Item #217472 Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska. Results of Investigations made Chiefly in the Yukon District and the Aleutian Islands ... from May, 1874 to August, 1881. Prepared under the Direction of Brig. and Bvt. Maj. Gen. W.B. Hazen. [with:] Nelson, Edward W. Report upon Natural History Collections Made in Alaska between the Years 1877 and 1881. Edited by Henry W. Henshaw. No. III. Arctic Series of Publications Issued in Connection with the Signal Service, U.S. Army. L. M. Turner.

Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska. Results of Investigations made Chiefly in the Yukon District and the Aleutian Islands ... from May, 1874 to August, 1881. Prepared under the Direction of Brig. and Bvt. Maj. Gen. W.B. Hazen. [with:] Nelson, Edward W. Report upon Natural History Collections Made in Alaska between the Years 1877 and 1881. Edited by Henry W. Henshaw. No. III. Arctic Series of Publications Issued in Connection with the Signal Service, U.S. Army.

Washington, D.C: GPO, 1886-1887.

First editions. 26 Plates (15 of Fish, 11 Color ones of Birds) in First Volume; 21 Colour plates (12 in color of Birds, 9 of Fish) in Second Volume. Chromolithographic plates produced by R. and J.L. Ridgeway. [2], 226; 337 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Half modern red morocco, preserving original cloth covered boards (some old traces of soiling to boards). Fine Nissen, ZBI, 4184 and 2962; Bennett, p. 107; Wickersham 7836; Ricks p. 222; Arctic Bibliography 18091 & 18092; Ayer/Zimmer, pages. 463 & 643-644. Item #217472

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