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Earth Is My Mother, Sky Is My Father: Space, Time, and Astronomy in Navajo Sandpainting [Signed, 1st Edition]
by Griffin-Pierce, Trudy
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0826313892
- ISBN 13
- 9780826313898
- Seller
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Houlton, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 1992 xxiv, 236pp, bound in black cloth, gilt still bright, binding and hinges tight, illustrated by the Author throughout. SIGNED by the Author on the title page. The dust jacket is not clipped, shows edge wear, and is now housed in a protective mylar cover. Small inked "R '92" on the corner of the front free endpaper.
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- Monroe Bridge Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010006
- Title
- Earth Is My Mother, Sky Is My Father: Space, Time, and Astronomy in Navajo Sandpainting [Signed, 1st Edition]
- Author
- Griffin-Pierce, Trudy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0826313892
- ISBN 13
- 9780826313898
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Place of Publication
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Native American Indian Navajo Sandpainting Astronomy Sand Painting Myths Stories Constellations Ethnography History Spiritual Ceremonies Ceremonial Ceremony Philosophy Sacred Practices
- Bookseller catalogs
- NATIVE AMERICAN;
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