, Walter R., 1913-. The anthropology of Franz Boas. Essays on the centennial of his birth. Menasha, Wisconsin: American Anthropological Association, 1959, vii, 165 p. diagrs., tables. 25 cm., sewn PAPERBACK, very good, chip at top of spine, $20
American Anthropologist ; [new ser.], v. 61, no. 5, pt. 2, Memoir, no. 89. Influences during the formative years, by Clyde Kluckhohn and Olaf Prufer, p.4-28; Apprenticeship under Boas, by Margaret Mead, p.29-45; Boas’ "natural history" approach to field method, by Marion W. Smith, p.46-60; The understanding of the Kwakiutl, by Helen Codere, p.61-75; Boas’ contributions to knowledge of human growth and form, by J.M. Tanner, p.76-111; Boas as statistician, by W.W. Howells, p.112-116; Boas sobre cerámica y estratografía, by Manuel Gamio, p.117-118; Folklore, by Melville Jacobs, p.119-138; Boas’ view of grammatical meaning, by Roman Jakobson, p.139-145; Some central elements in the legacy, by Leslie Spier, p.146-155.


15988. Highland, Geneieve A.. General Index. American Anthropologist and Memoirs of The American Anthropological Association, 1939-1948. Menasha, Wisconsin: American Anthropological Association, 1951, 72pp., very good sewn paper wraps, $25
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14186. Hofmeister, Hermann. Germanenkunde. Fr/M: Verlag Moritz Diesterweg, 1936, 254pp., very good large sewn paper wraps with worn attached dust-jacket, heavily illustrated survey on high-quality paper, some wear, $35
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2293. Hryniuk, Stella / Lubomyr Luciuk, ed. Multiculturalism and Ukrainian Canadians: identity, homeland ties, and the community's future. [Toronto, Ont.]: Multicultural History Society of Ontario, Downsview, Ont., 1993, vi, 89 p.: ill.; 28 cm., large PAPERBACK, very good, $7.5
Polyphony; 13.


6325. Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859. Kosmos. Für die Gegenwart bearbeitet von Hanno Beck. Stuttgart: Brockhaus, 1978, 453pp., large sewn PAPERBACK, $18
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12820. Leenhardt, Maurice, 1878-1954. Do kamo. La personne et le mythe dans le monde melanesien. [Paris] Gallimard [1947], 5th edition, 259pp. illus. 19 cm, sewn paper wraps, paper browning but still good, $25
La Montagne Sainte-Genevieve, 6.


27802. Lévi-Strauss, Claude. Mitológicas III. El origen de las maneras de mesa. Mexico: Siglo veintiuno editores, 1976, Segunda edicion en espanol, 495pp., very good dust-jacket, light wear, very good green cloth, previous owner's name and inscription, $25
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23437. Lips, Julius E., 1895-1950. Die Erntevölker, eine wichtige Phase in der Entwicklung der menschlichen Wirtschaft. Rektoratsrede, 1949. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1953, 18pp., very good stapled paper wraps, but ex-library, however only neat minor markings, stamp, call number, $30
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15637. Lohr, Hanns. Aberglauben und Medizin. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1943, 17.-30. Tausend, 132pp., worn sewn paper wraps, tear at top of spine in rear, otherwise good copy, $18
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17093. Lowie, Robert Harry, 1883-1957. The history of ethnological theory. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, [1937], later printing, xiii, 296pp., 24 cm, worn blue cloth, faded cover, otherwise very good, previous owner's name, $12
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11819. Malinowski, Bronislaw, 1884-1942. The dynamics of culture change. An inquiry into race relations in Africa. Edited by Phyllis M. Kaberry. New Haven: Yale university press. London, H. Milford, Oxford university press, 1945, xiv, 171pp. charts. 24 cm., very good brown cloth, a bit soiled, slight wear, $17
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22889. Martin-Behaim-Gesellschaft. Brücken über Breitengrade: die Martin-Behaim-Gesellschaft und ihre Kulturbeziehungen zum Ausland. Zum fünfundzwanzigjährigen Bestehen der Martin-Behaim-Gesellschaft hrsg. von Kurt Schleucher. Darmstadt: Turris-Verlag, 1977, 240pp.: ill. 25 cm, very good dust-jacket with a few chips and tears, very good green cloth, illustrated throughout, $35
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12743. McDougall, William, 1871-1938. Religion and the sciences of life. With other essays on allied topics. London, Methuen & Co., Ltd. [1934], xiii, 263pp. 19 cm, very good small blue cloth, cover a bit worn, endpapers darkened, $19
Includes essays on eugenics, darwinism, ethics of nationalism, anthropology and history.


17583. Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978. Male and female: a study of the sexes in a changing world. New York: W. Morrow, 1949, xii, 477pp., 22 cm, dust-jacket chipped at corners and bottom of spine, very good green cloth, pencil underlining on a few pages, previous owner's name: Israel Scheffler, $13
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23772. Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978. Growing up in New Guinea : a comparative study of primitive education. New York : Morrow, 1962, x, 384pp., PAPERBACK, very good, $6
A58, Apollo Edtion with 1962 preface.


24008. Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978, ed. Cultural patterns and technical change (from the Tensions and technology series) A manual prepared by the World Federation for Mental Health. Edited by Margaret Mead. NY: New American Library, 1963, 8th printing, 352pp., small PAPERBACK, very good, previous owner's name, $7
Mentor book, MD134.


24062. Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978. Anthropology, a human science: selected papers, 1939-1960. Princeton, N.J., Van Nostrand, 1964, viii, 260pp., small PAPERBACK, very good, $9
Insight book, 22.


6339. Michael, Herbert. Das Leben. Der gesunde Mensch und sein schicksalhaftes Werden und Vergehen. Leipzig: Verlag von Georg Dollheimer, 1936, 208pp., large white woven cloth, top and bottom of spine frayed, $35
Heavily illustrated scientific but popular manual of the human body, with an 8 page transparent man laid in.


24664. Neumann, Erich. Die grosse Mutter: der Archetyp des grossen Weiblichen. Zürich, Rhein-Verlag, 1956, 350, xv p. illus., 185 plates, diagrs. 25 cm., very good large black cloth, cover a bit scuffed, jacket flaps taped to endpapers, $50
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27208. Radin, Paul, 1883-1959. Der göttliche Schelm: ein indianischer Mythen-Zyklus von Paul Radin, Karl Kerényi und C.G. Jung. Hildesheim: Gerstenberg Verlag, 1979, 2., unveränderte Auflage, 219pp., PAPERBACK, very good, $25
Der Schelmen-Zyklus, aufgezeichnet von S. Blowsnake. - Die Winnebago und ihr Schelmenzyklus, von P. Radin. - Mythologische Epilegomena, von K. Kerényi. - Zur Psychologie der Schelmenfigur, von C.G. Jung. "Der Text des Schelmen-Zyklus wurde nach Paul Radins englischer Übertragung der Winnebago-Aufzeichnung des Sam Blowsnake von Ilse Krämer ins Deutsche übersetzt.".


15186. Sapir, Edward / Mandelbaum, David G., ed. Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1951, 2d printing, 617pp., very good brown cloth, private call number label on front cover, otherwise clean, previous owner's name, $38
Includes extensive Sapir bibliography. Specialized essays on phonetics, Indian languages such as Chinook, Navaho, Nootka, Kwakiutl; notes on Judeo-German phonology, Indo-European phonology, as well as substantial sections on cultural anthropology and language.


27759. Schneider, Jane. Rumpelstiltskin Revisited: witch-hunting and the transition from linen to butter in early modern Europe. Paper in advance for participants in symposium no. 93: Cloth and the Organization of Human Experience, 1983. Amenia, New York: Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, 1983, 60 + 5pp., stapled paperback, very good, cover a bit soiled, $15
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2248. Siegel, Bernard J., 1913-. Slavery during the third dynasty of Ur. [Menasha, Wisconsin: American Anthropological Assn, 1947, 54 p. 25 cm., very good brown paper wraps, $15
American anthropologist; new ser., v. 49, no. 1, pt. 2. Memoir series of the American Anthropological Association; no. 66.


11554. Tinland, Franck. La différence anthropologique: essai sur les rapports de la nature et de l'artifice. Paris: Aubier Montaigne, 1977, 453pp. : ill.. 23 cm., very good large sewn paper wraps, $25
Analyse et raisons.


48910. Vollmer, Wilhelm. Wörterbuch der Mythologie - Cd-Rom. 3te neubearbeitete Auflage. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2001, , cd-rom for pc (or mac with free software download), text in German, $18
Digitale Bibliothek 17.The complete 1874 edition of Vollmer's classic, first published in 1836, on cd-rom, fully searchable with text easy to print. Over 5000 lexicon articles, 300 illustrations. ISBN 3932544226.


6365. Weizsäcker, Viktor von, 1886-1957. Natur und Geist. Erinnerungen eines Arztes. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1955, 2. Auflage, 244pp., very good beige cloth, $15
Chapters written towards the end of the war on: Johannes von Kries and Ludolf Krehl (W's teachers and models), southwest German school of philosophy, internal medicine and neurology before WWI, Freud. Weizsäcker recalls the generation of intellectual rebellion against the 19th century, in medicine, in philosophy, in religion.


27277. White, Leslie A., 1900-1975. The social organization of ethnological theory. Houston, Tex., William Marsh Rice University, 1966, 66 p. 23 cm., sewn PAPERBACK, very good, previous owner's name, $15
Monograph in cultural anthropology. Rice University studies, v. 52, no. 4, Fall 1966. Deals mainly with Franz Boas and A.R. Radcliffe-Brown.


1943. Wolff, Werner, 1904-1957. Island of Death: a New Key to Easter Island's Culture Through an Ethno-Psychological Study. NY: J. J. Augustin Publisher, 1948, 20 black and white plates, 228pp., very good black cloth, a bit faded and worn, corners slightly bumped, illustrated with hieroglypic tables, maps, drawings, previous owner's name: Samuel J. Howard, $85
Not in Exilarchiv.Anthropological and comparative historical study of Easter Island; comparison of language to Egypt, W.'s hypothesis on the transportation of the statues, and the folklore of Easter Island.