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Notes on the Poro in Liberia / Masks as Agents of Social Control in Northeast Liberia
by Harley, George W
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New/Not Issued
- ISBN 10
- 1578982669
- ISBN 13
- 9781578982660
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2001. Book. As New. Hardcover. Facsimile Reprint. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format hardcover, quarto size volume bound in forest green cloth and lettered in gold on printed black background on spine, no dust-jacket as issued. Reprints of two papers by George W. Harley, originally published by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology in 1941 and 1950 respectively. v, 54 [and] xiv, 60 pages. Illustrated with several drawings and numerous black and white photographs of masks. Limited facsimile reprint of 200 copies, albeit this copy is not numbered. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh unmarked and like new copy. As new..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020916
- Title
- Notes on the Poro in Liberia / Masks as Agents of Social Control in Northeast Liberia
- Author
- Harley, George W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Edition
- Facsimile Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 1578982669
- ISBN 13
- 9781578982660
- Publisher
- Martino Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Mansfield Centre, CT
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Ethnology, Anthropology, African Masks
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Quarto
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- New
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- Cloth
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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....
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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