The Inuit Imagination : Arctic Myth and Sculpture
by Seidelman, Harry ; Turner, James
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1550541021
- ISBN 13
- 9781550541021
- Seller
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Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Well-illustrated text containing 173 photographs of contemporary Inuit sculptures juxtaposed with text consisting largely of traditional stories, songs and oral reminiscences. Contents: Inuit stories -- The spirit world -- Sedna and the Shaman's journey -- Raven, can you tell us the story? -- Qaudjaqdjuq, Lumak and Kiviung -- My sleep is dreamless -- I don't forget my old way -- Odark's journey. 224 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm. First edition, first printing. Cream boards, unclipped dust jacket. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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- Bookseller
- Springhead Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014140
- Title
- The Inuit Imagination : Arctic Myth and Sculpture
- Author
- Seidelman, Harry ; Turner, James
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1550541021
- ISBN 13
- 9781550541021
- Publisher
- Douglas & McIntyre
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Date Published
- 1993
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