The Papers of Joseph Henry: [First Five Volumes]
Published by Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1972
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
AbeBooks seller since July 25, 1997
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 225.00
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First edition. First five volumes only (of a fifteen volume set): 496pp., 524pp., 585pp., 475pp., 506pp. Very good with minimal ex-library markings on the titles and glue residue on endpapers in very good dustwrappers with spines lightly tanned. Inscribed to Melville B. Grosvenor by Reingold in the first volume with Grosvenor's decorative bookplates laid in all five volumes. Melville B. Grosvenor was the president of the National Geographic Society and editor of National Geographic Magazine from 1957 to 1969, and grandson of Alexander Graham Bell. Scarce.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Papers of Joseph Henry: [First Five Volumes]
- Author
- REINGOLD, Nathan, edited by
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington
- Publication year
- 1972
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Signed
- Signed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First Edition.
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