Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy by Eliade, Mircea; Willard R. Trask, translator - 1964

Bollingen Foundation/Princeton University. Good+. 1974. First Edition; Second Printing. Paperback. 0691017794 . General wear. Minor staining to fore-edges of pages. Small tear on front cover. Reading copy in good condition. .

Princeton University Press, 2/8/2004 12:00:01 AM. paperback. Very Good. 1.6000 in x 8.4000 in x 5.5000 in. Mild general wear. Pages clean. Binding sound. Mild shelf wear. Sticker on back.

Bollingen Foundation, 1964. Hard cover. Good/Good. Ex-library book, as is. Jacket is creased, torn and worn along edges, with several closed and open tears, but text and images are legible and clear. Cover is in great condition. Foxing on top and outer edge of textblock. Library stamps and slip on front endpaper. Spine is shaken, but binding is secure. Pages are foxed on edges, and warped with age, but text is clean and unmarked.

Princeton University Press, 1972-05-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Princeton University Press 1974. Super octavo, black spine & orange buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiii + 610pp + 3pp adverts, VG (light bruising & scuffing to board corners, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light insect damage to top corner of fep)

New York: Bollingen Foundation. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1964. First English Edition. Hardcover. "In this masterly study, M. Eliade takes up the problem of shamanism; he succeeds in defining its bounds, so that, for the first time in the history of religions, a clear idea can be formed of what shamanism is and what it is not." - Profeessor M. Leenhardt. "Eliade's works are never limited to a simple description of facts: they always contain a keen analysis followed by a synthesis. The present book has the same qualities. It is clearly the best work on shamanism published so far." - Professor R.A. Stein. "For the English translation of his book, Professor Eliade has freely revised, corrected, and augmented. The work, which is addressed to the nonspecialist reader, is the first to treat shamanism in a comprehensive way." - dust jacket. "xxiii, [1], 610 pages. Index. Extensive list of works cited. Book clean, bright, tight and unmarked with… Read More