TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1907-1908
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Light Edge Wear
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1916. Corners and spine ends are rubbed. Water spot on front cover. Cover gilt vugnette is bright. Spine gilt somewhat dulled. Front hinge is starting to weaken. Front endpapers a bit soiled. Prior owner's name in pencil on front free endpaper. This report contains a lengthy paper on "The ethnopgeography of the Tewa Indians". There are 21 full-page plates in black and white, 30 maps, and a diagram. Internally very clean throughout. 636pp.. First Edition. Green Cloth. Light Edge Wear. Quarto.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011443
- Title
- TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1907-1908
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Light Edge Wear
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1916
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Smithsonian, Americana, American Indians, BAE
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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- Quarto
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Soiled
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