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Handbook of American Indian Languages by Frank Boas Part 2 with illustrative sketches by Edward Sapir, Leo J. Frachtenberg, and Waldemar Bogoras Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 40 from the library of anthropologist Harry Hoijer signed by Hoijer
by Boas, Franz; Sapir, Edward; Frachtenberg, Leo J.; Bogoras, Waldemar
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- Hardcover
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- Good in rubbed/scuffed boards/no dustwrapper
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1922. 1st thus. hardbound. Good in rubbed/scuffed boards/no dustwrapper. 8vo. Part 2 of the Handbook of American Indian Languages, produced under the editorial supervision of Franz Boas, containing The Takelma Language of SW Oregon by Edward Sapir, Coos and Siuslawan by Leo Frachtenberg, and Chukchee by Waldemar Bogoras; being Bulletin 40 part 2 of the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology; this copy from the library of anthropologist and linguist Harry Hoijer (with some of Hoijer's marginalia in ink and pencil), who worked primarily on Athabaskan languages and culture, and was a student of Sapir; Hoijer's bookplate to front pastedown, and signature to front endpaper; former owner's name-stamp to front endpaper (offset to pastedown), generally good throughout (if a bit tired), with some sections with med-heavy tanning, net-binding visible at hinges of boards front and rear; boards rubbed and spotted, and with insect-damage along spine.
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- Title
- Handbook of American Indian Languages by Frank Boas Part 2 with illustrative sketches by Edward Sapir, Leo J. Frachtenberg, and Waldemar Bogoras Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 40 from the library of anthropologist Harry Hoijer signed by Hoijer
- Author
- Boas, Franz; Sapir, Edward; Frachtenberg, Leo J.; Bogoras, Waldemar
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in rubbed/scuffed boards
- Jacket Condition
- no dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1922
- Pages
- 903pp
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthropology;
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Gotcha By The Books is an online bookshop, working from home, in Camira, Queensland, Australia. The owner has been selling books in Brisbane since 1985, and Gotcha By The Books has been online since 2001. We specialize in Poetry, Australian Poetry, Literature, Art, Australiana, Aboriginal Australia, Rare and Antiquarian Books. We buy books on any subject (so long as we know we can re-sell them!). We are open by appointment.
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