Item #45749 Report on the Progress and Condition of the U.S. National Museum for the Year Ending June 30 1908. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

Report on the Progress and Condition of the U.S. National Museum for the Year Ending June 30 1908.

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1909. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering and device. 138pp. Illustrations. Very good. Mild edgewear, with lower outer corner bumped, though quite tight. Item #45749

Attractive first edition of this state-of-the-museum annual review of construction, funding, new acquisitions, nuts and bolts galore, every conceivable facet of the multi-museum behemoth then known as the "United States National Museum" -- now officially the Smithsonian Institution. Fascinating behind-the-scenes look into the “nation’s attic”!

Price: $35.00

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