Dogs: History, Myth, Art
by Johns, Catherine
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0674030931
- ISBN 13
- 9780674030930
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About This Item
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2008. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition.. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2008. First American Edition . Very Good/Very Good. Beautiful book and dust jacket with one flaw, small closed cut to dust jacket that went through slightly to book cover; barely noticeable. Unchipped clean jacket now enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Book is clean and solid, pages and edges are clean and bright, no names, writing or bookplates. Gorgeous illustrations throughout in full color. 208 pages. Here, in exquisite reproductions, are life-size sculptures and tiny engraved gems, ceramic floor tiles and stone wall-reliefs, gold ornaments and ceramic vessels, pocketknife handles and miniature paintings, all depicting dogs from prehistory to the present. Through these illustrations (drawn from the British Museum collections), the author considers the evolution of the species, its earliest interactions with humans, its importance in history and culture, and its role in symbolism, mythology, and legend..
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028900
- Title
- Dogs: History, Myth, Art
- Author
- Johns, Catherine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0674030931
- ISBN 13
- 9780674030930
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- DOGS, CANINE HISTORY, MYTHOLOGY, ART, CATHERINE JOHNS, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Dogs;
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