Alexander Orloff, Carnival: Myth and Cult, 1981, Very Good+ hardcover w/dust jacket

Orloff, Alexander. Wörgl: Perlinger Verlag, 1981. 

English, Very Good+, HC, Folio, 12" x 10", 260 pp. 

ISBN: 3853990266

Hardcover in white cloth. Minor wear and soiling to bottom edge, otherwise attractive and tightly bound. Very Good black pictorial dust jacket, some wear to top edge and tips, and light shelf wear to panels, now in Mylar. 260 pp. Includes black-and-white and full-color reproductions of historical illustrations and photographs of carnivals. Traces the history and evolution of carnivals all around the world, including ancient festivals in honor of the gods to celebrate harvest and fertility, to modern day, where the widely appreciated Carnival takes place in Rio de Janeiro.