Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution for the Year Ended June 30 1903
by Smithsonian Institution
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1905. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 646 p. Illustrated. Maps. Black and white photographs. Includes general news and a summary of operations of the year, including appropriations and expenditures, additions to the collections, researches, explorations, correspondence, staff, accessions, publications, curator and departmental reports etc. Also includes extensive reports on the United States National Museum -- An account of the Buildings Occupied by the National Collections; and Studies of the Museums and Kindred Institutions of New York City, Albany, Buffalo, and Chicago, with Notes on Some European Institutions. Exlibrary marks include vintage bookplate from the Sturgis Library in Barnstable Massachusetts and title page stamp. Near fine..
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- Rose's Books, IOBA
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- Seller's Inventory #
- LL-b894-07
- Title
- Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution for the Year Ended June 30 1903
- Author
- Smithsonian Institution
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- United States Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION NATURAL HISTORY SCIENCE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sturgis Library;
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