Island of Bali by Miguel Covarrubias
$65.00
Miguel Covarrubias’s landmark study of Bali combines cultural observation, anthropology, art, history and everyday life. Richly illustrated with the author’s drawings and paintings and photographs by Rose Covarrubias, it became a classic account of Balinese society and culture.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Publication year: 1947
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Language: English
Author: Miguel Covarrubias
Photographs: Rose Covarrubias
Condition: Dust jacket is heavily worn with rubbing, edge tears, small losses and old tape repairs, particularly around the spine and corners. The book itself remains intact; interior title page is clean and the illustrated endpaper/frontispiece is present.
Book details
- Authors
- Miguel Covarrubias
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, New York
- Published
- 1947
- Language
- en
- Binding
- Hardcover with dust jacket
- Edition
- 1947 edition
- Subjects
- Bali, Indonesia, Anthropology, Cultural history, Art, Travel
Collections: ALL BOOKS, ALL PRODUCTS, ART & DESIGN, NON-FICTION BOOKS, TRAVEL, VINTAGE BOOKS
Type: NON FICTION
Category: ALFRED A KNOPF, ANTHROPOLOGY, ART, B0127, BALI, BOOKS, CULTURAL HISTORY, INDONESIA, MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS, NON FICTION, TRAVEL, VINTAGE BOOKS
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