Kroeber, A.L. — Anthropology Today: An Encyclopedic Inventory

Chicago, Illinois, The University of Chicago Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Massively heavy, oversized volume, being the then encyclopedic summary of findings and methods in cultural anthropology, edited by one of Franz Boas's first Ph.D. students, A.L. Kroeber, wife of Theodora Kroeber, father also of Ursula Le Guin. Bound simply in blue cloth over boards, gilt design to front cover, spine. Double-column texts for ease of reading. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. The full index xv[1], 3-966 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good