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Masked Gods: Navaho and Pueblo Ceremonialism
by Waters, Frank
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/Good
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1950. First. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Masked Gods: Navaho and Pueblo Ceremonialism, Frank Waters, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, 1950, 438 pp., 9¾ x 12 inches.
Tan cloth boards with pictorial imprint on front board, light bumping to head and foot of spine, light soiling to edges, interior is clean, binding tight. Bookplate on front pastedown. First edition. Very good condition. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket has multiple tears and chips and light soiling. Price-clipped. Inscribed on half title page. Good condition.
A look at the culture and beliefs of southwestern native cultures.
Tan cloth boards with pictorial imprint on front board, light bumping to head and foot of spine, light soiling to edges, interior is clean, binding tight. Bookplate on front pastedown. First edition. Very good condition. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket has multiple tears and chips and light soiling. Price-clipped. Inscribed on half title page. Good condition.
A look at the culture and beliefs of southwestern native cultures.
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- Bookseller
- Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 819
- Title
- Masked Gods: Navaho and Pueblo Ceremonialism
- Author
- Waters, Frank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Place of Publication
- Albuquerque, NM
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Frank Waters, southwestern native cultures, native american, ceremony
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