Title: A Monograph of the Seal-Islands of Alaska, U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Special Bulletin 176 Author: Elliott, Henry W. Place: Washington Publisher: Government Printing Office Date: 1882 Description: [6], 176 pp. With 2 folding charts with some hand-coloring (one of St. George Island); 29 wood-engraved plates; plus wood-engraved vignettes and maps within the text. 11½x9, original green cloth, lettered in gilt. First Edition. Signed by Elliott on front free endpaper, "With the author's regards, George W. Elliott Smithsonian Institution, Washington, Feby 24, 1882." The definitive study of the fur seal and related mammals in Alaska. Chapters on the discovery and description of the Pribylov Islands; natives of the islands; seal life on the Pribylov Islands; the sea lion, walrus, etc. Ricks 93; Arctic Bib. 4544 Lot Amendments Condition: Some spotting to cloth, dampstain to top third of rear cover, lacking 2" strip at head of front free endpaper; else very good. Item number: 179190
Title: A Monograph of the Seal-Islands of Alaska, U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Special Bulletin 176 Author: Elliott, Henry W. Place: Washington Publisher: Government Printing Office Date: 1882 Description: [6], 176 pp. With 2 folding charts with some hand-coloring (one of St. George Island); 29 wood-engraved plates; plus wood-engraved vignettes and maps within the text. 11½x9, original green cloth, lettered in gilt. First Edition. Signed by Elliott on front free endpaper, "With the author's regards, George W. Elliott Smithsonian Institution, Washington, Feby 24, 1882." The definitive study of the fur seal and related mammals in Alaska. Chapters on the discovery and description of the Pribylov Islands; natives of the islands; seal life on the Pribylov Islands; the sea lion, walrus, etc. Ricks 93; Arctic Bib. 4544 Lot Amendments Condition: Some spotting to cloth, dampstain to top third of rear cover, lacking 2" strip at head of front free endpaper; else very good. Item number: 179190
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