The Origins of Invention: A Study of Industry Among Primitives Peoples
by Mason, Otis T
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
Item Price
NZ$58.85NZ$41.19
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About This Item
London: Walter Scott, 1895. Author was an ethnologist and Smithsonian Institution curator. Written as part of Scott's Contemporary Science Series edited by Havelock Ellis. CONDITION Burgundy bds with bright gilt titles, 419 pages, 75 nice engraved illus, 8 photo plates and a fold out on various stone implements. Copy has lightly faded spine o/w unworn, bright and crisp with owners book plate.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15565
- Title
- The Origins of Invention: A Study of Industry Among Primitives Peoples
- Author
- Mason, Otis T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Walter Scott
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1895
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Ethnology Stone Age Tools
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthropology;
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
About Ariel Books
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Glossary
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- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...