collected works bronislaw pilsudski alfred f majewicz editor collected works bronislaw pilsudski volume 1 aborigines sakhalin 1998 23 x 15 5 cm xviii 792 pages cloth dm 478 approx us 299 00 trends linguistics documentation 15 1 volume 2 materials study ainu language folklore cracow 1912 1998 23 x 15 5 cm xiv 872 pages cloth dm 498 approx us 311 00 trends linguistics documentation 15 2 two volumes open edition collected works bronislaw pilsudski eminent selfmade scholar history proved one remarkable explorers languages cultures small aboriginal peoples inhabiting island sakhalin adjacent lower amur region turn twentieth century sakhalin ainu nivhgu gilyaks oroks olchas nanais pilsudski hardly leaving important aspect life untouched presents versatile incomparable image spiritual material world communities long since extinct small part pilsudski works written languages ranging german french english russian polish japanese appeared small local periodicals constituting bibliographical rarities retrieved part however writings remained unpublished present day conceived auspices international commitee restoration assessment work bronislaw pilsudski icrap edition reconstructs pilsudski invaluable contribution humanities time presents reconstruction world sakhalin natives absorbed past volume 1 aborigines sakhalin volume contains translations english polish russian japanese material example history folklore economic life shamanism sexual life medical anthropology bear festival published 1898 1936 mainly local journals hardly accessible today english french german articles appear original language volume 2 materials study ainu language folklore cracow 1912 reprint classic 1912 cracow edition accompanying index _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ mouton de gruyter walter de gruyter inc postfach 30 34 21 200 saw mill river road d10728 berlin hawthorne ny 10532 germany usa fax 49 0 30 26005351 fax 1 914 7471326 email mouton degruyter de publications de gruyter also ordered via world wide web http www degruyter com