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Navajos, gods, and tom-toms
by S.H .Babington
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/good +
- Seller
-
Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Greenberg : Publisher, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/good +. A near fine signed first edition. Warmly inscribed by the author to his friend, noted San Francisco attorney Edwin Sprague Pillsbury. Terra cotta cloth covered boards with Kachina doll in golden stamping, matching title stamping on spine. Navajo country map endpapers. In a good plus, price clipped dustjacket showing sunning to spine of jacket, small tears and minor loss. 246 pp. Octavo Babington was a noted California surgeon, author, and member of the California Writer's Club. The book was well received and later reprinted.
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1049
- Title
- Navajos, gods, and tom-toms
- Author
- S.H .Babington
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Greenberg : Publisher
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Navajo, native American, anthropology, travel, indigenous, American Indian, culture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native America;
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About the Seller
Uncommon Works
Biblio member since 2014
Gridley, California
About Uncommon Works
Not your ordinary book store! Uncommon Works specializes in rare, odd, unique, and handmade books, with a focus on the Maya, Latin America, Native America, and the Spanish Conquest. You'll find rare, first editions and first or early printings. You'll even find a few first printings of living authors for sale. We provide services and referrals for book mending, repair, restoration, and binding.
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
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