Primitive Industry: or Illustrations of the Handiwork, Bone and Clay, of the Native Races of the Northern Atlantic Seaboard of America

Salem, Mass: George A. Bates, 1881. Hardcover. fair. Octavo. vi,[1],560,[3]pp. Original gold-stamped olive cloth. Beveled edges. Authoritative work on American Indian handicraft such as weapons, tools, ceremonial objects, pipes, pottery, etc. Profusely illustrated with in-text reproductions of b/w drawings. Age wear and staining on binding. Gold emblem on front cover faded, page edges soiled. Hinges starting. "1881" perforated stamp on free front endpaper and margin of title-page. Signature of previous owner on inside of front board and blank leaf preceding half-title page. Binding in fair, interior in good condition.