Storrs L Olson (88 results)

Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Condition: Good. 1st Printing. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Second Printing. Black cloth, lettered in silver foil, with cloth book mark stitched in to binding. As issued. Dust jacket as issued. 180 pp., fully illus. w/ many color + b&w plates. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 104, pp. 296-302, Illus, Extracted from orig vol, Begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet, VG.

Wraps. Condition: Very good. light shelfwear. First edition. Smithsonian contributions to paleobiology; no 48.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Grolier Club, May 16-August 4, 2021.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Cloth, 179 pages, illustrations (some colour), colour maps; 27 cm. Ribbon book mark. Near fine. Gently browsed, clean copy. Fine DJ. Another copy available. *** "Situated at the center of the world's largest museum complex, the Smithsonian Institution Libraries links the twenty-two libraries that support Smithsonian museums and research centers into one system encompassing 1.5 million books and manuscripts. The expansive collection includes many rare and unusual works equal to the celebrated art and artifacts of the Smithsonian's museums. This illustrated accompaniment to a new Smithsonian Libraries exhibition of the same name provides a three-part expedition through the collection. The first presents works such as a 1511 edition of Ptolemy's Liber geographiae (Book of geography) and the pop-up book Buck Rogers, 25th Century, featuring Buddy and Allura in "Strange Adventures in the Spider Ship" to illustrate how the world has been imagined, seen, and recorded by Europeans and Americans. The second journey explores how scientists have extended our understanding of the world, and includes a 1641 edition of Galileo's Systema cosmicum (System of the world) and a copy of Walden inscribed by Henry David Thoreau to Spencer Baird, then assistant secretary of the newly founded Smithsonian Institution. The final section journeys through the imaginations of artists, architects, and book designers, presenting among many pictorially rich selections a 1535 edition of Albrecht Durer's Institutionum geometricarum (Geometric instruction) and Doxford Opposed Piston Oil Engine, a paper-and-board pamphlet with movable pistons and levers from 1922." - Publisher. Size: 4to.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Minimal shelf wear, clean internals. May have remainder mark.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 110, pp. 911-915, Photos, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet else VG.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 99, pp. 733-739, Extracted from orig vol, thus begins with title page, trimmed & stapled pamphlet, else VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback with dust jacket in good condition.

Condition: New.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 110, No 1, pp. 100-108, Maps, Extracted from orig vol, thus begins with title page, trimmed & stapled pamphlet, else VG.

HC. 179pp ISBN 1588340368 fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover). color illustrations (illustrator).

Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd printing; hardcover; dj in mylar; 178 clean, unmarked pages/index. Color & b&w (illustrator).

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 123, No 2, pp. 335-344, Photos, Extracted from Orig Vol, thus begins with title page, trimmed & stapled pamphlet, else VG.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 98, pp. 1-9, Illlus, Extracted from orig vol, thus begins with title page, trimmed & stapled pamphlet, else VG.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002. 179 pages: color illustrations, plans, facsimiles. New hardcover exhibition catalog in dust jacket. No remainder marks or defects.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition 1983, second printing. Hardcover in full cloth with DJ. Condition new, square tight and crisp book, spine not creased, sharp corners, no markings of any kind, no names no underlinings no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. DJ new, bright and shiny, no tears no chips, not clipped. 4to, 179 pages, illustrated throughout, index.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Cloth, 179 pages, illustrations (some colour), colour maps; 27 cm. Ribbon book mark. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Fine DJ. *** "Situated at the center of the world's largest museum complex, the Smithsonian Institution Libraries links the twenty-two libraries that support Smithsonian museums and research centers into one system encompassing 1.5 million books and manuscripts. The expansive collection includes many rare and unusual works equal to the celebrated art and artifacts of the Smithsonian's museums. This illustrated accompaniment to a new Smithsonian Libraries exhibition of the same name provides a three-part expedition through the collection. The first presents works such as a 1511 edition of Ptolemy's Liber geographiae (Book of geography) and the pop-up book Buck Rogers, 25th Century, featuring Buddy and Allura in "Strange Adventures in the Spider Ship" to illustrate how the world has been imagined, seen, and recorded by Europeans and Americans. The second journey explores how scientists have extended our understanding of the world, and includes a 1641 edition of Galileo's Systema cosmicum (System of the world) and a copy of Walden inscribed by Henry David Thoreau to Spencer Baird, then assistant secretary of the newly founded Smithsonian Institution. The final section journeys through the imaginations of artists, architects, and book designers, presenting among many pictorially rich selections a 1535 edition of Albrecht Durer's Institutionum geometricarum (Geometric instruction) and Doxford Opposed Piston Oil Engine, a paper-and-board pamphlet with movable pistons and levers from 1922." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Foreword, by Nancy E. Gwinn; Realms of Wonder, by Michael Dirda; A Voyage through the Smithsonian Libraries; The Curator and the Book, by Storrs L. Olson. ADVENTURES IN THE SMITHSONIAN LIBRARIES: Introduction; PART I: JOURNEYS OVER LAND AND SEA; Travelers and Places; In the Air. PART II: JOURNEYS OF THE MIND: Classifiers and Describers; Explaining the Heavens. PART III: JOURNEYS OF THE IMAGINATION: Book Arts; Architecture and Design; Trade Literature; Index; Acknowledgments. Size: 4to.…

Paperback. Condition: Used: Like New. 1989. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 469. Black and white photographs, map, and tables.