Abbot Charles Editor (27 results)
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Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Atlanta
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More imagesInsects Their Ways And Means Of Living (Volume 5 Of The Smithsonian Scientific Series)
Snodgrass, Robert Evans (Charles Greeley Abbot, Series Editor)
Language: English
Published by Smithsonian Institution Series, Inc., New York, 1934
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Seller: Book Nook, Cadillac, MI, U.S.A.Book Nook
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Usual Ex-Library Markings. Book Has Heavy Edgewear With A Couple Small Tears At Top Spine Edges. Bumped & Worn Corners. Light Soiling. Browning. Inside Hinge Is Cracked. Rough Cut Pages That Are Tattered At Edges. Looks Like The Inside Hinges Have Been Reinforced With Tape At Front & Back C…overs. Library Flap Has Been Partially Removed From Last Endpage & Envelope Has Been Partially Removed From Inside Back Cover. Not A Pretty Copy But Is A Good Reading Copy.
Published by Smithsonian Institution Series, Inc., 1934
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- First Edition
Seller: UHR Books, Hollis Center, ME, U.S.A.UHR Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. First Edition. A very nice copy. Deep red, decorative binding. Illustrated, 322 page work from the prestigious Smithsonian Institution, focused on the sun and the solar system - and the "welfare of man". Book.
Published by Smithsonian Institution Series - NY, 1938
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Seller: Alan Newby, Marion, IN, U.S.A.Alan Newby
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Hardcover. Condition: VG. 383 pp - Vol. 12 - VG.
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Seller: Terrace Horticultural Books, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Terrace Horticultural Books
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Ex. Library. Copyright Date: 1931 Sm. Quarto, 1944, pp.399, Volume 11 of the Smithsonian Scientific Series. B & W and color plates (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Smithsonian Institution Series, Inc., New York, 1934
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Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.Dorley House Books, Inc.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Cobalt blue with ornate gilt decoration.329 clean, unmarked pages/index.i. color plates (illustrations & paintings) and sepia duotone plates with tissue covers (illustrator).
Warm-Blooded Vertebrates: Part I, Birds; Part II, Mammals: Volume Nine (9) (Smithsonian Scientific Series)
Miller, Gerrit S., Jr. & Gidley, James W.) Abbot Charles Greeley, (Editor)
Language: English
Published by Smithsonian Institution Series, Inc., New York, 1934
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Cobalt blue with ornate gilt decoration.389 clean, unmarked pages/index.i. color plates (illustrations & paintings) and sepia duotone plates with tissue covers (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Smithsonian Institution Series, Inc., New York, 1934
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Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.Dorley House Books, Inc.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Cobalt blue with ornate gilt decoration.362 clean, unmarked pages/index.i. color plates (illustrations & paintings) and sepia duotone plates with tissue covers (illustrator).
Shelled Invertebrates of the past and Present with Chapters on Geological History: Volume Ten (10) (Smithsonian Scientific Series)
Bassler, Ray S.; Resser Charles E.; Schmitt, Waldo L. & Bartsch, Paul) Abbot Charles Greeley, (Editor)
Language: English
Published by Smithsonian Institution Series, Inc., New York, 1934
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Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.Dorley House Books, Inc.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Cobalt blue with ornate gilt decoration.365 clean, unmarked pages/index.includes: Crustaceans, mollusks,; geological history of North America some pages still uncut. color plates (illustrations & paintings) and sepia duotone plates with tissue covers (i…llustrator).
Cold-Blooded Vertebrates: Volume Eight (8) (Smithsonian Scientific Series)
Hildebrand, Samuel F.; Gilmore, Charles W. & Cochran, Doris M.) Abbot, Charles Greeley, (Editor)
Language: English
Published by Smithsonian Institution Series, Inc., New York, 1934
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Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.Dorley House Books, Inc.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Cobalt blue with ornate gilt decoration.375 clean, unmarked pages/index.includes: Pt. I: Fishes, Pts. II & III: Amphibians and Reptiles; some pages still uncut. color plates (illustrations & paintings) and sepia duotone plates with tissue covers (illust…rator).
Published by Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1934
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Seller: Lee Madden, Book Dealer, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.Lee Madden, Book Dealer
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed patron's edition; Vol 1, 1934. Fine HC in Very Good slipcase. Red leatherette over boards with green Smithsonian device on front cover and gilt line and torch decorations on front cover and spine; textblock untrimmed at fore and tail edges; watermarked laid pap…er. Bright, clean covers and spine; very slightly rubbed at spine head - not split or frayed; lightly dust spotted on text block top edge; tightly bound; notice of set registration to 'John M. Geilenberg' and signed 'Patron's Edition' leaves bound in at prelims; signed by Secretary of the Smithsonian, C.G. Greeley; crisp, clean interior - many leaves unopened at tail edge. Slipcase is green leather-grain paper over boards; sound and clean, lightly scuffed. 8vo, 330 pp; index; many illustrations, tissue-guarded where appropriate. Signed by Author(s).
Old and New Plant Lore Volume 11 of the Smithsonian Scientific Series
Abbot, Charles, editor A Symposium by Chase, Hitchcock et all.
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Seller: Terrace Horticultural Books, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Terrace Horticultural Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Copyright Date: 1931 sm Quarto, 1934, pp.390, unopened, Volume 11 of the Smithsonian Scientific Series. B & W and color plates (illustrator).
Smithsonian Scientific Series Vol 8 Part I fishes Part II & III Amphibians and Reptiles
Abbot, Charles Greeley, S.SC, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution general editor
Published by Smithsonian Institution, 1938
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Seller: Orca Knowledge Systems, Inc., Novato, CA, U.S.A.Orca Knowledge Systems, Inc.
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Leather. Condition: Very Good. Unread. No markings in book. Binding is tight. Full red leather binding. No DJ.
Published by Smithsonian Institution, 1938
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Leather. Condition: Very Good. Unread. No markings in book. Binding is tight. Full red leather binding. No DJ.
Published by Series, New York, 1949
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Condition: Very Good. Later. Very good. Volume 10. Former library book. Cup stain on cover.
More imagesWarm-Blooded Vertebrates: Part One: Birds: Part Two: Mammals (Vol. 9 of the Smithsonian Scientific Series)
Wetmore, Alexander; Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. and James W. Gidley [Smithsonian Scientific Series, editor-in-chief: Charles Greeley Abbot]
Published by Smithsonian Institution Series, Inc., New York, 1931
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- First Edition
Seller: Counterpane Books, Frazier Park, CA, U.S.A.Counterpane Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition hardcover, sewn-bound in cream boards, with gilt and green decoration on front cover, and gilt lettering and decoration on spine, is in G condition, having a small torn area at bottom of spine; rubbing/soiling/age-darkening to covers and spine; purple ink stamp of… former owner at bottom of copyright page; some penciling in the inner-margin of the first contents page. Illustrated with many b&w photographs (by Frank N. Wilson, Arthur A. Allen, and others) and some full page color plates painted by Allan Brooks and O. J. Murie. Science. Zoology. Ornithology. Mammalia.
More imagesInsects: Their Ways and Means of Living [Smithsonian Scientific Series, VOLUME 5] [VINTAGE 1934]
Snodgrass, Robert Evans (United States Bureau of Entomology); Abbot, Charles Greeley, D.Sc., Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (editor-in-chief)
Language: English
Published by Smithsonian Institution Series, Inc., New York, 1934
- Hardcover
Seller: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.Vero Beach Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near fine condition textured maroon cloth boards with elaborately decorated gold and black front cover decorations and gold spine lettering. Includes List of Illustrations; Preface; and Index. Illustrated with 14 (fourteen) color illustrated plates, a color illustrated frontispiece plate and nume…rous additional black-and-white drawings.
More imagesPublished by Smithsonia Instution Series, New York, NY, 1938
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- First Edition
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.100POCKETS
Contact seller4-star sellerHard Cover. Condition: NEW. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. Printing of 1938. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Red, gilt embossed faux-leather boards w/Smithsonian seal/NF w/trace rubs to corner tips & fading to spine. DJ/None as Issued. First published 1929. Illustrated w/85 plates (some in color) & drawings. Study of the modern… Native American as a representative of a vanishing race. Emphasis placed on both linguistic & archaeological aspects, being essential tools in future studies in anthropology. Text in 9 chapters: I, The Red Men Discover the New World; II, The Stone Age of North America; III, In Artic Snows: The Eskimo; IV, A League of Five Nations: The Iroquois; V, Cliff Swellers & Their Descendants: The Pueblos; VI, Indians of the Plains; VII, West Coast Tribes; VIII, Myths & Legends; and IX, The Indians in History, followed by appendix "Indian Stocks & Tribes". Fine copy. Archival Photographs (illustrator). Vintage/Anthropology.
Published by Smithsonian Institution, 1931
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- First Edition
Seller: Terrace Horticultural Books, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Terrace Horticultural Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Copyright Date: 1931 sm Quarto, Hardcover, Simulated Vellum, Gilt Decorated And lettered, 1931, pp.390, unopened, Volume 11 of the Smithsonian Scientific Series, First EDition. sm Quarto, Hardcover, Simulated Vellum, Gilt Decorated And lettered. B & W and color plates (illustrator).
Published by Smithsonial Institution Series, Inc, 1944
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Seller: Fritz T. Brown - Books, Georgetown , MA, U.S.A.Fritz T. Brown - Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Twelve Volumes. All volumes good to good+ tight condition. Slight wear to top/bottom of spine and cover corners on some volumes. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Smithsonian Institution, New York, 1934
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Seller: Tefka, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.Tefka
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 12 volumes, complete. Patron's Edition. Volume 1 is signed by Charles Greeley Abbot, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and Editor-in-Chief of series, on a specially-printed page dedicated to the "Patrons" of the Smithsonian: "This copy is registered in the name of Benjamin Port…er Hurd," see photo. Red boards are clean and bright red with gilt, there is light wear & slight rippling on some of the spines, one volume is darker than others. Interior pages fine, bright and vibrant, with dozens of Illustrations, figures, and fold outs, all beautifully preserved, minimal wear (one crease observed, see photo). See photos. Signed by Author(s).
A Southern California Paradise (In The Suburbs Of Los Angeles). Being A Historic And Descriptive Account Of Pasadena, San Gabriel, Sierra Madre, And La Canada; With Important Reference To Los Angeles And All Southern California, And Containing Map And Illustrations
Farnsworth, R. W. C. (Editor); Alice P. Adams, George Mck. Bancroft, Jeanne C. Carr, O. H. Congar, Albert F. Kercheval, I. S. P. Lord, William C. Modsher, Charles H. Phelps, J. M. Radebaugh, A. G. L. Trew, J. P. Widney, Lyman Allen, M. M. Bovard, Charles H. Case, Perry M. Green, Abbot Kinney, William D. Martin, John Muir, E. T. Pierce, Clinton B. Ripley, Mrs. R. P. Waite
Language: English
Published by R. W. C. Farnsworth / Pacific Press, Pasadena Ca, 1883
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Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 132 Pp. Bright Red Cloth, Elaborately Gilt On Front Cover, Elaborately Stamped In Blind On Rear Cover; Floral Endpapers. Pacific Press Imprint On Copyright Page, And Their Pacific Press Book Bindery" Paper Label On Front Pastedown. Possibly The Earliest Book To Include "Pasadena" In…Its Title. Presentation Inscription To A Member Of A Prominent Pasadena Family From Winifred Farnsworth Hall, Daughter Of The Editor, Dated In 1945, And With The Recipient's Ownership Signature And A Few Pencil Notes Around The Printed Text Referring To His Family.
Published by The Series Publishers, Inc., 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Charles Berry, Bookseller, Lakeport, CA, U.S.A.Charles Berry, Bookseller
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Burgundy-reddish Twelve Volume Set, 1949 hardcovers in VG condition: slight handling, slight exterior wear, slight pale liquid spotting on the top page edges of seven volumes, otherwise unmarked. The exterior of the fourth volume is a little more burgundy, a little less reddish, than the other el…even volumes. Only standard USA shipment available. [22 lbs]. Book.
More imagesPublished by Smithsonian Institution Series, 1934
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Seller: SmarterRat Books, Chagrin Falls, OH, U.S.A.SmarterRat Books
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Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very Good ; No jackets. 1934 Smithsonian Institution Series. Twelve volumes, complete. Patron's Edition, in red leather-textured cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering and decorations. Spine and front cover have repeating pattern of a torch; front cover has vertical gold lines a…nd a central dark green emblem with the 1930's Smithsonian logo. Signed by the Editor-in-chief of the series, and Secretary of the Smithsonian, Charles Greeley Abbot on a special page in volume 1. Page opposite has imprinted name of patron to whom this copy is registered; each copy of this edition is registered in the archives of The Smithsonian Institution. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Many color and black & white plates in each volume, as well as illustrations in the text. Bindings tight. All volumes have light shelf wear to the spine ends and corners. Lettering and decorations on spines lightly faded. A few spines have some light wrinkling. Otherwise these books appear to be unread. Pages clean and unmarked. No dust jackets, as issued. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. signed by author.
Published by Smithsonian Institution, 1943
- Hardcover
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.Dunaway Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. very good clean unmarked copies.
Published by Smithsonian Institute Series, Inc., New York, 1929
- Hardcover
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.Aladdin Books
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Cloth Bound. Condition: Very Good. White bindings with elaborate gilt decorations. Twelve hardcovers. Spines darkened more or less uniformly. Volume 8 has a bit of fraying to top edge of spine, volume 12 a bit of fraying to lower edge of spine. Otherwise, a near fine set. Some pages are uncut (as issued) and should be carefully…separated with a playing card prior to reading. Volume One of he Patron's edition has the name of the original owner printed inside the book on a page designed for that purpose. The series editor has also signed the book in a designated location. Each volume covers a specified topic: many deal with natural history topics (animals of all sorts). There are also volumes devoted to geology, the sun, the history of the Smithsonian itself, plants, North American Indians (Native Americans), and great inventions. Book.
More imagesPublished by The Series Publishers, Inc., NewYork
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Seller: The Literary Lion, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.The Literary Lion
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. no date (ca 1944). The Centennial Edition, limited to 500 copies, issued on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Smithsonian. Complete in twelve volumes, including a history of the Smithsonian as well as volumes by different authors on its various collections. Large octavo brown faux pebb…led morocco. Top edges gilt; others uncut. Copiously illustrated from photographs. A short split to a joint on volume one, else a fine, bright set. 0.
