THE NAMPA IMAGE, A FEARLESS ATTEMPT TO ACCOUNT FOR A STRANGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, WHEREIN MUCH STARTLING BUT RELIABLE INFORMATION OF PREHISTORIC TIMES IS IMPARTED

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$250 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

N.p., n.d. 1890? . Octavo, pp. 1-9 10-56, four illustrations, original light blue wrappers printed in black, sewn. First edition. The July 1889 find in Nampa, Idaho, of a small human figure during a well-drilling operation caused intense scientific controversy during the late nineteenth century. Unmistakably made by human hands, it was found at a depth of 320 feet, which would appear to place its age far before the

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