The Wolf and the Raven
by Garfield, Viola E.; Linn A. Forrest
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- g
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1948. Hardcover. g. 8vo. ix; 151pp. Decorated green cloth w/dj. Head and tail of spine, edges and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. DJ chipped with a few small tears; top part of the dj is torn off but present. "It is a book which not only clarifies the totem pole enigma but reveals much of the social structure, the hardships and the general philosophy of life of the Indians; and serves as a guidebook to the Mud Bright, Ketchikan, Klawak and Saxman Park totem parks". Illustrated profusely with b&w photographs. With the bookplate of Bruce Bryan, the noted author and long time curator of the Southwest Museum of the American Indians in Pasadena, California and his signature on the free end paper. Overall in good + condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11296
- Title
- The Wolf and the Raven
- Author
- Garfield, Viola E.; Linn A. Forrest
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Place of Publication
- Seattle
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Southeastern Alaska, history , Art, legends, restoration , Northwest Coast natives, culture, wood carvings, interpretatrion , Native American Art
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Bookplate
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- Tail
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- G
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....