Geological Expedition of the University of Amsterdam to the Lesser Sunda Islands in the South Eastern Part of the Netherlands East Indies 1937. Volumes I - IV. Signed 51 b/w plates total

51 b/w plates total

Jakob Busch made his mark as one of the first circus directors to adapt water spectaculars (popularized by Paula Busch in her Berlin circus) to an itinerant big top

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dust wrapper torn near spine head and missing chip to rear panel

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Geological Expedition of the University of Amsterdam to the Lesser Sunda Islands in the South Eastern Part of the Netherlands East Indies 1937. Volumes I - IV. Signed 51 b/w plates totalAmsterdam: N. V. Noord~Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij, 1940 1942. Four volume set. Octavos, 9 3 4" x 7 1 8". [8], 348, [16] pp; [4], 395, [3] pp; [12], 380, [8 fold out maps] pp; [8], 423, [1] pp. All volumes include fold out maps and b w plates. Blue cloth lettered in gilt. Ex libris the Smithsonian Institute, with LOC surplus and withdrawn stamps to front endpapers and title pages, pencil notations and call numbers to contents pages. Spines