Totem and Taboo Resemblances between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics “A collection of four essays first published in the journal Imago (1912/13) employing the application of psychoanalysis to the fields of archaeology, anthropology, and the study of religion: "The Savage’s Dread of Incest"; "Taboo and the Ambivalence of Emotions"; "Animism, Magic and the Omnipotence of Thoughts"; and "The Infantile Recurrence of Totemism" Item Description Handsome copy. Authorized English translation, with introduction by A.A. Brill, Ph.B., M.D. Published by Regan Paul, Trench & Co., Ltd., London, 1920s. Publishers’ original dark brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Book Dimensions: 22 x 15 x 3 cm and Number of Pages: 268. Condition Firm and well bound copy. External covers are clean and in nice shape, and with light wear to corners, and spine ends. Internally; the book is clean, tight, tidy and in very good condition. Dated 1933 inscription by Reginald Snell, author and translator, on first and last blank front free endpaper pages. Pages are clean with light foxing to first and last free end paper pages (Please see pictures).