First Penthouse Dwellers of America
by Ruth M. Underhill
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0883075261
- ISBN 13
- 9780883075265
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Santa Fe, NM: William Gannon, 1976 William Gannon, Santa Fe, NM. 1976. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Reprint edition of the 1938 original. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner name on FFFP. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight bumps to spine slick spot on heel of spine at bottom. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 155 pp. Pueblo is not the name of a tribe. It is merely the Spanish word for village and is applied to people who speak four different languages, pointing to at least four different places of origin. The peaceful Hopi, on the remote mesas of Arizona; the gentle Zuni, silversmiths and artists in pageantry; the Keres, with their traditions of war and mighty magic; the Tanoans, with their beautiful blend of Catholic and pagan ceremony." A story of the life and history of the Indians of the Cliff Dwellings. A clean pristine copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002865
- Title
- First Penthouse Dwellers of America
- Author
- Ruth M. Underhill
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0883075261
- ISBN 13
- 9780883075265
- Publisher
- William Gannon
- Place of Publication
- Santa Fe, NM
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- PUEBLO INDIANS, AMERICAN HOPI ZUNI WARRIORS OF KERES, THE CATHOLIC TEWA, TAOS BY BUFFALO COUNTRY, CLIFF DWELLERS, NORTH INDIAN TRIBES, CUSTOMS,
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.