Smithsonian Scientific Series Complete 12 Volume Set Patron's Edition (Signed) by ABBOT, Charles Greeley - 1929

Washington: Smithsonian Instituion, 1929. Twelive volumes, complete. All published in Vellum like cloth, stamped in gold and blue. The amazing feature of this set is that each is in the original dark green publisher's slipcase. So, if there is any wear, it is some minor toning to spines. This set was publisher for Walter L. Shunk as noted on the page facing the signature page (which is signed by the editor). Top edge gilt (still bright). Included are: Vol 1: Smithsonian Institution; Vol 2: The Sun and the Welfare of Man; Vol. 3: Minerals from Earth and Sky; Vol. 4: North American Indians; Vol. 5: Insects: Their Ways and Means of Living; Vol 6: Wild Animals in and Out of the Zoo; Vol. 7: Man from the Farthest Past; Vol. 8: Fishes/Amphibians/Reptiles; Vol. 9: Birds and Beasts; Vol. 10: Shelled Creatures/Geological History; Vol. 11: Old and New Plant Lore; Vol. 12: Great Inventions. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/No Jacket.