Lansing Morgan (7 results)

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:0879440082. …

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:0879440082. …

VG, unmarked Hardback; no DJ. xi + 430 pp.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Revised Edition. Revised edition. Ink name and date on front endpaper, spine faded, a few pages lightly foxed. 1850 Hard Cover. 183, [3] pp. 8vo. Original cloth, gilt titles and decorations on spine, blind-stamped design on front and rear boards. Color plates, maps, and fold-outs. A collection of papers presented as part of a report on the New York State Cabinet of Natural History, including catalogs of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, crustaceans, minerals, geological specimens, fossils, additions to the antiquarian collection, Lewis H. Morgan's report on additions to the Indian collection, ancient remains of art, etc. …

183 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.25cm. Rebacked (i.e. new spine circa 1950s) of maroon cloth with gilt lettering; original stamped cloth boards with some staining/fading and worn corners. New endpapers and flyleaves. Personal sextant-themed bookplate of E. Lee Dorsett (St. Louis physician, naval historian, and author Edward Lee Dorsett, 1883-1967) on front pastedown. Some staining and foxing/toning to interior pages which, overall, remain clean. Binding is firm. Features ten reports enumerated as A-K (skipping "J"). REPORTS TITLED AS FOLLOWS: **A** "Catalogue of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fishes, &c. Added to the State Cabinet of Natural history, From January 1, 1849, to January 1, 1850;" **B** "Catalogue of the Reptiles and Amphibians in the State Cabinet of Natural history, January 1, 1850;" **C** "List of Minerals, Geological Specimens and Fossils, Added to the State Cabinet of Natural history, (Including the collection of the late Mr. De Rham.) From January 1, 1849, to January 1, 1850;" **D** Additions to the Historical and Antiquarian Collection in the State Cabinet of Natural history, (By Donation and Purchase.) From January 1, 1849, to January 1, 1850;" **E** "Report to the Regents of the University, Upon the Articles Furnished to the Indian Collection, by Lewis H. Morgan" (includes 18 vibrant color plates including one foldout all numbered as 1-6, 6a, 7-17 of Iroquois clothing and artifacts); **F** "Dr. Hough's Paper on Indian Antiquities" (with b/w plate section); **G** "Report on the Mineralogy of New-York; Comprising Notices of the Additions which have been made since the year 1842: by Lewis C. Beck, M.D., late mineralogist of the Survey of New-York;" **H** "References to Various Essays and Writings on the Natural History of New-York, Mostly Published Subsequent to Issuing the Respective Volumes on that Subject;" **I** "Index to the Volumes in the State Cabinet of Natural history, Containing the Plants of the State of New-York;" **K** "Description of New Species of Fossils, and Observations Upon Some Other Species Previously Not Well Known, From the Trenton Limestone. By James Hall." (with five b/w plates including foldout). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. original hardcover with blue embossed boards and decorative gold gilt spine with titles protected in a clear plastic cover, 183 pages, well preserved inner hinges with clean end papers without mark, illustrated in the text with 17 hand colored plates associated with American Anthropologist Lewis H. Morgan report to the Regents upon the articles furnished to the Indian Collection contained within this volume, some chipping to the spine edge, bookplate of Henry Mott Allen Ex Libris inside front board.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. No DJ. Revised Edition. Pp.: 183. Gilt titles: sp. Illust. w/ tinted drawings, archaeological maps and scientific engravings. Grey blind-stamped bds. Plates w/ scattered fx-ing. Cors. bumped. Sp. end at heel curled and crown end frayed. P/o penned to fly-leaf. Interior leaves age-toned w/ some scattered fx-ing, else clean and tight. Ten scientific papers on natural history: Additions to the Indian collection by Lewis Henry Morgan; Ancient Remains of Art by Franklin B. Hough, New Species of Fossils by James Hull; Report on Mineralogy by Lewis C. Beek, and there is more! A nice copy on a fascinating variety of subjects.…