[ETHNOGRAPHY & ANTHROPOLOGY]. Group of Five Books Regarding...

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Nov 21, 2024

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Potter & Potter is proud to offer fine books and rare manuscripts in our November 21 sale. We will have important books, including modern firsts, fine bindings, antiquarian, illustrated and children's books, original artwork, maps; as well as fine letters and manuscripts. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com

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  [ETHNOGRAPHY & ANTHROPOLOGY]. Group of Five Books Regarding Ethnographic and Anthropological Studies. Many with illustrations. Includes: POWELL, J.W. Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Smithsonian Institution. 1882?83. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1886. Densely illustrated. Some pages are loose. ? WILLIAMS, W. Mattieu. A Vindication of Phrenology. London: Chatto & Windus, 1894. With 44 illustrations. ? JOHNES, Arthur James. Philological Proofs of the Original Unity of the Human Race. London: Samuel Clarke, 1843. First Edition. ? MOLINA, Fray Alonso de. Arte de la Lengua Mexicana y Castellana. Mexico: Imprenta de Ignacio Escalante, 1886. 4to reprint of the 1576 edition, with six folding plates of Aztec hieroglyphs. ? RAU, Charles. Et al. Contributions to North American Ethnology. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1882. Vol V. Heavily illustrated. Containing: Observation on Cup-shaped and Other Lapidarian Sculptures in the Old World and in America.?[and] FLETCHER, Robert.?On Prehistoric Trephining and Cranial Amulets. ? 4to and 8vo. Leather, cloth, and marbled boards. VARIOUS EDITIONS. Condition varies. Worn, with soiling, foxing, ownership marks, and staining. Generally good or better.
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