Observations on the Thunder Dance of the Bear Gens of the Fox Indians
by MICHELSON, Truman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1929. Hardcover. Small 4to. Olive green cloth, gilt spine. 73pp. Diagram. Very good. Handsome, tight first edition. Bulletin 89 in the Smithsonian Institution's noted Bureau of American Ethnology reports. Discreet ex-library, the sole marking being a college name (neatly punched in small holes) at the bottom of the title page. Spine gilt bright and lovely.
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- Seller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 33022
- Title
- Observations on the Thunder Dance of the Bear Gens of the Fox Indians
- Author
- MICHELSON, Truman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 1929
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Music; Native American;
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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.