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Martino Pub. Used - Very Good. 2008. Hardcover. Cloth, no dj. Slight shelf-wear. Very Good. (Subject: ).

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The American Museum of Natural History, 1932-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. No DJ. SCARCE ORIGINAL 1932 PRINTING. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing. Binding is tight, hinges strong. All plates, illustrations and maps present.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

NYC: The American Museum of Natural History, 1932 l, 678 pp with one color illustration frontis 127 B&W plates and a large folding map bound in after text. Text is clean, tight and unmarked save for a few pencilled margin notes.A page listing the staff of the trip is loose and chipped but present. The first of the American Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930) scientific reports detailing the organization of the expedition and its paleontoogical discoveries in the Mongolian Gobi.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Thick Crown Quarto.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1932 First Edition. l,678 pp. Quarto. Original orange cloth with black decoration on the front board and spine. Corners and edges of the spine with very mild wear. Slight dust soiled. Two bookplates on the front pastedown and endpaper. Coloured frontispiece. 128 black and white plates, many folding. Three folding maps at the rear. Overall an attractive copy with only minor wear. This is the first volume of Andrews lavish production of his Central Asiatic Expedition in Mongolia and China. There numerous chapters by famous naturalist's including Walter Granger, Clifford Pope and Nels C. Nelson. Andrews,was the leader of the expedition and it is thought he was subsequently the model for the character of "Indiana Jones". Look at the hat they both wore! This is a special copy as it is inscribed on the front endpaper "To Dr. Dennett with many thanks for the assistance given to me and the members of our expedition the high… Read More

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1932. First edition.. Foxing to the tissue guard protecting the frontispiece color plate, page edges showing mild foxing, light sunning to the spine cloth, a few pages with marginal text browning; a tight and clean copy in very good copy with great associations.. Pp. l, 678, color frontispiece plate, 128 photo-plates, 12 text-figures, 3 large color folding maps at end. Publisher's original orange cloth, lettered in black on the spine and front cover and with decorations printed in black, original printed orange dust jacket with black lettering and decorations, lg 4to. This is Natural History of Central Asia, volume 1. This volume presents the results of American Museum of Natural History expeditions to Mongolia and China in the years 1922-1930-truly a landmark of exploration in the early 20th Century. Contains separate chapters by Walter Granger, Clifford H. Pope and Nels C. Nelson and summary statements by 13 other members of the expeditions. This… Read More