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160 pages including footnotes, bibliography and index. Numerous black and white reproductions of fascinating archival photos. "Tells the story of Anticosti and its people from the discovery by Jacques Cartier to the present day." - dust jacket. Book unmarked with average wear. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
pp. 1004 + Eight lithographed Plates. Foxed. Aged. Original full cloth binding, worn. Hardbound. Good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BOX 66 Basement
519 p. + Two lithographed plates of items for the Chinese market. Foxed. Original full purple cloth binding. Hardbound. Good. BOX 66 Basement.
484 p. Foxed. Original full purple cloth binding. Hardbound. Good. BOX 66 Basement
510 p. Illustrated throughout in white on black woodcuts. Foxed and damped. Original full purple cloth binding. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BOX 66 Basement
Two volumes. pp. 784; 380. The second volume contains the drawings and illustrations for the patents. Foxed. Original full black cloth binding. Hardbound. Good. BOX 66 Basement
Three volumes. pp. 640; 518; 593. The third volume contains the drawings and illustrations for the patents. Worn original full black cloth binding. Scarce. Hardbound. Good. BOX 66 Basement
Two volumes. pp. 813; 740. The fascinating drawings and illustrations for the patents are in volume two. Some age toning. Original full black cloth binding. Spines taped. Hardbound. Good. BOX 66 Basement
Volume Two only (Plates). 643 p. Original full black cloth binding, chipped. Great Civil War era commercial and industrial illustrations. Hardbound. Good. BOX 66 Basement
FIVE VOLUMES. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. XLib. A scattered run w/o the report for 1919. A fine collection of interesting and important papers on a vast range of topics, including: scientific discovery; physics; chemistry; bota ny; zoology; natural history, anthropology; archaeology; astronomy; geology; mineralogy; ethnology; Native Americans; Etc. We have many other wonderful Smithsonian Annual Reports. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SM8
NINE VOLUMES. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. XLib. A fine collection of interesting and important papers on a vast range of topics, including: scientific discovery; physics; chemistry; botany; zoology; natural history, anthropology; archaeology; astronomy; geology; mineralogy; ethnology; Native Americans; Etc.
598 p. + Plates. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. XLib. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Nonmetallic Minerals; Early West Virginia Pottery; Canoes; Jewish Ceremonial Objects; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology.
772 p. 8vo. XLib. Damp stained at margins. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Lauray Caverns; Bibliography of Herschel's Writings; A stronomical Observations; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology; Indians; Native Americans; etc. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
839 p. Illustrated. 8vo. Mildly XLib. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics ; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology; Indians; Native Americans. The paper on Smithsonian Exchanges is especially valuable. as are the studies about Indians, including: "Aboriginal Works at the Mouth of the Klikitat River, Washington Territory" by T. M. Whitcomb. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
855 p. Illustrated. 8vo. XLib. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology; Indians; Native Americans; etc.
959 p. Illustrated. 8vo. XLib. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botan y; Anthropology; and Ethnology; Indians; Native Americans; etc.
458 + Numerous plates. Illustrated. 8vo. XLib. Modern library buckram binding. All edges marbled. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Indian Basket work; Eskimo Bows; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology. Of course, the work on basketry is very highly prized. SCARCE.
878 p.+ Numerous plates. Illustrated. 8vo. XLib. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Artifacts Collected from the Hupa Reservation; Customs of the Dakotas; Atnatanas of Alaska; Indians of the Quinaielt Agency; Charm Stones or Plummets; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; An thropology; and Ethnology. Really important documents of the native Americans. Scarce.
735 p. + Numerous plates. Illustrated. 8vo. XLib. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Washington Territory Indian Tribes; Indian Mounds; Indian Mummies; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology. The Native American monographs are highly prized. Smith Mag. 1
876 p. + Numerous plates. Illustrated. 8vo. XLib. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Indian Tribes of the Northwest Coast; Ceramic Art in China; Fire-making Apparatus; Stone Age Implements; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology.
620 p. + 103 Plates. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Chipped at head. XLib. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Japanese Wood-Cutting and Woodcut Printing; Prehistoric Anthropology; Relation of Biology to Geological Investigation; the Shofar; Scientific Taxidermy for Museums; Comparative Oology of North American Birds; Etc. The article on taxidermy is especially significant, and its ramifications can still be seen today in the major American natural history museums. SM 8
782 p. + Numerous plates, many in color. Thick 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Includes papers on Submarines; The National Zoo in Washington; Mutation Theory of Professor De Vries; Alpine Tun nels; Automobile Races; Salt and Its Physiological Uses; Fire Walk Ceremony in Tahiti; Boomerangs; Improvement of the Human Breed by Francis Galton; The Palace of Minos; Irrigation; Volcanoes; Diamon ds; Chronophotography (by Dr. J. Marey, an early inventor of the motion picture); Color Photography by Sir William Herschel; Exploration of the Sea with Kites. SM8
546 p. + Plates & folding map. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. XLib. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: To the North Magnetic Pole and the Northwest Passage (by the polar explorer, Capt. Amundsen); the Mammoth; Eruption of Vesuvius; Origin of the Slavs; Radioactivity; Wireless telegraphy; Etc.
688 p. + Plates. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. XLib. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Recent Progress in Aviation (with 19 plates); Ornamentation of Ca rpets; Explosives; Telegraphy of Photographs; Astronomy; Tuberculosis; Etc. By 1910 the competition in early aviation was intense, and the Smithsonian played a major role. SCARCE.
688 p. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Old glue on rear board. XLib. Includes articles on: The Value of Ancient Mexican Manuscripts; Native Plants of New Mexico; Chinese Architecture; Ferns of North America; Radio-telegraphy; Physiology of Sleep; Astronomy; Etc.