The Golden Bowl Be Broken: Peasant Life in Four Cultures
by Critchfield, Richard
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0253132606
- ISBN 13
- 9780253132604
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About This Item
Bloomington, Illinois and London: Indiana University Press, 1973. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. 312 pages. Striking portraits of real individuals seen during their daily lives--Jacob, a Bedouin shepherd; Octave and Prem, in Mauritius; Charan of Sikh; Husen, a young Javanese--with photographs of the people and their settings. Three black and white Illustration sections. Clean and bright pictorial wrappers, light cover edge wear, a crease down the spine, binding is tight, square, pages clean and unmarked; hinge partially cracked at pp 94/95 with 2 pages loosened at bottom. . 312 pages. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Illinois and London, 1973.
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- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015605
- Title
- The Golden Bowl Be Broken: Peasant Life in Four Cultures
- Author
- Critchfield, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0253132606
- ISBN 13
- 9780253132604
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Place of Publication
- Bloomington, Illinois and London
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- CALCUTTA INDIA BEDOUINS MESOPOTAMIA MAURITIUS SIKH PUNJABI JAVA DJAKARTA
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...