To Windward of the Land: the Occult World of Alexander Charles Tapa dura - 1979

Indiana Univ Pr, 1979. Hardcover. Very good plus condition with text clean & binding tight / chipped & faded dust jacket. 309pp.

Indiana University Press, 1979. 1st printing. Square and unmarked in full cloth binding. 309pp. Jacket is shelf rubbed, with a sunned spine. In a protective mylar cover.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

Indiana Univ Pr, November 1979. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/Very Good. This Hardback with the Dust Jacket is in Excellent Condition. The pages are clean and bright and the binding is tight. There is light rubbing along the edges of the jacket and a name written inside. No other marks, writing or damage. Quick Shipping and Delivery Confirmation!

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Good /good -. First printing, Indiana University Press. Dampstaining to covers and spine, as well as to jacket, else clean and unmarked.Inscribed by the author. A remarkable work of ethnobotany and folkloric medicine by a Vermont based folklorist working in the West Indies. From the flap: "Charles divulged to Beck more than isolated cures or preventatives: he imparted a well developed psycho-medical system that was an integral part of his culture." First printing, full number line. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Indiana University Press, 1979. First edition. Hard cover. Very Good. Very good in very good dust jacket. slight rubbing to back of DJ 360 p.

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1979. Book. Good. Hardcover. (l) 309 pages, frontis, appendix, bibliography, notes, 8vo, white cloth. Very good-, small holes cover gutter. bottom edge; contents fine; dust jacket near fine. Serving the antiquarian and used book world since 1980.

Indiana Univ Pr, 1979-11. Hardcover. Good.

Indiana University Press, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. ...is both an oral autobiography and a transcription of one man's occult philosophy...a West Indian Fisherman and sometime smuggler..also a practitioner of bush medicine and obeah

Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.: Indiana Univ Pr, 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 309pp. Price-clipped pictorial dust jacket in protective mylar..

Bloomington, IN: : Indiana University Press,, (1979). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The oral autobiography of a West Indian fisherman, who spent most of his life on Santo Domingo and on the Windward and Leeward Islands - one who "dared to go to the windward of the land, where the wind and seas are rough, the fishing is thought to be the best, and the challenge is the greatest to the fisherman in his small boat." In addition to being a fisherman, he was a sometimes smuggler, and most importantly a practitioner of black magic and bush medicine, in which he offers knowledge of magic and healing - not just as isolated cures but as integral part of his culture. in addition to the autobiography itself, this includes an extensive section of conversations with the author and her introduction and conclusions. Foreword by Roger D. Abrahams. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and photographs. List of botanical terms, bibliography, notes. l, 309 pp.