Description: RARE 1879 IMPRINT, "FOOT-PRINTS OF VANISHED RACES IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY," BY A.J. CONANT. PUBLISHED BY CHAUNY R. BARNES, ST. LOUIS, MO 1879. ES LIBRIS, WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN SAINT LOUIS. 122PP. A SUPERBLY WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BOOK DETAILING THE ANCIENT CULTURES THAT OCCUPIED THE MISSISSIPI VALLEY BEFORE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT WITH RESEARCH FOCUSING ON TEMPLE MOUNDS, GARDEN MOUNDS, CRANIAL REMAINS, AND VARIOUS BITS OF ARCHAELOGICAL REMAINS PRIMARILY FOUND IN MISSOURI. USED IN FAIR BUT SERVICEABLE CONDITION. A FORMER (EX LIBRIS) LIBRARY BOOK FROM WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN SAINT LOUIS. THE BOARDS ARE IN POOR CONDITION WITH THE OIL CLOTH BUBBLING IN PLACES FROM POOR STORAGE. THE BINDING IS A BIT LOOSE, BUT SERVICEABLE. SURPRISINGLY, THE PAGES AND LEAVES ARE IN QUITE GOOD CONDITION AND THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE STILL CRISP AND CLEAR. WELL-USED. IT WAS LAST USED BY THE LIBRARY IN 1934!:) STILL, IT'S A RARE VOLUME, AND FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN USING AN EARLY ACADEMIC SOURCE, THIS IS YOUR BOOK. PRICED ACCORDINGLY, DUE TO CONDITION.
Price: 79.99 USD
Location: Saint Charles, Missouri
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: ST. LOUIS, MO
Signed: No
Publisher: CHANCY R. BARNS
Subject: NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1879
California Prop 65 Warning: NA
Unit Type: Unit
Language: English
Illustrator: NA
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Ex-Library, Illustrated
Author: A.J. CONANT
Region: North America
Personalized: No
Topic: NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Unit Quantity: 1
Character Family: CAHOKIA, ST. LOUIS, TEMPLE MOUNDS, CRANIA, GARDEN MOUNDS
