Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780691017792ISBN:0691017794
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The first book to treat shamanism in a comprehensive way. The author's approach is that of the history of religion, rather than from psychology or anthropology. As one reviewer says, Eliade gives "a clear idea of what shamanism is and what it is not. " 610 pages. This copy is in very good condition. The binding is solid but has a light reading crease. The text is free of all marks, notes and underlining. The cover is faded on the spine and has some mild ... read more
Edition: 11th printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press; Mythos, Princeton, NJ
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780691017792ISBN:0691017794
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xxiii, 610 pp., biblio., index; 22 cm. First published, 1951, under title: Chamanisme et les techniques archaiques de l'extase. Translated from the French. Tight, clean text. Gift inscription/flyleaf, otherwise tight & clean. Appears unread. "Writing as a historian of religion, Eliade synthesizes the approaches of psychology, sociology, and ethnology to study the figure of the shaman, at once magician and medicine man, healer and miracle-doer, psychopomp, ... read more
Description: Very Good Plus. 5.25" x 8.5" 610 pp. Reprint. Seminal work in anthropology/religion. Notes, bibliography, index. Upper left corner of back cover w/a small crease. Covers splayed. Minor browning on upper text-edge. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bollingen Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780691017792ISBN:0691017794
Description: Very Good- No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 610 pp., Has minor shelfwear, spine and corners reinforced with clear plastic, Printed label on spine, Internally Clean. read more
Edition: 2nd Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bollingen Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780691017792ISBN:0691017794
Description: Near Fine. This 5.5 x 8.5 softcover has 610 pages. the author takes up the problem of Shamanism; he succeeds in defining its bounds, so that, for the first time in the history of religions, a clear idea can be formed of what Shamanism is and what it is not. read more
Description: Fine. PAPERBACK, Princeton U. Press, 1974. LIKE NEW! Spine unbroken. VERY CLEAN, unmarked (erasure marks on first pg. ), crisp, pages with square corners. Cover very clean, square corners, light to medium rubbing. (LN-VG) 0508. read more
Description: Very good; Collectible. No writings/underlines/highlights. Pages are nice and clean. Free tracking. Satisfaction guaranteed! Fast! read more
Edition: 2nd Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780691017792ISBN:0691017794
Description: NEAR FINE-. 2nd Ed/1974 PB. Very Clean, Unmarked (exc 1 page has 8 sentences underlined in lite red pencil). NO tears, stains, creases, names, hi-lites. NO Shelfwear. Read 1x Very Gently. FreeTraking. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bollingen
Date Published: 1972-05-01
ISBN-13:9780691017792ISBN:0691017794
Description: Very Good. Cover has different artwork, same ISBN and date of publication. Minor shelf wear, edgewear and sun-fading to covers, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. read more
Binding: Paperbound
Publisher: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, Princeton
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780691017792ISBN:0691017794
Description: Good in N/A jacket. Paperbound with no dust jacket in good condition. Page edging has very slight smoke staining with some soiling from a house fire. Cover has some rubbing, some soiling, and slight smoke staining. Front cover is creased. Inside cover and flyleaves have slight smoke staining with some soiling. All four corners of the cover are bent. 610 pages. read more
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