American Enterprise: Nineteenth Century Patent Models
USA: Mercantile Printing, 1984. Softbound. Illustrated wrap, 143pp, profuse b/w and 5 color illustrations. Exhibition catalogue Cooper-Hewitt Museum of New York 1984 show of patent models. More
USA: Mercantile Printing, 1984. Softbound. Illustrated wrap, 143pp, profuse b/w and 5 color illustrations. Exhibition catalogue Cooper-Hewitt Museum of New York 1984 show of patent models. More
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, [1995]. Softcover. Tan & green wraps, 206 pp., 13 BW illus. An alphabetical list of agencies, organizations, and projects related to art in the United States, with references to microfilm rolls housed with the Office of the Archives of American Art in Detroit. A nice reference..... More
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1994. Softcover. Illus. wraps, 128 pp., many color illus. Text is in English and Spanish. Issued in conjunction with a traveling exhibition in 1994, organized by the Smithsonian Institution and the Mexican Cultural Institute. Accompanying articles: The Legacy of Mexican Landscape Painting / Donald R. McClelland..... More
Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1853. Hardcover. Green cloth, library binding, 538 pp., 45 plates. A collection of six articles. Includes: "Introduction" ; "A Flora and Fauna within Living Animals" / Joseph Leidy ; "Memoir upon the Extinct Species of Fossil Ox" / Joseph Leidy ; "Anatomy of the Nervous System..... More
Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1863. Hardcover. Brown cloth, library binding, 567 pp., 4 plates, 3 maps. A collection of nine articles. Includes: "Introduction" ; "Tidal Observations in the Arctic Seas," by Elisha Kent Kane, "Made during the Second Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, in 1853, 1854, and..... More
Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1874. Hardcover. Green cloth, library binding, 660 pp., 21 plates. This volume consists of four articles. They are: "Introduction" ; "Problems of Rotary Motion Presented by the Gyroscope, the Precession of the Equinoxes, and the Pendulum" / J. G. Barnard ; "A Contribution to the History..... More
Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1871. Hardcover. Brown cloth, library binding, 616 pp., 14 plates, 6 diagrams. Usually this series consists of multiple articles. This issue has just one: "Systems opf Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family," by Lewis H. Morgan. More
Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1873. Hardcover. Green cloth, library binding, 639 pp., 5 plates/. Contains five articles. Includes: "Introduction" ; "Tables and Results of the Precipitation, in Rain and Snow, in the United States; and at some stations in Adjacent Parts of orth America, and in Central and South America"..... More
Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1885. Hardcover. Green cloth, gilt letters and seal on spine, 309 pp., 5 plates. Contains two articles. Includes: "Results of Meteorological Observations made a Providence, R. I., Extending over a Period of Forty-Five Years, from December, 1831, to December, 1876" / Alexis Caswell ; "Tables and..... More
Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1885. Hardcover. Green cloth, gilt letters and seal on spine, 496 pp., 8 plates. Contains three articles. Includes: "Prehistoric Fishing in Europe and North America" / Charles Rau ; "Archaeological Researches in Nicaragua" / J. F. Bransford ; "On the Contents of a Bone Cave in..... More
Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1890. Hardcover. Green cloth, gilt letters and seal on spine, 460 pp., 19 plates. Contains two articles. Includes: "Researches upon the Venoms of Poisonous Serpents" / S. Weir Mitchell ; "Genesis of the Arietidae" / Alpheus Hyatt. More
Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1892. Hardcover. Green cloth, library binding, 414 pp., 12 col. plates. Usually this series consists of multiple articles. This volume contains only one: "Life Histories of North American Birds, with special reference to their Breeding Habits and Eggs" by Charles Bendire. The color plates depict birds'..... More
Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1895. Hardcover. Green cloth, gilt letters and design on spine, 518 pp., 7 col. plates. This series usually consists of multiple articles. This one contains just one: "Life Histories of North American Birds, from the Parrots to the Grackles, with special refence to their Breeding Habirs..... More
Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1904. Hardcover. Green cloth, gilt letters and design on spine, gilt seal on cover, 332 pp., 50 BW plates. This series usually consists of multiple articles. This one contains just one: "The Whalebone Whales of the Western North Atlantic, Compared with those Occurring in European Waters;..... More
Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1916. Hardcover. Green cloth, gilt letters and design on spine, 552 pp., 61 plates. This volume contains three articles. They are: "The Young of the Crayfishes Astacus and Cambarus" / E. A. Andrews ; "The Apodous Holothurians. A Monograph of the Synaptidae and Molpadiidae, including a...... More
1954. Softcover. Pink wraps. [30 pp]. 12 bw plates. Six-page introduction by Paul Leonhard Ganz, biographic chronology, catalogue of 68 works. More
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1963. Softcover. Cream wraps with color illus. B&W frontis, B&W illus. throughout. Lists 80 miniatures, not all are illustrated. Circulated by the Smithsonian Institution, 1963-1964. More
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2011. Hardcover. Green and putty glossy boards. [xii] + 337 pp. Numerous bw and color illustrations, including charts. From the preface: "A Smithsonian Contribution to Knowledge." "This book is a product of the keynote addresses, plenary presentations, panel discussions, workshops and posters from the..... More
Washington, DC / Baltimore, Md. / Seattle, WA: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES); James E. Lewis Museum of Art, Morgan State University; in association with University of Washington Press, 2011. Softcover. White wraps with color illustration. 118 pp. 20 full-page, full-color plates, very many other color and bw illustrations..... More
1976. Hardbound. Grey cloth spine and boards, Illustrated dj, 170pp, 87 bw illustrations. The planning of Washington DC. More
Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1851. Hardcover. Green cloth, library binding, 548 pp., 24 plates. A collection of nine articles. Includes: "Researches Relative to the Planet Neptune" / Sears C. Walker ; "On the Vocal Sounds of Laura Bridgeman, the Blind Deaf-Mute at Boston; compared with the Elements of Phonetic Language"..... More
Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1854. Hardcover. Green cloth, library binding, 440 pp., 52 plates. A collection of six articles. Includes: "Introduction" ; "Plantae Fremontianae, or Descriptions of Plants Collected by Col. J. C. Fremont, in California" / John Torrey ; "Observations on the Batis Maritima of Linnaeus" / John Torrey..... More
Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1855. Hardcover. Green cloth, library binding, 262 pp., 73 plates, 1 map. A collection of six articles. Includes: "Introduction" ; "Account of a Tornado near New Harmony, Ind., April 30, 1852, with a Map of the Track, etc." / John Chappelsmith ; "Notes on New Species..... More
Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1865. Hardcover. Green cloth, 474 pp., 25 plates. This volume consists of six articles. They are: "Introduction" ; "Discussion of the Magnetic and Meteorological Observations made at the Girard College Observatory, Philadelphia, in 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, and 1845. Third Section" by A. D. Bache..... More
Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1867. Hardcover. Green cloth, 604 pp., 17 plates, 43 woodcuts. This volume consists of five articles. They are: "Introduction" ; "An Investigation of the Orbit of Nepture, with General Tables of its Motion" by Simon Newcomb ; "On the Fresh-Water Glacial Drift of the Northwestern States"..... More