The Enduring Navaho
by Gilpin, Laura
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
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Spray, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Austin, Texas: University of Texas, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Signed by Author. The reviewer from American Anthropologist praised this book of superb photographs and portraits of individuals and family groups among the Navaho, noting that it conveyed a quality of intimacy and serenity; "its landscapes spread out the dramatic setting of desert, mountain, and canyon in which these people live; and its scenes of daily activity show many of the details of the way their life has been lived. Among the pictorial records of Navajo country and life, Miss Gilpin's volume deserves a special place." First Printing of the First Edition, bound handsomely as a small quarto format hardcover. Bound in green cloth, with silver and black spine lettering and silver decoration. Pale green endpapers. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, worn along edges, price-clipped, protected by a plastic coat. Scarce in this SIGNED condition. 264 pp. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Complete with a Navaho Pronunciation Guide. Plentiful black-and-white and some full-color photographs.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 352519
- Title
- The Enduring Navaho
- Author
- Gilpin, Laura
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Texas
- Place of Publication
- Austin, Texas
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- 4to 11" - 13" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- signed Native American Studies American Indians The Navajo The Navaho Laura Gilpin American Southwest signed
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