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By: N/A
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Chicago, Field Columbian Museum: 1894
Seller ID: 005993
Condition: Fair to Good-
Field Columbian Museum, Pub. I, Volume I, No. I. December 1894. "In order that a careful record of the early history of the movement that resulted in the establishment of the Museum may be preserved to the future, it has been deemed fitting to devote the first number to an account of its brief history and dedication." 90 pp. Covers in Poor condition - both are removed from rest of document, chipped edges and tears with missing pieces. String tied. Interior page edges are chipped and browning. Ex. museum stamp and identification numbers on front cover. Spine is loose, but docume... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Williamsburg, Virginia, 1942
Seller ID: 006650
Condition: Very Good-
Contents include: The Old Court House, The Capitol, The Public Gaol, The Raleigh Tavern, The Ludwell-Paradise House, The Governor's Palace, the George Wythe House. A copy of this publication is presented to each person purchasing a block ticket to the Exhibition Buildings. 95 pp. Brown paper covers with wear to edges, chipping to joints, tear along back cover near spine. Interior is clean. Book in VG- condition. View more info
By: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Boston, Local Committee: 1880
Seller ID: 006955
Condition: Very Good
Prepared by the Local Committee on the American Association for the Advancement of Science, for Distribution to Members of the Association, at the Boston Meeting, August, 1880. "In Boston, the different societies are first mentioned; next, the educational institutions, excepting such as belong to Harvard University, which will be found under Cambridge, with the other departments of the University; a notice of the Museum of Fine Arts closes the list." Signed by J. Duncan Putnam, Aug. 25, 1880, on top front cover. 27 pp. Gray stiff paper covers. Cover corners are bumped, edges are chippe... View more info
By: Axson, Stockton; Kenyon Cox; G. Stanley Hall; and Oliver S. Tonks
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1913
Seller ID: 006117
Condition: Good+ to Very Good-
Lectures include: "Museums of Art and Teachers of English" by Stockton Axson; "Museums of Art and Teachers of Art" by Kenyon Cox; "Museums of Art and Teachers of History" by G. Stanley Hall; and "Museums of Art and Teachers of the Classics" by Oliver S. Tonks. The lectures were delivered at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a course for teachers. 144 pp. Green boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Cover corners are rubbed to boards, edges rubbed, scuffing to cover faces. Spine ends are bent and chipped, particularly the top spine end that is ... View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, American Museum Natural History: 1906
Seller ID: 005520
Condition: Good+
Reprinted from the American Museum Journal Vol. VI, Nos. 2 and 3, April and July, 1906. Guide Leaflet No. 22. 96 pp. with index. Errata inserted before back cover. Ex. museum with identification number and stamps on front cover and front freepaper. Covers are dirty, corners are bent, page edges are chipped, spine torn and exposed. Page edges are browning or dirty. Interior is tight. Document in Good+ condition. View more info
By: Crook, Dr. A. R.
Price: $65.00
Publisher: American Associations of Museums: 1910
Seller ID: 005256
Condition: Very Good
"I believe the curator is born and not made." Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Association of Museums, Vol. IV, 1910. Crook was the curator for the Illinois State Museum of Natural History in Springfield, Ill. Pages 59-64. Original paper wraps are browning and chipped along edges. Lower edge of interior pages are also chipped. Overall the document is in Very Good condition. View more info
By: Hammer, Olga and D'Andrea, Jeanne: (Editors):
Price: $5.00
Publisher: The Armand Hammer Foundation: 1978
Seller ID: 002545
Condition: Good
Written in both Spanish and English. 206 pp. Wear to cover edges, corners and joints. Interior tight and clean. Book in Good condition. View more info
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Washington, Blair & Rives, Printers: 1836
Seller ID: 007074
Condition: Very Good
Steam Boilers. 24th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives Treasury Department, Doc. No. 162. March 1, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Members of the sub-committees include A. B. Bache, Benjamin Reeves, W. H. Keating, M. W. Baldwin, S. V. Merrick, Isaiah Lukens, W. R. Johnson. 95 pp. Six b/w plates, many other drawings and tables. Disbound government document. Residue from book binding, creasing and chipping to spine edge. Mild tanning to page edges, some foxing spots, few corners are creased. Text is clean and easily legible. Part of blue ink stamp from House of Representatives ... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Menasha, WI, Lloyd Library and Museum: 1944
Seller ID: 007106
Condition: Very Good
Volume 7, No. 2, June 1944 issue. Contents: The Relation of Pharmacy to Botany by B.V. Christensen; The African Oil Palm: Its History, Cultivation and Importance by Donovan S. Correll; The Taxonomy of the Mexican, Central American and West Indian Species of Ouratea (Ochnaceae) by John D. Dwyer; and Studies in the Geoglossaceae of Yunnan by F.L. Tai. Pages 93-162. Brown paper covers with black lettering on front and spine. Normal wear and rubbing to corners and edges. Creasing to spine. Interior pages are clean, no marks, some minor indents. Magazine in VG condition. View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Menasha, WI, Lloyd Library and Museum: 1944
Seller ID: 007107
Condition: Very Good
Volume 7, No. 3, September 1944 issue. Contents: New and Interesting Cortinarii from North America by Alexander H. Smith; Vanilla: Its History, Cultivation and Importance by Donovan S. Correll; and Diagnoses of Hawaiian Species of Pelea (Rutaceae) - Hawaiian Plant Studies, 13 by Harold St. John. Pages 163-274. Brown paper covers with black lettering on front and spine. Normal wear and rubbing to corners and edges, very small black marks to cover faces. Creasing to spine. Interior pages are clean, no marks, some minor indents. Magazine in VG condition. View more info
Price: $18.50
Publisher: Menasha, WI, Lloyd Library and Museum: 1944
Seller ID: 007108
Condition: Very Good-
Volume 7, No. 4, December 1944 issue. Contents: A Revision of Lacmellea, and the Transfer of Zschokkea (Apocynaceae) by Joseph Monachino; More Fungi from Florida by William A. Murrill; New Lagenidiaceous Parasites of Rotifers from Brazil by John S. Karling. Pages 275-345. Brown paper covers with black lettering on front and spine. Normal wear and rubbing to corners and edges, mild soiling to cover faces. Creasing to spine. Interior pages are clean, some minor indents. Spine broken in places within interior. Magazine in VG- condition. View more info
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Journal of Near Eastern Studies: 1948
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 006300
Condition: Good+
Oriental Institute Museum Notes, No. 5. Reprinted from Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Vol. VII, No. 1, January, 1948. Pages 46-51. Two plates, three figures. Light green paper wraps. Ex. library with identification numbers on sticker on top front cover, identification numbers on top title page and last page. Paper covers are dirty, creased corners, wear and browning along edges. Some light creasing to interior pages, otherwise clean. Document in Good+ condition. Scarce. View more info
By: PEASE, F. G.
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1929
Seller ID: 004267
Condition: Very Good-
From the Smithsonian Report for 1928, Pages 201-211 (with 7 plates). Publication 2985. Brown paper wraps. Front cover darkened on top, light chipping along edges. Interior pages are also darkened, most are uncut. Document in VG- condition. View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: 1908
Seller ID: 005342
Condition: Very Good
Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences, Vol. II., Part II., February-May, 1908. Pages 91-95. Ink/dirt marks along edge of front/back covers, interior is tight and clean. Document is in VG condition. View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Washington, Judd & Detweiler: 1885
Seller ID: 005486
Condition: Good
"The object of this work is to give a brief and popular account of the Smithsonian Institution, its founder, its Secretaries, Professors Henry and Baird, and of the National Museum in its charge." 78 pp. Original paper wraps are very well worn and aged. Covers are dirt-smudged, edges are chipped, spine is torn and partially exposed, front lower corner is missing, back top corner is folded and creased. Interior pages have dirt-smudges, some are foxed, some pages are chipped/torn, and paged edges are browning/dirty. Overall the document in Good condition. View more info
By: Shufeldt, R. W.
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1892
Seller ID: 006438
Condition: Very Good
From report of the U.S. National Museum for year ending June 30, 1892. 52nd Congress, 2nd Session, House of Representatives, Misc. Doc. 114, Part 2. Disbound government document. Pages 369-436. 84 b/w plates. Residue from book remains along spine edge. Last page and final plates completely separated from rest of document. Ex. library stamp along top page edge. Document in VG condition. View more info
By: The Horniman Museum, Forest Hill
Price: $10.00
Publisher: London, Southwood, Smith and Co.:
Seller ID: 007067
Condition: Very Good-
London County Council, Issue 7, No. 1008. "Historical records, whether on paper, papyrus, stone, or clay, carry us back a few thousand years at most into the past history of a small number of the races of by-gone days, and our knowledge of man's mode of life in the long periods of prehistoric time is largely derived from discoveries of the implements he made and used." 75 pp. With two b/w plates. Orange paper covers with title on front and list of other Horniman Museum publications on back cover. Light wear to cover corners and edges, dirt smudges on cover faces, creasing and small tea... View more info
Price: $35.00
Publisher: South Kensington, The Museums Association: 1931
Seller ID: 005974
Condition: Very Good
"The following pages contain as complete a list as it has been possible to make of the Museums of the British Isles." 376 pp. Black cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Cover edges are rubbed and rippled. Spine faded. Spine broken between pages 280-281, otherwise interior is tight and clean. Book in VG condition. View more info
