Claude Levi-Strauss; John and Doreen Weightman — The Raw and the Cooked

London, Jonathan Cape, 1970 . Cloth. The first thus of this translation of this ethnographical study which attempts to debunk many myths. First thus of The Raw and the Cooked by Claude Levi-Strauss in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. The first in a series, titled 'Introduction to a Science of Mythology', aiming to reduce and debunk basic myths about South America and its people. Translated from the French by Joan and Doreen Weightman. Levi-Strauss was a French ethnologist and anthropologist. His work is widely considered as key to the development of theories of structuralism and structural anthropology. Densely illustrated throughout the text and with four monochrome plates of photography by the author. Collated, complete.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, Cefn Tilla 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 publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. There is some slight wear to the extremities of the dust wrapper, including some light creases and marks. To the binding, there is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There is some light marking to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Claude Levi-Strauss. Very Good/Very Good.