The Autobiography of Nathaniel Southgate Shaler with a Supplementary Memoir by His Wife
by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine condition/No jacket
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Co, 1909. Near Fine condition. A bright, clean, tight copy. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. Illustrated with 16 plates. Includes an 11 page bibliography of Shaler's publications. Index. Top edge gilt. Original maroon cloth, lettered in shiny gold on the spine. NO fading. Nathaniel Shaler, a native Kentuckian, was State Geologist, noted author, and professor of Paleontology at Harvard. His book contains many interesting observations on life, manners, and customs of antebellum Kentucky; a chapter on the Civil War; notes on slavery and slave dealing; etc. Coleman 237. . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket. 8vo. ix, 481pp.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Autobiography of Nathaniel Southgate Shaler with a Supplementary Memoir by His Wife
- Author
- Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1909
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography; Civil War; Black Studies; Geology / Mining / Minerals;
- Size
- 8vo. ix, 481pp
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