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Twenty-Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 1905-1906
by J.W. Powell, Director
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Spray, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and still pretty sturdy. Bound in a large, heavy, quarto format hardcover, olive-green cloth covers, bruised tips, some scuffing to tips, edges and extremities, some light cracking to endpapers, splitting to joint tops, very lightly shaken binding, else a clean, unmarked copy that is unmarked of interior which is quite bright. The gilt illustration of a Native American man to front cover is quite nice, with some rubbing to gilt illustrations and lettering to spine. Essays by and/or summaries of the work of J.W. Powell, John W. Swanton, and others, and then features an ethnological monograph, Frank Russell, "The Pima Indians," The volume features particularly fetching in-text illustrations and black-and-white illustrations galore. xxxi [3], 3-512 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Bookseller
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 348202
- Title
- Twenty-Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 1905-1906
- Author
- J.W. Powell, Director
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.C
- Date Published
- 1908
- Size
- 4to 11" - 13" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- J.W. Powell|Bureau of Ethnology|Smithsonian Institution|John Swanton|Frank Russell|The Pima Indians
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