A MONOGRAPH OF THE SEAL-ISLANDS OF ALASKA
U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Special Bulletin 176. Washington, D.C: 1882. 176 pages, 29 large drawings, 2 maps. and MALLERY, G. INTRODUCTION TO THE SIGN LANGUAGE AMONG THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, AS ILLUSTRATING THE GESTURE SPEECH OF MANKIND. (Bureau of American Ethnology, Introductions, 1880). IV, 72 pages, 33 unnumbered figures. YARROW, H.C. INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MORTUARY CUSTOMS AMONG THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. (Bureau of American Ethnology, Introductions, 1880). IX, 114 pp. These three monographs have been bound together in a morocco and skin cover, with hubs on the spine, marbled endpapers and edges. At the bottom of the spine, in gilt, is the name of James G. Swan. This copy is from the libray of the famous historian-ethnographer and bears his stamp on the title page and frontis of the first paper, on two maps in that paper and on the last page of the paper. It also appears on the title pages of papers 2 and 3. His signature is on the title page of papers 1 and 2. Item #937
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