Totem and Taboo Cloth - 1950

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul , 1950 . Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. An English translation of Sigmund Freud's four essays on the psychology surrounding archaeology and anthropology. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original dust wrapper.The second translation of this work, which was original published in 1913 in German. Written by Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud. Comprised of four essays inspired by the ideas of Carl Jung and Wilhelm Wundt, first published in 'Imago', a German journal. Containing 'The Horror of Incest', 'Taboo and Emotional Ambivalence', 'Animism, Magic and the Omnipotence of Thoughts', and 'The Return of Totemism in Childhood'.This collection of essays apply Freud's psychoanalytic work to the fields of anthropology and archaeology. Bound in the publisher's cloth. Externally, very good, with a little damp staining to the extremities, mainly to the head of the front board. Light offsetting to endpapers. Bookseller label to the front paste down. Dust wrapper is sound, with loss to the head of the spine and chipping to the extremities. Sunning to the spine, with the odd mark to the wraps, including a tide mark to the spine. Closed tears to the fly leaves. Internally, firmly bound with bright, clean pages. Very Good