Tribes of California.
Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1877.
Price: $450.00
About the item
Issued as volume III of Contributions to North American Ethnology. Numerous illustrations not included in the pagination. Folding colored map in rear pocket. [2],3,[1],635 pp. 1 vols. Thick 4to. Original cloth, expertly rebacked with original gilt backstrip laid down. Spine rubbed and gilt faded, hinges reinforced internally. Ex-library, with bookplate and de-accession stamp on front pastedown. Very clean internally. Very good. Cowan p. 498; Pilling, Proof-sheets 3098.
Item #253125
Powers, a lawyer and author of the book, Afoot and Alone from Sea to Sea, compiled this massive work based on research performed during a ten-year residence in California.
An important work.
