THE VALLEY OF TEN THOUSAND SMOKES by Griggs, Robert F - 1922

Washington, The National Geographic Society, 1922, First Edition. . original pictorial gilt cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, cover lightly rubbed, interior is clean and fine in very good+ cover. . large 8vo [26 x 18 cm]; xv, 341 pp, folding panorama frontis, profusion of illustrations & plates, including 16 color plates, 9 maps, including 2 folding, index. . The classic study of volcanos in Alaska. Excellent illustrations. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Washington, [D.C.]: The National Geographic Society, 1922. Sml. folio. xv, [1], 340 pp., plus 2 pp. publ. ads. Large folding photo frontisp., large folding map tipped in, 8 maps, 16 colour plates, over 200 black & white photo illustrations. Blue cloth, gilt illustration & lettering on front cover, slight shelfwear, NF copy. First edition of this well-illustrated monograph on the expedition to the Katmai National Monument, or Valley of the Ten Thousand Smokes, with excellent photo illust.

Washington DC: National Geographic. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. 341pp. Exploration of the Mt. Katmai volcano region. Very minor edgewear. Nice copy. ; 4to ; 341 pages .

Washington: National Geographic Society, 1922. Hardcover. very good. xv, 341pp. Otto's geist's copy with his rubber stamp on front free endpaper and signature on title page. Ex-Library. Octavo. Illustrated with black and white and coloured photos and maps (including folding map at rear and folding panorama photo at front). Original blue cloth with gilt decoration and lettering on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Map endpapers. Usual library stamps etc. White mark on back cover. Slight wear to ends of spine and corners. very good 1922

Washington: National Geographic Society, 1907. 1st edition. Nice copy. tall octavo. hardback in decorated cloth xv + 341pp., col. & b/w pls., fldg. maps, index, Story of the investigation into massive volcanic eruptions in Southern Alaska. Large folding colour map of the Katmai National Monument bound at rear. Nice copy in slightly dulled blue boards with bright gilt titles & decorations on upper board

Washington: National Geographic Society, 1922. Hardcover. very good. xv, 341pp. Illustrated with black and white and coloured photos and maps (including folding map at rear and folding panorama photo at front ). Original blue cloth with gilt decoration and lettering on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Map endpapers. Covers slightly rubbed with slight wear to ends of spine and corners. very good 1922

Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with 233 photographic illustrations, including some folding plates and sixteen in color. Nine maps including a large color folding map at rear. The author was the Director of the National Geographic Expeditions to the Mt. Katmai region of Alaska from 1917-19. The Mt. Katmai region was the site of one of the world's largest volcanic eruptions. The dramatic effects of that eruptions are photographically and scientifically documented in the detailed report. The folding map shows the Katmai National Monument, Alaska, est. in 1919. The Katmai region is noted for its Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and for its brown bears. Light shelf/edge wear, light toning to gilt at spine, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, fold-out frontispiece. 8vo. 340pp. plus advert. Illus. (color and b/w plates).

The National Geographic Society, 1922. Hardcover. very good. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and design to cover and spine. Folded frontispiece photograph. With nine maps and 233 illustrations.

(ALASKA). GRIGGS, Robert F. The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Wash.: National Geographic Society, 1922. 1st ed. Illus. with 9 maps & 223 illustrations. xiv, 340pp plus 1pp advt. A fine bright copy in orig. gilt-decorated cloth.

Washington, DC: National Geographic Society. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1922. ........ Cloth. 4to., 340 pp. .