Prehistoric Man; Researches into the Origin of Civilisation in the Old and the New World
by Wilson, Daniel
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- fair
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
London: MacMillan and Co, 1865. Second edition. Hardcover. fair. 8vo. xiii. 636pp. Decorated gilt embossed brown cloth. Frontispiece with bookmark and signature of Bruce Bryan, the noted author and long time curator of the Southwest Museum of the American Indians in Pasadena, CA. Illustrated with b/w annotated in text drawings. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped. Age wearing throughout. 4" tear to upper part of backstrip. Spine sunned. Some staining to covers and spine. Fore-edge untrimmed. Front and back hinges reinforced with binders tape. Book in very good reading, binding in fair condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11289
- Title
- Prehistoric Man; Researches into the Origin of Civilisation in the Old and the New World
- Author
- Wilson, Daniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1865
- Keywords
- Advent of man, Ethnology, Europe, Americas , development of Speech, Primitive Architecture, uses of fire, indigenous people , tools, metals, calendar, mound buildes, ceramics
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...