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Oedipus Ubiquitous, Examines Universality of Complex
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Psychology:
Pre 2000 item# 1117686
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Richards Antiques
207-563-1964
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Is the “Oedipus complex” universal? This book examines the controversial question in light of its collection of 139 family complex folktales from every world cultural area and every level of social complexity, the largest such collection ever made. From back cover: “This work is one of two books that won the 1997 Boyer Prize in psychoanalytic anthropology. The award is well deserved . . . this book makes major contributions to psychological and symbolic anthropology, folklore, evolutionary psych ...click for details
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Immigrant Odyssey, Franco-American Experience in USA
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Historical:
Pre 2000 item# 1101926
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Richards Antiques
207-563-1964
$50 SOLD
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Scarce book, "Immigrant Odyssey" by Felix Albert, the story of a French-Canadian habitant in New England in the late 19th century. Albert was an illiterate who dictated his story. This is a bi-lingual edition, giving the original French text and a translation by Arthur L. Eno, Jr., a lawyer in Lowell, Massachusetts. There is an introduction by Frances H. Early, described on the dust jacket as an associate professor of history at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. ...click for details
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Indian Herbalogy of North America by Alma R. Hutchins
Books and Publications:
Health and Fitness:
Pre 1980 item# 1089418
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Richards Antiques
207-563-1964
$25 with free Media Mail shipping in USA SOLD
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"A study of Anglo-American, Russian and Oriental Literature on Indian medical botanics of North America with illustrations, glossary, index and annotated bibliography." First published 1969, this is Fifth Edition, 1974, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Publisher's name on title pages is MERCO, Ontario, Canada. In like new condition. I do not believe it ever had a dj. Bottom edges of cloth binding have some specks of white paint from sitting on shelf.
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Navajo Blanket, 1972 Catalog with Great History, Photos
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Antiques:
Pre 1980 item# 1085560
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Richards Antiques
207-563-1964
$25 with free Media Mail shipping within USA
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This is really a terrific publication, produced to accompany an exhibit that traveled to museums in Los Angeles, Window Rock (AZ), Brooklyn, Rice University, Kansas City and Hamburg, Germany. Authors are Mary Hunt Kahlenberg and Anthony Berlant; it was published by Praeger in association with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. A large softcover (12 inches high by 9 inches wide), it has 112 pages with sections on history, technique and materials and stylistic development as well as dozens of d ...click for details
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Fine Georgian Mahogany Breakfront, Ideal for Apartment
Furniture:
Pre 1837 VR item# 1017974
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Richards Antiques
207-563-1964
$36,000
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This is a handsome Regency period (circa 1820) breakfront bookcase of wonderful scale in warm, light colored, figured mahogany. The panels on the doors in the lower section are nicely matched, coming from adjoining flitches of the wood. The doors on the top section have lancet glazing bars on the upper part. The lower section has paneled doors and stands on a plinth. It is fitted with its original adjustable shelves throughout. Width, 80 inches; height, 87 inches; depth, 15 inches. These are rel ...click for details
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