Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution for the Year Ending June 30, 1890
by United States War Department, Adjutant General's Office
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good (-)/No Jacket
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About This Item
Washington D.C: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1891 From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Provenance provided upon request. Also from the library of Harlan I. Smith, his stamp to several locations. Condition notes: 811 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, ivory, some loose and laid in; a.e tanned, hinges sprung front and back and cracked in several other locations. Cover: black, v dull gilt titles spine; moderate to substantial shelfwear. Includes numerous illustrations, many of birds, some of them fold-outs. Heavy. Rough.
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- Bookseller
- Independent Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035462
- Title
- Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution for the Year Ending June 30, 1890
- Author
- United States War Department, Adjutant General's Office
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good (-)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3rd Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- U.S. Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington D.C
- Date Published
- 1891
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Reference, Smithsonian
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- Cracked
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- Gilt
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