The Fluted Axe
by Highsmith, Gale V
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0910122822
- ISBN 13
- 9780910122825
- Seller
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Washburn, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Milwaukee, WI: Gale V. Highsmith, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. DJ shows user wear with bumping and scuffing along edges and at corners; DJ has some foxing up the spine, rear cover, and along inside flap edges; foxing along page edges; DJ in mylar protector. ; "Multi-view photographs of nearly all of the known genuine fluted axes in museums and private hands. Fake specimens are also shown for comparison with those in possession of unsuspecting collectors and with those offered for sale. Provenance and history is included whenever available. Topics discussed include but are not limited to: Types and Features of the Fluted Axe, Purpose, Age, Who Made Them, Place of Origin, Relation to Other Wisconsin Artifacts, Fluted Axe Substitutes, Thousand-Year Intervals in Which Fluted Axe Producted Was Discontinued and Why, Travel Routes of the Culture, and Distribution Maps." ; 8 1/2 x 11 1/4"; 608 pages. Shipping will be extra for this large and heavy book, please inquire.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chequamegon Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110116
- Title
- The Fluted Axe
- Author
- Highsmith, Gale V
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0910122822
- ISBN 13
- 9780910122825
- Publisher
- Gale V. Highsmith
- Place of Publication
- Milwaukee, WI
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Gale Highsmith, MILWAUKEE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native American;
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Chequamegon Book Company
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About the Seller
Chequamegon Book Company
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Washburn, Wisconsin
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