About this title: A master work of observation and description about the lives and rituals of the Haitian mambos and adepts, and of the history and origins of their religion.
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Edition: First Edition-Stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Andre Deutsch, London
Date Published: 1959
Description: Photos. Very Good- No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Red boards w/ gilt on spine. Very little wear, a few spots on back. Clean, tight & tanning inside. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Andre Deutsch
Date Published: 1959
Description: First edition. Red hardback with DJ, 8vo, 400 pages including sixteen black and white plates and illustrations. A detailed view of the cult religion, its origins, rituals and spirits invoked. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: cloth bds
Publisher: Andre Deutsch, London
Date Published: 1959
Description: b&w plates/text illustrations. Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper. 8vo. Dustwrapper. 400pp. 1st UK edition of Dr. Metraux's description of Voodoo in Haiti, being anthropological in content but intended for the general reader; history of Voodoo, social framework, the supernatural world, ritual, magic and sorcery, Voodoo and Christianity; 16 b&w plates, 12 text illustrations, one map; translated by Hugo Charteris; this copy has one small bookshop label to front pastedown, former owner's name to fep, ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, New York
Date Published: 1959
ISBN-13:9781299701021ISBN:1299701027
Description: Very good. DJ soiled, chipped and edge worn. Interior clean and tight. 400 pages. 16 b/w plates. Complete study of the practices and traditions of voodoo as they exist in present-day Haiti. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Schocken Books
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780805208948ISBN:0805208941
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 7.97 by 5 inches. [allow 1-2 weeks transit to europe]. (00400 pages) illustrated lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback ) read more
Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Deutsch, London
Date Published: 1959
Description: Good. No dust jacket. A good clean copy minus DJ. First printing. Illustrated by. 400 p. ; illus. ; index; bibliography; 21 cm. Translated by Hugo Charteris. read more
Description: Very Good in lightly chipped jacket. 1299701027. Translation by Hugo Charteris of Le voudou haitien (Paris: Gallimard, 1958). London: Andre Deutsch, [1959]. 1st British Edition. 400pp. + 16 half-tones on 8 inserted leaves. 12 text figures. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Off-setting to paste-downs and flyleaves else a very good copy in chipped dust jacket. English translation published the same year in London by Andre Deutsch. 1 pound 4.0 ounces = 569 grams. 8.6 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches = 21.5 x ... read more
Binding: hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York
Date Published: 1959
Description: Very good in very good(-) jacket. Illus. 400pp. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. chipped and lightly soiled. New York: Oxford University Press, 1959. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1959
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good jacket. Illustrated. Owner name stamped inside, some underlining. Book comes with original owner's newspaper clippings on the subject of Voodoo. read more
Description: Like New. SHIPS FROM GERMANY. NO EXPEDITED SHIPPING! Allow 10-14 business days for delivery. Please always check the language in the product description section. Few left in stock-order soon. Selling online since 1995. Code: L20091106150713I. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Schocken Books
Date Published: 31/10/1988
ISBN-13:9780805203417ISBN:0805203419
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Edition: First
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Oxford Univ. Press, NY
Date Published: 1959
Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. First printing. Cloth, 400 pps. with index, bibliography; illustrations. Now classic, comprehensive yet highly readable study of voodoo in Haiti. The author extensively researched his subject first hand, attending rituals, visiting sanctuaries and witnessing various celebrations, exorcisms, etc. besides describing the actual ceremonies, Dr. Metraux describes the many voodoo gods and discusses the intricate relationship between voodoo and the Catholic Church. A fine, ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press, New York
Date Published: 1959
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket is scuffed, has some tiny edge tears and chips, and has a few spots of soil. Now in mylar protector. Cloth spine ends and corners rubbed. Pages clean and unmarked, binding excellent. 400 p. Includes: illustrations, index. 400 pp; indexed & illustrated. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York, Schocken Books 1972
Description: Wrappers. Pp 400, with 16 plates, drawings in text and a map. Metraux was a great field anthropologist and he gets to the heart of Haiti's folk religion. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Schocken Books
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780805208948ISBN:0805208941
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Like New, Excellent condition. NOTE: PSI5(I see(1)Page with Highlighting) Text in English, French. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 400 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
"Oh my God. Even a book about Vodou can put you to sleep. Thing is, this is probably the best book on Vodou there is. As a field researcher Metraux painstakingly detailed every aspect of the religion in painstaking detail. Whatever you wanted to know, it's in here. But I am so tired I think this wonderful will have a unique honor: I won't be able to finish it. Even books I hate, I force myself to finish. The only person I know who has read it also did not finish it due to bordom and she's a book finisher too."
"If you want a good ethnography and or cultural understanding of Vodoo and its roots. If you read this also read the serphant and the Rainbow. it is about actual anthropologists experience with Vodoo."
"a good read to learn up on the history of voodoo and a little about the history of haiti, I think it took away a lot of myths that I had when I hear about black magic and voodoo and helped to understand the whole process, very interesting."
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