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Chippewa Customs
by Frances Densmore
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Government Printing Office, Washington, 1929. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. FRANCES DENSMORE. Chippewa Customs, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1929. Tall octavo, pp. xii, 204, 90 halftone plates, green cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration to spine, halftone photos, library cancellation stamps on free front endpaper. The author worked in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ontario to gather material for this study. Condition of this book: Rear hinge cracked, scratches at fore edge, overall good, clean inside. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Indigenous Cultures; United States; Myths, Legends & Folklore. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55318. .
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55318
- Title
- Chippewa Customs
- Author
- Frances Densmore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Indigenous Cultures; United States; Myths, Legends & Folklore. Unbranded Frances Densmore Chippewa Customs
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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