First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1879-'80 [Containing papers On the Evolution of Language by J.W. Powell; Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians by J.W. Powell; Wyandot Government by J.W. Powell; On Limitations to the Use of Some Anthropologic Data by J.W. Powell; A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians by H.C. Yarbow; Studies in Central American Picture Writing by E.S. Holden; Cessions of Land by Indian Tribes to the United States by C.C. Royce; Sign Language Among North American Indians by Garrick Mallery; and Catalogue of Linguistic Manuscripts in the Library Bureau of Ethnology by J.C. Pilling]
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1881. Hardcover. This volume only! Gilt stamped olive cloth boards, small quarto [8.25" x 11.75"], 603pp., illustrated in b&w and color, a couple of fold out maps. Book has mild rubbing, wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. Very good+. Item #B79535
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![First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1879-'80 [Containing papers On the Evolution of Language by J.W. Powell; Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians by J.W. Powell; Wyandot Government by J.W. Powell; On Limitations to the Use of Some Anthropologic Data by J.W. Powell; A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians by H.C. Yarbow; Studies in Central American Picture Writing by E.S. Holden; Cessions of Land by Indian Tribes to the United States by C.C. Royce; Sign Language Among North American Indians by Garrick Mallery; and Catalogue of Linguistic Manuscripts in the Library Bureau of Ethnology by J.C. Pilling]](https://commoncrowbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/B79535_2.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1789501387)
![First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1879-'80 [Containing papers On the Evolution of Language by J.W. Powell; Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians by J.W. Powell; Wyandot Government by J.W. Powell; On Limitations to the Use of Some Anthropologic Data by J.W. Powell; A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians by H.C. Yarbow; Studies in Central American Picture Writing by E.S. Holden; Cessions of Land by Indian Tribes to the United States by C.C. Royce; Sign Language Among North American Indians by Garrick Mallery; and Catalogue of Linguistic Manuscripts in the Library Bureau of Ethnology by J.C. Pilling]](https://commoncrowbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/B79535_3.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1789501387)
![First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1879-'80 [Containing papers On the Evolution of Language by J.W. Powell; Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians by J.W. Powell; Wyandot Government by J.W. Powell; On Limitations to the Use of Some Anthropologic Data by J.W. Powell; A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians by H.C. Yarbow; Studies in Central American Picture Writing by E.S. Holden; Cessions of Land by Indian Tribes to the United States by C.C. Royce; Sign Language Among North American Indians by Garrick Mallery; and Catalogue of Linguistic Manuscripts in the Library Bureau of Ethnology by J.C. Pilling]](https://commoncrowbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/B79535_4.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1789501388)
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