Proceeding of the United States National Museum. Vol. XVII. 1894
by Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Washington: Government Printing Office. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library with some library markings (General Assembly Library, New Zealand). Small loss of leather at edges of spine and corners of boards.; xi, [3], 765 pages + 32 plates (some folding). An attractive green half calf binding with red leather lettering pieces on spine. Gilt library stamp on front board and at tail of spine. Page dimensions: 230 x 144mm. Various contributors, including Barton Bean and Tarleton Bean on fishes; Charles Bendire on Birds; Carl Eigenmann and Charles Beeson on fishes; G. Brown Goode and Tarleton Bean on fishes; George Merrill on Stalactites; Mary Rathbun on Crabs; Robert Ridgway on birds from the Galapagos Islands; Charles Simpson on Mollusks; Frederick True on mammals of Balistan and the Vale of Kashmir; Frederick True on Wood Rats; A. E. Verrill on Starfishes.; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Seller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 5778
- Title
- Proceeding of the United States National Museum. Vol. XVII. 1894
- Author
- Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1895
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Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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