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SPECIMEN SONG.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second Montana mystery featuring Gabriel duPre, a Metis Indian rancher, widower, father, fiddler and lover. 201 pp. ISBN: 0-312-118961.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 4107More details Price: $30.00 -
SPECIMEN SONG.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second Montana mystery featuring Gabriel duPre, a Metis Indian rancher, widower, father, fiddler and lover. 201 pp. ISBN: 0-312-118961.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket (short tear to upper edge of back cover of dj).
Book ID: 38527More details Price: $20.00 -
REPORT OF THE U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM 1911: Annual Report of the Board of Regents of The Smithsonian Institution showing the operations, expenditures and condition of the institution for the year ending June 30, 1911.
Edition: First edition.
Washington, D.C.: G o v e r n m e n t P r i n t i n g O f f i c e , 1912. Hardcover first edition - Includes a brief overview of the inception and the history of the National Museum. The year ended was notable for the completion a new museum after six years of construction. Includes lists of accessions and publications. 147 pp.
Condition: Near fine in dark green cloth with gilt lettering and seal on front cover.
Book ID: 48255More details Price: $35.00 -
JOHN XANTUS: The Fort Tejon Letters 1857 -1
Edition: First printing.
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Previously unpublished letters of this Hungarian immigrant who joined the US Army under an assumed name, a charlatan who managed to alienate most of the people he met, and yet one of the Smithsonian's most successful collectors of natural history specimens in the mid-19th century. From his station at Ft Tejon in California's Tehachapi Mountains, Xantus carried on a lengthy correspondence with Spencer Baird at the Smithsonian. Illustrated with drawings and photographs, notes, index. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-8165-09417.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 28095More details Price: $20.00