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Cleaveland, Parker. An Elementary Treatise On Mineralogy And Geology, Designed For The Use Of Pupils,- For Persons, Attending Lectures On These Subjects,- And As A Companion For Travellers In The United States Of America. Ilustrated By Six Plates. By Parker Cleaveland, Professor Of Mathematics And Natural Philosophy, And Lecturer On Chemistry And Mineralogy, In Bowdoin College;... Second Edition,- In Two Volumes. Boston. 1822. Octavo. 2 vols. bound in one. Engr. india paper folding map, 5 folding plates. Cont. half polished calf, marbled sides and edges. Rubbed, foxed but attractive shelf appearance. Important early U.S. geologic map. Original color.  I.D.#07901.

Bakewell, Frederick C. Philosophical Conversations: In Which Are Explained The Causes Of Many Daily Occurring Natural Phenomena. By Frederick C. Bakewell. With notes and questions for review, by Ebenezer Bailey... Boston. 1833. 12mo, xii,286+ pp. 40 figs., cuts. Calf, broken.  I.D.#02145. SOLD.

Hinton, John Edward. The History And Topography Of The United States Of North America,. From The Earliest Period To The Present Time... Edited By John Edward Hinton, A.M. Assisted By Several Literary Gentlemen In England And America. A New And Improved Edition, With Additions And Corrections, By Samuel L. Knapp... Illustrated With Numerous Engravings. Vol.II (Only). Boston. 1834. Big 4to, viii,3-507 p. lacks plates, illustrated tables in text Original calf, foxed. Contains a 44 page chapter on early geology and mineralogy with three pages of illustrated strato charts.  I.D.#09796.

Stansbury, Howard. Survey Of Cumberland River. War Dept. Survey Of Cumberland River. Letter From The Secretary Of War Transmitting A Report Of The Survey Of The Cumberland River. February 24, 1835... Washington, DC. 1835. 8vo, 24 p. 13 (of 14) survey sheets of Cumberland and a plan of a river lock. (23rd Cong., 2d sess Ho. of Rep. Doc.No.171) The report was by Howard Stansbury, U.S. Asst. Civil Eng.  I.D.#00321.

Stansbury, Howard. Survey Of Cumberland River. War Dept. Survey Of Cumberland River. Letter From The Secretary Of War Transmitting A Report Of The Survey Of The Cumberland River. February 24, 1835... Washington, DC. 1835. 8vo, 24 p. 14 survey sheets of Cumberland and a plan of a river lock. (23rd Cong., 2d sess Ho. of Rep. Doc.No.171) The report was by Howard Stansbury, U.S. Asst. Civil Eng.  I.D.#11587.

Troost, G. Fifth Geological Report, To The Twenty-Third General Assembly Of Tennessee, Made November, 1839. By G. Troost, Geologist To The State... Nashville. 1840. 8vo, 75 p. Disbound. Allen. Tennessee imprints 1731. Presentation copy from the author.  I.D.#02477.

Hitchcock, Edward. Elementary Geology... Second Edition. With An Introductory Notice, By John Pye Smith, D.D. F.R.S. & F.G.S. Divinity Tutor In The College At Homerton, Near London. Amherst, Mass./New York/London. 1841. 8vo, 2,xii,346 p. 2 hand col. folding charts, folding table, map in text, figs., cuts. Black embossed ribbed cloth, lightly foxed.  I.D.#06853.

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY. Natural History Of New York. By Authority. James Hall. Geology Of New-York. Part IV. Comprising The Survey Of The Fourth Geological District. Albany. 1843. Thick 4to, xxv,683, p. XIX lith. plates (few col.), cuts, sect. views. Black cloth, shaken, spine lacking. Lacks large NY state geologic map. Many fine col. sections and views; much on Niagara Falls including two views and two maps.  I.D.#02203.

OREGON. Parker, Samuel. Journal Of An Exploring Tour Beyond The Rocky Mountains, Under The Direction Of The A.B.C.F.M. Containing A Description Of The Geography, Geology, Climate, Productions Of The Country, And The Numbers, Manners, And Customs Of The Natives: With A Map Of The Oregon Territory. By Rev. Samuel Parker, A.M. Fourth Edition. Ithaca, N.Y. 1844. Large 12mo, 416 p. Large folding map of Oregon. Orig. cloth. shaken and stained, front fly leaf lacking. Howes P89.  I.D.#00225.

Parker, Samuel. Journal Of An Exploring Tour Beyond The Rocky Mountains, Under The Direction Of The A.B.C.F.M. ... Ibid. Ithaca, NY. 1844. Another copy. Xerox of the folding frontispiece map. Brown cloth, foxed.  I.D.#01444.

Owen, David Dale. Report Of A Geological Exploration Of Part Of Iowa, Wisconsin And Illinois, Made Under Instructions From The Secretary Of The Treasury Of The United States, In The Autumn Of The Year 1839; With Charts And Illustrations. By David Dale Owen, M.D. ... Washington, DC. 1844, June 11. 8vo, 191 p. 24 hand col. geog, maps, charts, views by Owen. Disbound. (28th Cong., 1st sess. Senate. [407]).  I.D.#10181.

Goodrich, Samuel Griswold. The Wonders Of Geology, by the author of Peter parley's Tales... Boston. 1845. 12mo, 291 p. cuts. Brown cloth. First edition. Very nice copy. Scarce.  I.D.#02154.

Lyell, Charles. Travels In North America, In The Years 1841-2; With Geological Observations On The United States, Canada, And Nova Scotia. By Charles Lyell, Esq., F.R.S. Author Of The Principles Of Geology. In Two Volumes... New York. 1845. 12mos. 2 vols bound in one. 6 figs. (lacks 2 folding geo. maps). Early library binding, green dec. paper boards, cloth spine, fully uncut. First American edition. First title rubbed with loss of a few letters, spine loose. Lacks the 10 pages of ads.  I.D.#08259.

Ruschenberger, W.S.W. First Books Of Natural History. Elements Of Geology: Prepared For The Use Of Schools And Colleges,... From The Text Of F.S. Beudant... Milne Edwards, And Achille Comte... With Three Hundred Engravings. Philadelphia. 1846. 12mo, 235+ p. Many cuts. Salmon printed boards, salmon sheet spine. (Ruschenberger series.) Old library stamps, many adv.  I.D.#08260.

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH. (Polk, James Knox.) 30th Congress, 2d Session. House Of Representatives. Ex. Doc. No. 1. Message From The President Of The United States To The Two Houses Of Congress, At The Commencement Of The Second Session Of The Thirtieth Congess... December 5, 1848... Washington, DC. 1848. Thick 8vo, 1275 p. 7 folding maps, 5 charts and plans. Wraps. Totally uncut and unopened, but lacks the maps by Lt. Ord. In cloth slipcase. Cowan p. 426; not in Graff. Wheat 30. The first official account of the discovery of gold. Some light damp staining but very rare in this state.  I.D.#00464.

Comstock J.L. Elements Of Geology;. Including Fossil Botany And Palaeontology. A Popular Treatise On The Most Interesting Parts Of The Science. Designed For The Use Of Schools And General Readers. By J.L. Comstock, M.D. ... New York. 1849. 8vo, 432 p. Cuts. Cloth, roan spine. Nice sharp cuts called Lignographs.  I.D.#02155.

United States. Department Of The Interior. Message From The President Of The United States To The Two Houses Of Congress, At The Commencement Of The First Session Of The Thirty-First Congress. December 24, 1849. Part II. Washington, DC. 1849. 8vo, 370 p. Tables, folding maps (few fragments) 1/4 roan, foxed. (31st Cong., 1st session. Ho. of Reps. Ex. Doc. No. 5). First report of the Secretary of the Interior, after the enactment of the bill creating the executive department.  I.D.#02079.

CALIFORNIA. 31st Congress, 1st Session. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 47. Report Of The Secretary Of War, Communicating Information In Relation To The Geology And Topography Of California. April 3, 1850... (from Philip T. Tyson). Washington, DC. 1850. 8vo, (24),127,37 p. 3 maps in Part 2 (missing), 8 of 10 plates in part 1. Stitched, frayed and browned. Howes T455.  I.D.#00344.

CALIFORNIA. P. T. Tyson. Report Of The Secretary Of War, Communicating Information In Relation To The Geology And Topography Of California. Washington, DC. 1850. 8vo, 127,37 p. 8 (of 11) folding maps. Disbound. Lacks the three large maps, Geological reconnaissances... and Capt. Warner's exploring... in the Sacramento Valley and Sierra Nevada. A witty and astute picture Tyson gave the Senate of the present and future impact the discovery of gold was to have on California. He correctly observed that "in a year or two" all surface gold will have been exhausted and that most prospectors would become miners working for "moderate wages" (an overstatement) but that at that moment, so many men were deserting the army and the civil service to prospect for gold that the functions of government of the territory had been adversely affected. (31st Cong., 1st sess. Senate. Ex.Doc. No.47).  I.D.#04352.

CALIFORNIA. Philip T. Tyson. Geology And Industrial Resources Of California: By Philip T. Tyson. To Which Is Added, The Official Reports Of Genls. Persifer F. Smith And B. Riley- Including The Reports Of Lieuts. Talbot, Ord, Derby And Williamson, Of Their Explorations In California And Oregon; And Also Of Their Examinations Of Routes For Rail Road Communication Eastward From Those Countries. Baltimore. 1851. 8vo, xxxiv,127,37 p. 13 folding maps and plates. Original black embossed cloth, foot of spine gone, small fragment of title gone not affecting text, bookplate removed. Second and best edition; the U.S. Government edition of the previous year was the first but lacks the index, table of contents and introduction offered here. The folding maps are fine ones and include the Sacramento Valley and the author's route through the Sierra Nevada. Soliday considered this to be one of the most important early works on actual conditions and findings in California to appear before the Civil War. Wheat said it was "probably the earliest work of true scientific research to emerge from the Gold Rush..." Howes T455; Cowan p. 648; Cowan (CA & Pac NW) 235; Wheat Gold Regions 179; Gold Rush 212; 25 California maps 10; 4 Soliday 912; 114 Eberstadt 182; 36 Decker 410. Not in Graff or the Holliday sale.  I.D.#06355.

Owen, David Dale. Report Of A Geological Survey Of Wisconsin, Iowa, And Minnesota; And Incidentally Of A Portion Of Nebraska Territory. Made Under Instructions From The United States Treasury Department. By David Dale Owen, United States Geologist. Philadelphia. 1852. Big quarto, 638 p. 18 lith. plates (numbered XV), 6 maps and sections (some folding, some col.) Orig. violet cloth, top of spine torn away. Foxing and water staining. Numerous osteologic and geologic plates, including some hand colored. A very long and detailed map of the Des Moines River in Iowa. First edition, thick paper state.  I.D.#00429.

Owen, David Dale. Report Of A Geological Survey Of Wisconsin, Iowa, And Minnesota; And Incidentally Of A Portion Of Nebraska Territory. Made Under Instructions From The United States Treasury Department. By David Dale Owen, United States Geologist. Philadelphia. 1852. Large thick quarto, 638,1 p. steel engr. plates, lith. plates, cuts, figs., sects, tables. Orig. violet blind stamped, embossed cloth, spine faded and worn. Without osteologic and geologic plates. Map of the Des Moines River in Iowa missing. Extremely handsome letterpress and book design. First edition, thin paper state.  I.D.#03687.

Hitchcock, Edward. Outline Of The Geology Of The Globe, And Of The United States In Particular:. With Two Geological Maps, And Sketches Of Characteristic American Fossils. By Edward Hitchcock, D.D., L.L.D., President Of Amherst College, And Professor Of Natural Theology And Geology. Boston. 1853. 8vo, 136 p. 2 folding hand col. maps, 6 lith. plts. of fossils. Orig. blue cloth, one map repaired. First edition. Impressive geological maps of the world and United States.  I.D.#00252.

Reynolds, James. Section Of The Earth's Crust. London. 1853. Folding panorama in eight sections within a green cloth cover. Cover title "Geological Map." Geologic section of Europe nearly six feet in width vividly colored by geologic type of strate. Unusual colorplate work.  I.D.#08876. SOLD

Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. Off-Hand Sketches;. A Companion For The Tourist And Traveller Over The Philadelphia, Pottsville, And Reading Railroad. Describing The Scenery, Improvements, Mineral And Agricultural Resources, Historical Incidents, And Other Subjects Of Interest In The Vicinity Of The Route. [By William Bromwell] With Numerous Engravings. Philadelphia. 1854. 12mo, 10,15-194 p. Tables, cuts Brown embossed cloth. Ex-Library. Foxed but binding tight. Guide book to eastern Pennsylvania and the scenes shown along the route. With timetables. Geologic comments on coal and copper production. The illustrative cuts by leading illustrators cost $1,700. according to the preface. Some show engineering marvels such as the Phoenixville Tunnel and bridge, part of I.D.#07981. "Proceeding on our tour, we pass through a tunnel, a short distance above Phoenixville, which is over 2000 feet in length. It is cut through a solid dark-red sandstone rock, and is probably one of the heaviest sections of railroading ever executed in the United States, as, in fact, the entire road may be regarded as one of the most extraordinary, in many respects, in the world." - p.69.  I.D.#09678.

Norwood, J(ohn) G. and Henry Pratton. Offprint From Journal Of The Academy Of Natural Sciences, August 1854 And June, 1855. Notice Of Producti Found In The Western States And Territories With Descriptions Of Twelve New Species. Notice Of The Genus Chonetes, As Found In The Western States And Territories, With Descriptions Of Eleven New Species. Notice Of Fossils From The Carboniferous Series Of The Western States, Belonging To The Genera Spirifer, Bellerophon, Pleurotomaria, Macrocheilus, Natica And Loxonema, With Descriptions Of Eight New Characteristic Species... By J.G. Norwood And Henry Spratton, Of The Illinois Geological Survey. Philadelphia. 1855. Large thin quarto. 31,73-75 pp. 3 conchologic plates. Violet cloth.  I.D.#00435.

Hitchcock, Edward. Elementary Geology. By Edward Hitchock, D.D., LL.D. President Of Amherst College, And Professor Of Natural Theology And Geology. A New Edition, Revised, Enlarged, And Adapted To The Present Advanced State Of The Science. With An Introductory Notice, By John Pye Smith, D.D., F.R.S., & F.G.S. ... New York. 1856. 8vo, 424+ p. 2 folding hand col. plates, plus folding chart, many cuts, figs. Brown pebbled cloth, roan spine.  I.D.#02153.

Railroad surveys. 33rd Congress, 2d Session. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 78. Reports Of Explorations And Surveys, To Ascertain The Most Practicable And Economical Reoute For A Railroad From The Mississippi River To The Pacific Ocean. Made Under Direction Of The Secretary Of War, In 1853-54... Volume IV. Washington, DC. 1856. Large heavy quarto. Huge folding chart. 59 folding geologic and botany plates. New black buckram.  I.D.#00378.  SOLD.

Railroad surveys. Reports Of Explorations And Surveys,. To Ascertain The Most Practicable And Economical Route For A Railroad From The Mississippi River To The Pacific Ocean... Volume V. Washington, DC. 1856. Large heavy quarto. Geologic map of the vicinity of San Francisco, geologic map of Tejon and Williamson's Pass, large folding geologic sections and map of California territory surveyed, 11 color lith. views, 12 woodcut views by Charles Koppel. Dark brown cloth, rebacked with spine laid down. (33rd Congress, 2d session. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 78.) Robert Stockton Williamson's important report on early California with many fine colorplate views and maps. Early L.A. view.  I.D.#00294.

Owen, David Dale. Second Report Of The Geological Survey Of Kentucky, Made During The Years 1856 And 1857, By David Dale Owens, Principal Geologist. Assisted By Robert Peter, Chemical Assistant; Sidney S. Lyon, Topographical Assistant. Frankfort, Ky. 1857. Large 8vo, 391 p. Tables. Embossed brown cloth, spine damaged. Ex-library, Harvard Zoological Museum.  I.D.#03688.

Hitchcock, Edward. Religious Truth, Illustrated From Science, And Addresses And Sermons On Special Occasions. By Edward Hitchcock, D.D., Ll.D., Late President Of Amherst College, And Now Professor Of Natural Theology And Geology. Boston. 1857. Thick 12mo. Col. front. Brown cloth. Scarce anthology. First edition. Fine copy with only a slight chip at top of spine.  I.D.#08252.

MISSISSIPPI. L. Harper. Preliminary Report On The Geology And Agriculture Of The State Of Mississippi, By L. Harper, LL.D. Correspondent Of The Imperial Museum For Nat. Science Of France, Etc. State Geologist Of Mississippi. By Order Of The Legislature Of Mississippi. Jackson. 1857. 8vo, 350+ pp. 4 colored county maps, col. Miss. River map, col. geo. sections by Schonberg & Co., N.Y. Brown cloth. Endpapers lacking, one folding table incomplete, few plates browned, pencil markings. Rare. Examples of Schonberg maps are seldom encountered.  I.D.#02821. SOLD.

Railroad surveys. Reports Of Explorations And Surveys... Volume VII. Washington, DC. 1857. Large heavy quarto. 2 folding maps, 4 profiles, 8 color lith. views. Old calf back boards. Book label of a German-American Lutheran young men's association circulating library. Extensive botanical and geological plates. Also colored lithograph views and the folding maps in excellent condition. I.D.#00414.

Railroad surveys. Reports Of Explorations And Surveys, To Ascertain The Most Practical And Economical Route For A Railroad From The Mississippi River To The Pacific Ocean... Volume VII. Beverley Tucker. 1857. Large heavy quarto. Extensive botanical and geological plates. Red library buckram. Lacks the lithograph views and the folding maps. The Senate issue.  I.D.#11630.

Tenney, Sanborn, A.M. Geology; For Teachers, Classes, And Private Students... Illustrated With Two Hunbdred Wood Engravings... Philadelphia. 1860. 8vo, 320,4 p. Sect., cuts, tables. Embossed brown cloth. I.D.#08253.

WEST VIRGINIA. Edgar E. Holley. Description Of One Hundred Thousand Acres Of Oil, Coal, Iron, Salt And Agricultural Land, In The County Of Cabell, Western Virginia With Letters, Reports, Maps And Prospectus... New York. 1864. 8vo, 31 p. 2 G.W. Colton maps (1 part col., 1 folding) Gray printed wrappers, spine frayed, covers stained. Very rare. NUC locates an 1865 printing in one copy only. Holley was an executive with the Globe Insurance Co., N.Y. The two maps are detailed and attractive. Rural land worth $15 or so per acre for farming and timber is offered at $1,500. the acre on the speculation that it might yield these minerals.  I.D.#03689. SOLD.

Humphreys, A.A. and H.L. Abbot. Report Upon The Physics And Hydraulics Of The Mississippi River; Upon The Protection Of The Alluvial Region Against Overflow; And Upon The Deepening Of The Mouths: Based Upon Surveys And Investigations Made Under The Acts Of Congress Directing The Topographical And Hydrographical Survey Of The Delta Of The Mississippi River, With Such Investigations As Might Lead To Determine The Most Practicable Plan For Securing It From Innundation, And The Best Mode Of Deepening The Channels At The Mouths Of The River. Prepared By Captain A.A. Humphreys And Lieut. H.L. Abbot, Corps Of Topographical Engineers United States Army. Submitted to the Bureau of Topographical Engineers, War Department, 1861. Washington, DC. 1867. 8vo, xx,214 p. 1 folding col. map Black embossed cloth Map torn, some browning. The synopsis consists of chapters 2, 6, 7 and plate no.2 of the original report in quarto. I.D.#11404. SOLD.

Hayden, Ferdinand Vandiveer. Preliminary Field Report Of The United States Geological Survey Of Colorado And New Mexico, Conducted Under The Authority Of Hon. J.D. Cox, Secretary Of The Interior, By F.V. Hayden, United States Geologist. Washington, DC. 1869. 8vo, 155 p. Black pebbled cloth. Water damaged. Published without maps and charts. Scarce, early geology of area. I.D.#00914.

INDIANA. First Annual Report Of The Geological Survey Of Indiana, Made During The Year 1869 By E. T. Cox, State Geologist, Assisted By Prof. Frank H. Bradley, Dr. Rufus Haymond, And Dr. G.M. Levette. Indianapolis. 1869. 8vo, 240,(1) p. Lith front., table. Green cloth, first few leaves acid stained. With separate portfolio, "Maps and colored section referred to in the report of the State Geologist of Indiana. 1869." Octavo folder, string ties, gray green printed boards, containing four folding folio maps. Spine broken to folder, maps good. First edition. Sabin 17254; 111 Eberstadt 269. Eberstadt's offering of this item evidently did not includ the map volume. I.D.#08193.

GEORGIA. Nickerson, William Emery. Commonplace book and scrap book... 1870's - 1880's. Folio, calf backed boards. Large folio stock share book from the Beacon Gold Mining Company onto the pages of which are pasted numerous clippings and ephemera on his wide-ranging ambitions as an inventor and entrepreneur in both the United States and Europe. A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nickerson was primarily an engineer and inventor who established himself in northern Georgia where he operated a saw mill at Canton, dredging with his own invented equipment, for gold at the same time. These activities led to ideas which he sought to patent and finance; viz. machinery for manufacturing saws, plumbing fixtures and distilling equipment. Amid the many patent papers, clippings, news clips and wedding announcements of various members of his family, there are business receipts, patent instruction booklets, and fragments of his correspondence. He was a religious man and held strong opinions which he shared with famous evangelists such as Dwight L. Moody. Approximately 100 items. I.D.#00401.

ARIZONA. Wheeler, George Montague. Preliminary Report Concerning Explorations And Surveys Principally In Nevada And Arizona Prosecuted In Accordance With... Instructions... From Brigadier General A.A. Humphreys, Chief Of Engineers. Conducted Under The Immediate Direction Of 1st Lieut. George M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers. 1871. Washington, DC. 1872. Large 4to, 96 p. folding map on india paper of Arizona and New Mexico. Orig. green cloth, faded, with printed presentation.  I.D.#00298.

NEBRASKA. United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Final Report Of The United States Geological Survey Of Nebraska And Portions Of The Adjacent Territories, Made Under The Direction Of The Commissioner Of The General Land Office By F.V. Hayden, United States Geologist. March 23, 1871... (2nd Congress, 1st session, House of Representatives. Ex. Doc. No. 19. ). Washington, DC. 1872. 8vo, 264+ p. folding map missing, 11 plates of fossils. Black cloth, broken.  I.D.#00329.

Railroad surveys. 42nd Congress, 2d Session. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 65. Letter From The Secretary Of War, Communicating, In Compliance With A Resolution Of The Senate Of March 7, 1872, A Preliminary Report Of Lieutenant George M. Wheeler, Corps Of Engineers, Of The Progress Of The Engineer Exploration Of The Public Domain In Nevada And Arizona. Washington, DC. 1872. 8vo, 94 p. 1 large folding map. Qtr. brown fabricoid, neat. Howes W321. Final leaves chipped at margins not effecting text, map very fine.  I.D.#00734.

Tyndall, John. The Forms Of Water In Clouds & Rivers, Ice & Glaciers. By John Tyndall, LL.D., F.R.S. ... With Thirty-Five Illustrations Drawn And Engraved Under The Direction Of The Author. New York. 1872. 8vo, xvii,192+ p. Cuts. Red cloth. (The International Scientific series. Vol.I). First edition. I.D.#02156

Broadhead, G. C. [and C. J. Norwood]. Atlas Accompanying Reports Of Missouri Geological Survey, 1874. G.C. Broadhead, State Geologist. [cover title]. Jefferson City. 1874. Big 4to, unpaged. Published without a title page. 10 hand col. lith. maps drawn by T.J. Caldwell. Buff printed wrappers. Fragile with edges frayed, outer edges of maps and spine taped, some fading on map surfaces. Lithographed by A. Gast & Co., St.Louis. The maps by Broadhead and Norwood are of Cedar, Barton, Vernon, Bates, Howard and Madison counties with two regional maps of the northern and central parts of the state, and a final one of parts of Newton and Jasper counties. Geologic deposits are in colors.  I.D.#03548.

CALIFORNIA. Report Of The Board Of Commissioners On Irrigation. Of The San Joaquin, Tulare, And Sacramento Valleys Of The State Of California... Washington, DC. 1874. 8vo, 91 p. 6 folding maps. Brown cloth. Landmark book on irrigation in California. Maps numbered. Map #1 is a large, chromolithographic sheet showing the San Joaquin, Tulare and Sacramento Valleys, outstanding color and detail; Map #5 shows by contrast, an irrigated area in India. First map is slightly repaired but an excellent copy. Ex-library: Cayuga County Historical Society. Important publication on crucial subject.  I.D.#01813.

Hayden, F.V. Annual Report Of The United States Geological And Geographical Survey Of The Territories Embracing Colorado, Being A Report Of Progress Of The Exploration For The Year 1873, By F.V. Hayden, United States Geologist. Conducted Under The Authoritiy Of The Secretary Of The Interior. Washington, DC. 1874. Thick 8vo, xii,718 p. Numerous folding maps, views (2 maps missing), plates of animal remains, plate of moths of Colorado. Black cloth. Ex-library: Zoological Society of Philadelphia.  I.D.#00334.

TENNESSEE. Killebrew, J.B. Introduction To The Resources Of Tennessee. By J.B. Killebrew, A.M., Assisted By J.M. Safford, Ph.D., M.D. To Whom Local Assistance Was Rendered By C.W. Charlton, Of East Tennessee [And] H.L. Bentley Of West Tennessee... Nashville. 1874. Thick 8vo, viii,1193,xi pp. maps, tables. Rebound in blue library buckram, slightly trimmed. Lacks large map. Appears to be a later printing.  I.D.#07954.

TENNESSEE. Killebrew, J.B., assisted by J.M Safford. Introduction To The Resources Of Tennessee. By J.B. Killebrew, A.M. Assisted By J.M. Safford, Ph.D., M.D. To Whom Local Assistance Was Rendered By C.W. Charlton, Of East Tennessee (And) H.L. Bentley Of West Tennessee. Prepared Under The Direction Of The Bureau Of Agriculture. Nashville. 1874. Thick 8vo, 1193,xi p. Large folding map and 4 small city plans (folding), tables. Orig. brown cloth, shaken, repaired large map.  I.D.#00158.

TENNESSEE. Killebrew, J.B., assisted by J.M Safford. Introduction to the resources of Tennessee. Nashville. 1874. Ibid. Another copy. Large map lacking. Green pebbled cloth. The copies in brown seem earlier than those in green cloth.  I.D.#00160.

United States. Congress. Railroad Surveys. George Montague Wheeler. Geological Atlas Projected To Illustrate Geographical Explorations And Surveys West Of The 100th Meridian Of Longitude Prosecuted In Accordance With Acts Of Congress. Under The Authority Of The Honorable The Secretary Of War, And The Direction Of Brig. Gen'l. A.A. Humphreys, Chief Of Engineers, U.S. Army. Embracing Results Of The Different Expeditions Under The Command Of 1st Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps Of Engineers. [NY] Julius Bien, lith. [after 1874]. c1874. 13 loose oblong folio sheets. Title and 12 fine colored lithograph geologic maps. Portfolio not bound, some dust soiling and corner bumping. Overall very good. Various sheets that cover the Wheeler expeditions up through 1873 in the rocky mountain west. Each measures 19.25 x 24". Scarce. I.D.#03065. SOLD.

ARIZONA. Wheeler, George Montague. Engineer Department, U.S. Army. Report Upon Geographical And Geological Explorations And Surveys West Of The One Hundredth Meridian,. In Charge Of First Lieutenant Geo. M. Wheeler... Published By Authority Of Hon. Wm. W. Belknap, Secretary Of War... Washington, DC. 1875. Thick 4to, 681 p. 14 plates (incl. front.) Black cloth. Nice copy. Excellent Arizona material, Grand Canyon, Marble Canyon, etc.  I.D.#01442.

Dana, James D. The Geological Story Briefly Told. An Introduction To Geology For The General Reader And For Beginners In The Science. New York/Chicago. 1875. 12mo, xii,263 p. Cuts, figs. Green pictorial cloth. Lightly foxed on early leaves, ink inscription on endleaf. Gilt geological forms as stamps on binding.  I.D.#10363.

MISSOURI. James E. Mills. Geological Report On The Mine La Motte Estate. The Property Of Hon. Rowland Hazard Situated In Madison County, Missouri With Accompanying Map And Diagrams. By James E. Mills, B.S., Consulting Geologist. New York. 1877. Tall 8vo, 51 p. col. maps and 7 charts and sections (one folding) Blue half turkey morocco gilt top. Elegantly printed private survey undertaken by Colton & Co. for the owner of a 34 acre tract in the bootheel area of south-eastern Missouri to determine the presence of lead. Handsome map of the bootheel and of southern Illinois. Rowland Hazard's own copy with bookplate. Rare association item. Unusual survey for so small a site.  I.D.#01261.

Raymond, Rossiter W. Statistics Of Mines And Mining In The States And Territories West Of The Rocky Mountains; Being The Eighth Annual Report Of Rossiter W. Raymond, United States Comm. Of Mining Statistics. Washington, DC. 1877. 8vo, x,519 p. maps, diags., illus., (some folding) Black cloth, front hinge broken. Ex-library: Yale University Library with gift bookplate from Henry R. Wagner and with his signature on front flyleaf. Large drawings of mining equipment. "In 1917, after twenty-seven years as an official of the American Smelting and Refining Company and as a representative and trouble shooter for the Guggenheim Brothers' mining interests in Latin America, Henry Raup Wagner, who was also an inveterate book browser and collector, retired from his business activities; he married, bought a house in Berkeley, near the University of California, and embarked upon a career of four decades as a bibliographer and historian." - Robert H. Becker in his preface to the fourth edition of the bibliography Wagner-Camp. The Plains & the Rockies. 1982.  I.D.#00416.  SOLD.

Wheeler, George Montague. Annual Report Upon The Geographical Surveys West Of The 100th Meridian... Being Appendix NN Of The Annual Report... For 1877. Washington, DC. 1877. 8vo, iv,1211-1334,v pp. 3 folding liths. (2 maps and 1 geol. sect.) tables. Printed boards. Plates loose. One large U.S. map and a profile of the Continental Divide.  I.D.#00326.

Wheeler, George Montague. Geological Atlas Projected To Illustrate Geographical Explorations And Surveys West Of The 100th Meridian Of Longitude Prosecuted In Accordance With Acts Of Congress Under The Authority Of The Honorable The Secretary Of War, And The Direction Of Brig. Genl. A.A. Humphrey, Chief On Engineers, U.S. Army, Embracing Results Of The Different Expeditions Under The Command Of 1st Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps Of Engineers. New York. 1877. Oblong folio. Title and 11 chromolitho maps. Unbound. Margins dust soiled.  I.D.#07543.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Warren, Gouveneur Kemble. Engineer Dept. U.S. Army. Valley Of The Minnesota And Mississippi Rivers To The Junction Of The Ohio. Its Origin Considered - Depth Of Bed Rock. Being Chapter 11 Of Report On Bridging The Mississippi River Between St. Paul, Minn., And Saint Louis, MO. Washington, DC. 1878. 8vo, 20 p. 7 plts., 6 large folding maps ("Valley of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers in 7 sheets") each 13.6 x 22", also "A longitudinal section of the Valley of the Mississippi..." in 2 sheets. Disbound. Some separating at folds of maps, some flaking of printed front wrap, lacks rear wrapper.  I.D.#00185.

Tenny, Sanborn. Geology; For Teachers, Classes, And Private Students. By Sanborn Tenney, A.M., Professor Of Natural History In Williams College. Illustrated With Two Hundred And Fifty Five Engravings... Philadelphia. 1878. 12mo, 366 p. Figs., cuts. Green pebbled cloth, roan spine. Lacks front endpapers, pencil markings.  I.D.#02736. SOLD.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey) Maps And Panoramas. Twelfth Annual Report Of The United States Geological And Geographical Survey Of The Territories. 1878. Washington, DC. 1878. 8vo cloth folder containing 7 large folding maps (1 a panorama). The maps are of portions of Wyoming, Idaho and Utah, Yellowstone Park. The panorama is a view of the Wind River and Teton Mountains.  I.D.#02958. SOLD.

Wheeler, George Montague. Annual Report Upon The Geographical Surveys... In The States And Territories Of California, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, And Wyoming... Being Appendix NN Of The Annual Report Of The Chief Of Engineers For 1878. Washington. 1878. 8vo, x,234 p. 2 folding maps, 6 plates, tables. Black cloth, foxed. One plate shows ruins of the cloister at Gran-Guivira, N.M. Four show the game fish of the west. One folding map is a facsimile of one prepared in 1701 by Father Kino from the Jesuit Relations. Very large folding partly colored map of the U.S. west of the 100th meridian. With the tipped in printed slip presenting the book by Lt. Wheeler. Much on Texas.  I.D.#00325.

King, Clarence. Report Of The Geological Exploration Of The Fortieth Parallel Made By Order Of The Secretary Of War According To Acts Of Congress Of March 2, 1867, And March 3, 1869, Under The Direction Of Brig. And Bvt. Major General A.A. Humphreys, Chief Of Engineers, By Clarence King, U.S. Geologist. Volume I. (Only) Systematic Geology... Submitted To The Chief Of Engineers And Published By Order Of The Secretary Of War Under Authority Of Congress. Illustrated By XXVIII Plates And XII Analytical Geological Maps, And Accompanied By A Geological And Topographical Atlas. Washington, DC. 1878. Thick 4to, xii,804 p. plates (lacking), folding geologic maps and profiles. Green cloth, broken. Lacks all views but retains the geologic maps and sections. Atlas not present. Ex-library.  I.D.#09795.

Macfarlane, James. The Geologist's Traveling Hand-Book. An American Geological Railway Guide, Giving The Geological Formation At Every Railway Station, With Notes On Interesting Places On The Route, And A Description Of Each Of The Formations... New York. 1879. 8vo, 216+ pp. Map, tables. Cloth. Gives much railroad route information as well as geological observations.  I.D.#02152. SOLD.

King, Clarence. First Annual Report Of The United States Geological Survey To The Hon. Carl Schurz,. Secretary Of The Interior. By Clarence King, Director. Washington, DC. 1880. Thin 4to, 79 p. Large folding map of U.S. showing geologic survey districts. Purple cloth. Ex-library: Smithsonian Institution and Library of Congress. Map in fine condition.  I.D.#00455.

Nichols, Arthur. Geological History. Chapters From The Physical History Of The Earth. By Arthur Nicols, F.G.S., F.R.G.S. New York. 1880. 8vo, xiv,281,12 p. 42 figs. Green cloth. Very clean tight copy.  I.D.#02196.

Foster, Thomas J., ed. The Mine Foreman's Pocket Book,. Almanac And Diary For The Year 1881. Edited By Thomas J. Foster, Editor Of The Mining Herald... Shenandoah, Schuylkill Co., Pa. 1881. 12mo, xxii,234,xxv-xli pp. adv. cuts. Gray printed boards, rubbed. Interesting imprint. In addition to almanac and diary leaves, the work contains much of the rudiments of mining for managers. Based on a comparable English work.  I.D.#01473.

Wheeler, George Montague. Engineer Department. U.S. Army. Report Upon United States Geographical Surveys West Of The One Hundredth Meridian,... Vol. III. - Supplement-Geology. Washington, DC. 1881. Thick 4to, 420,xxxviii pp. 3 col. folding maps in pocket, 3 geol. plates, tables, charts. Black cloth, hinges weak, sides soiled. Maps in fine condition.  I.D.#00302.

Wheeler, George Montague. Engineer Department, U.S. Army. Report Upon Geographical And Geological Explorations And Surveys West Of The One Hundredth Meridian,. In Charge Of First Lieutenant Geo. M. Wheeler... Published By Authority Of Hon. Wm. W. Belknap, Secretary Of War... Volume III.-Supplement-Geology. Washington, DC. 1881. 4to, 420,xxxviii pp. 4 plates, 3 pocket maps. Black cloth. Hinges mended with tape. Consists of Prof. John J. Stevenson's Report upon geological examinations in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico, during the years 1878 and 1879 and another. Pocket maps show Trinidad-Cimmaron-Taos, Los Alamos and Ft. Union, Rio Grande-N. Pecos-Taos Valley.  I.D.#09204.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Report Of The Director Of The United States Geological Survey. In: Volume III. Report Of The Secretary Of The Interior; Being Part Of The Messages And Documents Communicated To The Two Houses Of Congress At The Beginning Of The First Session Of The Forty-Seventh Congress. (In Four Volumes). Washington, DC. 1882. Large thick 8vo, lv,588 p. Folding Grand Canyon views, double-page chromolith. geolgic maps, orig. legal calf. Endpapers foxed but inwardly extremely clean and bright. One of the best American geological surveys, especially of the Grand Canyon region. It is also the second annual USGS report and first large one by J.W. Powell. It contains the first segment of Clarence E. Dutton's geologic survey of the Grand Canyon, which was published in folio. Very scarce in such nice condition.  I.D.#02792.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Third Annual Report Of The United States Geological Survey To The Secretary Of The Interior 1881-82. By J.W. Powell, Director. Washington, DC. 1883. Large 8vo,xviii,564 p. folding col. maps, sections, illus., tables. Maroon cloth, slightly spotted. Includes a section of plates on non-marine fossil mollusca.  I.D.#02306.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Third Annual Report Of The United States Geological Survey To The Secretary Of The Interior 1881-82. By J.W. Powell, Director. Washington, DC. 1883. Large 8vo,xviii,564 p. folding col. maps, sections, illus., tables. Maroon cloth, slightly spotted. Inner hinge cracked. Includes a section of plates on non-marine fossil mollusca.  I.D.#11410.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Third Annual Report Of The United States Geological Survey. To The Secretary Of The Interior 1881-82 By J.W. Powell, Director. Washington, DC. 1883. Large 8vo, xviii,564 p. Col. double-page maps, plates, figs. (few maps folding) Maroon cloth. Ex-library: Westerly, R.I. Public Library.  I.D.#02084.

Hague, George. Atlas To Accompany The Monograph. On The Geology Of The Eureka District Nevada By Arnold Hague. Washington, DC. 1883. Large folio [16.5 x 20.1"] 10 (of 13) map sheets. Disbound.  I.D.#09546.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Fourth Annual Report Of The United States Geological Survey To The Secretary Of The Interior 1882-83 By J.W. Powell, Director. Washington, DC. 1884. Large 8vo, xxxii,473 p. Folding col. maps, col. plates, illus. Maroon cloth. Very important early report containing a large folding colored U.S. map with colored sections of surveys; Capt. C.E. Dutton's report on the volcanos of Hawaii with 29 folding plates and maps of all major islands and volcanos; Eureka District, Nevada mining and geology with three colored plates; an extensive history of the Oyster with fifty full-page plates and geological survey of southern Oregon with two maps.  I.D.#02712.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Fourth Annual Report Of The United States Geological Survey To The Secretary Of The Interior 1882-83 By J.W. Powell, Director. Washington, DC. 1884. Large 8vo, xxxii,473 p. Folding maps, illus., figs. Maroon cloth, cover faded. With laid in sheets, "Circular concerning publications" of the survey up to that time. Includes five articles one of which deals with the volcanoes of Hawaii.  I.D.#03016. SOLD.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geologial Survey). Sixth Annual Report Of The Director Of The United States Geological Survey. To The Secretary Of The Interior 1885-85. J.W. Powell, Director. Washington, DC. 1885. Thick large 8vo, xxix,570 p. 14 col. maps (U.S. folds in pocket), 49 sections and drift maps, 57 illus. and figures. Maroon cloth.  I.D.#02090.

United States. Department of the Interior. Report Of The Secretary Of The Interior;. Being Part Of The Message And Documents Communicated To The Two Houses Of Congress At The Beginning Of The First Session Of The Forty-Ninth Congress. In Five Volumes. Volume III. Washington, DC. 1886. Large thick 8vo, xxix,570 p. Calligraphic plates, botanical plates, col. maps (some folding), illus., views. Black cloth. Lacks pocket map. Volume III consists of the report of the director of the Geologic Survey. Two plates show official lettering and symbols used on all USGS maps.  I.D.#02101.

Mining and Scientific Press. [Newspaper]. Geology Of A Portion Of The Rio Grande Region. Front Page Article With Map,"Sketch-Map Of The Rio Grande District Of Southwestern Texas & Coahuila." In: Vol.LIII. Number 9. San Francisco. 1886, August 28. Folio. Complete number. Following the route of the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad westward, the mining and quarrying potential of the region is discussed.  I.D.#09770. SOLD.

MINING. Sutro, Theodore. The Sutro Tunnel Company And The Sutro Tunnel. Property, Income, Prospects, And Pending Litigation. Report To The Stockholders By Theodore Sutro, Attorney, Counsellor, Etc. For Sutro Tunnel Company. New York. 1887. 12mo, 198 p. folding plat map. Red silk, gilt top. Finely printed. Elegant report to stock holders on a tunnel built to drain the Comstock Lode near Sutro, Colorado. Intended to put a good face on the fact that the project was near foreclosure and in arrears. A prospectus for additional funds. The Bank of California was plaintiff in a suit aginst the company. The tunnel was one of the great engineering feats of the 19th century. It cost a total $2,096,556 but was completed too late to recoup the investment. By 1878 the Comstock lode was playing out. Acting on superior knowledge of the situation, Adolph Sutro, its founder, sold his stock short a year before its value collapsed. In 1889 the loans were foreclosed by the English banking firm of McCalmont Brothers. They operated the project until 1930 before they could recoup their losses. Adolph Sutro reinvested his money in San Francisco real estate, made a larger fortune, and served as mayor from 1894 to 1898.  I.D.#01451.

PENNSYLVANIA. Annual Report Of The Geological Survey Of Pennsylvania For 1886. In Four Parts. Part I. Pittsburgh Coal Region. (Only). Harrisburg. 1887. 8vo, xvi,573,9 pp. Maps (folding), plans, sections. Black cloth, water spotted. Compiled by Peter Lesley, state geologist. Many interesting mining diagrams.  I.D.#02074.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Seventh Annual Report Of The United States Geological Survey To The Secretary Of The Interior 1885-86 By J.W. Powell, Director. Washington, DC. 1888. Large 8vo, xx,656 p. 72 plts., maps. Maroon cloth.  I.D.#03014.

COLORADO. Charles A. White. On The Geology And Physiography Of A Portion Of Northwestern Colorado And Adjacent Parts Of Utah And Wyoming. From: 9th annual report. United States Geologic Survey. Washington, DC. 1889. pp. 677-712. doub.-pg. chromolith. map, figs. Removed.  I.D.#07861.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Ninth Annual Report Of The Director Of The United States Geological Survey. To The Secretary Of The Interior 1887-88. By J.W. Powell, Director. Washington, DC. 1889. Large thick 8vo, xiii,717 p. 88 plates and maps, (some col., some folding) Maroon cloth, shaken, cover loose. Much on seismology.  I.D.#02114.

INDIANA. Department Of Geology And Natural History. Sixteenth Annual Report. Maurice Thompson, State Geologist... Indianapolis. 1889. 8vo, 472,20 p. 10 geologic plates. Black cloth. With list of Indiana Civil War flags and standards.  I.D.#06887.

MASSACHUSETTS. Nathanial Southgate Shaler. The Geology Of Cape Ann, Massachusetts... Washington, DC. 1889. pp. 529-611. Illus., views, col. map. Removed.  I.D.#07862. SOLD.

SOUTH CAROLINA. United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey.) Clarence Edward Dutton. The Charleston Earthquake Of August 31, 1886. In: Papers Accompanying The Annual Report Of The Director Of The U.S. Geological Survey For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1888. Washington, DC. 1889. 8vo. pp. 201-320. illus., plates, diags, city plan. Removed. Colonial buildings survived better than later victorian ones which received extensive damage.  I.D.#06416. SOLD.

ALABAMA. Joseph Squire. Report On The Cahaba Coal Field... With An Appendix On The Geology Of The Valley Regions Adjacent To The Cahaba Field, By Eugene A. Smith... Montgomery, AL. 1890. 8vo, xv,189 p. 31 illus., figs., 7 geol. plts., lacks large folding map. Cloth, loose and shaken.  I.D.#02131.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Tenth Annual Report Of The Director Of The United States Geological Survey. To The Secretary Of The Interior 1888-89. By J.W. Powell, Director. In three parts. Part II-Irrigation. Washington, DC. 1890. Large thin 8vo, viii,123 p. Tables. Maroon cloth.  I.D.#02112.

United States. Special Committee On The Irrigation And Reclamation Of Arid Lands. Report... Part II. Vol. II. -Rocky Mountain Region And Great Plains. / Vol. IV.- Statements By Director Powell And Other Officers Of The U.S. Geological Survey. Consular Reports. General Report On Irrigation In United States. Miscellaneous Papers. / Irrigation In The United States. Extent And Methods... Prepared By Richard J. Hinton. Being A Second Edition Of State Miscellaneous Document No. 15, 49th Congress. Washington, DC. 1890. Very thick 8vo, 3 vols. in one. Folding maps, illus. Black cloth. Important documents on the most crucial resource in the world, - water. Covers every major watershed and irrigation project.  I.D.#02057.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Eleventh Annual Report Of The Director Of The United States Geological Survey. Part I.-Geology (II-Irrigation). In: Annual Report Of The Secretary Of The Interior For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1890. In Five Volumes. Volume IV-In Two Parts. Part I. Washington, DC. 1890. Large thick 8vo, xv,757 p. Folding maps in pocket (Plts. 1,22,43,44,30 some col.), double-page col. text maps, views, photo illus. Purple cloth, worn. The maps are mainly of North-eastern Iowa and a nice geological map of Indiana.  I.D.#02235.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Tenth Annual Report Of The United States Geological Survey To The Secretary Of The Interior 1888-89 By J.W. Powell, Director. Part I-Geology. [II-Irrigation]. Washington, DC. 1890. Large thick 8vo, xv,774 p. 98 plts. and col. maps. With folding map in pocket. Maroon cloth.  I.D.#03017.

Annual Report Of The Geological Survey Of Arkansas For 1888... Vol. IV (Of 4) Washington County. Plant List. John C. Branner, Ph.D., State Geologist. Little Rock, AR. 1891. 8vo, xiv,262 p. Illus. tables, plans, large folding map in pocket. Black cloth. Extensive list of the botany of the state.  I.D.#00260.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Twelfth Annual Report Of The Director Of The United States Geological Survey. To The Secretary Of The Interior 1890-91. By J.W. Powell, Director. Part II-Irrigation. Washington, DC. 1891. Large thick 8vo, xviii,576 p. Col. maps, maps in text, illus., tables, diags. Maroon cloth, waterspotted. Views of reservoir sites in western states.  I.D.#02110.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Eleventh Annual Report... Ibid. Another Copy Of Part I-Geology. Washington, DC. 1891. Large 8vo, xv,757 pp. 66 plts. and maps (some col., some folding) Maroon cloth, broken. contents good.  I.D.#02115.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Eleventh Annual Report Of The United States Geological Survey. To The Secretary Of The Interior, 1889-90 By J.S. Powell, Director. Part I-Geology; II-Irrigation. Washington, DC. 1891. Large 8vos. 2 volumes. xv,757 p. 66 plts; ix,351 pp. 30 plts. (some col. folding maps) Maroon cloth, water spotted, contents good.  I.D.#02037.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Eleventh Annual Report... Ibid. Another Copy Of Part II-Irrigation. Washington, DC. 1891. Large 8vo, ix,351 p. 30 plts. (folding col. maps). Maroon cloth, water spotted, contents very good. 2d U.S. irrigation survey. I.D.#02038.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Twelfth Annual Report Of The United States Geological Survey. To The Secretary Of The Interior 1890-91 By J.W. Powell, Director. Part II-Irrigation. Washington, DC. 1891. Large 8vo, xviii,576 p. 146 plts, many figs. (folding col. maps). Maroon cloth, water stained. $100.00. I.D.#02039.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Eleventh Annual Report Of The United States Geological Survey To The Secretary Of The Interior 1889-90 By J.W.Powell, Director. Part I-Geology [II-Irrigation]. Washington, DC. 1891. Large thick 8vo. xv,757 p. 66 plates (few col.) Maroon cloth, map in pocket.  I.D.#03018.

Arkansas. Geological Survey. Annual Report Of The Geological Survey Of Arkansas For 1891. Volume 1. The Mineral Waters Of Arkansas. John C. Branner, Ph.D., State Geologist. Little Rock, AR. 1892. 8vo, viii,144 p. Tables, large folding map in pocket. Black cloth. Topographic map of the region around Hot Springs and Potash Sulphur Springs.  I.D.#00261.

United States. Department of the Interior. Census Office. Eleventh Census Of The United States. Extra Census Bulletin. Eastern Band Of Cherokees Of North Carolina. By Thomas Donaldson, Expert Special Agent. Washington, DC. 1892. Big 4to, 24 p. 2 folding maps (lacking), port. many illus., tables. Olive printed wrappers, spine frayed.  I.D.#02163.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). (Thirteenth Annual ) Report Of The (United States Geological Survey To The). Secretary Of The Interior; Being Part Of The Message And Documents Communicated To The Two Houses Of Congress At The Beginning Of The Second Session Of The Fifty-Second Congress. (1891-92). In Five Volumes. Volume IV-In Three Parts. Part 3.-(Irrigation). Washington, DC. 1892. Large thick 8vo, xi,486 p. Maps (some col.) plates, illus., diags. Black cloth, spine torn. Lacks pocket map. The Congressional binding and title page. I.D.#02109.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Thirteenth Annual Report Of The Director Of The United States Geological Survey. To The Secretary Of The Interior 1891-92. By J.W. Powell, Director. In Three Parts. Part III-Irrigation. Washington, DC. 1893. Large thick 8vo, xi,486 p. Col. maps, maps in text, illus., figs, diags. Maroon cloth. Plate 158, a folded map in pocket.  I.D.#02111.

United States. Department of the Interior (U.S. Geological Survey). Fourteenth Annual Report Of The Director Of The United States Geological Survey. Part II.- Accompanying Papers. In: Report Of The Secretary Of The Interior; Being Part Of The Messages And Documents Communicated To The Two Houses Of Congress At The Beginning Of The Second Session Of The Fifty-Third Congress. In Five Volumes. Volume IV-In Two Parts. Part 2. Washington, DC. 1893. Large 8vo. xx,597 p. Maps, illus., sects., figs. Black cloth, damped, inwardly good. Includes ten articles on geology, one on California gold and silver mines. I.D.#03015.

Arkansas. Geological Survey. Annual Report Of The Geological Survey Of Arkansas, For 1891. Volume II. Miscellaneous Reports... John C. Branner, Ph.D., State Geologist. Little Rock, AR. 1894. 8vo. (xii),349,(2) p. Tables, plates, 2 folding mas. Black cloth. Geological maps of Benton and Dallas Counties; extensive coverage of the ichtyology, and entomology and mollusca of the state with plates of the game fish.  I.D.#00262.

United States. Department Of The Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Geologic Atlas Of The United States. Jackson folio. California. [by] Bailey Willis [and] S.J. Kubel. Washington, DC. 1894. Large square folio. 9,[3] p. 3 col. geologic maps. Printed wrappers, browned.  I.D.#09552.

Plummer, Fred G. The Last Change Of The Earths Axis... Published by Narada Branch, Theosophical Society. Tacoma, Wash. 1894.c. 8vo, 50 p., maps in text, figs. Gray green wrappers. Lacks rear wrapper, browned. Ex-library. New York Public Library, Astor Library. Thesis that in the earth prehistory, its axis was different than now. The Tehosophical Society was founded by Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, a self described telepath, who invented the term 'Arians.' She was first to use the swastika as a symbol for Caucasion people. Map shows supposed locations of the contients of Lemuria and Atlantis.  I.D.#08256.

LeConte, Joseph. Elements Of Geology. A Text-Book For Colleges And For The General Reader. By Joseph Leconte... Professor Of Geology And Natural History In The University Of California. Revised And Enlarged With New Plates And Illustrations. New York. 1895. 8vo, xviii,640+ p. illus., figs., diags., tables. Pebbled brown cloth, clippings pasted to endpapers.  I.D.#06277.

Willis, Bailey. Geologic Atlas Of The United States Knoxville Folio. Tennessee - North Carolina... Library Edition Folio 16. Washington, DC. 1895. Large folio [18.6 x 21.75"] 3 map sheets. Disbound.  I.D.#10217.

United States. Department Of The Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Geologic Atlas Of The United States... Washington, DC. 1895-1907. Atlas quartoes (21 3/4 " x 18 1/2") various paging, fine colored topographic and geologic maps, sections. wraps. Various folios for North Carolina, Tennessee as follows. (a) Asheville folio No. 116. Library edition. 1904.  (b) Cranberry folio No. 90. Library edition. 1903.  (c) Greenville folio No. 118. Library edition. 1905.  (d) Nantahalla folio No. 143. 1907.  (e) Winslow folio (Arkansas-Indian Territory). 1907. (f) Knoxville folio No. 16. Library edition. 1895.  (g) Cleveland folio No. 20. Library edition. 1895.  (h) Pikeville folio No. 21. Library edition. 1895.  (i) Loudon folio No. 25. Library edition. 1896. (j) Morristown folio No. 27. Library edition. 1896.  (k) Briceville folio No. 33. Library edition. 1896.  (l) Wartburg folio No. 40. Library edition. 1897. . (m) Standingstone folio No. 53. Library edition. 1899.  (n) Maynardville folio No. 75. Library edition. 1901.  I.D.#02575.

LATIN AMERICA. Railroad survey. Intercontinental Railway Commission... Transactions Of The Commission And Of The Surveys And Explorations Of Its Engineers In Central And South America, 1891-1898. Washington, DC. 1895-1989. 4tos, 7 vols. maroon cloth, lea. labels. Gift of the commission to the Franklin Institute Library, Philadelphia. President of the Commission was Alexander Johnston Cassatt, brother of Mary Cassett the painter. He was president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Three slipcase and wrapper sections of folded maps and sections and four volumes of text, in English and Spanish, one with pocket maps at the end. Handsomely printed by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore. One wrapper defective. These reports are hard to find complete as they were published by three seperate engineer corps and that for Corp No. 3 was completed first, in 1895. With the laid in slip in volume III (the first to appear) explaining this circumstance. Corp 3 was assigned Ecuador and Peru; Corp 2 was given Costa Rica, Columbia and part of Ecuador; Corp 1 received Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicarague and part of Costa Rica. Corp No. 1 was commanded by Montgomery Meigs Macomb, USMA 1874, and his report is particularly thorough and workmanlike, the beginning of a distinguished career. A wealth of period photo illustration of Central and South America.  I.D.#02048.

LATIN AMERICA. Railroad survey. Intercontinental Railway Commission... Transactions Of The Commission And Of The Surveys And Explorations Of Its Engineers In Central And South America, 1891-1898. Washington, DC. 1895-1989. 4tos, 7 vols. Maroon cloth, lea. labels. Bindings faded. President of the Commission was Alexander Johnston Cassatt, brother of Mary Cassett the painter. He was president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Three slipcase and wrapper sections of folded maps and sections and four volumes of text, in English and Spanish, one with pocket maps at the end. Handsomely printed by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore. One wrapper defective. These reports are hard to find complete as they were published by three seperate engineer corps and that for Corp No. 3 was completed first, in 1895. With the laid in slip in volume III (the first to appear) explaining this circumstance. Corp 3 was assigned Ecuador and Peru; Corp 2 was given Costa Rica, Columbia and part of Ecuador; Corp 1 received Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and part of Costa Rica. Corp No. 1 was commanded by Montgomery Meigs Macomb, USMA 1874, and his report is particularly thorough and workmanlike, the beginning of a distinguished career. A wealth of period photo illustration of Central and South America. Another set of I.D.#02048.  I.D.#09184.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Seventeenth Annual Report Of The Director Of The United States Geological Survey. To The Secretary Of The Interior 1895-96. Charles D. Walcott, Director. In Three Parts. Part II.-Economic Geology And Hydrography. Washington, DC. 1896. Large thick 8vo, xxv,864 p. Folding maps, col. plates, illus. Maroon cloth. Ex-library: Tillotson College. Plates 25 and 26 lacking. Includes a large folding pocket map and Plate VIII, heightened in gold. I.D.#02108.

Hayden, Ferdinand V. Preliminary Field Report Of The United States Geological Survey Of Colorado And New Mexico,. Conducted Under The Authority Of Hon. J.D. Cox, Secretary Of The Interior, By F.V. Hayden, United States Geologist. Washington, DC. 1896. 8vo, 155 p. Black pebbled cloth, water damaged. Published without maps and charts. I.D.#04914.

United States. Department Of The Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Geologic Atlas Of The United States. Three Forks Folio. Montana. Folio 24. Library Edition. Washington, DC. 1896. Atlas quarto (21 3/4" x 18 1/2") unpaged. col. geo. maps, illus. Wrappers. One map repaired, other ink stained. Bozeman to north edge of Yellowstone.  I.D.#02677.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Eighteenth Annual Report Of The United States Geological Survey. Part II. Papers Chiefly Of A Theoretic Nature. In: Annual Report Of The Department Of The Interior For The Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1897. Washington, DC. 1897. Large thick 8vo, v,653 p. Illus. (photos.), maps in text, figs., folding sectiosn. Purple cloth, shaken, spine damaged. Ex-library: Tillotson College.  I.D.#02234.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). The Titaniferous Iron Ores Of The Adirondacks. By James Furman Kemp. Washington, DC. 1897. Tall 8vo, 377-422 pp. Col. plates, map, diags. Removed. From Annual report 19.  I.D.#08039.

SOUTH AFRICA. Cape of Good Hope. Department of Agriculture. Annual Report Of The Geological Commission, 1898. Capetown. 1898. 8vo, 83 p. 2 large col. folding, cloth backed maps. Later green wraps. Very dry and flaking, maps fine. Important for the two large folding Geological map of the South Western Districts of the Colony of Cape of Good Hope (colored) and large folding sheet of Geological profiles of the region from St. Helena Bay to Massel Bay.  I.D.#08024.

U.S. Geological Survey. Section Showing Structure On Lines A, B, And C, Plate LXXVI [And] LXXIV. Two Section Plates From Nineteenth Annual Report Part III. Chromolithography. Washington, DC. 1898.  I.D.#11004.

ALABAMA. United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). The Southern Appalachian Coal Field. By Charles Willard Hayes. Washington, DC. 1900. Tall 8vo, 227-263 pp. 3 col. geol. maps, 1 diag. Removed. From Annual Report 22. Detail mapping of the Talladega/Birmingham region. I.D.#08027.

ALASKA. United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). The Coal Resources Of Alaska. By Alfred Hulse Brooks. Washington, DC. 1900. Tall 8vo, 515-571 pp. Col. map. Removed. From Annual report 22. $65.00. I.D.#08032.

ARKANSAS. United States. Department of the Interior (U.S. Geological Survey). Chalk Of Southwestern Arkansas. With Notes On Its Adaptability To The Manuifacture Of Hydraulic Cements By Joseph A. Taff. Washington, DC. 1900. Tall 8vo, 687-742 pp. Col. geol. map, maps in text, photo illus. Removed. From Annual report 22.  I.D.#08026.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Twenty-First Annual Report Of The United States Geological Survey. To The Secretary Of The Interior 1899-1900. Charles D. Walcott, Director. In Seven Parts. Part I.-Director's Report, Including Triangulation, Privary Traverse, And Spirit Leveling. Washington, DC. 1900. Large 8vo, 608,xi+pp. Tables. Maroon cloth, water spotted. Lacks three pocket maps called for.  I.D.#02081.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Twenty-First Annual Report Of The United States Geological Survey. To The Secretary Of The Interior 1899-1900. Charles D. Walcott, Director. (In Seven Parts. ) Part V. - Forest Reserves. Maps. Washington, DC. 1900. 8vo, slipcase and wrapper containing 39 (of CXLIII) maps. Maroon cloth. Ex-library: Harvard University. $150.00. I.D.#02083.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Twentieth Annual Report Of The Director Of The United States Geological Survey. To The Secretary Of The Interior 1898-88. Charles D.(Oolittle) Walcott, Director. In Seven Parts. Part III.-Precious-Metal Mining Districts. Washington, DC. 1900. Large 8vo 595 p. col. maps, (some folding), illus., figs. Maroon cloth, shaken.  I.D.#02088.

ILLINOIS. United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey.) The Eastern Interior Coal Field. By George H. Ashley. Washington, DC. 1900. Tall 8vo, 265-305 pp. Col. geol. map, sects., diags. Removed. From Annual report 22. Located mostly in Illinois.  I.D.#08034.

INDIANA. Department of Geology and Natural resources. Twenty-Fourth Annual Report. W.S. Blatchley, State Geologist. 1899. Indianapolis. 1900. Thick 8vo, 1078 p. folding col. map, uncol. plates, illus. Black cloth, gummed label on spine. Contains R.E. Call...the Mollusca of Indiana; S. Coulter..flowering plants and ferns... of Indiana, notes on reptiles, Dragonflies of Indiana, etc.  I.D.#07513.

MICHIGAN. United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). The Portland Cement Industry In Michigan. By Israel C. Russell. Washington, DC. 1900. Thick 8vo, 629-685 pp. 2 col. geol. maps, plate of labels. Removed. From Annual report 22.  I.D.#08029.

MICHIGAN. United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). The Northern Interior Coal Field. By Alfred C. Lane. Washington, DC. 1900. Tall 8vo, 307-331 pp. Lacks col. map, folding sects., diags. Removed. From Annual report 22.  I.D.#08035.

OKLAHOMA. United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Geology Of The Mcalester-Lehigh Coal Field Indian Territory. By Joseph A. Taff Accompanied By A Report On The Fossil Plants By David White And A Report On The Paleozoic Invertebrate Fossils By George H. Girty. Washington, DC. 1900. Tall 8vo, 423-600 pp. Folding map, plates (some col.) Removed. Lacks both pocket maps. From annual report 22.  I.D.#08044.

OREGON. United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). The Coos Bay Coal Field, Oregon. By J.S. Diller. Washington, DC. 1900. Tall 8vo, 309-376 pp. Map in text, illus. Removed. From annual report 22.  I.D.#08042.

PENNSYLVANIA. The Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Field. By H.H. Stoek. Washington, DC. 1900. Tall 8vo, 55-117 pp. Col. geol. map, folding table, diags. Removed. From Annual report 22.  I.D.#08033.

PENNSYLVANIA. The Northern Appalachian Coal Field. By David White, Marius R. Campbell, And Robert M. Haseltine. Washington, DC. 1900. Tall 8vo, 119-226 pp. Col. geol. map, sect., tables, diags. Removed. From Annual report 22. Deals with bituminous coal. Most of the field lies in Virginia and Pennsylvania. I.D.#08036.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). The Rocky Mountain Coal Fields. By L.S. Storrs. Washington, DC. 1900. Tall 8vo, 415-471 pp. 2 col. geol. maps, diag. Removed. Covers Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. From Annual report 22.  I.D.#08031.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). The Coal Fields Of The Pacific Coast. By George Otis Smith. Washington, DC. 1900. Tall 8vo, 473-513 pp. 2 col. geol. maps, folding sect., diags. Removed. From Annual report 22.  I.D.#08037.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). The Western Interior Coal Field. By H.F. Bain. Washington, DC. 1900. Tall 8vo, 333-366 pp. 3 col. geol. maps (1 damaged, diag. Removed. From Annual report 22. Lies in the Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas.  I.D.#08038.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). The Atlantic Coast Triassic Coal Field. By Jay Backus Woodworth. Washington, DC. 1900. Tall 8vo, 25-53 pp. 4 col. geol. maps, sects., diags. Removed. From annual report 22. All but one map lacking.  I.D.#08040.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). The Southwestern Coal Field. By Joseph A. Taff. Washington, DC. 1900. Tall 8vo, 367-413 pp. 2 folding col. geol. maps, sect., diag. Removed. From annual report 22. Field lies in Oklahoma, northwest Arkansas and north central Texas.  I.D.#08043.

UTAH. United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Geology And Mining Industry Of The Tintic District, Utah. By George Warren Tower, Jr. And George Otis Smith. Washington, DC. 1900. Tall 8vo, 601-767 p. Col. plates, views, lacks pocket maps. Removed. From annual report 22.  I.D.#08045.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Tompkins, Frank H. Riparian Lands Of The Mississippi River, Past-Present-Prosepctive Being A Collection Of Essays And Discussions Of Problems Affecting The Improvement Of Navigation Of The Mississippi River, Bank Protection, Harbor Improvement, Its Levee System And The Permanent Deepening Of The Channel At Its Mouth, Together With Some Legal Aspects And Economic Features, By Various Contributors. Also A Brief Review Of The Attractions Of, And The Possibilities Of Development In, The Largest Alluvial Basin In The World. By Frank H. Thompkins, Special Representative Mississippi River Improvement And Levee Association. New Orleans. 1901. Big 4to, 640 p. folding U.S. map, many maps in text, many ports., illus. Green cloth, shaken, one page loose. Highly interesting early lobbying effort intended to favorably influence Federal legislation for dredging the Mississippi and building levees to control floods. While the Rand, McNally maps vastly overstate the size of the alluvial basin, the book is a wealth of Mississippi valley local history at the turn of the century. I.D.#01479.

TEXAS. United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Twenty-First Annual Report Of The Director Of The United States Geological Survey. To The Secretary Of The Interior 1899-1900. Charles D. Walcott, Director. In Seven Parts. Part VII. - Texas. Washington, DC. 1901. Thick large 8vo, 666,xii p. Many illus., maps (some folding), sections, tables, figs. Maroon cloth, waterstained. Contains folding pocket maps. Geography and geology of the Black and Grand prairies, Texas, with detailed descriptions of the cretaceous formations and special reference to artesian waters. I.D.#02089. SOLD.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey.) Twenty-First Annual Report Of The United States Geological Survey. To The Secretary Of The Interior 1899-1900... In Seven Parts. Part VII - Texas. [by Robert T. Hill]. Washington, DC. 1901. 8vo, 666,XII pp. Col. maps (7 in pocket), 70 plates incl. some on plate paper, photo illus., charts, sections. Plum colored cloth. Ex-library with bookplates. The colored folding maps are like new. I.D.#06278.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Twenty-Second Annual Report Of The United States Geological Survey. To The Secretary Of The Interior, 1900-1901. Charles D. Walcott, Director. In Four Parts. Part III (Only) - Coal, Oil, Cement. Washington, DC. 1902. Large 8vo, 763 p. Many col. double-page maps, sections, charts, 4 folding col. maps in pocket. Maroon cloth, water spotted. Ex-library: Harvard University.  I.D.#02040.

Stose, George W. Geologic Atlas Of The United States New York City Folio Paterson, Harlem, Statemn Island, And Brooklyn Quadrangles New York - New Jersey. Folio 81 Three Sets Of Four-Sheets, Topography And Geology And Economic. Washington, DC. 1902. Large folio [18.6 x 21.75"] 3 double page map sheets. Disbound. Entire Chicagoland area, some text and pictures. Large Library, the preferred folio edition. I.D.#10215.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Twenty-Third Annual Report Of The Director Of The United States Geological Survey. To The Secretary Of The Interior. 1901-2. Washington, DC. 1903. Large 8vo, 217+p. port. (of Clarence King, first dir. U.S.G.S.) Many double-page maps, tables. Maroon cloth.  I.D.#02085.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Charles Kenneth Leith. The Mesabi Iron-Bearing District Of Minnesota. By C.K. Leith, Charles Richard Van Hise, Geologist In Charge. Washington, DC. 1903. 4to, 316+ p. 33 plts. (some folding, maps). Disbound, lacks pocket maps. (U.S.G.S. Monograph XLIII).  I.D.#02043.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Twenty-Fourth Annual Report Of The Director Of The United States Geological Survey. To The Secretary Of The Interior 1902-3. Washington, DC. 1903. Large 8vo, 302+p. Many double-page maps. Maroon cloth.  I.D.#02087.

NEW MEXICO. U.S. Department Of The Interior For The Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1902. Miscellaneous Reports. Part III. Governor Of New Mexico. Mine Inspector For New Mexico. Washington, DC. 1903. 8vo, photo illus., 9 folding maps and charts, 680 p. Black cloth. Maps include mining in Gallup District, view of the U.S. Marine Sanitorium at Fort Stanton, geological sections, rain fall and temperature charts, lacks post route map of the Territory of New Mexico, and archeological map of Pajarito Park. Maps in nice condition. I.D.#00462.

U.S. Department Of The Interior. Atlas To Accompany Monograph Xxxii Of The Geology Of The Yellowstone National Park By Arnold Hague. Washington, DC. 1904. Large imperial quarto [22 x 19"] unpaged. 37 col. topogr. and geological maps (most doub. pg.). Purple cloth, waterspotted. Contents very clean. Maps lithographed by Juliue Bien & Co. Maps in unusually good condition.  I.D.#07857.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Twenty-Sixth Annual Report Of The Director Of The United States Geological Survey. To The Secretary Of The Interior. 1904-5. Washington, DC. 1905. Large 8vo, 322+p. Many double-page two color maps. Maroon cloth, top of spine torn.  I.D.#02086.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). David Talbot Day. Mineral Resources Of The United States. Calendar Year 1904... Washington, DC. 1905. Thick 8vo, 1264+ p. Mostly tables, few folding maps. Maroon cloth, shaken.  I.D.#02107.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.s. Geological Survey). Monographs Of The United States Geological Survey Volume XLVIII. Part II. -. Plates. (Half Title) Status Of The Mesozoic Floras Of The United States. Second Paper By Lester F. Ward With The Collaboration Of William F. Fontaine, Arthur Bibbins, And G.R. Wieland. Part II. - Plates. Washington, DC. 1905. 4to, 115 plates, 4 maps. Green half morocco, faded. Fossil ferns, etc.  I.D.#07996.

Alabama. Geology And Cement Resources Of The Tombigbee River District, Mississippi-Alabama. Washington, DC. 1905, February 17. 8vo, 23 p. Col. lith. map. Disbound. (58th Cong., 3d sess. Senate. Document No. 165).  I.D.#07088.

Illinois State Geological Survey. Bulletin No. 1. The Geological Map Of Illinois By Stuart Weller. Urbana. 1906. 8vo, 26 p. large folding geological map. Maroon cloth, neat. Stamp on title. (Bulletin No. 1).  I.D.#00189. SOLD.

PENNSYLVANIA. United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Bulletins 300, 301. Economic Geology Of The Amity Quadrangle Eastern Washington County Pennsylvania By Frederick G. Clapp; Bibliography And Index Of North American Geology, Paleontology, Petrology, And Mineralogy For The Years 1901-1905, Inclusive By Fred Boughton Weeks. Washington, DC. 1906. 8vo. var. paging. Folding charts, photos., map. Tan buckram, neat. I.D.#07962.

U.S. Geological Survey. Twenty-Seventh Annual Report Of The Director [Charles D. Walcott] Of The United States Geological Survey To The Secretary Of The Interior 1905-6. Washington, DC. 1906. 8vo, 104 p. 24 part col. folding U.S. map, tables Gray printed wraps., faded and chipped.  I.D.#11298.

Weeks, Fred Boughton. Bibliography And Index Of North American Geology,. Paleontology, Petrology, And Mineralogy For The Years 1901-1905 Inclusine. Washington, DC. 1906. Thick 8vo, 770,ii p. Gray printed wraps, hinges torn. (Bulletin No.301 Series G, Miscellaneous, 30) A compilation of bibliographies published by the USGS during these years in their bulletins. Book label of J.M. Lincoln, Wareham, Mass.  I.D.#11302.

CALIFORNIA. United States. Department of the Interior (U.S. Geological Survey). Bulletin No. 321 Series A, Economic Geology, 102 B, Descriptive Geology, 126. Geology And Oil Resources Of The Summerland District, Santa Barbara County, California. By Ralph Arnold. Washington, DC. 1907. 8vo, 93,vii p. 17 photo. plates, 2 geologic sections and one col. folding map Santa Barbara region oil districts. Gray print. wraps. I.D.#00231.

CALIFORNIA. United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Bulletin No. 324. Series R. Structural Materials 1. The San Franciso Earthquake And Fire Of April 18, 1906 And Their Effects On Structural Materials. Reports By Grove Carl Gilbert, Richard Lewis Humphrey, John Stephen Sewell, And Frank Soule (Jr.) With Preface By Joseph Austin Holmes... Washington, DC. 1907. 8vo, 170,(1) p. Many illus. Disbound. With map of the earthquake zone.  I.D.#00166.

NEW MEXICO. Department of the Interior (U.S. Geological Survey). Water Resources Of The Rio Grande Valley In New Mexico And Their Development. By Willis T. Lee. [Water Supply And Irrigation Paper No. 188. Sries B, Descriptive Geology, 108. Series 0, Underground Waters, 66]. Washington, DC. 1907. 8vo, 59,VI pp. 2 folding maps, 8 plts. Disbound. Fine Rio Grande maps. (59th Congress, 2d session. House of Representatives. Document No. 73). I.D.#06575. SOLD.

United States Geological Survey. Four Reports. Preliminary Report On The Santa Maria Oil District, Santa Barbara County California. By Ralph Arnold And Robert Anderson. 1907. (Bulletin 317); Geologyofoil And Gas Fields In Steubenville, Burgettstown, And Claysville Quadrangles Ohio, West Virginia, And Pennsylvania By W.T. Griswold And M.J. Munn. 1907. (Bulletin 318); Summary Of The Controlling Factors Of Artesian Flows By Myron L. Fuller. 1908. (Bulletin No. 319); Geology And Oil Resources Of The Summerland District Santa Barbara County California By Ralph Arnold. 1907. (Bulletin No. 321). Washington, DC. 1907. 8vo. Folding col. plates, folding maps and oilskin overlays, many illus. Tan buckram, neat. 59th Cong., 2d sess. House Docs.  I.D.#07950.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Bulletins 311-315. Includes The Green Schists And Associated Granites And Porphyries Of Rhode Island By Benjamin K. Emerson And Joseph H. Perry; The Granites Of Maine By T. Nelson Dale With An Introduction By George Otis Smith Prepared In Cooperation With The Maine State Survey Commission.; Contributions To Economic Geology 1906. Part I.-Metals And Nonmetals, Except Fuels. S.F. Emmons, E.C. Eckel Geologist In Charge, And Others Similar. Washington, DC. 1907. 8vo. Large col. geol. maps of Maine and Rhode Island, Montana gold region map. Tan buckram, neat. Architectural granite; mineral resources of Alaska, etc. In: House documents. Vol. 57 (59th cong., 2d sess. 1906-1907).  I.D.#07957.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Bulletins 302-307. Incl. The Areas Of The United States, The States, And The Territories By Henry Gannett; Oil And Gas Fields Of Greene County, Pa. By Ralph W. Stone And Frederick G. Clapp; Rate Of Recession Of Niagara Falls By G.K. Gilbert...; Henry Gannett. Manuel Of Topographic Methods By Henry Gannett, Etc. In: House Documentas. Vol. 57. Washington, DC. 1907. 8vo, Gold field map, Calif./Nev., Penna. oil field map, plates and photos of mapmaking instruments. Tan buckram, neat. The manual on triangulation in map making is very significant.  I.D.#07958.

United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Water-Supply And Irrigation Paper No. 179. Series L., Quality Of Water, 14. Prevention Of Stream Pollution By Distilery Refuse Based On Investigations At Lynchburg, Ohio By Herman Stabler; Water-Supply And Irrigation Paper No. 180. Series M, General Hydrographic Investigations, 18. Turbine Water-Wheel Tests And Power Tables By Robert E. Horton; Water-Supply And Irrigation Paper No. 182. Series O, Underground Waters, 62. Flowing Wells And Minicipal Water Supplies In The Southern Portion Of The Southern Peninsula Of Michigan By Frank Leverett And Others; With Another By Leverett On The Middle And Northern Portions Of The Southern Peninsula Of Michigan... Washington, DC. 1907. 8vo. Folding maps, folding charts, sections, illus. Tan buckram, neat. Early water use and ecology monographs.  I.D.#07964.

U.S. Geological Survey. List Of The Publications Of The United States Geological Survey. (Except Topographic Maps). Washington, DC. 1907. 8vo, 65 p. Gray-green paper wraps. Spine frayed and chipped. A very useful and scarce bibliography giving all contents and paginations.  I.D.#11269.

U.S. Geological Survey. Twenty-Eighth Annual Report. Of The Director [George Otis Smith] Of The United States Geological Survey To The Secretatry Of The Interior For The Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1907. Washington, DC. 1907. 8vo, 80 p. Partial color folding U.S. map, tables. Gray printed wraps. Book label of J.M. Lincoln, Wareham, Mass. Item 3000.  I.D.#11295.

Mason-Dixon Line. Report Of The Resurvey Of The Maryland-Pennsylvania Boundary. Part Of The Mason And Dixon Line Authorized By The Legislatures Of Maryland And Pennsylvania. (Reprinted From: Reports Of The Maryland Geological Survey. Baltimore, 1908). BALTIMORE. 1908. Large 8vo, 412 p. folding maps (facsims.), 73 plates. Green cloth. Huge folding facsimile map, 28 x 70 inches.  I.D.#01723. SOLD.

U.S. Geologic Survey. Five Circulars, A Circular Letter Of Retailers. And Several Letters From The Chief Clerk, H.C. Rizer To J.M. Lincoln Of Wareham, Mass. Regarding Ordering Maps, Their Relative Scarcity And Cost, Together With Retained Copies Of Orders From Mr. Lincoln. Lincoln Was Evidently A Pioneer Collector Of American Cartography. Washington, DC. 1908. Important cartographic insights into the Geologic atlas of the United States and the topographic maps series. Together 10+ pieces.  I.D.#11300.

U.S. Geological Survey. Twenty-Ninth Annual Report. Of The Director [George Otis Smith] Of The United States Geological Survey To The Secretary Of The Interior For The Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1908. Washington, DC. 1908. 8vo, 99 p. 2 partial color folding U.S. maps, tables. Gray printed wraps., chipped.  I.D.#11286.

U.S. Geological Survey. Twenty-Ninth Annual Report. Of The Director [George Otis Smith] Of The United States Geological Survey To The Secretary Of The Interior For The Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1908. Washington, DC. 1908. 8vo, 99 p. 2 partial color folding U.S. maps, plate, tables. Gray printed wraps.  I.D.#11292.

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United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Ground Waters And Irrigation Enterprises In The Foothill Belt, Southern California. By Walter C. Mendenhall. Washington, DC. 1908. 8vo, 180 p. 7 folding topo. maps, sections, illus., tables, 2 panoramic view plates Orange printed wrappers, dust soiled and shaken, tape repairs. Scarce and ephemeral in wraps. Shows areas of artesian water flow in 1904 and water sources from Cucamonga and other areas. Several masps show street plans, names neighborhood additions in Los Angeles, Pasadena, etc. in 1907.  I.D.#09757.  SOLD.

Mason-Dixon Line. Report Of The Resurvey Of The Maryland-Pennsylvania Boundary. Part Of The Mason And Dixon Line Authorized By The Legislatures Of Maryland And Pennsylvania. Published Under Authority Of An Act Of Assembly Of Pennsylvania, Approved May 13, 1909. Harrisburg, PA. 1909. 8vo, 412 p. huge folding map in pocket. Black cloth, water spotted. Second edition; the Maryland issue was earlier. Huge facsimile map of original survey, 28 x 70 inches.  I.D.#02276. SOLD.

ALABAMA. University of Alabama. Geologi