Der Mensch Und Die Erde, Die Enstehung, Gwinnung Und Verwertung Der Schatze Der Erde Als Grundlagen Der Kultur Man and the Earth, the Creation, Production and Exploitation of the Treasures of the Earth As the Foundations of Culture by Kraemer, Hans, Editor - 1906

Berlin / Leipzig: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co.. 1906. Assume the First. 10 quarto volumes(1906--1913) in full leather with Art Deco binding, featuring raised decorations: pentagon decoration on front featuring plants, fish, birds, and water? centered by the starry sky, inset here is a pewter plate, featuring Atlas holding the earth in a turbulent universe, on all front covers (exept one volume), spines have editor's name in interesting font at top, below is the title in large block gilt lettering, halfway down is an art-deco sun shining on a field of wheat, at base is "Bong & CO", all volumes uniform and give a cheery imposing presence in their beauty, bindings tight and straight, pages very clean and unfoxed, the covers have light edgewear (heavy volumes), superficial nicking, else VG(conservatively). Volumes filled with folding plates featuring early aviation, weaponry, transport, all in excellent condition. Very heavy set inquire about surface conveyance, no air transport outside of the U.S. .