Head and Face Masks in Navaho Ceremonialism
by Haile, Berard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
St. Michaels, AZ: The St. Michaels Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1947. Hardcover. Buff dust jacket with title in navy blue lettering on spine and front; red buckram boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board; includes a laid in booklet titled "Legend to Color Chart of Navaho Mask Combinations" (12pp). Limited edition, 258/500 copies. DJ has light soiling and creasing at corners, and has been repaired with archival tape on verso; boards have light wear to edges; text block is clean. Laid in booklet has moderate creasing. This publication present the masks which the gods or the speechless ones left behind for the use of the Navajo people. Includes many b&w and color illustrations. ; B&W & Color Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 122 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018350
- Title
- Head and Face Masks in Navaho Ceremonialism
- Author
- Haile, Berard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- The St. Michaels Press
- Place of Publication
- St. Michaels, AZ
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Native Americana, Art, Navajo, Dine, Ceremonial, Ceremonial Masks, Berard Haile
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Back of Beyond Books
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Moab, Utah
About Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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- 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....
- Buckram
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- 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....
- Gilt
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- Jacket
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