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VOYAGE TO GREENLAND; A Personal Initiation into Anthropology
by De Laguna, Frederica
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0393064131
- ISBN 13
- 9780393064131
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Near Fine/Good +. B&W personal photos. 8vo, brown quarter cloth with gold lettering & red dividers on spine over light speckled-brown boards; well illustrated with photographic title page depicting base camp, 35 B&W snapshots on 18 pages, 10 B&W figures in-text, and 4 maps; archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (clipped at bottom of front flap though price of $9.95 at top intact) depicting Frederica De Laguna's exploratory vessel in Greenland, 285 pages. Frederica De Laguna (1906 - 2004) was an American ethnologist, anthropologist, and archaeologist influential for her work on Paleoindian and Alaska Native art and archaeology in the American northwest and Alaska.<br /> <br /> She founded and chaired the anthropology department at Bryn Mawr College (1938 to 1972), and served as vice-president of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) from 1949 to 1950, and as president of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) from 1966 to 1967.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8996
- Title
- VOYAGE TO GREENLAND; A Personal Initiation into Anthropology
- Author
- De Laguna, Frederica
- Illustrator
- B&W personal photos
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0393064131
- ISBN 13
- 9780393064131
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Anthropology, Greenland, Eskimos, Norse, walrus, seals, hunger, ice, glaciers, islands, illustrated, maps
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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