Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

Born28 novembre 1908
Died30 octobre 2009
LanguageFrench
NationalityFrance
Philosophe et anthropologue. Titulaire de la chaire Anthropologie sociale (1959-1982) au Collège de France. Membre de l'Institut, Académie française (élu en 1973)
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LÉVI-STRAUSS, Claude
  1. La potière jalouse
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    La potière jalouse[The Jealous Potter]

    Plon|Paris 1985|13 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition, with no deluxe copies printed.
    Illustrated edition, a pleasant copy.
    Inscribed and signed by Claude Lévi-Strauss to Pierre Moinot.
    €450
  2. La Potière jalouse
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    La Potière jalouse[The Jealous Potter]

    Plon|Paris 1985|13.50 x 20 cm|broché

    First edition, no deluxe copies printed.
    Handsome copy.
    Important presentation copy inscribed by Claude Lévi-Strauss to Jean-François Revel.
     

    €600
  3. "... je la palpe et je la hume pour tenter d'accorder l'essence particulière du tabac que j'y mettrai avec celui dont elle conserve encore le relent..."
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    "... je la palpe et je la hume pour tenter d'accorder l'essence particulière du tabac que j'y mettrai avec celui dont elle conserve encore le relent..."Autograph letter dated, signed and addressed to Nadine Nimier from the Collège de France thanking her for having given him a snuffbox as a gift

    S. n.|Paris 24 Novembre 1964|13.50 x 21 cm|une page et demi
    Autograph letter dated and signed, addressed to Nadine Nimier from the laboratory of social anthropology at the Collège de France, 23 lines in blue ink, concerning the sending of a snuff box as a gift.
    Folds inherent to posting, a small tear in the right margin of the letter at the fold level.
    Claude Lévi Strauss expresses his overwhelming gratitude: "Moved, touched, confused, what do I know and what more can I do?" ("Emu, touché, confus, que sais-je et que puis-je encore ?") for it is a delight to his senses: "... I feel it and breathe it in to try to match the particular essence of the tobacco I will put in it with that of which it still retains the...
    €800
  4. Lévi-Strauss offers Beauvoir a "humble aspect of the feminine curse"
    La vie familiale et sociale des indiens Nambikwara
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    La vie familiale et sociale des indiens Nambikwara[The Family and Social Life of the Nambikwara Indians]

    Société des américanistes • Musée de l'homme|Paris 1948|18 x 27.50 cm|broché

    First edition, printed in small numbers, of this offprint from the “Journal de la Société des Américanistes”. No deluxe issue printed. Skilful restauration to cover.

     

    Rare presentation copy signed by Claude Lévi-Strauss to Simone de Beauvoir: “Cet humble aspect de la malédiction féminine, en amical hommage de Claude Lévi-Strauss” (“this humble aspect of the feminine curse, in friendly homage”) on the upper cover. This fieldwork study of the Nambikwara from Lévi-Strauss’ 1938 ethnographic expedition directly influenced Beauvoir, who...

    €5,000
  5. Anthropologie structurale
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Anthropologie structurale

    Plon|Paris 1958|14 x 20 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    A discreet trace of adhesive tape at the foot of the spine and boards, light foxing to endpapers.
    Iconography.
    Autograph inscription signed by Claude Lévi-Strauss to the Islamologist Henri Laoust.
    €1,500
  7. Le Totémisme aujourd'hui
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Le Totémisme aujourd'hui

    P.U.F.|Paris 1962|12 x 19 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Photographic cover.
    Handsome copy.

    €60
  8. Le Cru et le cuit
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Le Cru et le cuit

    Plon|Paris 1964|16 x 24 cm|broché
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    Fine autograph inscription signed by Claude Lévi-Strauss to anthropologist Georges Balandier: "... cette mythologie de la dynamique sociale..." ["... this mythology of social dynamics..."]
    €580
  9. Le Regard éloigné
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Le Regard éloigné

    Plon|Paris 1983|13 x 20 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Iconography, handsome copy.
    Precious signed autograph inscription from Claude Levi-Strauss to Jean-Claude Carrière: "... le jour où nous fimes connaissance et qui, j'espère sera suivi par d'autres." ["... the day we met and which, I hope, will be followed by others."]
    Reading notes by Jean-Claude Carrière written in black and blue ink throughout the final endpaper.
    €680
  10. L'Origine des Manières de Table
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    L'Origine des Manières de Table

    Plon|Paris 1968|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by Claude Lévi-Strauss to Nadine Nimier: "Pour Nadine avec les amitiés de Lévi-Strauss." ["For Nadine with friendship from Lévi-Strauss."]
    €500
  11. Du miel aux cendres
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Du miel aux cendres

    Plon|Paris 1966|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy complete with publisher's slip, press cutting included.
    Autograph inscription signed by Claude Lévi-Strauss to Nadine Nimier: "Pour Nadine, en lui souhaitant que cette nouvelle année soit tout miel et rien cendres, amicalement Claude Lévi-Strauss." ["For Nadine, wishing her that this new year be all honey and no ashes, with friendship Claude Lévi-Strauss."]
    €500
  12. La Voie des Masques
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    La Voie des Masques[The Way of the Masks]

    Skira|Genève [Geneva] 1975|16.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes brochés sous étui
    First edition, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
    Richly illustrated.
    A handsome copy, complete with its slipcase.
    Inscribed by Claude Lévi-Strauss to his friend Nadine Nimier at the beginning of the first volume: "Pour Nadine. Avec l'amitié de Claude Lévi-Strauss."
    €900
  13. Histoire de Lynx
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Histoire de Lynx

    Plon|Paris 1991|13 x 20 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Iconography, handsome copy.
    Signed and inscribed by Claude Lévi-Strauss to a man named Philippe.
    €500
  14. La Potière jalouse
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    La Potière jalouse

    Plon|Paris 1985|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, printed service de presse stamp on the inner flap of the rear cover.
    Fine copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by Claude Levi-Strauss to a man named Henri.
    €500
  15. Le Regard éloigné
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Le Regard éloigné

    Plon|Paris 1983|13 x 20 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Iconography, handsome copy despite the spine being slightly sunned, 6 page numbers inscribed in black ink probably by Claude Roy as reading markers at the head of the rear endpaper.
    Signed and inscribed by Claude Levi-Strauss to Claude Roy.
    €500
  16. L'homme nu
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    L'homme nu

    Plon|Paris 1971|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    Signed autograph inscription from Claude Lévi-Strauss to the economist and academician Jacques Rueff.









    €500
  17. L'homme nu
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    L'homme nu[The Naked Man]

    Plon|Paris 1971|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Spine and covers slightly and marginally yellowed, handsome interior condition.
    Signed autograph inscription from Claude Lévi-Strauss to Claude Roy.









    €500
  18. Anthropologie structurale
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Anthropologie structurale

    Plon|Paris 1960|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    New edition.
    Iconography.
    Some marginal discreet reader's marks in blue pencil en marges to some leaves, a good copy.
    €40
  19. Place de l'anthropologie dans les sciences sociales et problèmes posés par son enseignement
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Place de l'anthropologie dans les sciences sociales et problèmes posés par son enseignement

    Unesco|Paris 1954|13.50 x 21.50 cm|agrafé
    Rare first edition for which he was not drawn to this leading copies reprinted printed small number of the collective work: Social Sciences in Higher Education published the same year.
    autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by Claude Levi-Strauss in English won the first cover plate.
    Some reading marks in red ink in the margins of some leaves, probably dedicatee.
    Marginally flat and slightly insolated not serious.
    €480
  20. La geste d'Asdiwal
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    La geste d'Asdiwal

    Imprimerie Nationale|Paris 1958|13 x 21 cm|agrafé
    First Edition printed in small numbers of this reprint for which it was not drawn of great papers.
    Autograph signed by Claude Lévi-Strauss in English at the head of the first cover.
    Marginal and slightly discolored boards without gravity.
    €480
  21. Du miel aux cendres
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS (inscribed to Raymond FIRTH)

    Du miel aux cendres[From Honey to Ashes]

    Plon|Paris 1966|15.50 x 24 cm|broché

    First edition, for which no copies on larger paper were produced.
    A pleasing copy, with press clippings laid in.
    Exceptional autograph presentation copy inscribed in English by Claude Lévi-Strauss to the anthropologist Raymond Firth.

    €500
  23. Tristes tropiques
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Tristes tropiquesA World on the Wane

    Plon|Paris 1956|14 x 21 cm|broché
    [A World on the Wane]
    Plon, Paris 1956, 14x21cm, original wrappers with dust jacket.
    Second issue published a few months after the first edition from October 1955. No grands papiers (deluxe copies) were issued.
    This publicly and critically acclaimed masterpiece did not qualify as a novel and could not be awarded the prestigious Goncourt prize. The Goncourt jury even issued a statement expressing regret. Following this statement, the book was reprinted with a photographic dust jacket replacing the original cover drawing of a caduevo woman.
    Handsome copy with its dust jacket, with small tears to margins.
    Rare copy, signed and inscribed by...
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  24. Oeuvres
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Oeuvres

    Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 2008|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
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  29. Oeuvres
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Oeuvres

    Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 2008|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
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  30. Histoire de lynx
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Histoire de lynx

    Plon|Paris 1991|13 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
    Iconography, nice copy.
    Autograph signed by Claude Levi-Strauss to Pierre Moinot.
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  31. Le regard éloigné
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Le regard éloigné

    Plon|Paris 1983|13 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
    Iconography, nice copy despite a small stain on the last guard.
    Signed autograph of Claude Levi-Strauss to Pierre Moinot and his wife: "... in sympathy confraternelle ..."
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  32. La voie des masques
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    La voie des masques

    Skira|Genève [Geneva] 1975|16.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes brochés sous étui
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  33. VVV. Poetry, plastic arts, anthropology, sociology, psychology du N°1, N°2-3 & N°4, collection complète
    André BRETON, William Carlos WILLIAMS

    VVV. Poetry, plastic arts, anthropology, sociology, psychology du N°1, N°2-3 & N°4, collection complèteVVV. Poetry, Plastic Arts, Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology n1, n2-3 & n4, complete set

    David Hare|Paris June 1942- February 1944|21.50 x 27.50 cm|4 numéros en 3 volumes brochés
    VVV. Poetry, Plastic Arts, Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology n°1, n°2-3 & n°4, complete set
    David Hare, Paris June 1942- February 1944, 21,5 x 27,5 cm, original wrappers
    Complete first edition of this periodical written by French surrealists during their exile in New York. Complete set of four issues in three volumes.
    Very small marginal tears on the three volume covers and on the leaves of the fourth issue.
    Complete fourth issue with the engraved plate in relief by Marcel Duchamp, entitled “Allégorie de genre”.
    Covers by Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp (Nos. 2&3) and Roberto Matta (No. 4).
    Contributions by André Breton, William Carlos...
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  35. Saudades do Brasil
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Saudades do Brasil

    Plon|Paris 1994|25 x 29 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
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  36. La voie des masques
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    La voie des masques

    Skira|Genève [Geneva] 1975|16.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes brochés sous étui
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  37. L'homme nu
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    L'homme nu

    Plon|Paris 1971|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
    first edition for which it was not taken from large papers.
    Claude Lévi-Strauss' autograph signed to Pierre Dumayet: "... a cordial homage to one of his" guests "..."
    Back and boards slightly and marginally yellowed, pleasant interior condition.
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  38. Tristes tropiques
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Tristes tropiques

    Plon|Paris 1956|14 x 21 cm|broché
    New edition for which it was not taken from large papers.
    Signed autograph signed by Claude Levi-Strauss to René Bailly.
    Iconography.
    Pleasant complete copy of his first illustrated jacket but with a mention of a thousand.
    Minor marginal tears on the latter.
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  39. La vie familiale et sociale des indiens Nambikwara
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    La vie familiale et sociale des indiens Nambikwara

    Société des américanistes • Musée de l'homme|Paris 1948|18 x 27.50 cm|broché
    Edition printed small number of the reprint of the Journal of the Society of Americanists and of wich no leading copies exists.
    Rare autograph signed tribute to Claude Levi-Strauss ahead of the first cover plate.
    spine and restored blankets, yellowed paper.
    Very rare good comprehensive book of his photographic plates in 7-fine.
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  40. Race et histoire
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Race et histoire

    Unesco|Paris 1952|13 x 21 cm|broché
    Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
    Signed autograph tribute to Claude Levi-Strauss won the first cover plate.
    Some spots on boards.
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  41. Anthropologie structurale deux
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Anthropologie structurale deux

    Plon|Paris 1973|13.50 x 20.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    first edition of which he was not drawn large papers.
    Signed autograph author Professor Jean-Philippe Mery: "... this copy that really deserves its digital adjective, since the second is the only one that has come to him, very friendly homage ..."
    Nice full copy of his jacket.
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  42. Histoire de lynx
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Histoire de lynx

    Plon|Paris 1991|13 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition for which there were no large paper copies.
    Autograph inscription from Claude Levi-Strauss to the professor Jean-Philippe Méry.
    Illustrated, a good copy.
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  43. Regarder écouter lire
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Regarder écouter lire

    Plon|Paris 1993|16.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
    Autograph inscription from the author to the professor Jean-Philippe Méry.
    Illustrations, a very good copy.
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  45. L'homme nu
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    L'homme nu

    Plon|Paris 1971|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
    Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
    Signed autograph of Claude Levi-Strauss Professor Georges Blin.
    spine and boards and marginally slightly yellowed, agréabl inner state.
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  46. Du miel aux cendres
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Du miel aux cendres

    Plon|Paris 1967|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
    Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
    Signed autograph of Claude Lévi-Strauss Professor Georges Blin.
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  47. "Boléro" de Maurice Ravel
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    "Boléro" de Maurice Ravel

    Mouton & Co|Paris 1971|18.50 x 24.50 cm|agrafé
    first edition printed in small number of the reprint of the "French Review of Anthropology."
    Signed autograph of Claude Lévi-Strauss Professor Georges Blin topped the first board.
    A horizontal fold trace in the middle of the brochure.
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  54. Six leçons sur le son et le sens
    Roman JAKOBSON, Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Six leçons sur le son et le sens

    Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1976|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition in French of which there were no large paper copies.
    Preface by Claude Lévi-Strauss.
    A good copy.
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  60. L'Arc N°26
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS, COLLECTIF

    L'Arc N°26

    L'Arc|Aix-en-Provence 1967|15 x 23 cm|broché
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  62. La pensée sauvage
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    La pensée sauvage

    Plon|Paris 1962|14 x 21 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
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  63. La voie des masques
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    La voie des masques

    Skira|Genève [Geneva] 1975|16.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes brochés sous étui
    Sold
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