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The world of the American Indian (Story of man Library)
by Jules B Billard, et al
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/very good +
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
Washington D.C : National Geographic, 1974. First Edition. 1/4 cloth. Very good +/very good +. A very good plus first edition in a very good plus dust jacket. Beautiful native patterned cloth boards under one quarter black leatherette. Mild foxing to half title. Binding is sturdy and square. Foxing on the spine area inside the dust jacket. Rear pocket and map are pristine, 32 1/2 x 27 1/2 inch map. 399 pp. including index, richly illustrated with 440 black and white and color photos. Quarto, 9 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches tall. Contents: I Am Alive (by N Scott Momaday) Across an Arctic Bridge (by Jesse D. Jennings) Nomads of the North (by David Damas) Woodsmen and Villagers of the East (by William C. Sturtevant) About Language (by Wallace L. Chafe) Farmers and Raiders of the Southwest (by Alfonso Ortiz) Fishermen and Foragers of the West (by Robert F Heizer) Horsemen of the Plains (by John C. Ewers) The Clash of Cultures (by D'Arcy McNickle) From Wounded Knee to Wounded Knee (by Vine Deloria, Jr. ) Tribal Supplement. A sensitive, accurate portrait in words and brilliant photography of our nation's original inhabitants from prehistoric times to the present. Written by 10 distinguished scholars and writers, four of them Native American. Includes a tribal supplement and cultural map detail. 440 illustrations, 362 in color.---worldcat
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 997
- Title
- The world of the American Indian (Story of man Library)
- Author
- Jules B Billard, et al
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- National Geographic
- Place of Publication
- Washington D.C
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- first peoples, Native american, indigenous North America, American Indian, anthroplogy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native America;
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