The Diabolic Root:

A Study of Peyotism, the New Indian Religion, Among the Delawares

by Vincenzo Petrullo

First edition.  Philadelphia:  University of Pennsylvania Press, 1934  

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Russet cloth covers have black titles on spine. 
• Boards show some smudges, edgewear.  Corners are bumped, scuffed.  See photos.  
• Spine has black text and is darkened with crushed, frayed ends.
• Binding is strong.  
• Pastedowns and feps have some toning, an owner's stamp. 
• Illustrations are bright and clear.  
• Interior is gently age-toned.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• PS2024.1017

185 pages. 5.5 x 8.5 inches

A very good copy of this monograph on Peyotism, based on the author's ethnographical study of the Delaware nation.  Vincenzo Petrullo (1906-1991) spent the period 1929-1930 doing research among the Delaware; this volume was his Ph.D. dissertation (Anthropology, Univ. Pennsylvania, 1934).  With black and white photographic illustrations.

Ownership stamp "Moris Burge" on front fep.  Burge was a Field Representative at the National Association on Indian Affairs in the 1930s.

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