Our Boots: An Inuit Woman's Art
by Jill Oakes, Rick Riewe
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0500278601
- ISBN 13
- 9780500278604
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
London, UK : Thames and Hudson, 1996 Thames and Hudson, London, UK. 1996. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Published in Great Britain in 1996. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; superficial scratching and rubbing to panels; light shelfwear to bottom edges; scattered splash spots on the textblock top. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 224 pp 4to. The Arctic regions have the harshest winters in the world and the Inuit women who live there have become skilled at making clothes and skin boots for tribal survival. This book provides an overview of Inuit history, the vital role skin footwear plays in the Arctic, tools and techniques, patterns, boot styles over the years, and details of daily life in the Arctic. A clean very presentable copy. No International Shipping. Priority mail will require additional postage.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016903
- Title
- Our Boots: An Inuit Woman's Art
- Author
- Jill Oakes, Rick Riewe
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0500278601
- ISBN 13
- 9780500278604
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- skin footwear, Arctic Circle, Inuit people, skin clothing, winter weather, Inuit Footwear, skin boots, Arctic life, Inuit life,
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- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.