The Sound of the Drum: The Sacred Art of the Anishnabec [SIGNED by James A. Simon MISHIBINIJIMA (Birchbark Silver Shield)]
by Mary E. (Beth) Southcott [James A. Simon MISHIBINIJIMA (Birchbark Silver Shield)]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine /Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0919822649
- ISBN 13
- 9780919822641
- Seller
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About This Item
Erin, Ontario, Canada: Boston Mills Press, 1984. Book. Near Fine . Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, in dust jacket. Oblong format. Second printing, from 1985. SIGNED on the half-title page by James A. Simon / MISHIBINIJIMA (Birchbark Silver Shield), the artist whose work appears on the front of the dust jacket. Some cracking to the surface paper in the lower front board gutter, and some toning to edges of boards; old owner's name-stamp lightly to bottom of half-title. Jacket lightly rubbed. Otherwise clean tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Illustrated throughout, and with a colour plate section. Includes artist biographies, and Index. .
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- Title
- The Sound of the Drum: The Sacred Art of the Anishnabec [SIGNED by James A. Simon MISHIBINIJIMA (Birchbark Silver Shield)]
- Author
- Mary E. (Beth) Southcott [James A. Simon MISHIBINIJIMA (Birchbark Silver Shield)]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0919822649
- ISBN 13
- 9780919822641
- Publisher
- Boston Mills Press
- Place of Publication
- Erin, Ontario, Canada
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- art Canada Canadian indigenous native first nations Indian artists Manitoulin Island The Sound of the Drum: The Sacred Art of the Anishnabec signed James A. Simon MISHIBINIJIMA (Birchbark Silver Shield)
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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