Observations on the Progress of Geography and Enthnology....The Progress of Ethnology, An Account of Recent Archaelogical, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe, Tending to Elucidate the Physical History of Man
by Bartlett, John Russell
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New York: Press of the (New York) Historical Society. Proceedings of the New York Historical Society, 1847, Appendix. Bartlett's first paper on the Progress of Geography is 62 pp; Bartlett's second report is 151 pp., plus another appendix by him which describes in detail his attendance at the International Congress of Anthropology and Pre-Historic Archaeology, 30 pp. Boards removed (back board present) and spine covering gone. Marbled edges, marbled endpprs. Book is tight, relatively clean. Scarce. . Fair to Good. No Binding. First and Original Edition. 1847.
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- Title
- Observations on the Progress of Geography and Enthnology....The Progress of Ethnology, An Account of Recent Archaelogical, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe, Tending to Elucidate the Physical History of Man
- Author
- Bartlett, John Russell
- Format/Binding
- No Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair to Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First and Original Edition
- Publisher
- Press of the (New York) Historical Society
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1847
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- History; New York State; Geography; Ethnology; Anthropology; Archaeology
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Sheila B. Amdur
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Coventry, Connecticut
About Sheila B. Amdur
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