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The Origins of Invention
by Mason, Otis T
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No dj
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd. WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Published jointly with Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, this copy in Scribner's binding. No date, list of books in The Contemporary Science Series goes up to Volume XLVIII, of which this is Volume XXVIII. Full maroon cloth, gilt titles on spine, blind titles & decoration on front board, 419 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, 76 figures, footnotes, author index, subject index. Ex-library with usual markings including "Withdrawn" stamps, lacks ffep, blank paper pasted over fpd, a few pages torn, large chip affecting text on pp 325-6. Interesting study of the earliest forms of human inventions, both material and cultural. The material is traced both through archeological and ethnological study Including the ethnological allows study of the living skills of making and using artifacts. Contents: tools & mechanical devices; invention & uses of fire; stone-working; the potter's art; primitive uses of plants; the textile industry; war on the animal kingdom; capture & domestication of animals; travel & transportation; the art of war. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Fair/No dj. 19 X 13 cm.
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- Seller
- Twin City Antiquarian Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- SSAN00037
- Title
- The Origins of Invention
- Author
- Mason, Otis T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No dj
- Publisher
- The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Weight
- 2.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Anthropology History of Technology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthropology;
- Size
- 19 X 13 cm
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Twin City Antiquarian Books
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
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