Search Results: first annual report of the bureau by jw powell

govt.printing office washington 1881. ex-lib 603pp ills.[some col.w.fold-out chart] VG- (olive cloth w.gilt stamp/lettering,rubbed and soiled w.sl.water stain to foot edges,bumps and chipping to extrems.,boards sl.shaky,usual stamps and labels and marks,sl.water damage affecting lower corner of contents but not affecting plate images,spine cracked w.minor separation starting at some sections,sl.shaky spine) scarce

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903 Fist edition. Quarto. xl. 360 pp. 62 color plates, 6 black and white portrait plates; index. Publisher's olive green cloth. Ex-library with a few stamps including inner cover and edges of text block. Some sewing broken, some leaves extended. A very good copy. Includes accompanying papers: "Hopi katchinas, drawn by native artists," by Jesse Walter Fewkes, with 62 full color plates of hundreds of katchina figures. This volume also includes "Iroquoian cosmology," by J.N.B. Hewitt, with an accompanying phonetic transcript of the Indian language text. This work is one of the key references on Hopi Katchina Dolls asn is contantly sought after. A perfect copy for a nice re-binding. .

Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1881. Hardcover. Good. Bound in publisher's original olive cloth with spine and cover stamped in gilt. Contains ssays on Native American linguistics, mythology, cultural practices, and sign language. Thoroughly illustrated with drawings and lithographs in color and black and white, and one large fold-out map. Wear to extremities, chip in middle of spine, corners worn through cloth. Split to front paste down endpaper, small tears in map along folds. 7 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches. 603 pages.

Washington: GPO. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1903. Hardcover. Washington: GPO, 1903. 11.75 x 8 in. xl,360pp. Olive green cloth, lightly worn, text block secure, very good. Large folded map in rear pocket - map fine, pocket toned/defective. Accompanying papers: (1) Jesse Fewkes. Hopi Katcinas, drawn by native artists, 62 color lithograph plates (some margins slightly toned). (J.N.B. Hewitt. Iroquoian Cosmology, with 6 photographs. ; 11.75 x 8 inches; 360 pages .

Washington , DC.: Government Printing Office, 1881. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st. Edition 1881, Cloth hardcover with gilt design to the front board and faded to the spine,603 page book .Illustrated with black & white images and some colored plates . A very good work on the North American Indian , Customs , Language & Life Style , Scarce book on Native Americans . Condition : Edge ware rubs and corner bumps toned pages and some small pieces missing on four corners of the front pages. Hinges have been repaired front and back inside boards . Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Amer.Ethnology, 1903. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 360pp.incl.index; HB green emboss w/gilt; rubbed&worn w/wear on edges&corners; ft.hinge cracked; some tan,otherwise clean,tight pgs. "The preliminary portion comprises an account of the operations of the bureau during the fiscal year; the remainder consists of two memoirs on anthropologic subjects, prepared by assistants, which illustrate the methods and results of the work of the Bureau." House of Representatives. 57th Congress, 2d Session. Document No.483. illus.