Man: The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

L. M. Lewis (editor)

Verlag: Royal Anthropology Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 1971-1980, London, 1971

Beschreibung

Seventeen volumes of these interesting and educational periodicals from the Royal Institute of Anthropology. Seventeen volumes. Scarce issues. Dated from December 1071 to June 1980. A myriad of authors for each separate issue. Edited by L. M. Lewis; P. G. Riviere, a British social anthropologist, Emeritus Professor at Oxford University and pioneer in the study of Amazonian peoples; P. Loizos; and Marilyn Strathern, a British anthropologist who has worked largely with the people of Papua New Guinea, she was William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge from 1993 to 2008, and Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge from 1998 to 2009. Issued quarterly by the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, these issues contain essays and new writings on a variety of anthropological issue and theories. With sections for correspondence and book reviews. Also includes: a copy of the speech made by Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester when presenting the late Prince William's African Collection to the Institute on the 4th October 1973, a letter from N. H. Sminnott from The Freethinker to Lord Raglan, and a leaflet for the Rai Centenary Appeal Fund. Many volumes are illustrated with individual plates and in-text diagrams. Publisher's advertisements to the rear. From the library of Lord Raglan, Fitzroy John Somerset. Raglan"s great-great-grandfather was Field Marshal Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan and hero of the Battle at Inkerman and Alma in the Crimean War. He also served as military secretary to the Duke of Wellington. He died in the Crimea in 1855. The house in which the library was situated, Cefntilla Court, was purchased by the Raglan Memorial committee for his descendants. Lord Raglan was a keen collector of anthropology and folklore, with many of the works in his extensive library focusing upon this topic. In the original paper binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to some volumes. Volume 8 Issue Number 1 has a small tear and some creases to front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 847T88

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Man: The Journal of the Royal ...

Verlag: Royal Anthropology Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 1971-1980, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1971

Einband: Paperback

Illustrator: None

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: First edition.

Art des Buches: book