Drawing Shadows to Stone
Language: English
Published by Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, 1997
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, CanadaWagon Tongue Books
AbeBooks seller since November 4, 1999
Condition: Used - Near fine
US$ 26.36
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SUBTITLED : `The Photography of the Jesup North Pacific WExpedition, 1897 -1902 '. A b/w on p. 15, centered on the Bering Sea, shows the distribution of the various tribes discussed in this 112 page volume. INDEX at back. Issued to accompany an exhibition. LEARN more about : anthropologists, Sakha collection, Bering Sea Eskimos, carnivores, permafrost, Gishiga, Lucy Antko, Franz Boas. Mariinsky Post, shaman, whale festival, sedge grass, and Koryak warrior. After page 40, the volume is mostly b/w photographs - with captions. Cond : Black paper wrapper with white titling. French flaps. Cover image shows three folks from an Even family. Volume is clean, square, and bright. Minimal wear. Soiling similar. Collectible ! QUote (p. 16) : " Bogoras's work for the Jesup Expedition resulted in seven monographs, most prominently on the Chukchi. He and Sofia Bogoras collected ethnographic data, linguistic notes and 150 texts, 4500 ._._._. . ".
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Drawing Shadows to Stone
- Author
- Kendall, Laurel and Mathe, Barbara and Miller, Thomas Ross
- Publisher
- Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver
- Publication year
- 1997
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- B/W Photographs
- Edition
- 1st Edition
Wagon Tongue Books
Linden, AB, Canada
AbeBooks seller since November 4, 1999
Shipping rates from Canada to U.S.A.
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I am a small home-based business so I may be difficult to reach by phone. I'm in the Mountain time zone. I've been passionate about books for approximately 30 years. Thank you for thinking Wagon Tongue.
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Wagon Tongue Books
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