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Becoming Half Hidden. Shamanism and Initiation Among the Inuit
by Merkur, Daniel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0815307837
- ISBN 13
- 9780815307839
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York; London: Garland Publishing, Inc.. Good with no dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0815307837 . KB40...xi, 364 pp. Works cited. Octavo. Scarlet cloth with silver gilt with very minor shelf wear. Interior has owner name on half title, an info sheet on the book was taped onto the inside front cover, tape has browned, last few pages of Works Cited have small storage turn down at the top corner, otherwise crisp and clean. ; Garland Reference Library Of The Humanities; Vol. 1559; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 376 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Leaf and Stone Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11491
- Title
- Becoming Half Hidden. Shamanism and Initiation Among the Inuit
- Author
- Merkur, Daniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0815307837
- ISBN 13
- 9780815307839
- Publisher
- Garland Publishing, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York; London
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- 0815307837, Inuit, Shamanism, Eskimos
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion; Native Americans;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Leaf and Stone Books
Biblio member since 2005
Toronto, Ontario
About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Cloth
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Shelf Wear
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
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