Description: Up for sale is a copy of Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska. Prepared under the Direction of Brig. and Bvt. Maj. Gen. W. B. Hazen, Chief Signal Officer of the Army, by L. M. Turner. Results of investigations made chiefly in the Yukon District and the Aleutian Islands; Conducted under the auspices of the Signal Service, United States Army, Extending from May, 1874, to August, 1881. Published in 1886 by the Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. No. II Arctic Series of Publications Issued in Connection with the Signal Service, U.S. Army - With 26 Plates. Overall book is in fair / fair- condition. Wear especially to the boards with white substance (maybe paint) around top of boards. Browning / foxing to pages. Loosening of pages, which are separating from the binding in places. There are also some torn pages and other dings here and there. Color plates are generally clean and in good shape. There are 15 black/white plates and 11 great colored plates. Book is missing most of the tissue paper that was originally included before the colored lithographs. Without the tissue paper, some of the drawings have transposed or caused foxing onto the adjacent pages. (See photo). Pencil marks/notes on the front and back end papers by a previous bookseller. Please email with questions and see my store for other great items.
Price: 300 USD
Location: Rockville, Maryland
End Time: 2024-11-17T14:45:00.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 60 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Subject: History
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Origin: American
