Wilson, H.V. — The Sponges.

1904 164 p., 26 pls, roy 4to, hcloth (no label on spine). Library stamps (Zoologisch Museum Amsterdam). Some gatherings tender. Pages 85-101 missing top-right blank corner due to brittleness of paper (not affecting the text). Last plate (= folded map) plastified and in two pieces. Working copy only! This is the complete Sponge part of the ''Reports on an Exploration off the West Coasts of Mexico, Central and South America and off the Galapagos Islands, in Charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer ''Albatros''.