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A Loop of String: String Stories & String Stunts / Traditional & Original String Figures & Stories
Language: English
Published by Regent Press (edition First Edition), 2009
ISBN 10: 1587901706 ISBN 13: 9781587901706
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Kevin Coffey (illustrator). First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.
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Kwakiutl String Figures
Language: English
Published by UBC Press / American Museum of Natural History, Vancouver, BC/ New York, 1992
ISBN 10: 0774804327 ISBN 13: 9780774804325
Seller: MARK POST, BOOKSELLER, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Hard Cover. First Edition, First printing. FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET.
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Kwakiutl String Figures
Language: English
Published by University of British Columbia Press, Toronto, ON, Canada, 1992
ISBN 10: 0774804327 ISBN 13: 9780774804325
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA ESA ILAB
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition.
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KWAKIUTL STRING FIGURES
Language: English
Published by University of British Columbia Press, Toronto, On, Canada, 1992
ISBN 10: 0774804327 ISBN 13: 9780774804325
Seller: GLOVER'S BOOKERY, ABAA, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA ILAB MWABA
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
First Edition
hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. wonderful titles in new condition; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.
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Kwakiutl String Figures
Language: English
Published by University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1992
ISBN 10: 029597172X ISBN 13: 9780295971728
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Crisp and unmarked in full red cloth binding. 199pp. Diagrams throughout. Very nice dust jacket now in a new mylar cover. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
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Kwakiutl String Figures (Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History)
Published by University of Washington
ISBN 10: 029597172X ISBN 13: 9780295971728
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine book and jacket.
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KWAKIUTL STRING FIGURES
Language: English
Published by University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, 1992
ISBN 10: 0774804327 ISBN 13: 9780774804325
Seller: Evolving Lens Bookseller, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good dust jacket. Stain and weak crease to jacket at front panel. Text is clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout. ; 8.90 X 8.43 X 1.02 inches; 230 pages.
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Kwakiutal String Figures
Published by UBC Press, Vancouver, 1992, 1992
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
First edition Fine and bright red boards in like glossy pictorial dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Extensive. Of the games people play, String Figures form universal amusement . appearing in many cultures. 2000 patterns have been recorded in 1888 when Franz Boas first described a pair of Eskimo cat cradles, very few studies have since explored this. This publishes for the first time 102 figures and 10 string tricks. Profusely illustrated and with deeply informed text.
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Cat's Cradles And Other String Figures
First Edition
US$ 16.63
US$ 20.12 shipping
Ships from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A tight, bright, and clean copy with no inscriptions and no creases. Features fantastic black and white illustrative photographs throughout. 207pp. (21x23cm). Please contact us for any more information.
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Kwakiutl String Figures
Language: English
Published by UBC Press / American Museum of Natural History, Vancouver and New York, 1992
ISBN 10: 0774804327 ISBN 13: 9780774804325
Seller: Post Horizon Booksellers, Nokomis, SK, Canada
Association Member: ABAC ILAB IOBA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. xxxi, 199pp w appendices, bibliography and index. Instructional figures. Red cloth w crisp silver lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ is clean and without edgewear, showing very small abrasion top front corner, preserved in archival cover. Near-square octavo - 23.5 x 21.5cm.
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String Figures in Afica. ( Riksmuseets Etnografiska Avdelning. Smärre Meddelanden No. 9).
Language: English
Published by Bröderna Lagerström Printers, Stockhlom 1930., 1930
Seller: Antiquariat Carl Wegner, Berlin, B, Germany
Association Member: GIAQ
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Softcover. 25 x 17 cm. Original booklet with 12 pages. Good condition. --- Originalheft mit 12 Seiten. Guter Zustand. Über die Verbreitung von Fadenspielen in Afrika. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Lesen Sie etwas Schönes auf einer Bank in der Frühlingssonne! Wir haben die passende Lektüre. -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! K03270-503016.
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Kwakiutl String Figures
Language: English
Published by University of British Columbia Press, 1992
ISBN 10: 0774804327 ISBN 13: 9780774804325
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA MWABA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket.
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Kwakiutl String Figures
Published by UBC Press 1992, 1992
ISBN 10: 029597172X ISBN 13: 9780295971728
First Edition
Hardback. First Printing. Near Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket. Tight Bright Attractive Copy With No Markings To The Book.
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Kwakiutl String Figures
Published by UBC Press 1992, 1992
ISBN 10: 029597172X ISBN 13: 9780295971728
First Edition
Hardback. First Printing. Near Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket. Tight Bright Attractive Copy With No Markings To The Book. Copy Number Two.
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ANTHROPOLOGICAL PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, Vol. XII, Part 1: STRING-FIGURES FROM THE PATOMANA INDIANS OF BRITISH GUIANA
Published by American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1912
Seller: David H. Gerber Books (gerberbooks), Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Saddle-stapled wrappers. Condition: Very Good. B&w drawings (illustrator). First Edition. 14pp [pages unopened] Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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String Figures and How to Make Them (Master String Figures)
Language: English
Published by Dover Publications Inc., 2003
ISBN 10: 048620152X ISBN 13: 9780486201528
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Condition: New. Num Pages: 407 pages, 950 illustrations. BIC Classification: YNV. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476. . 2003. First Edition. Paperback. . . . .
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Softcover. First Edition Thus. Just about fine condition (soft crease to one corner) . Beautifully and clearly designed instructions for a myriad number of string figures. Great resource. All black & white illustrations. 207 pp. 140052011.
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KWAKIUTL STRING FIGURES
Language: English
Published by Univ of Washington Press/American Museum of Natural History, Seattle, WA, 1992
ISBN 10: 029597172X ISBN 13: 9780295971728
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Thus. BRAND NEW Copy. Excellent mongraph on string figures, or, variants of the "cat's cradles". 102 string figures and 10 string tricks practiced by the Kwakiutil Indians of North America. This extraordinary collection, with lucid instructions, was assembled by Russian scholar Julia Averkieva (1907 - 1980) of the Soviet Academy of Sciences while accompanying anthropologist Franz Boas on his 1930 expedition to Vancouver Island. Averkieva left her field notes with the American Museum of Natural History on return to Russia. Mark Sherman edited and expanded the manuscript for this volume, and tested each figure for workability.
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String figures in Africa
Published by Riksmuseets etnografiska avdelning, Stockholm, 1930
Seller: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 12 pages ; 25 cm. Series: Smärre meddelanden (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet (Sweden). Etnografiska avdelningen), nr. 9.
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KWAKIUTL STRING FIGURES.
Published by University of Washington Press. 1992., 1992
Seller: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
US$ 15.24
US$ 25.56 shipping
Ships from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basket1st. Ed. Square 8vo. xxxi + 199pp. B/w ills. Original boards with d/w, blue spine with red and black text. ISBN 029597172X US$15.
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Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18; Volume XIII: Eskimo Folk-Lore, Part B: Eskimo String Figures
Published by F.A. Acland, King's Printer, Ottawa, 1924
First Edition
Card. Condition: Very Good. First. 192pp., notes, tables, ill., map. Very slight age-yellowing, else a nearly pristine, near-fine copy. Part B only of two, issued under separate covers, which make up Volume XIII of the Report. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
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Royal Anthropological Institute Occasional Paper No. 29 Tikopia String Figures
Published by Royal Anthropological Institute, London, 1970
Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
First Edition
US$ 16.63
US$ 27.78 shipping
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Add to basketsoft. 1st. Green card covers Contents clean illustrated with few line drawings pp 64. book.
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String figures from the Marquesas and Society Islands
Published by Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1925
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ex-library. 92 p. illus., IV pl. on 2 l. Series: Bernice P. Bishop museum. Bulletin ; 18. Bayard Dominick expedition. Publication number 11. Rebound in library quarter-binding with retention of front wrapper and loss of rear. Binding square, call-number labels blacked out at front panel and at foot of spine; property stamps to edges of textblock; library endpapers, cancellation stamp at front free endpaper, library markings to rear free endpaper and rear pastedown, contents clean. 370 grams.
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String Figures and How to Make Them A Study of Cat's Cradle in Many Lands
Published by Dover Publications, Inc, New York, 1962
Seller: The Last Post Bookshop, Holbrook, NSW, Australia
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Card Cover. Condition: Good. New Dover Edition. pages 407 plus a catalogue of other Dover books in rear of book. b/w illustrations, and line drawings. Covers covered in contact, endpaper spine folds reinforced with tape. Line of writing under tape in front of book, Covers are creased and worn. Back end paper is marked. Unabridged republication of original edition published in 1906 under the title "String Figures". This book maybe regarded as an introduction to the study of string figures, games which are widespread among primitive peoples, and play by weaving on the hands a single loop of string in order to produce intricate patterns supposed to represent certain familiar objects. Stamp on title page. Pages are clean throughout apart from the back end paper. Illustrated Cover.
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Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18, Volume VIII; Eskimo Folk-Lore, Part B: Eskimo String Figures, Southern Party 1913-1916
Published by King's Printer, Ottawa
Seller: Spafford Books (ABAC / ILAB), Regina, SK, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
924, 1st edition. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 192pp.
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String-Figures from the Gilbert Islands
Published by The Polynesian Society, 1958
Seller: Vintage Books of Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. viii 161p Cloth strip spine Near Fine With illustrations, descriptions of over 100 string-figures/cats-cradles and how to form them, as made up till 1958.
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CAT'S CRADLE: Entertaining String Figures for Children [in Japanese but also diagrammatic]
Language: Japanese
Published by Tokyo Shoten, Tokyo, 1974
First Edition
US$ 20.00
US$ 37.67 shipping
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Fully illustrated diagrams and cartoons (illustrator). 1st Edition. As-New vintage (1974) Japanese language String Figures soft cover for children in pristine condition, from the library of David Lister. Complete with his catalogue slip recording publication details in English.127 pp, attractively designed and presented through step-by-step instructions. Collectible (and useful) and no doubt rare in this unused condition. Additional 5 USD for upgrade to tracked postage worldwide; please state preference when ordering.
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Maori String Figures
Language: English
Published by Board of Maori Ethnological Research, Wellington, 1927
First Edition
Red Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xi, 173 pages, b/w illustrations. Old name on front endpaper. Tape ghosts on endpapers.
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String Figures of the Tuamotus
Published by Homa Press Canberra 1979, 1979
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
First Edition
1st edition softback with stiff wrappers As New tall octavo 150pp., text ills., references, String Figure Monographs No. 2.
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STRING FIGURES OF THE TUAMOTUS (String Figure Monographs No. 2)
Published by The Homa Press, Canberra, 1979
Seller: David H. Gerber Books (gerberbooks), Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition Signed
Wrappers. Condition: Very Good+. B&w drawings (illustrator). First Edition. xiv, 150pp [mild edge and corner wear] ---- Signed and dated 1991 on title page by Honor Maude ---- Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.
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