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Carmichael, Elizabeth and Sayer, Chloe, Illustrated by: Photos
The Skeleton at the Feast : The Day of the Dead in Mexico
Publisher: University of Texas Press Austin, TX 2003.
160 pp, glossy SC wraps w/blk-pink-yel-wht spine w/pink pictorial front & yel pictorial back. The authors explore the origin of the Day of the Dead. the festival is an occasion for celebrating & feasting, cleaning & decorating graves, dancing & making music. For the first two days of November a sweet-smelling cloud of copal incense hangs over most of Mexico. Nominally this is the Christian feast of All Saints and All Souls, but it is celebrated in Mexico as nowhere else in the Catholic world. slight scuff mark on the front cover, the book is crisp and clean. 6th Printing No Jacket Soft Cover Very Good+ 4to - over 11" - 13" Tall
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AUD 19.96 | CAD 20.40 | EUR 15.42 | GBP 13.05 | JPY 1,850.91 | MXN 226.22 | ZAR 183.42 |
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Curio Corner Books.
Item number: 036236.
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Carmichael, Elizabeth and Sayer, Chloe, Illustrated by: Photos
The Skeleton at the Feast : The Day of the Dead in Mexico
Publisher: University of Texas Press Austin, TX 1992.
160 pp, glossy SC wraps w/blk-pink-yel-wht spine w/pink pictorial front & yel pictorial back. The authors explore the origin of the Day of the Dead. the festival is an occasion for celebrating & feasting, cleaning & decorating graves, dancing & making music. For the first two days of November a sweet-smelling cloud of copal incense hangs over most of Mexico. Nominally this is the Christian feast of All Saints and All Souls, but it is celebrated in Mexico as nowhere else in the Catholic world. slight scuff mark on the front cover, the book is crisp and clean. 2nd Printing No Jacket Soft Cover Very Good+ 4to - over 11" - 13" Tall
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AUD 20.83 | CAD 21.29 | EUR 16.10 | GBP 13.62 | JPY 1,931.82 | MXN 236.11 | ZAR 191.44 |
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Item number: 036283.
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Carmichael, Elizabeth and Sayer, Chloe, Illustrated by: Photos
The Skeleton at the Feast : The Day of the Dead in Mexico
Publisher: University of Texas Press Austin, TX 2001.
160 pp, glossy SC wraps w/blk-pink-yel-wht spine w/pink pictorial front & yel pictorial back. The authors explore the origin of the Day of the Dead. the festival is an occasion for celebrating & feasting, cleaning & decorating graves, dancing & making music. For the first two days of November a sweet-smelling cloud of copal incense hangs over most of Mexico. Nominally this is the Christian feast of All Saints and All Souls, but it is celebrated in Mexico as nowhere else in the Catholic world. The book is crisp and clean. 5th Printing No Jacket Soft Cover Very Good+ 4to - over 11" - 13" Tall
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AUD 20.79 | CAD 21.25 | EUR 16.07 | GBP 13.60 | JPY 1,928.18 | MXN 235.67 | ZAR 191.08 |
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Item number: 036950.
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Carmichael, Elizabeth and Sayer, Chloe, Illustrated by: Photos
The Skeleton at the Feast : The Day of the Dead in Mexico
Publisher: University of Texas Press Austin, TX 2003.
160 pp, glossy SC wraps w/blk-pink-yel-wht spine w/pink pictorial front & yel pictorial back. The authors explore the origin of the Day of the Dead. the festival is an occasion for celebrating & feasting, cleaning & decorating graves, dancing & making music. For the first two days of November a sweet-smelling cloud of copal incense hangs over most of Mexico. Nominally this is the Christian feast of All Saints and All Souls, but it is celebrated in Mexico as nowhere else in the Catholic world. Front cover lightly creased. 6th Printing No Jacket Soft Cover Very Good- 4to - over 11" - 13" Tall
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AUD 19.13 | CAD 19.55 | EUR 14.78 | GBP 12.51 | JPY 1,773.64 | MXN 216.78 | ZAR 175.77 |
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Item number: 036951.
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Ehrenreich, Barbara.
Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy.
Publisher: New York: Metropolitan Books, 2007..
ISBN: 9780805057232 1st edition, 1st printing. 320 pp. As New book (no markings) / As New dust jacket (price not clipped). Clean and fresh. A new copy. Hardcover
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AUD 16.18 | CAD 16.53 | EUR 12.50 | GBP 10.58 | JPY 1,500.00 | MXN 183.33 | ZAR 148.65 |
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Buckeye Bookshop.
Item number: 6823.
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Epton, Nina.
SPANISH FIESTAS: Including Romerias, Excluding Bull-Fights.
Publisher: London: Cassell & Co. (1968)..
First Edition. ISBN: 9780304931651 In nine parts: The Easter Cycle; St. George and the Moors and Christians of Alcoy; Spring Romerías; The Maypole and the Cross; The Corpus Christi Cycle; Midsummer Fires, Trees and Bulls; Late Summer and Autumn Mosaic; Christmas and New Year Customs and Celebrations (until Epiphany); Winter and Carnival. 250p: map, 16 pages black/white photographs hors-texte; 22cm. Index. 521g. Book: Very Good Plus (clean, bright, and tight; upper tip of free-front endpaper clipped). Dustjacket: Very Good (slight edgewear and shelfwear). Yellow hardcover with gilt spine titles. Book condition: Very Good Plus. Jacket condition: Very Good.
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AUD 11.75 | CAD 12.00 | EUR 9.08 | GBP 7.68 | JPY 1,089.09 | MXN 133.11 | ZAR 107.93 |
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Canterbury Books.
Item number: 4944.
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Field, Carol
Celebrating Italy / Carol Field
Publisher: NY, William Morrow, c1990.
xiv, 530 p., illus.; 27 cm. "Combines cultural history, folklore, and food, as Field explores some of the more unusual festivals that take place every year in Italy." ISBN (10): 0688070930. Stock#46911. Vg/ dj good.
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AUD 14.71 | CAD 15.03 | EUR 11.36 | GBP 9.62 | JPY 1,363.64 | MXN 166.67 | ZAR 135.14 |
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The Owl at the Bridge.
Item number: 46910.
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González Palencia, Angel, 1889- , & Eugenio Mele, 1875- , joint authors
La Maya. Notas para su estudio en España
Publisher: Madrid, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Antonio de Nebrija, 194.
166 p.; 25 cm. Series: Biblioteca de tradiciones populares, 7. On the celebration of May Day from Roman times through its important role in Spanish civilization. Stock#46135. Good, worn / soft cover.
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AUD 39.22 | CAD 40.08 | EUR 30.30 | GBP 25.64 | JPY 3,636.36 | MXN 444.44 | ZAR 360.36 |
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The Owl at the Bridge.
Item number: 46134.
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Santino, Jack, Illustrated by: Photos
Halloween and Other Festivals of Death and Life
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press Knoxville, TN 1994.
xxviii, 280 pp, black-yel-orange-wht SC wraps w/color illustrated front panel. Collection of thirteen essays that examine the customs, communitites, and material culture to reveal how Halloween has exerted itself from a survivor of a dying tradition to a thriving, contemporary festival. First Edition No Jacket Soft Cover Near Fine 8vo - Over 8" - 9" Tall
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AUD 14.59 | CAD 14.91 | EUR 11.27 | GBP 9.54 | JPY 1,352.73 | MXN 165.33 | ZAR 134.05 |
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Curio Corner Books.
Item number: 036833.
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Todaschuk, Sylvia and Stephen Walter Mical
Winnipeg's Folklorama: Canada's Cultural Celebration
Publisher: Winnipeg: Folk Arts Council of Winnipeg, 2001,.
ISBN: 0968919707 paper bound, oblong wraps, illustrated throughout, 120pp. Very good. 490 grams.
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AUD 39.71 | CAD 40.58 | EUR 30.68 | GBP 25.96 | JPY 3,681.82 | MXN 450.00 | ZAR 364.86 |
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Item number: 17361.
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