Item #010113 Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the Operations, Expenditures, and condition of the Institution to July, 1885. Part I. Authors.

Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the Operations, Expenditures, and condition of the Institution to July, 1885. Part I

Washington: Government printing Office, 1886. Cloth. Good. Item #010113

Greenish blue cloth. 996 pp. With a few illustrations. A report of the various activities and research undertaken on behalf the institution, including short accounts of various explorations, as well as chapters on findings in astronomy, physics, geology, vulcanology, chemistry, etc. With a lengthy appendix discussing various topics related to Native Americans, including observations on stone-chipping, copper implements from Bayfield, Wis.; ancient remains in Ohio; a primitive store house of the Creek tribes; shell heaps and mounds in Florida; etc. GOOD condition. Heavy fading and mottling to the covers, with some soiling and minor staining. Paper label on the foot of the spine. Insect damage to the front pastedown endpaper. Minor toning to the text block.

Price: $22.00

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