Herds of the Tundra: A Portrait of Saami Reindeer Pastoralism, Robert Paine, 1994, HC, NF.

Paine, Robert. Washington D.C: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994.

English, Near Fine, HC, 4to, 11 1/2" x 8 3/4", [vi] xiv, 242 pp.

ISBN: 9781560982713

Light blue cloth over board, stamped silver lettering to spine, slight cocking to spine, superior copy inside and out, with only the most minimal, unobtrusive wear to bindings, text-block, dust jacket and endpapers. Very Good grayscale pictorial dust jacket, featuring Robert Paine's photograph "Lavvo and herd" to front panel and spine, photograph of a Saami pastoralist moving his herd onto late winter pastures to back panel, blue and white lettering to front and back panels, and spine, 1/2" closed tear to front hinge, minor crease to interior flap, light shelf wear, otherwise, clean and intact. Protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. [vi] xiv, 242 pp. Includes maps, data graphs, black-and-white images, Note of Spelling of Saami Words, Preface, Introduction, four parts: Part One: Saami Reindeer Pastoralism, 1962; Part Two: Seasons, 1962; Part Three: Cultures of Possession and Production, 1962; Part Four: Pastoralism by Authorization, 1979-1989, Appendix 1 & 2, Notes, Saami Words in Text, Bibliography, and Index. Published as part of the Smithsonian Series in Ethnographic Inquiry. From inside the dust jacket: "In Herds of the Tundra, Robert Paine portrays Saami reindeer pastoralists in the 1960s and analyzes the effects of recent Norwegian government legislation on the Saami's traditional nomadic lifestyle."