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[003997] . TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1885-1887. ill. Plates, Tables,Figures (line drawings) Maps. Poughkeepsie, New York: Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Science. Covers Fair Interior Very Good Vol.IV Part I and II. " Object of the society is to promote education and useful knowledge in the departments of Science, Literature, and Art, by investigating and discussing subjects...by establishing and maintaining a Museum, a Library and a collection of works of art and objects of historic interest ..." Articles by Famous Americans include: W. LE CONTE STEVENS - "Aerial Navigation" with 4 illustrations; and MARY WHITNEY - "New Stars in Andromeda and Orion" with an illustration. 3 articles by William G. Stevenson, President of The Institute: "Interpretations of Nature", "Genius and Mental Disease" and "Earthquakes". Other articles by Rev. Henry L. Ziegenfuss, Capt. Henry C. Taylor, Isabel Mulford, Charles L. Bristol, Edward Riggs,William B. Dwight, and Charles B. Warring. 282 pp. Front paper cover missing bottom corner and two small pieces at side edge. Water mark at front top corner and down side edge. Shows on top corner of title page and no further. Spine paper cracking. Strip at base missing. Back cover missing. ex-mus. numbers on front top edge. String tied. Interior is clean, tight and in VG+ condition. Have other "volumes" from Vassar Brothers Institute. $45.00

[003182] . SCIENCE, July 24, 1885. Volume VI. No. 129. ill. Etchings. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good to Good+ Articles by Famous Americans: N. S. SHALER " Humanism in the study of nature"; and in Letters to the Editor: M. E. WADSWORTH "Volcanic dust east of the Rocky Mountains". Other articles: " An Arizona Natural Bridge" with illustration; " Sir Peter Lumsden on the Tribes upon the Afghan Boundary" with 2 illustrations- Gateway of Bala Murghab and Some types of Afgan Tribes; "Comparison of the Skulls of Assassins and Men of Note" with an illustration of "average measurements of three classes of heads" and under Notes and News, a paragraph about Observatory at Nice and its floating dome with 2 illustrations showing "sections" of the dome. ex.mus. stamp on front cover. Tiny chipping around side/bottom edges. Overall covers are Good to Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $35.00

[003147] . SCIENCE, August 12, 1887. ill. Engravings. New York: The Science Company, 1887. Size: Approx. 9" X 12". Newsprint. Science. Good Some Articles: What American Zoologists have done for Evolution, by E.W. Morse. Laid in page with portrait engraving of Morse; Economy in Management of Soil, by H. E. Alvord; Prehistoric Chronology of America by D.G. Brinton; The Sonora Earthquake with illustration and Chemical Laboratory of the University of Nebraska with 5 illustrations. Front wrap detached but intact. ex-mus mailing label and numbers on front. Slightly soiled. Overall exterior is Good to Good+. interior is clean, and tight and VG+. Engraving of Morse, top border watermarked. Not on portrait. From SCIENCE, Aug. 20, 1886. $35.00

[002208] Coats, Robert R.. Reconnaissance Geology of Some Western Aleutian Islands, Alaska. 1956. Paper Wraps. Very Good Geological Survey Bulletin 1028-E. Investigations of Alaskan Volcanoes. pp 83-100, large fold out map in back envelope. fading at spine wraps and slightly around edges otherwise VG to VG+. Interior is tight, clean, and VG+. $16.50

[002200] Fallows, Rev. Samuel (Introd. By). Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror: a Comprehensive and Connected Account of the Terrible Tragedy (the 1906 Earthquake) That Befell the People of Our Golden City.... 1906. Purple Cloth. Good spine and front cover faded. spine ends bumped/rubbed. corners mildly rubbed. back hinge broken. otherwise interior is VG-tight, clean. Filled with photographs of the earthquake. $20.00

[003682] Hazard, Daniel L.. RESULTS OF OBSERVATIONS MADE AT THE UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY NEAR HONOLULU, HAWAII. 1915 AND 1916. ill. Graphs, Tables. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1918. Size: Approx. 8 3/4" x 11 1/2". Soft Cover. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Good to Good+ "The Honolulu Magnetic Observatory is located on a large coral plain, 12 1/2 miles (21 km.) west of the city of Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaii. Its operation began in January, 1902." 101 pp. plus 22 foldout graphs with reproductions of magnetograms showing the principal magnetic storms. Numerous tables including register of Earthquakes. Tan paper wraps. Mildly soiled. Fading to front cover. Slight chipping at front top edge. spine darkened. ex-mus.stamp on front cover. Overall covers Good+. ex. mus. stamp and numbers on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $45.00

[000576] Healy, Capt. M. A.. REPORT OF THE CRUISE OF THE REVENUE MARINE STEAMER CORWIN IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN IN THE YEAR 1884. ill. Photographs,figures,Tables, Plates,. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1889. Size: Approx. 4 1/4" x 11 3/4". Rebound in Brown Buckram. Exploration. Fine / No Jacket. Report submitted to the House of Representatives, 50th Congress, 1st Session. This report contains the results of some original explorations and observations, made by the officers of the CORWIN while prosecuting their regular duties in Alaska. The explorations of the banks of the Kowak River are the first ever recorded with 9 Photographs and 5 Plates. Included in the report is an examination and description of Bogoslov Volcano, with illustrations. Notes on Northern Alaska, memoranda regarding the flora and fauna of the Kowak River. Notes on fishes, plants, marine invertebrates and rocks. 128 pages. 2 color lithographic plates. Rebound with gilt lettering on spine. A handsome book. Revenue Captain Michael A. Healy, commanding officer of the cutters Chandler, Corwin, Bear, McCulloch and Thetis, became a legend enforcing federal law along Alaska's 20,000 mile coastline. In addition to being a friend to missionaries and scientists, he was a rescuer of whalers, natives, shipwrecked sailors, and destitute miners. Born the son of a slave mother in 1839, near Macon, Georgia, he was sent north by his Irish immigrant father to obtain an education. Healy, however, had other ideas and ran away from whatever school his father sent him too, whether it be in Massachusetts or Belgium. He finally ran away for good, only this time to sea. He began his 49-year sea career at the ripe old age of 15 when he signed aboard a clipper ship bound for Asia as a cabin boy. During the Civil War he requested and was granted a commission in the Revenue Cutter Service from President Abraham Lincoln. $175.00

[000940] Smithsonian Institution. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1866. ill. Figures,Woodcuts. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". 3/4 Leather. Smithsonian. Good+ House of Representatives. 39th Congress, 2d Session. Mis. Doc. No.83. Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution, for the Year 1866. Includes List of Meteorological Stations and Observers for Year 1866. Memoir of Hon. W.W. Seaton in Connection with The Smithsonian Institution..." Included in Appendix: "Memoir of Magendie" by M. Flourens; "On the Senses. 3.-The Sense of Taste", IV.-"The Sense of Hearing"and V.-The Sense of Sight. from the German periodical; "Lecture on the Results of Spectrum Analysis Applied to the Heavenly Bodies by Wm. Huggins; "On the External Appearance of the Sun's Disk" from the German periodical; "On Accidental or Subjective Colors. by the Abbe Moigno; "The Figures of Equilibrium of a Liquid Mass Withdrawn from the Action of Gravity.(Sixth Series) by J. Plateau.; "Report on the Transactions of the Society of Physics and Natural History of Geneva", by Doctor Goss;"Notes on the Tinneh or Chepewyan Indians of British and Russian America", " The American Migration" by Frederick Von Hellwald; "Indian Pottery" by Charles Rau; "Artificial Shell Deposits of the United States." by D. G. Brinton; "Pile-Work Antiquities of Olmutz.", "The Antiquities on the Banks of the Mississippi River and Lake Pepin" by Dr. L.C. Estes; " Collecting Land and Fresh-Water Shells" by Dr. James Lewis; "Meteorological Correspondence"; "Horary Variations of the Barometer." by Marshal Vaillant; "On the Formation of Ice at the Bottom of the Water" by M. Engelhardt; "The Earthquake in Eastern Mexico of the Second of January, 1866" by Dr. Charles Sartorius; and "Statistics Relative to Norwegian Mountains, Lakes, and the Snow-Line".469 pp. Index. 3/4 leather with marbled boards. All edges marbled plus marbled endpapers. Spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. Some cracking and scuffing of spine leather with minor chipping at top edge. Rubbing at leather corners. Mild foxing otherwise interior Very Good. $50.00