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Very Good hardcover, no DJ. Dark green sand-grain cloth over boards, gilt stamped titles on spine; Clean, square covers and spine; tightly bound; owner bookplate on front paste down; clean interior with slight general age darkening. Appended articles include: Eulogy on Alexander Volta; The probable future of the human race, by Alphonse de Candolle; Report on the transactions of the Society of Physics and Natural History of Geneva by M.A. de Candolle; The past and future of geology: An inaugural lecture, by Joseph Prestwich; Report of the special committee for the consideration of the memoir of Mr. Hofrath G. Wex, upon the diminution of the water of rivers and streams; The refraction of sound, by William B. Taylor; On the organization of local scientific societies, by Joseph Henry; International code of symbols for charts of pre-historic archeology; Characteristics pertaining to ancient man in Michigan, by Henry Gillman; The Stone Age in New Jersey, by C.C. Abbott. 8vo, 422 pp plus many pages of… Read More

Signed patron's edition; Vol 1, 1934. Fine HC in Very Good slipcase. Red leatherette over boards with green Smithsonian device on front cover and gilt line and torch decorations on front cover and spine; textblock untrimmed at fore and tail edges; watermarked laid paper. Bright, clean covers and spine; very slightly rubbed at spine head - not split or frayed; lightly dust spotted on text block top edge; tightly bound; notice of set registration to 'John M. Geilenberg' and signed 'Patron's Edition' leaves bound in at prelims; signed by Secretary of the Smithsonian, C.G. Greeley; crisp, clean interior - many leaves unopened at tail edge. Slipcase is green leather-grain paper over boards; sound and clean, lightly scuffed. 8vo, 330 pp; index; many illustrations, tissue-guarded where appropriate.