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Myths and Tales of the Matako Indians ( The Gran Chaco, Argentina )
by Metraux, Alfred
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Goteborg, Sweden : Dr. Walter Kaudern, Gothenburg Ethnographical Museum, 1939. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front wrapper - "To G. Herzog with the compliments of A. Metraux". A wonderful folklore Association Copy, Alfred Metraux published landmark studies of South American Indians, Haitian Voodoo, and Easter Island. As a human rights leader he participated in the framing of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and was a permanent member of UNESCO's Department of Social Science. George Herzog was a noted anthropologist, linguist, and ethnomusicologist who studied under Franz Boas at Columbia University and later assembled the Archives of Folk and Primitive Music at Columbia University. Reprinted without changes of paging from "Ethnological Studies, 9, 1939, the book is Very Good, light soiling and edge wear to wrappers. 127 pp. Stamped Herzog Collection at first page. SIGNED works by Metraux are RARE. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Reprint. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006603
- Title
- Myths and Tales of the Matako Indians ( The Gran Chaco, Argentina )
- Author
- Metraux, Alfred
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Dr. Walter Kaudern, Gothenburg Ethnographical Museum
- Place of Publication
- Goteborg, Sweden
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Folklore;
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Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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- Jacket
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- Wrappers
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- Association Copy
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- Inscribed
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- G
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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