A Journey in Southern Siberia, The Mongols, Their Religion and Their Myths,
by Curtin, Jeremiah
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E-177: Little, Brown & Company. Good. 1909. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA. 1909. Xiv, 319 pgs. Illustrated throughout with black and white plates and 1 map. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Jeremiah Curtin (1835-1906) a Harvard educated American translator and folklorist, who worked for the Smithsonian, and was said to know seventy languages. He was perhaps best known for his English translations of Henryk Sienkiewicz's historical novel With Fire and Sword in 1888 and Quo Vadis in 1897. This volume is the result of his travels in Siberia where he studied the religion, myths and folklore and this became a source of material for the cultural context of Siberian shamanism. E-177; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 3 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58539
- Title
- A Journey in Southern Siberia, The Mongols, Their Religion and Their Myths,
- Author
- Curtin, Jeremiah
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Place of Publication
- E-177
- Date Published
- 1909
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