Books: Travel and Culture
Far and Wide
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C64 Bk45 $32.
Folk Traditions in Yugoslavia, Ten Tours
Beograd 1960
177 pp, size 7.5” x 6.5”
Shiny gold pictorial board hard cover
Text by Leposava Žunić-Baš,
Translated into English by Karin Radovanovic
Good vintage condition
Minor damage to top of spine, some shelf wear
Name written inside cover
Annotated description of ten tours through the country, plus a list of events, museums, a glossary and table of contents
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Zdenka Sertić’s wonderful illustrations include line drawings, woodcuts, stylized color costume illustrations, and maps
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Bk51-40 $8.50 Ohrid
Hardcover 8" x 5¾"
Vintage, early 1970s
- Tourist picture book
- English text, color photos
- Used copy, owner's name inside
- Mostly scenery & icons
- A few ethnic photos
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Tbk-D24 $8.50
The Anatolian Civilizations Museum
Ankara 2000 165 pp 6" x 8” softcover
- English text
- Guide to the museum and collections
- Color photos of artifacts
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35-01 $4.50 A Village in Anatolia by Mahmut Makal
Translated by Wyndham Deedes 1965
Hardcover 190 pp
- Black & white photos
- Interesting glossary
- Classic account of village life
- Dust jacket damaged
- Pages yellowed but intact
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Nbk38-507 $9.50 Vesterheim – Samplings from the Collection
Norwegian-American Museum
Decorah, Iowa 1995
Softcover 12" x 9" landscape
29pp, 35 plates color & black and white
- Wood, rosemaling, textiles, paintings, farm implements, buildings
- Notes written on first page
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Bk51-63 $40. Folk Art of Asia– Africa– Australia– The Americas
Helmuth Th. Bossert NY 1990
9½" x 12½" oversize hardcover, dust jacket
Heavy book - 4 lbs
- Color plates printed on one side onl
- 600 illustrations
- Detailed descriptions and indices of color plates
- Catalog of decorative objects from hundreds of cultures
- Art, clothing, folk art, masks, pottery, textiles, tools, weapons
- Richness & diversity of design
- Imagination & ingenuity of the artisans
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