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PAPERBACK. 1st edition. 125pp, octavo. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin #14. creasing and tearing with tape repair to rear cover and bottom spine, covers weak yet binding remains solid, text remains clean throughout, Good-.
Published by GPO, Washington, DC
Seller: Legacy Books, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: VG. 1881, 4to, pp553-577, removed from a disbound copy of the First Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1879-80. VG. In report covers.
Published by Publisher not identified, 1889
Seller: PRISCA, Paris, France
First Edition
Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. In-4° broché, 48 pages [son].
Published by Montreal, Osiris Publications,1973, 1973
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 4to. 1 p.l., [555]-577p., limited edition of 75 numbered copies,this being #555, printed wrappers, fine. (ds5).
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1895 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 19 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.
Wraps. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Ex-library. Pilling, James Constantine, 1846-1895.Bibliography of the Siouan Languages, Washington, Govt. Print off. , 1887 v, 87 p. 25 cm; (Smithsonian institute. Bureau of ethnology.Bulletin, no. 5) Title vignette. At head of title: SMithsonian institution. Bureau of ethnology.
Washington, 1887. 116 pp. Boards. (Smiths. Inst. Bureau of Ethnology, Bull. 1,3,4,5,7,8,11,18 & 19). Bound up with: C.Thomas - Work in Mound Exploration / W.H.Holmes - The use of gold and otther metals amoung the ancient inhabitants of Chiriqui, Isthmus of Darien / J.C.Pilling - Bibliography of the Siouan languages - W.H.Holmes - Textile fabrics of ancient Peru - C.thomas - The rpoblems of the Ohio Mounds / J.O.Dorsey - Omaha and ponka letters / C.thomas - The maya year / J.C.Pillino - Biography of the Wakashan languages.
Published by Government Printing Office, Washington
Seller: Tinakori Books, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Book
Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. four volumes bound in one. 114; 208; 37; 132 pages. The bibliography of the Iroquoian Languages has a few facsimiles. Ex-institutional library with very few markings, leather spine, marbled boards.
Published by Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1888
Seller: Russ States, Oil City, PA, U.S.A.
Three-Quarter Leather. Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. not dated (c. 1888), 208pp, illus., marbled eps & pg edges, usual lib. markings, probably a lib. rebind of Bureau of Ethnology booklet, title pg (or more likely the cover which served as a title pg) is missing, hinges are cracked, corners bumped & worn, some rubbingto leather, slight shelfwer to cover, top & bottoom 1/2" of spine missing, contents clean & unmarked. Ex-Library.
Published by Washington DC 19 July, 1880
One page, 4to, body of letter secretarial, fold marks, fair condition, complete and legible: Our Library is minus the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th annual report of the geological survey of your State, nor have we anything later than the 10th. I am directed by Maj. Powell [Director] to ask if you can furnish us with the same, & to say that we should be glad to send you any of the publications of this Office that you have not already received.".
Seller: Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Washington, 1891. X,614 pp. Plts. H.cloth. (Smiths. Inst. Bureau of Ethnology). Orig. edition in a very good h. cloth binding.
Published by Brooklyn, New York : The Old House Journal Corporation, 1973-1979, 1973
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
No Binding. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. loose-leaf publication ; OCLC: 857088726 ; a six-year run of Old-House Journal, as well as The Old-house journal catalog, with the indexes ; lists over 5,873 products and services, with 525 companies for the renovation of old houses; many articles on various aspects of repair; laid the groundwork for the Public Television series This Old House ; V.1.no.1: An old house is a way of life -- Protecting the aging house from winter storms -- Old-house living: a brownstone in Brooklyn -- Sealing leaky windows -- Quieting a steam heating system -- Flat-roof repairs -- Chimney check up -- The care and cleaning of brass -- v.1 no.2 : Refinishing secrets of the Boston Museum -- The bare-brick mistake -- A schoolhouse in Kentucky -- Restoring shutters to working order -- Surgery on a staircase -- Coping with frayed electrical wiring -- How to apply French polish -- Recipes for reviving and refinishing - v.1 no.3: Teaching a fireplace not to smoke -- Antique wallpaper preservation -- Victorian gingerbread -- The art of getting plastered -- Tricks an old farmhouse plays -- Matching bricks & mortar -- How to paint a cathedral -- v.2 no1: Catalog your house's secret passages -- An Italian villa in New Haven -- Major repairs to plaster surfaces -- Tips on mixing plaster -- Mansard roof -- A tale of two houses -- V.2 no 2: How to stiffen sagging floors -- Let's do away with incentives that destroy old houses -- Wallpaper in old houses -- Where to buy 18th & 19th century wallpaper -- Duplicating plaster cornices -- v.2 no.3: Duplicate plaster castings -- A townhouse in Trenton -- Parts of a staircase -- One way to insulate an attic -- V.2, no4: Drapes & curtains -- A family plantation in Virginia -- Don't get stuck with the wrong glue -- Restoration of sandstone -- V.2 no.5: Repairing old floors -- Octagon house on the Hudson -- Re-creating period window hangings -- v.2 no 6: A restorationist view of windows -- Queen Anne revival in Little Rock -- Repairing & restoring marble mantels -- Windows and parts -- V.2 no 7: Sawn wood ornament -- Pre-Civil War manse on the Mississippi -- Mix your own wood stain -- Running electrical wire -- Restoring and re-creating sawn wood ornament -- V.2 no 8: Eastlake -- Preserving woodworkers' art in St. Paul -- Restoring rotted window sills -- Improved process for stripping paint -- v.2 no 9: Tips on stripping shutters -- in Covington, a riverboat captain's Italianate berth -- restoring a frame house exterior -- Early American roof types -- Victorian fancywork -- v.2 no 10: The domestic architecture of Downing -- Caustic approach to exterior paint removal -- A restored federal enclave in Charlestown -- Detecting & defeating rot in old houses -- Downing on color -- v.2 no2 : Preventing rot in old houses -- How to make an electrical survey -- Greek revival on the immigrant road -- Classical orders -- v.2 no12: Refinishing old wood floors -- Insuring townhouse living -- Tips on sanding -- Painted floors -- Cast iron fences -- Care & repair of ornamental iron -- v.3 no 1: Early American wall stenciling -- Restored, a hopeless 1865 Greek revival ruin -- Selecting the best floor finish -- v.3 no2: Victorian stenciling -- Romanesque revival in the inner city -- The case against removing paint from brick masonry -- Replacing a clapboard -- Glenview, Victorian stencilling restored -- v.3 no.3 Restoring old brickwork -- Dual personality saves 1836 Greek revival -- The peril in Portland cement -- Marbelizing -- v.3 no 4: Late Victorian art movement -- Reviving a 1745 stone manor -- Selecting & using chemical paint removers -- v.3 no5: Greek revival decoration -- Self-supporting shingle-style seaside cottage -- v.3 no6: How to grain like a professional -- Moving story of a Swiss chalet in Vermont -- Locating buried artifacts -- v.3, no.7 : Lighting for the old house -- Victorian charm re-created in San Francisco -- Rebuiling fireplaces -- Adapting old fixtures -- Fancy butt shingles; etc ; a mark or two; else FINE. Book.