Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institutuion 1940
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 D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 1941. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Washington, D. C. Smithsonian Books, 1941. First edition. 8vo. Dark green silk with gilt lettering embossed on spine and gilt seal embossed on front board, illustrated in black and white, 512 pp. Solar prominences; satellites of Jupiter; cultural values of physics; nuclear fission; national standards of measurement; rise of organic chemical industry; rubber industry; future of man on earth; search for oil; perspectives in evolution; animal behavior; national wildlife refuge program; living fossil; insects and plant diseases; Mexican bean beetles; plant-tissue cultures; botany and history of wild rice; prehistoric culture waves from Asia to America; masked medicine societies of the Iroquois; beginnings of civilization in eastern Asia; stonehenge; sulfanilamide; future of flying. 18 plates. Spotting to page edges. Near fine..
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- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019508
- Title
- Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institutuion 1940
- Author
- Smithsonian Institution
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Books
- Place of Publication
- Washington D.C.
- Date Published
- 1941
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- STONEHENGE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference; United States History;
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About the Seller
Rose's Books, IOBA
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts
About Rose's Books, IOBA
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Fine
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