Paperback. Condition: Very Good or better. First Paperback Printing. Oversize wraps with general wear but no significant faults; clean, no spine crease; clean and unmarked. xviii, 209 pages, illustrated in color and b/w. Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.
Language: English
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1982
ISBN 10: 0394710398 ISBN 13: 9780394710396
Seller: Yesterday's Books, Richmond, IN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The book and contents are clean and tight. There are many b/w and color photos. The covers are scuffed. The upper right front corner has a small 1/4" circle clipped out.
Published by New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1982., 1982
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition (as stated upon copyright page). xiv, 210 pages. Hardcover: H 31.25cm x L 23.75cm. Black dust jacket rubbed with slight nicking at edges. Tan cloth with slight soiling along joints. Past owner's personal bookplate upon front free endpaper. Pages are bright and clean. A very good+ copy in a very good+ dust jacket. With 70 full-page plates of which 35 are in color plus more than 50 illustrative photographs. Includes frontispiece, map of Yorubaland, Yoruba Chronology, Foreword by editor Bryce Holcombe, Preface by William Fagg, essay "On the Art of the Yoruba" by William Fagg (pages 5-24), essay "The Yoruba and Their Past" by William Fagg (pages 25-34), essay "The Yoruba Artist: Regional Styles" by William Fagg (pages 35-49), Descriptive Catalog by John Pemberton 3rd (pages 51-193), concluding essay "The Yoruba Cults" (pages 195-200), and Bibliography compiled by Carolyn Owerka. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 4 pounds (1.8 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 039452358X.
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, Australia
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. HEAVY. xiii, 208pp, bibliography, 70 full page plates (35 color); 50 bw & col photographs. Or fawn cloth in pictorial jacket. Jacket has very slight edge wear with light toning to flap edges. One bottom page corner turned. Sumptuously illustrated this vlume explores the world of Yoruba sculpture from the west African country of Nigeria. Size: Folio.