African Ceremonies The Concise Edition
by Beckwith, Carol & Angela Fisher
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0810934841
- ISBN 13
- 9780810934849
- Seller
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About This Item
E-115: Harry N. Abrams. Very Good. 2002. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Harry N. Abrams, New York. 2002. 400 pgs. Illustrated with over 400 color photographs.. The Concise Edition. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spinex. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Beckwith and Fisher, two western photographers (the former American, the latter Australian) fascinated by the rituals of Africa, spent 10 years traveling the continent to document their passion on film for the first edition of this stunning book. In 1999, it was released in a slip-cased, $150, two-volume edition; it featured 850 images of the various namings, initiations, weddings and coronations the women witnessed during their travels, as well as countless other moments of consequence with their generous hosts. Now comes the concise edition, which boasts more than half the original collection assembled in a single, large, full-color book. The images are bright, intimate and genuinely exotic, and they speak to a diversity of fascinating and wildly inventive rituals. From the Pedi people's beadwork to the Do-society's shaggy raffia outfits, the images capture a multitude of beautiful costumes on beautiful people, celebrating their life cycles from birth to death. For those interested in the tribal cultures of Africa, this would be a tough volume to miss. EB; 14.0 X 10.5 X 1.3 inches; 400 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63464
- Title
- African Ceremonies The Concise Edition
- Author
- Beckwith, Carol & Angela Fisher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0810934841
- ISBN 13
- 9780810934849
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams
- Place of Publication
- E-115
- Date Published
- 2002
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