Description

Title: Iron Spirits
ISBN: 0911205004
Book #: 006469

Author: Vrooman, Nicholas Curchin; Marvin, Patrice Avon [editors]
Illustrator: n/a
Publisher: North Dakota Council on the Arts
Place: Fargo, North Dakota
Year: 1982
Edition: First Edition

Book Cond.: Very Good
Jacket Cond.: No Dust Jacket
Binding: Softcover
Size: Rectangular 4to
Book Type: n/a
Signed: Signed by Authors & Photographers

Description / Comments:
Size: Rectangular 4to. Signed by both editors and the photographers on the title page. Wraps illustrated with black-and-white photographs on front cover, IX + 116 pages, extensively illustrated with black-and-white photographs; includes an article by Timothy J. Kloberdanz, titled “Iron Lilies, Eternal Roses: German-Russian Cemetery Folk Art in Perspective,” described as “a discussion of the crosses in a broad context of ethnicity and religion, treated in an academic manner for use as a tool for those who wish to pursue the subject further,” with notes. Covers are scuffed/scratched, somewhere at corners and spine ends; otherwise a nice copy, clean with no writing or marks, binding the sound. Includes commentary and examples of work by the following blacksmiths: Schneider family, Paul Keller, Michael Schmidt, Jacob Friedt, Martin Dillman, John Krim, Joe Schmalz, Philip Kupser, Anton Massine, Joseph M. Hager, Thomas Stebner, Ignatz Bobb, Anton Hutmacher, John Heidt, George Streit, John Howiatow, John Pfeifer, Conrad Segmiller, John Paluck, Joseph P. Klein. Illustrator: Gundmundson, Jane; Gudmundson, Wayne [photographers]. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 1 oz. Category: Folk Art, Folk Tales; Iron Work, Cast Iron, Ornamental Ironwork; Books; Signed by Authors & Photographers . ISBN: 0911205004. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 006469.