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Happily May I Walk: American Indians and Alaska Natives Today
by Arlene Hirschfelder
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/fine
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. Very near fine first edition, first printing in a fine dust jacket. Blue paper covered boards with purple quarter cloth binding. Very small spots of original binder's glue have seeped through cloth in the outer gutter of the front of the book. Map of United States endpapers showing Native lands and communities. B/W photos throughout. Fine dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 152 pp. with index. Large octavo, 7 x 9 inches tall. Explores the everyday life, culture, and preservation of traditions of America's native peoples, including North American Indians, Inuits, and Aleuts. Discusses stereotypes and myths about North America's First Peoples. Suitable for grades 4-8
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- NA-003
- Title
- Happily May I Walk: American Indians and Alaska Natives Today
- Author
- Arlene Hirschfelder
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Alaska, Inuit, indians, native, first peoples, reservations, tribal, sioux, aluet, racism, stereotype
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native America;
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About the Seller
Uncommon Works
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Gridley, California
About Uncommon Works
Not your ordinary book store! Uncommon Works specializes in rare, odd, unique, and handmade books, with a focus on the Maya, Latin America, Native America, and the Spanish Conquest. You'll find rare, first editions and first or early printings. You'll even find a few first printings of living authors for sale. We provide services and referrals for book mending, repair, restoration, and binding.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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