Report of the United States Commission to the Columbian Historical Exposition at Madrid 1892-93; with special papers by Culin, Stewart; Mercer, Henry C - 1895

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. xviii, 411 p.: 42 leaves of plates (1 in color): plan, illustrations, many in-text drawings; 23 cm. Full calf with five spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled red label in second compartment and black label in fourth. Blind-rolled border on boards. This is House Executive Documents, 3rd session, 53rd Congress, vol. 31. Contents: History of the Participation of the United States in the Columbian Historical Exposition at Madrid by Rear-Admiral Stephen B. Luce -- Report upon the Collections Exhibited at the Columbian Historical Exposition by Daniel G. Brinton -- Catalogue of the Display from the Dept. of Prehistoric Anthropology, U.S. National Museum, by Thomas Wilson -- Catalogue of the Ethnological Collection of the U.S. National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution by Walter Hough -- Archaeological Objects Exhibited by the Dept. of Archaeology and Palaeontology of the Univ. of Pennsylvania by Stewart Culin -- Collection of Primitive Indian Skulls exhibited by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Stewart Culin -- American Medals, Paper Money, and Books Concerning the Currency and Manufacture of American Money exhibited by the Musmatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia by Stewart Culin -- Report of Wm. E. Curtis on the Exhibit of the United States -- Catalogue of the Hemenway Collection by J. Walter Fewkes -- The Ancient Central and South American Pottery in the Columbian Historical Exposition by Walter Hough -- Chipped Stone Implements by Henry C. Mercer. A detailed and well-illustrated report on a lesser known world's fair. In Very Good Condition: edges somewhat rubbed; small scrapes on spine; small darkened area on upper front board; clean and bright.