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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Curiosities of Savage Life ... (Second series.) With woodcuts ... by H. S. Melville; ... and coloured illustrations ... by F. W. Keyl, etc..

Paperback / softback. New.

S O Beeton, 1864. Book. Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, blind stamped red cloth lettered gilt and blocked with a design in gilt to the spine and the upper board, all edges gilt, rubbed to extremities, splitting at top two inches of the lower joint, the stitching remains intact, minor soiling. Tissue guarded colour frontis and two further tissue guarded coloured plates, numerous b&w wood-cuts to the text, the plates are not listed but the b&w illustrations are, xiv + 418pp.

British Library, Historical Print Editions. paperback. New. 7x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

London: S.O. Beeton, 1863,1864. Undetermined. good to very good. 1st Edition. [xiv] 418;[xiv] 418pp. 2 vols. Tall octavo. Publisher's red blindstamped cloth; gilt ornament to front of both. Spine titles in gilt; spines somewhat darkened, professionally restored crown and foot(both vols.). Some staining to boards, corners slightly bumped. All edges gilt. Former owner's name in ink to front fly (vol.1). Illustrated colour frontis with tissue guard to both; 16 full colour plates from lithographs, woodcut illustrations in text. Some foxing to frontis plates and textblock, not intrusive. Extensively illustrated. Greenwood's somewhat fantastic account of the various practices of native peoples the world over. The author discussed Native Americans, the tribes of Africa and the Middle East and Australasia. Scarce in first edition. 1863