Author: Turner, W.
Title: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and the late captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R.N. prepared under the superintendence of the late Sir. C. Wyville Thomson, Knt., F.R.S., &c. and now of John Murray. Zoology. Report on the human crania and other bones of the skeletons collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-76. Part I. The Crania. Part II. The bones of the skeleton. [Complete in two parts].
Description: London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1884-1886. Two parts in two. 4to (31.7 x 25.4 cm). 266 pp. [130; 136]; ten lithographed plates [7; 3] with explanatory text leaves. Disbound. = The seldom-seen anthropological, anatomical parts of the expedition's results. Written by the British professor of anatomy and brain surgeon, Sir William Turner (1832-1916). The work deals with crania from the Admirality Islands, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, Patagonia,South Africa, etc. The author draws conclusions about the origin of several groups of people. Both parts disbound, of which one showing this in being a bit cocked near the spine. Some light spotting to a few text pages, otherwise very good.

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