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The Native Races of the Indian Archipelago. Papuans

The Native Races of the Indian Archipelago. Papuans

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The Native Races of the Indian Archipelago. Papuans

by Earl, George Windsor

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London: Hippolyte Bailliere, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Part of The Ethnographical Library. 6pp of advertisements, xiv, [4], 239pp. Modern brown half calf over marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gold. Four color plates, two folding maps (one of the seats of the Papuan Race in the Indian Archipelago; the other of New Guinea), one folding plate with illustrations of the different typologies of heads of Papuans and North Australians, two tables, one of which lists specimens of Papuan and North Australian dialects, and two in-text illustrations. Internally very clean with a few small spots to four of the leaves, very mild foxing to the verso of the plates and to the folding plate. A near fine copy. ; Octavo.

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Bookseller
Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The Native Races of the Indian Archipelago. Papuans
Author
Earl, George Windsor
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used
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Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Hippolyte Bailliere
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1853
Keywords
ANTIQUARIAN, NON-FICTION, ANTHROPOLOGY, SCIENCE, NEW GUINEA, PACIFIC OCEAN
Bookseller catalogs
Antiquarian; General Non-Fiction;

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Plate
Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Octavo
Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
New
A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Leaves
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First Edition
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Calf
Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
Verso
The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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....
Marbled boards
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