Types of Mankind: Or, Ethnological Researches, Based Upon the Ancient Monuments, Paintings, Sculptures, and Crania of Races, and Upon Their Natural, Geographical, Philological, and Biblical History

Josiah Clark Nott and George Robbins Gliddon; with selections from Samuel George Morton; additional contributions by Louis Agassiz, William Usher, and Henry Stuart Patterson

Language: English

Published by J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, 1860

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Eighth edition. Original boards show only light wear, with rubbing to corners and wear to foot of spine; binding tight; pages clean with some foxing to early and late pages and near leading edge. A number of pinprick and slightly larger beetle holes near top edge of many pages (see photos). Four foldout charts and illustrations complete. A landmark work of scientific racism by a slaveowner and an Egyptologist, arguing that different races originated separately -- later a common tenet of white supremacist thought. Nott and Gliddon aimed to further the work of skull-measuring racist Samuel George Morton, 'the father of American physical anthropology.' Fascinating and horrific. First published in 1854 and startlingly uncommon in any original edition. 3.3 pounds. 738 pages. U.S. buyers, please contact me for a possible discount.

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Title
Types of Mankind: Or, Ethnological Researches, Based Upon the Ancient Monuments, Paintings, Sculptures, and Crania of Races, and Upon Their Natural, Geographical, Philological, and Biblical History
Author
Josiah Clark Nott and George Robbins Gliddon; with selections from Samuel George Morton; additional contributions by Louis Agassiz, William Usher, and Henry Stuart Patterson
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia
Publication year
1860
Condition
Fair
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Item weight
3.3 pounds
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Race, Racist, Science

Washington Square Autographed Books

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Hi all! I've been accumulating volumes for well over half my life, mostly autographed and inscribed copies. Wrote a book on book collecting for a Random House imprint in 2004 and another, "Book Collecting Now: The Value of Print in a Digital Age," for Chatwin Books, published in 2019. I intended to keep most of these books forever, but my wife and I decided to move to Manhattan, which meant downsizing from an enormous suburban house, with practically unlimited bookshelf space, to an apartment in Greenwich Village. So hello, AbeBooks!

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