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THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGY; Selected and edited with an introduction and notes by MARGARET MEAD and RUTH L. BUNZEL
by Mead, Margaret and Ruth L. Bunzel, editors
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: George Braziller, 1960. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Small thick 4to, red & black cloth with gold lettering on spine, Mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped) designed by Miriam Woods, x + 630 pages. SUPERIOR COPY! Includes choice essays and excerpts from early explorers (Bernal Diaz Del Castillo, Samuel de Champlain, Meriwether Lewis); prominent officials like Thomas Jefferson; and several anthropologists or linguists who did pionieering work with Native Americans--such as George Catlin, Lewis H. Morgan, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Franz Boaz, James Mooney; Robert H. Lowie, Leslie Spier, Edward Sapir, Alfred L. KLroeber, Alexander Goldenweiser, Paul Radin, and others. VERY USEFUL COMPEDIUM! Internally solid, clean, bright with a few small and relatively clean nicks to the extremities of the otherwise bright, clean, Fine dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2521
- Title
- THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGY; Selected and edited with an introduction and notes by MARGARET MEAD and RUTH L. BUNZEL
- Author
- Mead, Margaret and Ruth L. Bunzel, editors
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Braziller
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- Kroeber, Boaz, Margaret Mead, North America, Indians, Paul Radin, Sociology,
Terms of Sale
Borg Antiquarian
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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