Report on the Progress and Condition of the U.S. National Museum for the Year Ending June 30, 1909.
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1909. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering and device. 141pp. Very good. Faintest of edgewear -- tight and internally near fine. Item #45748
Sharp, 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”!
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