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An Anthropologist at Work: Writings of Ruth Benedict

by Mead, Margaret

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959. First printing. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. xxii, 583pp. Gray cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine in original dust jacket. Minor rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners. Some rubbing and chipping to dj. "This book is both the history of a new approach to anthropology and the biography of a brilliant, sensitive, and elusive woman. It is the posthumous product of a long collaboration between two distinguished anthropologists, Ruth Benedict, who died in 1948, and Margaret Mead, who was first her pupil, then her friend and colleague, and now her literary executor and biographer." Illustrated with a few reproductions of b/w photographs. Dj in good, book in very good condition.

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Bookseller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
16205
Title
An Anthropologist at Work: Writings of Ruth Benedict
Author
Mead, Margaret
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - vg
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First printing
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Place of Publication
Boston
Date Published
1959
Keywords
Famous anthropologists, female anthropologists, Biographies, Anne Singleton, Zuni Mythology

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Chipping
A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
VG
Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Tail
The heel of the spine.
Cloth
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New
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Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Rubbing
Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Jacket
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