Cordry donald text (3 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: g+. Third printing. Folio. XX, 373, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over red cloth with gold and black lettering on spine. This remarkable work approaches the study of Indian costumes in two ways. First it examines the general history of the costume, the tools and techniques used in making it, and the nature and variation of the particular garments and accessories and how they are worn. Second, it analyzes in detail the costume of some 27 villages and linguistic groups. Profusely illustrated with 276 plates (16 in color), several detailed maps and a number of drawings and diagrams, this book is not only a valuable tool for anthropologists and students of folk art and crafts, but also a beautiful and sensitive record of a vanishing way of life. Dust-jacket partly rubbed along edges. Minor and sporadic soiling and foxing on paper edges. DJ in overall good, binding and interior in good+ to very good condition.…

First Edition. Quarto (29cm); brown cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in copper and black on spine and covers; dustjacket; xxiv,[3],4-280pp; black-and-white halftones and colorful illustrations throughout. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Light shelf-soil; Very Good+. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $39.95), with trivial surface wear and trace shelf-soil; Very Good. Explores Mexican masks and mask-making, including regional styles, materials, symbolism, and social uses. [86401].…

Third printing. Quarto (31cm). Red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xx,373pp; illus. A fine, tight, unmarked copy. In the original dustwrapper, with publisher's $35 price intact on front flap, crisp and unworn - Fine. A beautiful copy. From the library of noted poet/translator/anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn, with his printed bookplate inside front cover.…