Geza Roheim - The Riddle of the Sphinx, or Human Origins

Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, and the Institute of Psycho-Analysis, London, 1934. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 22cm x 14cm. 302 pages, [2] advertisements, [9] pages of black and white illustrations. Original green cloth, gilt lettering. Psychoanalytic anthropology by Hungarian Geza Roheim (1891-1953). Roheim and his wife lived on and around the Hermannsburg Lutheran Mission in central Australia for nine months in 1929. The 9 pages of illustrations in this work being photographs from this time showing Aboriginal ceremony. Minor shelf wear and foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 500 grams-1 kilos. Category: Psychology & Psychiatry; Aboriginal Australia; Anthropology. Inventory No: 0034336.