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New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1984. Cloth, 304 pages, illustrations (some colour); 37 cm. Firm binding, unmarked. Light handling soil, age toning. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. A panorama of jewelry, dress, body decoration and hairstyle. CONTENTS: Introduction; East Africa-The Body as Art; Equatoria-Treasures and Trade; Old Africa-Pockets of Ancient Tradition; The Savannah-Crossroads of Style; The Sahara-Dictates of the Desert; The Maghreb-A Natural Flamboyance; The Horn-Links with the East; Bibliography; Credits to Photographers and Collections; Index.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio.

Brand: Harry N. Abrams, 1984-09-30. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1984. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Very good or better in like jacket. Bump to the top of the spine and jacket. Jacket has some general wear and pitting consistent with age, otherwise, a nice tight copy.

Abrams, Inc. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Abrams, Inc. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, Later Printing.. Clean large format hardcover book and dust jacket. Clean, unfaded brown cloth boards with unworn gold lettering on spine. No bumping, no wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or mark. Illustrated with gorgeous full color photographs throughout (457 illustrations, including 414 in full color). 304 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped (75.00 on front inside flap). Size approx. 10-1/2" x 14". Everywhere among the peoples of Africa, even those who eke out a nomad's existence, the visitor sees objects of great beauty and style, often of extraordinary craftsmanship. Worn by men and women--whose bodies arealso often painted or decoratively scarred, whose hair may be plaited or piled up elaborately or tinted with ocher, animal fat, or mud--the objects are often of great value, cast in gold or wrought… Read More

New York: Harry N. Abrams, inc., 1985. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 304 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout (more than 400). Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Brown cloth cover boards, bold gilt title on spine. In beautiful condition. Dust jacket unclipped, has small rip at bottom of front cover and wear at top of spine, otherwise very good. A look at the jewelry and body art of the African people. Record # 32857

London (The Harvill Press), 1985.. 304pp. 457 illus. (414 color). Folio. Cloth. D.j.

The Harvill Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 186046291X . Endpapers lightly foxed. Previous owner's neat name. Jacket lightly edge worn, one closed tear; 10.56 X 1.06 X 13.37 inches; 320 pages .

Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket like new, slight shelf wear.
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Harry N. Abrams , Incorporated, 1984T. hardcover. Good. 1.1024 14.1732 10.3937. Dust jacket has some wear and tear mainly to the edges. Inscribed by the past owner.\r\n\r\n

Harry N. Abrams , 1984. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dustjacket . 14x10x1. Gift Inscription by Previous Owner. Shows hairstyles, jewelry, clothing, and body art used in each region of Africa and discusses the religious and cultural significance of African ornament. One of the best photographic representations of fully decorated Tribal Africa ever published. This is the Body As Art, and the Peoples Of Africa reveling in their history and tradition. The contents are : East Africa - The Body As Art; Equatoria - Treasures and Trade ; Old Africa - Pockets Of Ancient Tradition ; The Savannah - Dictates Of The Desert ; The Maghreb - A Natural Flamboyance ; The Horn - Links With The East. The book also contains fantastic field photos, as well as "characteristic" native "models", and artifact photographs.

Hardback. Very Good.

London, England: William Collins Sons, 1985. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Reprint. Some edge wear to boards at top and bottom of spine; gift inscription on front end paper; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; 304 pages.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1984. 1st . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 304pp.incl.index; HB brwn.w/gilt; lt.wear,tp.edge; lt.sun,bttm.spine; clean,tight pgs. DJ brwn.&blk.w/white-photo cover; slight rub. "A Panorama of Jewelry, Dress, Body Decoration, and Hairstyle" 457 illus., 414 in full color.

London: Collins Harvill, 1996. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 270mm x 360mm. Jacket has moderate wear, a 1cm tear to bottom front corner ana a small taped loss at head of spine. Light wear to cloth. Large inscription to ffep and crease to rear fep. Some foxing to pastedowns, preliminaries and upper margin of a few first and last pages. Text and plates very clean. Binding good. A standard reference on personal adornment across the African continent. A beautiful book. 304pp HEAVY BOOK - ADDITIONAL INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING CHARGE.

The Harvill Press, 1984. Hbk folio 304pp profusely illustr in color and b+w light edgewear to dj (now in protective sleeve) otherwise an excellent clean tight unmarked copy as new

London: Collins, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Large format approx. 27 x 36 cm 304 pages illustrated throughout from colour photographs. Contents clean and tight with no marks or inscriptions. Publishers brown cloth clean and tight no marks or splits. DJ complete with no splits some slight creasing .

NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1991. Hardcover. VG+/VG (very light shelfwear to dust jacket. Pages are very crisp and clean.). Brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Color pictorial dust jacket; black spine with white lettering. 304 pp. 457 plates, 414 in color. Reprinted from 1984 original. "First fascinated by its pure beauty, Angela Fisher has examined African adornment for over seven years, initially as a traveler and then increasingly as a close student of jewelry and body decoration. Traveling from the Sahara to Cape Horn, she has lived among peoples of diverse culture, studying and photographing not only what they wear but what meaning the objects and decorative forms have in their daily lives." -- dj flap Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-301) and index.

London: Collins Harvill, 1994. reprint. Nice copy. folio. dust jacket 304pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Fine photographic study. Very nice copy in a slightly edge-worn dust jacket