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The Spirit Sings: Artistic Traditions of Canada's First Peoples
by Harrison, Julia D. (introduction)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0771033559
- ISBN 13
- 9780771033551
- Seller
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Bridgewater , Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
"The Spirit Sings: Artistic Traditions of Canada's First Peoples." Introduction by Julia D. Harrison, Curator of Ethnology, Glenbow Museum. This book grew out of an exhibition entitled The Spirit Sings, mounted by the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta, as part of the Arts Festival of the 1988 XV Olympic Winter Games. [Toronto]: McClelland and Stewart and Glenbow Museum, [1987]. pp. 264, Bibliography. 221 illus. (many in colour). Hardcover, beige cloth with gilt design on cover and gilt title on spine (top edge foxed, corners square, joint is loose, mark on lower right corner of several pages). dj. (1/2-inch tear top of spine, worn & bit tattered especially along top, mark on dj. fold, initials on inside of dj.)
Very Good condition. Size: 12 1/4" x 9 1/4" (31cm x 23.5cm).
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- Bookseller
- Bazaar of Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A327
- Title
- The Spirit Sings: Artistic Traditions of Canada's First Peoples
- Author
- Harrison, Julia D. (introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, beige cloth with gilt design on cover and gilt title on spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0771033559
- ISBN 13
- 9780771033551
- Publisher
- McClelland and Stewart & Glenbow Museum
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1987
- Pages
- 264
- Keywords
- Indigenous people Canada, Indians, culture, mythology, religion, 1988 Winter Olympics, Glenbow Museum
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian History; Indigenous people- Canada; Decorative Art;
Terms of Sale
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Bridgewater , Nova Scotia
About Bazaar of Books
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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