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Seller Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Pen mark bottom edge. Line illustrations. Bibliography. Index. See More Details

Seller Description: Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good dust jacket. Stain and weak crease to jacket at front panel. Text is clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout.; 8.90 X 8.43 X 1.02 inches; 230 pages. See More Details

Seller Description: Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. See More Details

Seller Description: Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. See More Details

Seller Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket. See More Details

Seller Description: Fine in Fine jacket. BRAND NEW Copy. Excellent mongraph on string figures, or, variants of the "cat's cradles". 102 string figures and 10 string tricks practiced by the Kwakiutil Indians of North America. This extraordinary collection, with lucid instructions, was assembled by Russian scholar Julia Averkieva (1907-1980) of the Soviet Academy of Sciences while accompanying anthropologist Franz Boas on his 1930 expedition to Vancouver Island. Averkieva left her field notes with the American ... See More Details

Seller Description: New. See More Details

Seller Description: New. See More Details

Seller Description: New. See More Details

Seller Description: Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. See More Details

Seller Description: Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. See More Details

Seller Description: Fair. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. See More Details

Seller Description: Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority! See More Details

Seller Description: Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. See More Details

Seller Description: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. See More Details

Seller Description: Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. See More Details

Seller Description: New. See More Details

Seller Description: Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. See More Details

Seller Description: Good. Book. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 128 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal use and clean text. Minimal external wear. Creased cover. See More Details

Seller Description: Very good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. See More Details

Seller Description: Very good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. See More Details

Seller Description: Very good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. See More Details

Seller Description: Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. See More Details

Seller Description: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. See More Details

Seller Description: Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. See More Details