Dancers of Bali
by Coast, John
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1953. First edition. First hand account of Balinese music and dance first encountered by the author while in a Japanese prison camp during World War II, and his subsequent efforts to bring a troupe of Balinese dancers through Europe and America. Illustrated with black and white plates from photographs. Dark gray cloth, color illustrated dustjacket. Edges rubbed with a minor bump to the lower edge, good hinges, sound text block, lightly age-toned but clean pages with no names or other markings. The maylr protected dustjacket has some edge rubbing and very minor chips and tears, age-toning to white background of the rear panel, little paper loss.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028198
- Title
- Dancers of Bali
- Author
- Coast, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- BALI SOUTH SEAS POLYNESIA CULTURE LIFE POLYNESIAN DANCE TRADITION SOUTHEAST ASIA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Exploration, International Culture;
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- 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...
- Edges
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- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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