Smithsonian Scientific Series full red morocco
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Author: [Abbott, Charles Greeley, editor]
Title: Smithsonian Scientific Series - James Smithson Memorial Edition
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Smithsonian Institution Series
Date Published: 1929-1932
Description:
Author: [Abbott, Charles Greeley, editor]
Title: Smithsonian Scientific Series - James Smithson Memorial Edition
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Smithsonian Institution Series
Date Published: 1929-1932
Description:
12 volumes. Illustrated. (8vo) publisher's deluxe full scarlet morocco, gilt titles and decorations on spine and boards; green morocco medallion onlay to center of front boards, giltdentelles, watered silk doublures and free endpapers, top edge gilt. No. 489 of 875 copies. "James Smithson Memorial Edition."
Each volume individually authored and on a variety of subjects. First volume is history of the Smithsonian Institution by Webster Prentiss True. Subsequent volumes include a variety of scientific, anthropological, and natural history subjects. A handsome set, this registered to Chicago banker and aviation pioneer Earle H. Reynolds, signed on the limitation page by series editor Charles G. Abbott.
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Eleven of the volumes retain the original green cloth slipcases, some tattered and with edge panels detached. Volumes fine.
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