The Bird Who Cleans the World and other Mayan Fables is collection of Jakaltek Mayan folktales, first told to the author by his mother and the elders of his Guatemalan village. They deal with the themes of creation, nature, mutual respect, and ethnic relations and conflicts. Told here for the first time in English and illustrated with Mayan images, these stories and fables speak eloquently of an ancient culture, at once preserving its history and recreating its tradition.
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The Bird Who Cleans the World and other Mayan Fables is collection of Jakaltek Mayan folktales, first told to the author by his mother and the elders of his Guatemalan village. They deal with the themes of creation, nature, mutual respect, and ethnic relations and conflicts. Told here for the first time in English and illustrated with Mayan images, these stories and fables speak eloquently of an ancient culture, at once preserving its history and recreating its tradition.
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Good. Warped, bumps and scratches to cover, dirty marks to edges of pages No.1 BESTSELLERS-great prices, friendly customer service-usually dispatched within 24 hrs.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.
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Very Good. Paperback with color illustrations in very good condition. Spine is uncreased, binding, illustrations, and text also in very good condition. A nice copy.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo. 120pp, notes, col plates. Or brown cloth in jacket. Very slight edge wear to jacket. A collection of fables from the oral tradition of the Maya. Collected and transcribed from the Jakaltek-Maya language-one of 21 Maya languages still spoken in Guatemala.
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Very Good. Size: 96x8x144; Curbstone Press; Williamantic, 1995. Hardcover. First edition. Signed. Fine in a Very Good+, light wear to extremes, Dustwrapper. Signed and Inscribed by the Author on the front flyleaf. Colour illustrations. 8vo[octavo or aprx 6 x 9], 120pp +ad. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.