Hertz, Robert; Rodney and Claudia Needham, translators — Death & the Right Hand

Glencoe, Illinois , The Free Press, 1960. First English Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Sunning along edges of the blue cloth over boards, previous owner's inscription, neatly rendered. Sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Introduction by E.E. Evans-Pritchard, translation from the original French by Rodney and Claudia Needham. Pasted inside rear flap is perhaps the publisher's blurb from the original dust jacket flap, noting that this is the First English Edition of a minor classic in French sociological thought, from Robert Hertz, student of Emile Durkheim and about dual symbolic classification. [4], 5-174 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good