Title: Harriman Alaska series. Volumes III & IV Author: Various authors Place: Garden City (and) Washington, DC Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Co. (and) Smithsonian Institutions Date: 1910 (actually 1903 & 1904) Description: 2 volumes (of 12) + 1 duplicate, comprising: Volume III. Gilbert, Grove Karl. Glaciers and Glaciation. [1903] * Volume IV. Emerson, B.K. et al. Geology and Paleontology. (2 copies) [1904]. Profusely illustrated with photogravures, heliotypes, engravings, chromolithographs, maps, text figures, etc. 10x6¾, original green ribbed cloth stamped in gilt, top edges gilt. Vol. 4 in publisher's cloth jacket and slipcase. First Editions. Financed and organized by Edward H. Harriman, the expedition in the summer of 1899 brought a party of 25 scientists and others to coastal Southeastern and Southern Alaska, the Aleutians, and the Bering Sea. In 1910 the Smithsonian Institution took over the series, including acquisition of the remainder of the Doubleday edition, which they re-issued with their own added title pages (dated 1910, though also retaining the Doubleday title pages) and bindings (of the same style and materials as Doubleday's, substituting the Smithsonian imprint and decorative device to the spines and front covers). Lot Amendments Condition: Second copy of Vol. IV is an ex-library copy in fair to good condition. Other copies fine. Item number: 180021
Title: Harriman Alaska series. Volumes III & IV Author: Various authors Place: Garden City (and) Washington, DC Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Co. (and) Smithsonian Institutions Date: 1910 (actually 1903 & 1904) Description: 2 volumes (of 12) + 1 duplicate, comprising: Volume III. Gilbert, Grove Karl. Glaciers and Glaciation. [1903] * Volume IV. Emerson, B.K. et al. Geology and Paleontology. (2 copies) [1904]. Profusely illustrated with photogravures, heliotypes, engravings, chromolithographs, maps, text figures, etc. 10x6¾, original green ribbed cloth stamped in gilt, top edges gilt. Vol. 4 in publisher's cloth jacket and slipcase. First Editions. Financed and organized by Edward H. Harriman, the expedition in the summer of 1899 brought a party of 25 scientists and others to coastal Southeastern and Southern Alaska, the Aleutians, and the Bering Sea. In 1910 the Smithsonian Institution took over the series, including acquisition of the remainder of the Doubleday edition, which they re-issued with their own added title pages (dated 1910, though also retaining the Doubleday title pages) and bindings (of the same style and materials as Doubleday's, substituting the Smithsonian imprint and decorative device to the spines and front covers). Lot Amendments Condition: Second copy of Vol. IV is an ex-library copy in fair to good condition. Other copies fine. Item number: 180021
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