Bali
de Bristol, Horace
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Good+ to very good condition
- Librería
-
Santa Monica, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Tokyo: East-West, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Good+ to very good condition. Small Quarto. Unpaginated. Original decorative tan batik cloth with black lettering on debossed brown paper label of cover. Beautiful photographic essay on the island of Bali after W.W.II. featuring 100 b/w photographs.
"Bali, its fertile fields ascending in terraced green paddies from humid tropic seas to cool, cloud-shrouded heights of sacred Genung Agung; Bali, island of beautiful women, strange and exotic customs; paradise of lotus eaters-and romantic fiction-is simply a state of mind." (Foreword).
Contains short texts describing the people, the temple carvings, crafts, "people carrying things," the rice culture, trance and dance, the village, its festivals, cremation, a dance group, barong and rangda, its music and more dances, all accompanied by striking b/w photographs.
Binding lightly bent outwards and some sunning along edges. Endpapers age-toned.
"Bali, its fertile fields ascending in terraced green paddies from humid tropic seas to cool, cloud-shrouded heights of sacred Genung Agung; Bali, island of beautiful women, strange and exotic customs; paradise of lotus eaters-and romantic fiction-is simply a state of mind." (Foreword).
Contains short texts describing the people, the temple carvings, crafts, "people carrying things," the rice culture, trance and dance, the village, its festivals, cremation, a dance group, barong and rangda, its music and more dances, all accompanied by striking b/w photographs.
Binding lightly bent outwards and some sunning along edges. Endpapers age-toned.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 52660
- Título
- Bali
- Autor
- Bristol, Horace
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good+ to very good condition
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Editorial
- East-West
- Lugar de publicación
- Tokyo
- Fecha de publicación
- 1949
- Palabras clave
- b/w photography, exotic Bali, temple carvings, crafts, rice culture, trance, dance, village, barong, rangda, music
Términos de venta
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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Santa Monica, California
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- Cloth
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- Quarto
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- Good+
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