Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska de Turner, L. M

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Government Printing Office, 1886. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 226 pages. Oversized. Some stains and wear to the covers; pages discolored with age; a good reference book. Illustrations include color plates of some bird species. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Animals & Birds; Inventory No: 204502. .

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1886. 226, 11 attractive chromolithographs of birds, 15 plain plates of fishes. . HB. 4to, cloth, a little rubbed and slightly worn at corners. A good copy.. Report No. 2 of the Arctic series, US Army Signal Service..

Washington D.C.: USGPO, 1886. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. 226 pages. "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. Prepared under the direction fo Brig. and Bvt. Maj. Gen W. B. Hazen Chief Signal Officer of the Army." This is No II. Arctic Series of Publications Issued in Connection with the Signal Service. U. S. Army. with 26 plates. (All plates present). spine a little dulled, covers show slight handling and use. shipping will be extra, international shipping will be costly, please be prepared. ; 9 1/2 x 11 3/4

Washington: GOP, 1886. hardcover. very good. Prepared under the Direction of Brig. and Bvt. Maj. Gen. W.B. Hazen. 11 chromolithographic plates of birds, 15 black-and-white plates of fish. 226 page, 4to, original black cloth (rubbed and corners bumped); Washington: GPO, 1886. Very good.<br/> <br/> No. 2 of the Arctic Series of Publications issued in Connection with the Signal Service, U.S. Army.<br/> <br/>

Washington: GOP, 1886. hardcover. very good. Prepared under the Direction of Brig. and Bvt. Maj. Gen. W.B. Hazen. 11 chromolithographic plates of birds, 15 black-and-white plates of fish. 226 page, 4to, original cloth; spine sunned, small ownership stamp inside front cover, damp stain outer margin of a few pages--not effecting text or illustrations. Washington: GPO, 1886. Very good.<br/> <br/> No. 2 of the Arctic Series of Publications issued in Connection with the Signal Service, U.S. Army.<br/> <br/>

Washington, Government Printing Office, 1886, First edition. . original cloth, with gilt spine title lettering, cover slightly marked, spine trifle faded, clean near fine copy, the plates in good impressions and with tissue guards. . 4to [30 x 23 cm]; 226 pp, 26 plates, including 11 fine color lithographs (chromolithographs) of birds from Ridgway's paintings, others of fish (complete), tables. . An important contribution covering meteorology, plants, listing over 800 species; fish, listing 47 species from Bering Sea and Aleutian waters; birds, annotated listing of 172 species with another list of 269 species; mammals, listing 69 species including dolphins and whales, and with excellent plates. Bennet 107, whose copy only had 10 color plates: 'The ten finely colored plates all appear in part V... They show Alaskan birds and were the work of R. and J. L. Ridgway'. Ricks 222. Hasse p. 78. Wood 605. A picture of this book is available on request by email.