The Medicine Man. a Social Study of the Character and Evolution of Shamanism
by John Lee Maddox
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Mulranny, Co Mayo., Sligo, Ireland
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1923. Book is rare & in good tight clean condition.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frontice Plate of a Navaho Medicine Man. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Vanessa Parker Rare Books (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001081
- Title
- The Medicine Man. a Social Study of the Character and Evolution of Shamanism
- Author
- John Lee Maddox
- Illustrator
- Frontice Plate of a Navaho Medicine Man
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- Shaman. American Indian . Folk Medicine . World Shamanism. Alternative Medicine. Indian Medicine Man.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mythology, Mysticism & Magic; Folklore,; Healing , Health & Medical Books;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Vanessa Parker Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Vanessa Parker Rare Books
Biblio member since 2011
Mulranny, Co Mayo., Sligo
About Vanessa Parker Rare Books
We are the most westerly Books and antiques shop in Europe ,trading in rare & used books since 1977,we operate from a 17thc Irish thatched cottage overlooking the beautiful Clew bay in the West of Ireland, which is stuffed to the rafters with books including secondhand, Antiquarian, to Fine & Rare books, with an emphasis on children`s, illustrated, Irish, country persuits, literature, poetry & much more. We also have a very large selection of genuine old Prints wrapped ready for framing, and Antiques. Only a fraction of our stock is online See our website www.antiquesandbooks.com
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...