Man's Rise To Civilization As Shown By The Indians Of North America From Primeval Times To The Coming Of The Industrial State
by Peter Farb
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good +/very good
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1968. Book of the Month Club Edition. Cloth. Very good +/very good. A very good plus Book of the Month Club edition in a very good, unclipped dust jacket. Black cloth boards with silver title stamping on spine. Bump to lower front corner. Previous owner's name stamp on first free end paper. Decorative endpapers with Indigenous mask on first free endpaper.Dust jacket shows some creasing and shelf weaar especially at top an corners. Minor loss to jacket paper at foot and crown.332 pp. including index. Octavo.
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- Seller
- Uncommon Works (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1090
- Title
- Man's Rise To Civilization As Shown By The Indians Of North America From Primeval Times To The Coming Of The Industrial State
- Author
- Peter Farb
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book of the Month Club Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- indigenous, first peoples, natvie america, american indian, aztec, eskimo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native America;
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About the Seller
Uncommon Works
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Gridley, California
About Uncommon Works
Not your ordinary book store! Uncommon Works specializes in rare, odd, unique, and handmade books, with a focus on the Maya, Latin America, Native America, and the Spanish Conquest. You'll find rare, first editions and first or early printings. You'll even find a few first printings of living authors for sale. We provide services and referrals for book mending, repair, restoration, and binding.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...