Aboriginal American Basketry: Studies in a Textile Art Without Machinery.
by MASON, Otis Tufton
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904. First official edition. Part of the Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution... Year ending June 30, 1902. Octavo. xxiv, 784 pp. plus 248 full page plates for Mason's report of Native American basketry. Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Spine a bit sunned. Old typographic bookplate. A very solid and handsome copy.
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72665
- Title
- Aboriginal American Basketry: Studies in a Textile Art Without Machinery.
- Author
- MASON, Otis Tufton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1904
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- Gilt
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