The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
by Castaneda, Carlos
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1973. First printing with numberline beginning in 1. Brown paper covered boards with gold lettering to spine. Textblock tight and square. Minor chip on front endpaper at bottom fore-edge. Price clipped jaacket has tiny chip on front panel top but else fine. First book in series which is hard to fine. In mylar. . First Thus. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge was published by the University of California Press in 1968 as a work of anthropology. It was written by Carlos Castaneda and submitted as his master’s thesis in the school of anthropology. It reportedly documents the events that took place during an apprenticeship he claimed to have served with a self-proclaimed Yaqui Indian Sorcerer, don Juan Matus, between 1960 and 1965.
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- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006032
- Title
- The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
- Author
- Castaneda, Carlos
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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Timothy Norlen Bookseller
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SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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