London : Macmillan and Co., 1874. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Coloured Plate & Woodcuts (illustrator). First Edition. The definitive 19th century volume on cave hunting. Copiously illustrated w/ textual woodcuts. By the curator of the Museum and Lecturer in Geology in the Owens College, Manchester. Original Full Maroon Pictorial Cloth Binding. The front board ruled black and gilt containing a stamped pictorial vignette of stalactites and stalagmites. The spine with gilt lettering and extras. Top edge gilt. Slight wear to top head of spine. Colour frontispiece with tissue guard. Numerous black and white ills within the text. Some light scattered foxing.
By the curator of the Museum and Lecturer in Geology in the Owens College, Manchester.
Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Thane, George Dancer (1850-1930). Prehistoric peoples Europe. Caves Europe. Antiquities, Prehistoric Europe. Cave dwellers Europe. Hunting and gathering societies Europe. Man, Prehistoric Europe. Cave-dwellers. Hunting and gathering societies.
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- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 8 Vo
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