The Origins of Invention: A Study of Industry Among Primitive Peoples
Language: English
Published by Walter Scott, Ltd./Charles Scribner's Sons, London, UK/New York, NY, 1899
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Bookworks
AbeBooks seller since February 11, 1999
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 19.95
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
First Edition, dated 1899 on title page with no additional printing history. Tightly bound in maroon cloth with gilded titles. Moderate shelf wear to binding. The contents include numerous illustrations and some B/W photographs of indigenous peoples. The paper on several hinges are split and p.15 is separated, remains Good. This copy is from a 19th Century private lending institution, the Mercantile Library of New York City. A Mercantile Library bookplate is on the endpaper, a stamp and number are on the title page and some of the internal pages. There are no other indications of the library's ownership.
Seller Inventory # 144864
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Origins of Invention: A Study of Industry Among Primitive Peoples
- Author
- Mason, Otis T.; Ellis, Havelock (editor)
- Publisher
- Walter Scott, Ltd./Charles Scribner's Sons, London, UK/New York, NY
- Publication year
- 1899
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No dust jacket as issued
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Antiques and Collectibles, History
Bookworks
Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since February 11, 1999
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