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[002920] . U.S. COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISHERIES, COMMISSIONER'S REPORT: Part XXIV. Ending June 30,1898.. ill. Tables, Plates, Fold-outs. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1899. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Brown Cloth. Ichthyology. Very Good Contents:Report of Commissioner.Report on the Propagation and Distribution of Food-fishes. by W.de C. Ravenel. Report upon the Inquiry respecting Food-Fishes and the Fishing-grounds. by Hugh M. Smith.; Report of the Division of Statistics and Methods of the Fisheries. by C.H. Townsend. APPENDICES: Report on Mackerel Investigations in 1897. by J. Percy Moore.; Report on Fishes obtained by the Steamer Albatross in the vicinity of Santa Catalina Island and Monterey Bay. by Charles H. Gilbert.; Notes on the Extent and Condition of the Alewife Fisheries of the United States in 1896 by Hugh M. Smith.; Report on the Oyster Beds of Louisiana. by H. F. Moore.; The Shad Fisheries of the Atlantic Coast of the United States. by Charles H. Stevenson.; List of Fishes collected at the Revillagigedo Archipelago and Neighboring Islands. by David Starr Jordan and R.C, Mcgregor.; Report on Investigations by the U.S. Fish Commission in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas in 1897 by Barton W. Evermann. List of Publications of the U.S. Fish Commission available for Distribution March 1, 1899.; Report on the Exhibit of the U.S. Fish Commission at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in 1897. by W.de C. Ravenel. 350 pp. including Index. Brown cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Ex. mus paper label at base. Two minor scratches/rubbings on front cover, otherwise exterior is VG+. ex. mus stamp and numbers on front free endpaper. Otherwise interior is clean, tight and in VG+ condition. $80.00

[000719] Department of Commerce and Labor. BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES, VOL. XXIV, 1904. ill. Black/White and Color Plates, Color Fold-out Plate, Text Drawings. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1905. Size: Approx. 7 3/4" x 10 3/4". Red Cloth. Fishery Bulletin. Good + / No Jacket. Articles on: Genus Turtles, Medusae of Woods Hole Region, Tile-Fish, Seaweed Industries of Japan, Utilization of Seaweeds in U.S., Isopods from the Alaska Salmon Investigation, List of Fishes collected in Boulder County, CO. Fish Fauna of Tortugas Archipelago (David Starr Jordan), Cultivation of Marine and Fresh-water Animals in Japan, New Starfishes from Deep Water off California and Alaska, and more. Covers slightly soiled, top & side edge small dent, spine soiled,faded and edges rubbed. Bottom edge of spine slightly fraying. paper label partially removed. No major flaws. Ex. mus stamp on free endpaper with ink number, o/w interior is tight, clean and Very Good +. 541 pp. Index $150.00

[002448] Jordan, David Starr. THE CALL OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. 1903. Education. Good spine soiled. corners bumped/rubbed. $5.50