Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year Ending June 30, 1897; Report of the U. S. National Museum Part 1 : Papers Describing and Illustrating Collections in the US National Museum
by George H Cooke; James M Flint; Otis T Mason; Joseph D McGuire; Wirt De Vivier Tassin;
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Washington: United States Government Printing Office. Good+. 1899. Hardcover. Lithographs, Gravure and Half-tone plates; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1021 pages; 1899 United States Government Printing Office. Part I of the two part annual report. 1021 pages. Of interest largely for the wide range of scholarly papers drawing on the collections of the Smitsonian. See list of papers below. A very fat volume, soundly bound in original cloth. Cloth dulled and dust soiled but the binding is sound and the contents clean. Profusely illustrated with a range of plates produced in various forms, including lithographs, gravure, half-tone and woodcut. Binding a little shaken as expected; moderate dark spill stain top edge does not affect the flat page surface. Contents include: Arrowpoints, spearheads and knives of prehistoric times / Thomas Wilson -- Catalogue of the series illustrating the properties of minerals / Wirt Tassin -- Classification of the mineral collections in the U. S. National Museum / Wirt Tassin -- Pipes and smoking customs of the American aborigines, based on material in the U. S. National Museum / Joseph D. McGuire -- Recent Foraminifera / James M. Flint -- Te Pito Te Henua, known as Rapa Nui; commonly called Easter Island, South Pacific Ocean / George H. Cooke T-- he man's knife among the North American Indians / Otis Tufton Mason. Overall condition. G+. ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .
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- Bookseller
- DogStar Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47691
- Title
- Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year Ending June 30, 1897; Report of the U. S. National Museum Part 1 : Papers Describing and Illustrating Collections in the US National Museum
- Author
- George H Cooke; James M Flint; Otis T Mason; Joseph D McGuire; Wirt De Vivier Tassin;
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Publisher
- United States Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1899
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthropology;
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DogStar Books
Biblio member since 2020
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
Glossary
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- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Gravure
- ...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.