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C.M. Bowra - Primitive Song

Title: Primitive Song
Description: London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1962. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated analytical work on Palaeolithic and primitive songs and music, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A fascinating analytical work that explores Palaeolithic and primitive songs and music, particularly in Africa and South America. Including chapters on the technique, manner, methods, myth, and symbols involved in primitive music. Written by Maurice Bowra, a noted English scholar and literary critic, with many works on the analysis of life in primitive societies and antiquity. Including thirty-five in-text illustrations.The first edition of this work.Enclosed in the original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart, with some just edgewear and marks to the wraps. A very small amount of loss at the head of the front of the wrap and the tail of the back strip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Very Good.

Keywords: primitive song music africa literary criticism music Palaeolithic Not Stated

Price: GBP 30.00 = appr. US$ 42.84 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 816J13

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