Abbot Charles Editor (27 results)

Hardcover. Condition: VG. 383 pp - Vol. 12 - VG.

Hard cover. Condition: Very good. Includes: 362pgs. Illustrations, Portraits, Facsimiles. clean and tight, red cloth gilt spine and cover designs.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket (As Issued). The cover has some small tears in the cloth over the top and bottom corner edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Ex. Library. Copyright Date: 1931 Sm. Quarto, 1944, pp.399, Volume 11 of the Smithsonian Scientific Series. B & W and color plates (illustrator).

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).

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).

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).

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 (illustrator).…

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 (illustrator).…

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 paper. 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).…

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).

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Unread. No markings in book. Binding is tight. Full red leather binding. No DJ.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Unread. No markings in book. Binding is tight. Full red leather binding. No DJ.

Condition: Very Good. Later. Very good. Volume 10. Former library book. Cup stain on cover.

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.…

Hardcover. 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). …

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 numerous additional black-and-white drawings.…

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).…

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.

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 Porter 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).…

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.…

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 eleven volumes. Only standard USA shipment available. [22 lbs]. Book.…

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 and 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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. very good clean unmarked copies.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcases - Worn. Patrons Edition. Registered to the author Harold Bell Wright. Red leather with gilt lettering & gilt top edges. Vol 1 is split to half way down the front edge of spine with some missing pieces at the bottom edge of spine. Most of the other volumes have tiny edgewear chipping either at the bottom or top of spine. Volume 8 has some edgewear on front center corner of spine. Otherwise the condion of all volumes would be VG+ or better. Page edges with book closed show some dustiness. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Editor.…

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 pebbled 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.…