The Riddle of the Sphinx, or Human Origins

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First Edition.

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. Very Good Condition.

The Book Merchant Jenkins is in the process of relocating to Tasmania’s Huon Valley. Online orders can still be placed and will be processed and ship from mid-April, 2026.

AU$150.00

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