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The Ten Grandmothers
by Marriott, Alice
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very near Fine/very near Fine
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [6], vii-xiv, [2], 3-306 pp. Bound in textured bright blue cloth with gold lettering and decorative horizontal bars in gilt on the spine; yellow topstain. Price of $3.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Full page map, chronology, and bibliography. Volume 26 in The Civilization of the American Indian series. The author, an ethnologist, developed this account of the Kiowa based on their oral traditions, as provided to her by the tribal elders during her two summers of residence among the Kiowa. An attractive copy of the first edition, uncommon thus. A very near Fine book with some toning to the endpapers and pastedowns in Very Good moderately edge-worn dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000010491
- Title
- The Ten Grandmothers
- Author
- Marriott, Alice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman
- Date Published
- 1945
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Evening Star Books
Biblio member since 2007
Madison, Wisconsin
About Evening Star Books
We buy and sell rare and fine books in many fields. Our interests include philosophy, modern first editions, and works of historical or intellectual interest. In addition to bookselling, we regularly do valuations and appraisals for non-IRS purposes. Evening Star Books is a Limited Liability Company.
Glossary
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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