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Smithsonian Institution.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 1901.
782 p. + Numerous plates, many in color. Thick 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Includes papers on Submarines; The National Zoo in Washington; Mutation Theory of Professor De Vries; Alpine Tun nels; Automobile Races; Salt and Its Physiological Uses; Fire Walk Ceremony in Tahiti; Boomerangs; Improvement of the Human Breed by Francis Galton; The Palace of Minos; Irrigation; Volcanoes; Diamon ds; Chronophotography (by Dr. J. Marey, an early inventor of the motion picture); Color Photography by Sir William Herschel; Exploration of the Sea with Kites. SM8
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Smithsonian Institution.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 1900. REPORT OF THE U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. Parts 1 & 2.
pp. 759; 738 + Numerous plates, color folding charts and figures. Thick 8vo. Original publisher's cloth bindings. Includes papers by George Sternberg on Transmission of Yellow Fever by Mosquitoes and Malaria. Gilbert H. Grosvenor (Founder of the National Geographic) paper on Geographic Conquests. Thomas E. Curtis's paper on Zeppelins. Plus important papers on: Anthropological Studies in California ; Aboriginal American Harpoons; Ceramic Art in China; Musical Scales and Instruments; Hopi Art; Steelyards; Color Photography; Use of Kites in Meteorological Observations; Life in the Ocean; Ice Breaker Ship in the Arctic; Radiation; Photography of Sound Waves and Cinematograph; Electricity; Zeppelins; Notes on Mars; Nature Pictures; and a valuable Catalogue of the Collection of Gems. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Snyder, Noel F.; Snyder, Helen A.
Raptors : North American Birds of Prey
Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding., lightly bumped and curled corners. 224 pages with maps showing bird distribution, color photos. Contents include: Vultures, Kites, Harriers, Accipiters, Buteos and Allies.
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TISSANDIER Gaston:
Jeux et jouets du jeune âge. Choix de récréations amusantes et instructives.
Paris, G. Masson, sans date [1884]. In-4 de 48 pages, cartonnage de soie, rouge pour le dos, crème pour les plats ornés de compositions en rouge or et noir, bords biseautés, tranches teintées bordeaux. Plats à peine empoussiérés, deux cahiers un poil déboîtés, autrement en très belle condition.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 6946
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Tordo Hélène Lupato Marisa
Et si j'apprenais... Les bijoux
Place victoires 2014 159 pages 19 1x24 4x1 4cm. 2014. Broché. 159 pages.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 500115078
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Tordo Hélène Lupato Marisa
Et si j'apprenais... Les bijoux
Place victoires 2014 159 pages 19 1x24 4x1 4cm. 2014. Broché. 159 pages.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 500116511
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VERITE V.
Le Domaine de l'Air: Aérostation - Aviation. Avions-hydravions-Ballons dirigeables-Cerfs-volants.
Imagerie d'Epinal, Pellerin et Cie, 1917. In-folio, 8 planches, broché.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : P23
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WALKER Percy B.
Early Aviation at Farnborough. The History of the Royal Aircraft Establishment. Volume I. Balloons, Kites and Airships. Foreword by Lord Kings Norton. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER AND SLIP-CASE
8vo., First Edition, with plates and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's illustrated slip-case.
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WILLIAMS & Co
Articles et Costumes pour Sports et Jeux.
Paris, Williams, Rue Caumartin, 1924. In 8 (115 x 195) de 72 p. Agrafé, couverture illustrée en brun. Excellent état.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : EYL-175
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