Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax: Sundries From Zinacantan
by Laughlin, Robert M
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Hampden, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D. C: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1977. First Edition . Paper Wrappers. Near Fine. Folio. x, 427, [3] pp. Smithsonian Contributors to Anthropology, Number 25. With color frontispiece and 4 figures. Includes literature cited. Part 1 : Journals kept by two Tzotzil Mayans about visits to the USA in 1963 and 1967. Part 2: Ethnographic texts supplied by the Journal authors and others recreating Zinacantec dialog and activities. Inscribed to Charles Bell and his wife on the ffep: "For Danny and Charles hors d'oevres Bob." From the library of Charles Bell. Bell, a writer, poet and scholar, grew up in Greenville, Mississippi with Walker Percy and Shelby Foote. His first novel, The Married Land (1962), was praised by William Carlos Williams. His works include three volumes of poetry, two novels and an audio-visual opus, "Symbolic History." Sold as is: small closed tear on front cover. The text was printed with exceptionally wide margins on coated paper, which sticks together when wet. Along 2 inches of the front edge all pages have stuck together in the right margin. The pages do come loose without loss of text with gentle pressure using something dull and flat like a dinner knife. Insert from the bottom edge, then rock it GENTLY side to side; you want to be LIFTING one page off the other, not cutting it. With a night or two of work during the evening news, this would become a good working copy.
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- Bookseller
- Lippincott Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4389BT
- Title
- Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax: Sundries From Zinacantan
- Author
- Laughlin, Robert M
- Format/Binding
- Paper Wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D. C
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- Folio
- Keywords
- Tzotzil Indians, language- Texts, Zinacantan, Mexico-social Life and Customs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native American History & Culture; Anthropology/Sociology;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Lippincott Books
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Hampden, Maine
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