The Smithsonian Series. Editor-in-chief Is Charles Greeley Abbott, D.Sc. Copyright 1949

The Smithsonian Series. Editor-in-chief is Charles Greeley Abbott, D.Sc. Copyright 1949
This series was previously known as the Smithsonian Scientific Series. Each section was
compiled by different editors. Approx. 8.75" X 5.75", complete in twelve volumes, bound in
red cloth. Color frontispieces, with many black and white plates for illustrations. Each
volume contains long-form sections on relevant topics, not short articles like in an
encyclopedia. Subjects listed on the spines are as follow: "Smithsonian Institution"
(a history of the institution itself), "The Sun and the Welfare of Man", "Minerals from
Earth and Sky", "North American Indians", "Insects: Their Ways and Means of Living",
"Wild Animals in and out of the Zoo", "Man from the Farthest Past", "Fishes, Amphibians,
Reptiles", "Birds and Beasts", "Shelled Creatures, Geological History" (some discoloration
on the back cover of this volume), "Old and New Plant Lore", "Great Inventions".

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