The Horizon book of Vanishing Primitive Man
by Timothy Severin
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0070563497
- ISBN 13
- 9780070563490
- Seller
-
Gridley, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: American Heritage, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. A near fine first edition in a near fine, original slipcase. This copy is the de lux edition. Black quarter cloth over red cloth boards. Sunning to spine. Slipcase showing one small indentation on the back near the spine. Thoroughly researched and filled with black and white and color photos and drawings of vanishing cultures from around the world. Map in back pocket as new. Quarto. 879 pp. plus index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 996
- Title
- The Horizon book of Vanishing Primitive Man
- Author
- Timothy Severin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0070563497
- ISBN 13
- 9780070563490
- Publisher
- American Heritage
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Anthropology, Aborigines, Ainu, Bushmen, Eskimos, Lapps, Polynesians, Pygmies, first peoples, indigenous
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About the Seller
Uncommon Works
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Gridley, California
About Uncommon Works
Not your ordinary book store! Uncommon Works specializes in rare, odd, unique, and handmade books, with a focus on the Maya, Latin America, Native America, and the Spanish Conquest. You'll find rare, first editions and first or early printings. You'll even find a few first printings of living authors for sale. We provide services and referrals for book mending, repair, restoration, and binding.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Quarto
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- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...