New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 140 pp, Introduction; Explorers of the Ocean; Of Ormuzd and Ind; Black Africa; The Impact of the Slave Trade; The Tools of the Artists; We Were Their Models; Conclusion; Select Bibliography with 12 colour and 78 b&w illustrations. Photographs by Werner Forman. First American Edition, 1969. "Ethnographer, C. A. Burland, and Czech photographer, who specializes in the arts and peoples of Aftica and the East, allows the white man to be seen in a fresh and revealing light that is often unexpected, even disturbing, always very relevant to the world of today. The difference in the reactions of the more sophisticated and cultured people of the East and the primitive dwellers of western Aftica and clearly brought out. The author also deals fully with the methods used by the craftsmen in their work." Price clipped. Only the slightest edgwear to dj with faintly foxed text block edges, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003534
Title: The Exotic White Man: An Alien in Asian and African Art
Author: Burland Cottie A
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First American Edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1969
Keywords: ART HISTORY ETHNOGRAPHY ASIAN AND AFRICAN ART REPRESENTATION EXOTIC WHITE MAN
Bookseller catalogs: ART HISTORY;
Size: 4to

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