American Migration (2 results)
Published by Smithsonian Institution, Washington 1866
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Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. Von Hellwald discusses theories of the peopling of the Americas, reviewing proposed migration routes, cultural evidence, and the broader anthropological implications. 18 Pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an ori…ginal work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 24 cms. Category: Smithsonian Institution; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.
More imagesPublished by London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946
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- First Edition
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.Bluff Park Rare Books
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1946, 1st edition, Second impression STATED, VG/GOOD+, 202 pgs, Original green cloth gilt Titled in black on Spine,Hardcover. Used: Very Good/Good+. 202 pg. Hardcover in very good condition with good+ dust jacket of white titled in Red. Dust jacket… has a few small tears Wrinkling at Btm lite Soil. . Book Condition: . Very Good. Jacket Condition: . Good+. CONCLUSION , ADDEDUM ,CUCKOO IS Famous for Laying its eggs in other birds nest & having same color as their Eggs, which was known to Ancients & mentioned by Aristotle & Pliny & in Bible in Leviticus XI & Deuteronomy XIV Idiosyncratic essays on bird life, a third of this book is devoted to the cuckoo, the rest is given over to theories of flight & migration with some interesting observations about insects & winds."Whether he is right or wrong he has done ornithology a great service by bringing to the solution of old problems an entirely new approach, cuckoo?s secret & Hawk-Like Appearance, Flight Factor in Insects.
