An outstanding work crafted from the handwritten pages of translations from the Navajo of the late Father Berard Haile giving three separate versions of the Blessingway rite with each version consisting of a prose text accompanied by the ritual songs and prayers. Valuable insights into the character and use of the Blessingway rite; its ceremonial procedures, its mythology, and its drypaintings.
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An outstanding work crafted from the handwritten pages of translations from the Navajo of the late Father Berard Haile giving three separate versions of the Blessingway rite with each version consisting of a prose text accompanied by the ritual songs and prayers. Valuable insights into the character and use of the Blessingway rite; its ceremonial procedures, its mythology, and its drypaintings.
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Seller's Description:
Hardcover. NOT Ex-library. Good condition. Dust jacket included. Clean pages and tight binding. Until further notice, USPS Priority Mail only reliable option for Hawaii. Proceeds benefit the Pima County Public Library system, which serves Tucson and southern Arizona.
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Supports Goodwill of Silicon Valley job training programs. The cover and pages are in Good condition! Any other included accessories are also in Good condition showing use. Use can included some highlighting and writing page and cover creases as well as other types visible wear.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition. xxviii, 660pp. Three versions of the myth recorded and translated from the Navajo by Father Berard Haile. Illustrated, with a frontispiece portrait of Father Haile. Fine in a lightly rubbed, very good or better dust jacket, with an ink inscription on the front panel and a bit of light sunning. Curiously, the cover inscription reads "Version 3 seems most recordable."
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Good+ jacket. First Edition. A nice copy. Clean text, solid binding. Dust Jacket protected by mylar cover. First printing. The dust jacket is probably closer to very good but does have some rubbing and chipping--not price clipped. Overall a very nice copy.