Hopi Kachinas
by Earle, Edwin and Edward Kennard (text)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: J.J Augustin Publisher, 1938. Hardcover, large quarto bound in tan cloth with stylized pueblo stamped in red on front board. No dust-jacket. 40 pages of text with Notes and Selected Bibliography. Illustrated with 28 magnificent full page color plates [complete], with images printed on rectos and corresponding letterpress on verso of opposing page. First edition, first printing. Ex-library, with small number on cloth spine and again on top of half-title, else no other marks. Most likely from a private or academic library. No previous ownership marks, end-papers clean. Cloth covers badly finger soiled, interior of book, including plates, very clean. Overall a good or better copy of an extremely scarce edition, with all of Earle's wonderful plates. [See Laird, Hopi Bibliography no. 1530] . Scans sent on request.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Seller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 012636
- Title
- Hopi Kachinas
- Author
- Earle, Edwin and Edward Kennard (text)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J.J Augustin Publisher
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Hopi Indians, Southwest Indians, Kachinas, Pueblo Indians, Dance
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Americana; Religion;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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