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The Aleutian and Commander Islands and Their Inhabitants
by Hrdlicka, Ales
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- near fine
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1945. Undetermined. near fine. 1st Edition. xx,630pp. Tall Octavo. Original blue gilt stamped cloth boards. 239 illustrations annd maps. A very clean attractive copy of a large and heavy book which does not appear in this nice of condition very often. near fine Arctic Biblio. 7468. This is the results of the Smithsonian Sponsored Expeditions to the Aleutian and Commander Islands in 1936-38. 1945
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 128865
- Title
- The Aleutian and Commander Islands and Their Inhabitants
- Author
- Hrdlicka, Ales
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- Alaska|Anthropology|Arctic|Canada|Natives|North West Coast|Polar
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology;
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- Gilt
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