Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1905. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 663 p. Illustrated. Proceedings of the Smithsonian Institution, then known as the United States National Museum. Includes extensive illustrated articles on a variety of flora and fauna from around the globe, including hymenoptera of the Philippine Islands; Arcarina or Mites; Adult Goblin Shark of Japan; Orthoptera of Southern Arizona; Japanese lepidoptera; fishes of Puget Sound; Labracinus; fishes, sea horses; salmon and trout of Japan, fishes collected on the Island of Negroes, Philippines; fishes of Korea; fishes of the Hawaiian Islands; Tortricid moths of North Carolina; cestode cysts of a porpoise; mammals of the Northern Mackenzie River District of Canada; Lawaiian repital from the Island of Maui; bird from the Kilimanjaro region of Africa; Tanaidae and Tanais from Monterey Bay, California; frogs and geckos of the Philippines; the Mount Vernon meteorite; dragonflies of Burma; North American parasitic copepods; and more. Only indication of ex-library status is bookplate from the Sturgis Library in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Near fine..

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Seller: Respectful Exits (US)
Seller's Inventory #: LL-b929-01
Title: Proceedings of the United States National Museum Volume XXVIII
Author: Editor
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Place of Publication: Washington, DC
Date Published: 1905
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION NATURAL HISTORY
Bookseller catalogs: Sturgis Library;

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