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Title: Mushrooms in Their Natural Habitats Vol. One & Two
Author: Alexander H. Smith
Illustrated by: William Gruber
This ground breaking set is of historical importance because of the extensive content and the photographer's fame.
Alexander Hanchett Smith (1904 - 1986) for many years the dean of American mycologists probably named more valid species of mushrooms than anyone except Lewis David von Schweinitz and Charles Horton Peck. He now has a biography on the website of the University of Michigan herbarium.
Alexander H. Smith Bio
William B. Gruber was a renowned photographer and inventor of the View-Master
"It all began in 1938 when William Gruber, a piano tuner by trade and a stereo photographer by hobby, invented the View-Master. Soon after the idea took shape, Gruber created the first View-Master viewer and introduced it in Portland, Oregon in 1939. However, it wasn't until the following year at the 1940 New York World's Fair that many Americans had their first View-Master viewing experience. "
A View-Master Blog
List of reels
Volume 1 of this set consists of 626 pages of text, primarily dealing with the problems of mushroom identification and keys for groups illustrated. Red cloth boards are in very nice condition; internally clean with a slightly cocked spine. Volume 2 is a box disguised as a book, lined with purple velvet, two cubbies, and snaps closed. Nestled in one cubby are the elusive 33 reels of color stereo-photographs and the other the coveted View-Master. The reels are enclosed within a smaller book and have been well cared for. One light lens has a worn out tab, else wise this vintage Sawyer's View-Master is in nice condition. Female end of snap is missing on box. A must in any mycological library and a rare find with reels.
Keywords: MUSHROOMS, MYCOLOGY, VIEWMASTER, NATURE,
STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHS, STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS
Item No: 12828
Price: $2750.00
Avalible for sale from Michael's Books
Michael Elmer
109 Grand Ave., Bellingham, WA 98225
(360) 733-6272, info@michaelsbooks.com
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