New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1958. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt and silver lettering on spine, fore-edge deckle, t.e.g. (red). Illustrated with 32 pages of half-tone illustrations and numerous line drawings by Sue Allen.. Slight wear and very light stain on head of spine, else unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The edges of the unclipped dust jacket, now in Mylar, are lightly worn. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. . B&W Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xxii), 440, (xv) pp .

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Bookseller: Round Table Books, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 17051
Title: From Ape to Angel: An Informal History of Social Anthropology
Author: Hays, H. R
Illustrator: Sue Allen
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Edition: Stated First Edition. First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1958
Keywords: Anthropology, tribal folk lore, Sociology, Folkways, Early Humans, tribal groups, Africa, Polynesia, Europe
Bookseller catalogs: Science, Medicine & Technology; Philosophy & Social Sciences; Archaeology; Anthropology;

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