Figures In Wood Of West Africa: Statuettes En Bois De L'afrique Occidentale [Text in English and French]
by Underwood, Leon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good in Poor dust jacket
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: John Tiranti. Good in Poor dust jacket. 1947. Hardcover. There is a preliminary essay about 22 pages long in English and one following in French. There is also a short bibliography as well as a 7 page Index with Descriptive Notes to the 49 plates. This book is in the original publisher's black cloth binding with white spine and cover lettering. There is some wear to extremities of the covers and to the top and bottom of spine. The text is in both English and French. The dust jacket is in poor condition and is inserted loosely in the book. Contains B&W illustrations: 48 plates and a map. The illustrations are somewhat rippled. ; B&W Photographs, 1 map; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 49, 48 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12763
- Title
- Figures In Wood Of West Africa: Statuettes En Bois De L'afrique Occidentale [Text in English and French]
- Author
- Underwood, Leon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Poor dust jacket
- Publisher
- John Tiranti
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Africa, West Africa, Sculpture, Carving, West Africa
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Peninsula Books
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Traverse City, Michigan
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- Cloth
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