Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institute. Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution for the Year ended June 30, 1944.

IX, 503 p. Inside with some library stamps on the first two pages, one on page 19 and a handwritten name on book end paper. Back cover and book end paper with library cards or papers. Slightly bronzy, otherwise very clean! Publication No. 3776. Contents: List of officials. Wartime activities of the Institution. Summary of the year's activities of the branches of the Institution. The establishment. The Board of Regents. Finances. 12th Arthur lecture. Publications. Library. Appendix with 10 Reports on the U.S. National Museum; the National Gallery of Art; the National Collection of Fine Arts; the Freer Gallery of Art; the Bureau of American Ethnology; the International Exchange Service; the National Zoological Park; the Astrophysical Observatory; on the library; on publications; of the executive committee of the Board of Regents. General Appendix. With plenty of illustrations on 22 plates, one folded map of the world with language groups and further illustrations in the text. Englisch MIG-08-04A Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 444 23,5x15,5 cm. Green cloth with gilt title on spine and gilt illustration on front cover. Some numbers written by hand in white on the spine. Edges slightly rubbed and bumped.…