The Origin of Civilisation and the Primitive Condition of Man. Mental and Social Condition of Savages

by John Lubbock, Sir

$200 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

First edition

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1870. First Edition. First impression. Possibly an issue bound specially for export, as the titling on the spine includes the American spelling, civilization. Octavo. Green cloth; gilt spine-titles; front and rear cover with ornamental borders; 364pp + 24p ads; engraved frontispiece and four unnumbered leaves of plates; woodcut text illus. A tight, straight copy;

• Printing: first

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