Pre-Historic Races of the United States of America
Chicago: S.C. Griggs and Company, 1873. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], iii-xv, [1], 17-415, [3] pp. Green cloth with black rules on the boards and spine, gold lettering on the spine, a gold decoraiton each on the front board and spine. Brown endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with several in-text and full-page figures and wood engravings. Several tools and implements of Native American peoples are shown, including ones found in Waukesha, Wis. Several early archaeological sites of the Americas are surveyed by the author, from California to Illinois. Foster also explores the history of Ice Age animals that were long extinct by his time. A fascinating look at early American archaeology and pre-history, written around the time the study of archaeology was gaining sophistication and popularity. Very Good. Item #000010288
A touch of wear to the front board; a few owner's notations on the endpapers.
Price: $175.00