INTERMARRIAGE
by WALKER, Alexander
- Used
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
1839. WALKER, Alexander. INTERMARRIAGE. Or the mode in which and the causes why, beauty, health and intellect result from certain unions and deformity, disease and insanity from others. With eight illustrative drawings. New York: J. & H.G. Langley, 1839. First edition. 8vo., brown cloth; 384 pp.. Front board detached, spine cracked, book split into halves; signatures starting, foxing throughout. As is. An early effort at genetics.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boston Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41045
- Title
- INTERMARRIAGE
- Author
- WALKER, Alexander
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1839
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Boston Book Company
Biblio member since 2006
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
About Boston Book Company
Specializing in East Asian Books with Aesthetic Interest, Japanese Books with Original Art, English and American Literature, Women's Books and the Generally Intriguing!
Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
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Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
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