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HARRIMAN ALASKA EXPEDITON – BURROUGHS, John (1837-1921), MUIR, John (1838-1914), GRINNELL, George Bird (1849-1938), CURTIS, Edward (1868-1952), photographer, FUERTES, Louis Agassiz (1874-1927), artist, et al. Harriman Alaska Expedition . Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1902-1914. The complete set of railroad magnate Edward Harriman's expedition to Alaska, with photogravures after Edward Curtis and heliotypes by Louis Agassiz Fuertes Harriman, following advice from his doctor to take a vacation, planned a trip to Alaska to hunt Kodiak bears; he brought with him a team of prominent scientists, conservationists, and artists selected by Clinton Hart Merriam, head of Ornithology and Mammalogy at the USDA. These included Sierra Club founder John Muir, renowned photographer Edward Curtis, and ornithological artist Louis Agassiz Fuertes This monumental illustrated publication is the product of their work. Originally published by Doubleday in 1910, responsibility for the series was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution; this set has the Smithsonian title pages bound in before the originals up to that date. Vols VI and VII were never published. The complete set is rare at auction. Arctic Bib. 6676; Ricks p. 116; Tourville 1950; Wickersham 9203 (incorrect number of volumes). Twelve parts in thirteen volumes, quarto (257 x 175mm). 462 plates and maps, many of which are in color; wood-engraved in-text illustrations throughout. Publisher’s original green cloth with gilt Smithsonian emblem, title gilt on spine. Provenance: University of London (bookplates) – William Lorch – William Reese Co.