Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1896-97. Part I (complete in itself)
by Powell, J.P
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Washington: GPO. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Part I (complete in itself). Washington: GPO, 1899. First Edition. 11.5 x 8 in. 518pp, errata slip. Original olive green cloth, edges moderately worn, moderately shaken, hinges and joints secure, owner's name, library stamp on title page but copy not accessioned. 107 plates, 67 illustrations, 165 figures; includes double-page color map of "Distribution of the Eskimo about Bering Strait". Papers include: Edward Nelson, Eskimo About Bering Strait; Charles Royce, Indian Land Cession in the United States. Occasional unobtrusive, penciled marks/notations in margins. Part II issued in another volume.; 11.5 x 8 inches; 518 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Dale A. Sorenson
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12753
- Title
- Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1896-97. Part I (complete in itself)
- Author
- Powell, J.P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- GPO
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- Eskmos, Alaska, Native Americana, Americana
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