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CURARE : ITS HISTORY AND USAGE
by Thomas, K. Bryn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Octavo, 9 in. x 5.9 in., pp. 144. Illustrated with frontis photograph, and many other black and white photographs and drawings. Blue-green cloth boards with gilt title to front and spine. Rubbing to extremities; bottom corners just showing. Head and tail-cap of spine a touch frayed. Previous owner's bookplate to verso of front free endpaper. The science, history, and usage of the poison used on arrow-tips by indigenous people in South America.
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87374
- Title
- CURARE : ITS HISTORY AND USAGE
- Author
- Thomas, K. Bryn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1963
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthropology;
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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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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