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[003361] . SCIENCE, August 31, 1883. No. 30.. ill. Etchings, Tables, Graph. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1883. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles: Notes on the Geology of the Troad, by J.S. Diller; Occurrence of Mound-Builders Pipes in New Jersey, by Charles C. Abbott with an illustration; The Igloo of the Innuit. -III. with 9 illustrations; Minnesota Weather; Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Geology of Philadelphia by Henry Carvill Lewis; The Iroquois Book of Rites; The Evidence for evolution in the history of the extinct Mammalia with a table; A classification of the natural sciences by T. Sterry Hunt with a table; Orbit of the great comet of 1882 by Edgar Frisbie; The tornado at Racine, May 18, 1883 ; A Method for the calibration of a galvanometer with an illustration; The utilization of the sun's rays for warming and ventilating apartments by E. S. Morse; New form of selenium cell, with some remarkable electrical discoveries made by its use; 3 articles by B. F. Thomas: A Method of determining the centre of gravity of a mass with an illustration; Two forms of apparatus for Boyle's law with 2 illustrations; and A new heliostat with an illustration; The static telephone by Prof. A. E. Dolbear; Report of the committee on indexing the literature of chemical elements; The kinetic theory of the specific heat of solids and A kinetic theory of melting boiling by H. T. Eddy; On y-dichlordibrompropionic and y-dichlorbromacrylic acids by C.F. Mabery; The sub-aqueous dissociation of certain salts with a graph; Suggestions for computing the speed of chemical reactions; Twelve months of lysimeter record at the New York agricultural experiment station by E.L. Sturtevant; The composition of American wheat and corn with a table; The sotol, A Mexican forage plant; American butters and their adulterations by H. W. Wiley; A Comparison of terr-cotta lumber with other materials; Improvements in shaping-machines; Regularity of flow in double-cylinder rotary pumps; The early History of the North American Continent; and The Remington Type-Writer by Richard A. Proctor with an illustration. pp. 255-298. Covers are advertisements for Photo-Engraving, Park Place, N.Y. and Electrical Test Instruments.. Additional page front and back with advertisements, before articles. ex.-mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. Some small chips on side and bottom edges.Spine split up 6" but covers still intact. overall exterior is Good.. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Around borders some age-toning, not on text. $60.00

[004926] . REPORTS OF THE SEVERAL RAILROAD AND CANAL COMPANIES OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE YEAR 1865. ill. Tables. Harrisburg PA: Singerly & Myers, State Printers, 1865. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 3/4". Pebbled Covers. Pennsylvania. Good Communicated by the Auditor General. "...for presentation to the House of Representatives, the reports made to this Department by sundry railroad companies...and of canal companies...with tabular statements and a report accompanying the same". Auditor General: Isaac Slenker. 476 pp. including Index. 104 Railroad reports, some of which are: Erie and North-East; New Castle and Beaver Valley; Hanover Branch; Western Pennsylvania; Chestnut Hill; Hempfield; Perkiomen; Lehigh and Mahanoy; Pennsylvania Cannel Coal and Railroad Company; Lykens Valley; Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad and Coal Company; McCauley Mountain and Black Creek; and Little Schuylkill Navigation. 12 Canal Company reports, including: Delaware and Hudson; Erie; Lehigh Coal and Navigation; Muncy, Pennsylvania railroad canal report, etc. Also includes Tabular Statements regarding Stock and Debt; Characteristics of roads; Amount of freight, Expenses and receipts; Accidents, etc. Numerous tables. Brown pebbled embossed covers. Circular embossed seal of Pennsylvania with "Commonwealth Pennsylvania" on front and back. Spine faded and brittle in parts. Spine and spine ends cracking/fraying. Corners bumped. Some rubbing along ends. Page ends mildly soiled. Overall Good considering age. Front hinge's paper starting to tear. Mild foxing to endpapers, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $75.00

[004856] . STATE OF CONNECTICUT, A CESSION OF JURISDICTION OF THE TERRITORY WEST OF PENNSYLVANIA, COMMONLY CALLED THE WESTERN RESERVE OF CONNECTICUT. House of Representatives, 1800. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 3/4". Disbound. Connecticut. Good+ to Very Good- REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO WHOM WAS REFERRED, ON THE 26TH ULTIMO, THE CONSIDERATION OF THE EXPEDIENCY OF ACCEPTING FROM THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, A CESSION OF JURISDICTION OF THE TERRITORY WEST OF PENNSYLVANIA, COMMONLY CALLED THE WESTERN RESERVE OF CONNECTICUT. 21st March, 1800. Begins with " That in the year 1606, on the 10th of April, James I. king of England, on the application of Sir Thomas Gates and others, for license to settle a colony in that part of America, called Virginia, not possessed by any christian prince, or people, between the thirty-fourth and forty-fifth degrees of north latitude, granted them a charter. In order to facilitate the settlement of the country, and at the request of the adventurers, he divided it into two colonies." In the right margin is printed "Hazard's state papers, vol.i. 50. First Charter of Virginia.", Other marginal "notes" in document: Second Charter of Virginia; Third Charter of Virginia; Charter of Massachusetts; First Charter to Connecticut; Charter to Duke of York; Journals of Congress; Act of Legislature of Connecticut; Charter of Pennsylvania and Mr. Jefferson's Report, Nov.8, 1791, Journals and Reports, 1st Session, 2d Congress 6. 8. Report. 24 pp. plus blank back cover. "stab" holes at left margin. Tied with one string. Untrimmed. Slight foxing. Otherwise document is clean and tight. Facsimile of cover - title page. Historic document. Document appears to be a copy issued by Connecticut Western Reserve, that we know now as the Western Reserve of Ohio. Government documents earlier than 1814, when Washington was burned, are scarce. Howes C-683 $350.00

[003022] . SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY GOSSIP, 5 Issues 1883. Boston: S. E. Cassino & Co., 1883. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Science. Good+ or Better January-October 1883. Vol.I, No.3 January 15, 1883 Articles: Cuvier, and English Universities. Vol. I, No.6 April 16, 1883, Article: American Museums, Academy of Natural Sciences at Philadelphia, PA. Vol.I, No.7 May 15, 1883, Articles: American Museums, The American Museum of Natural History, New York City, and American Archaeology: The Work of the Peabody Museum. Vol.I, No.8 June 15, 1883, Articles: American Museums: The Lyceum of Natural History at Williams College, American Archaeology: The Work of the Peabody Museum (continued), The Atlantic Right Whales, and Land Leeches of Ceylon. Vol.I, No.12 October 15, 1883 (last issue of "first volume") Article: Color Sense In Man. All issues include articles of Scientific Notes, Book Reviews and publication ads. some issues have uncut pages. ex-mus. numbers on front. lightly soiled covers otherwise Good+ or better. Interiors are clean, tight and VG. $205.00

[003085] . CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE BOTANICAL LABORATORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Vol II, Number 3 . ill. Plates, Figures (illustrations). 1904. Paper Wraps. Botany. Good + to Very Good- "A Comparative Study of the Cytology and Movements of the Cyanophyceae" by Orville Phillips. Plates XXIII-XXXIV. Reprinted from Transactions and Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Pennsylvania. Printed on the Mrs. James McManes Fund. pp.237-438. ex.mus. numbers on front cover. mildly soiled/faded covers. paper spine ends missing some pieces. Covers intact. Overall Good +. ex-mus. stamp on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. Index. $18.50

[004973] . CONSTITUTIONAL LAW; Comprising the Declaration of Independence.... Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1820. Size: Approx. 4 1/4" x 7 1/4". 3/4 Calf. Law. Good Constitutional Law: Comprising the Declaration of Independence; The Articles of Confederation; The Constitution of the United States; And the Constitutions of the Several States Composing the Union, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Mississippi, Indiana, Illinois, Alabama, Maine. 409 pp. including Appendix with Amendments to the Constitution of South Carolina 1808; Amendment to the Constitution of Georgia and Amendments to the Constitution of New Hampshire. 3/4 brown calf on spine and corners. Marbled boards. Gilt lettering on spine. The "C" and "N" (first and last letters to Constitution) missing from spine title. Front cover detached. Rubbing/scuffing to covers. Overall covers are Good to Good-. Griswold College bookplate on front endpaper, numbers on free endpaper and Index page. Blank page stamped "Deaccessioned". Previous owner's name in small letters at top edge of title page. Foxing to endpapers amd mildly in text. Otherwise text is tight and Very Good. Scarce. $2,500.00

[004523] Claypole, E.W.. PERRY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 1883. ill. Figures(drawings, diagrams) Plates. American Philosophical Society, Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Paper Wraps. Pennsylvania. Very Good 5 "papers" read before the American Philosophical Society.First:THE PERRY COUNTY FAULT. Note on an Important Correction in the Geological Map of Pennsylvania read April 20, 1883. Tipped on to the front page a strip of paper printed: "With Compliments of E.W. Claypole" and penciled "Akron O." Text covers: The District Immediately South of New Bloomfield with plate of The New Bloomfield fault; The Little Germany Fault; Map of the Eastern End of the Perry County Faults; and Intermediate Fault. pp.218-225. Second Paper: NOTE ON A RELIC OF THE NATIVE FLORA OF PENNSYLVANIA, SURVIVING IN PERRY COUNTY. Read before the American Philosophical Society, May 18, 1883. pp.226- 230.Text covers: Its Habitat in Perry County. Third paper: ON THE EQUIVALENT OF THE NEW YORK PORTAGE, IN PERRY COUNTY, MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIA. Read before the American Philosophical Society, September 21, 1883. pp.230-235. Text covers: The Cardiola Shale and The Cardiola Shale and Portage Beds of Perry County. Fourth paper: NOTE ON THE GENUS RENSSELAERIA IN THE HAMILTON GROUP IN PERRY CO. Read before the American Philosophical Society, September 21, 1883. pp.235-236. Fifth paper: NOTE ON A LARGE CRUSTACEAN FROM THE CATSKILL GROUP OF PENNSYLVANIA. Read before the American Philosophical Society, Sept. 21, 1883 with plate: Dolichocephala Lacoana, Claypole, from the Catskill rocks of Wyoming county, Pennsylvania and 5 illustrations. pp.236-239. Text covers: Dolichocephala and Dolichocephala Lacoana. Plain paper covers. ex. mus. name, town, state plus numbers on front cover. In pencil written: Prof. Claypole. Covers slightly soiled. Tear on front cover's side edge at lower corner. Small tear at back cover's side edge, otherwise covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Laid in an article from Perry County, Pa, Freeman. SOME OLD PERRY COUNTY FISH, by E. W. Claypole, Akron, Ohio.1884. ex.mus. numbers at top. 2" tear at crease, otherwise Very Good. $100.00

[004342] Congress. RESOLUTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA APPROVING OF THE DECLARATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN FAVOR OF THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY. Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1824. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Disbound. American History. Very Good 18th Congress. 1st Session. May 3, 1824. "...That the magnanimous declaration of the President of the United States, in defence of the cause of liberty in this western hemisphere, meets the entire approbation of the General Assembly of this Commonwealth. That, whilst the allied sovereigns have manifested a determination that no free government shall exist in the eastern hemisphere, it has afforded us the highest gratification to observe the President of the United States expressing the sentiments of millions of freemen, proclaiming to the world, that any attempt on the part of the allied sovereigns of Europe, to extend their political systems to any portion of these continents of America, or in any other manner to interfere in their internal concerns, would be considered as dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States." 4 pp. (2 pp. of text) Enclosed in stiff green wraps (done at later date). Wraps are Fine. Document lightly foxed, otherwise Very Good+ $35.00

[004286] Dunn, Edward D.. DOUBLE-CROSSING AMERICA BY MOTOR, Routes and Ranches of the West. ill. Illus. With Drawings and Maps. New York: G.P. Putnam's, 1933. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2". Car Narrative. Very Good- This charmingly illustrated book contains information about costs, rates and names of places to stay over night on a transcontinental trip. The book is divided into sections, each one consisting of an account of that day's trip, listing mileage, expenses, occasionally suggested reading, and highlights of the day's run. The trip takes in the charming South - Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky; the energetic Middle West - Ohio, Indiana, Missouri and Kanses; the romantic Southwest - Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona; the amazing state of California; a short run into Old Mexico; the Bret Harte frontier country of Nevada and Wyoming; the agricultural lands of Idaho, Dakota and Pennsylvania; a short run into Canada; and the pastoral case of upstate New York. Several ranches along the way are described. Pictorial endpapers. 251 pp. 80 illustrations and maps. Spine dulled and ends slightly rubbed. Otherwise covers are Very Good. Illustrated endpapers. Slight foxing on half title page and on blank page at back. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. Bliss 58. $22.50

[003114] Hartshorne, Henry. Memoir of George B. Wood, M.D., LL.D. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1880. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Paper Wraps. Biography. Very Good Dr. Wood was a physician in the Pennsylvania Hospital in 1835-'59, became President of the American Philosophical Society in 1859, and was for many years President of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. With Franklin Bache, M. D., he published "The Dispensatory of the United States". 35 pp. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. otherwise the exterior is VG+ as is the interior. Read before the American Philosophical Society, October 11, 1880. $50.00

[004213] House of Representatives. EXAMINATION OF YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER, PENNSYLVANIA, Letter from The Secretary of War, Transmitting, With a Letter from the Chief of Engineers, Report of Examination of Youshiogheny River, Pennsylvania. ill. Colored Foldout Map. 1899. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Disbound. Pennsylvania. Very Good- House of Representatives. 56th Congress, 1st Session. Document No.82. "...a preliminary examination has been made of Youghiogheny River, with a view to the improvement of said river by locks and dams from West Newton to the mouth of said river at McKeesport, Pennsylvania, and I have the honor ot submit herewith report of September 27, 1899, with maps, of said examination, submitted by the local engineer officer, Maj. Charles F. Powell, Corps of Engineers." 13 page document with 2 colored foldout maps: YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER, West Newton to Its Mouth, PA, 28"x14". Second map: YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER. Dawson to McKeesport, PA. Showing Pittsburg Coalbed, 11"x9". Famous Americans in document: Elihu Root, Secretary of War; and Henry M. Robert, Colonel, Corps of Engineers. Includes Commerce, Geology, Analysis of coal below West Newton; Distances, Youghiogheny River, Pennsylvania, based on surveys of 1873; The YoughioghenyGas Coal and Statment of coal taken out form mines located along the Youghiogheny River, for the year 1896, take from State report of mine inspector. Front page loose otherwise document is Very Good+. Maps are Very Good+. $100.00

[004340] House of Representatives. LOCKS AND DAMS, MONONGAHELA RIVER. Letter from The Secretary of War. ill. Plates, Foldouts, Tables. 1895. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Disbound. Pennsylvania. Very Good+ 53d Congress, 3d Session, Ex. Doc. No. 249. Transmitting The report of the Chief of Engineers on the subject of acquiring by purchase the locks and dams on the Monongahela River, Pennsylvania. 65 pp. including 8 Appendixes. 9 plates, 6 of which are foldouts. Famous Americans in document: Daniel S. Lamont, Secretary of War; Thomas Lincoln Casey, Brigadier General, Chief of Engineers; Joseph K. McCammon, Attorney for the Monongahela Navigation Company; J. M. Schofield, Major General, Acting Secretary of War; S.V. Benet, Brig. Gen., Chief of Ordnance, and Acting Secretary of War; J.C. Duane, Brig. Gen., Chief of Engineers; Amos Stickney, Major of Engineers; M.K. Moorhead, President of Monongahela Navigation Company; and George Shiras, Jr and R. B. Carnahan, Attorneys for Monongahela Navigation Company. Disbound. Very Good+. $125.00

[004341] House of Representatives. FLOATING DRY DOCKS. Message from the President of the United States (James K. Polk). ill. Tables, Drawings. 1847. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Disbound. Pennsylvania. Good to Good+ Thirtieth Congress. First Session. Ex. Doc. No. 11. Transmitting A report from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the construction of Floating Dry Docks at Pensacola, Philadelphia, and Kittery. December 22, 1847. 152 pp. Famous Americans in document: James K. Polk, President of the United States; J. Y. Mason, Secretary of the Navy; Nathan Clifford, Attorney General; David Henshaw; William P.S. Sanger, Engineer; Lawrence Kearney, Senior Officer of the board; TW Wyman, Captain; Samuel Humphreys, Architect; S. M. Pook, Naval Constructor; and George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy. 2 illustrations showing positions of "Basin", "Pier", and "Dock". Foxing-heavy on some pages and others none. Text legible. Otherwise document is tight and Very Good. $65.00

[004343] House of Representatives. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1876. Message from the President of the United States (U.S. Grant). 1876. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9". Pennsylvania. Very Good 43d Congress. 2d Session. Ex. Doc. No. 125. Message from the President of the United States Transmitting A report giving a statement of what is proposed to be exhibited by each Executive Department of the Government at the International Exhibition to be held in the city of Philadelphia in the year 1876, together with an estimate of the expense to be incurred. 19 pp. Famous Americans in document: U.S. Grant, President of the United States; S. C. Lyford, Bvt. Lieut.-Col. U.S.A., Chairman of the Ordnance Office, War Dept. Board; Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State, R.W. Tayler, Comptroller; William Saunders; Joseph Henry, Secretary Smithsonian Institution; Spencer F. Baird; Wm. W. Belknap, Secretary of War; Thornton A. Jenkins, Rear Admiral, commissioner of Navy Department; and George M. Robeson, Secretary of Navy. Disbound. String-tied. Top right corners small crease, otherwise document is clean, tight, and Very Good+. $55.00

[003300] Klemic, Harry . Uranium Occurrences in Sedimentary Rocks in Pennsylvania.. ill. Foldout Map, Tables. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1962. Soft Cover. Geological Survey. Very Good+ Geological Survey Bulletin 1107-D. pp.243-288. envelope attached to back cover with foldout map. Covers top border and spine mildly sunned. Back cover's bottom edge 1/8" tear. Otherwise exterior is Very Good. Interior and map are Fine. $10.00

[000972] Lesley, J.P.. THE IRON ORES OF THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY. ill. Fold-out Map & Figures. Pennsylvania: 1873. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Wraps. Geology. Very Good Title page reads:THE IRON ORES OF THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY, yet the article is called: THE IRON ORES OF THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN, Along the Line of the Harrisburg and Potomac Railway, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania . (Read before the American Philosophical Society, January 3, 1873.) J.P. Lesley was a Professor of Geology in the Department of Science, University of Pennsylvania. 19 pp. 19 figures(sketches). 27 1/2"x 16 1/2" large fold-out map in front. Map of The Juanita Lands & Ore Rights of Messrs Lyons Shorb & Co, Situated in the Counties of Blair Centre and Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Drawn by Harden & Son, Mining Engineers, Philadelphia. 9 1/2" scotch tape repair on fold, otherwise map is clean and Very Good + condition. Wraps with paper label on front. Small residue from sticker otherwise in Very Good condition. $50.00

[000921] Lewis, Henry Carvill. ON SUPPOSED GLACIATION IN PENNSYLVANIA SOUTH OF THE TERMINAL MORAINE. ill. Illus. With a Fold-out Map. 1884. Size: Approx. 6" x 9 1/4". Wraps. Geology. Very Good+ At the time of this paper, the author was a Professor of Geology at Haverford College. From The American Journal of Science, Vol. XXVIII, Oct., 1884. Large foldout map at back of "Supposed Glaciated Localities in Pennsylvania South of the Terminal Moraine" The glaciated areas on the map are colored. pp. 276-285. Very Good +. (Have 8 more pamphlets by Lewis, all different titles) $22.50

[000919] Lewis, Henry Carvill. ON A NEW SUBSTANCE RESEMBLING DOPPLERITE FROM A PEAT BOG AT SCRANTON.. 1881. Size: Approx. 6" x 9 1/4". Wraps. Geology. Very Good Lewis, at the time of this paper, was the Professor of Mineralogy in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. This was read before the American Philosophical Society, Dec. 2,, 1881. "In the course of an excavation for a new court-house at Scranton, Pa., made last July, a very interesting substance was discovered, specimens of which were sent to the writer at that time for investigation. The excavation cut through a peat bog, and it was at the bottom of this bog, some 25 feet from the surface of the ground, that the substance here referred to was found." pp.112-117. Wraps slightly discolored around edges otherwise the pamphlet is Very Good+. (Have 8 more pamphlets by Lewis, all different titles) $15.00

[000915] Lewis, Henry Carvill. ON PHILADELPHITE (Sp. Nov.). Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences, 1879. Size: Approx. 6" x 9 1/4". Wraps. Geology. Very Good+ Read before the Mineralogical and Geological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, December 22d, 1879. " The mineral to which the above title has been applied was found by the writer four years ago, ...". 16 pp. Wraps slightly discolored around edges otherwise the pamphlet is Very Good+ to Near Fine. Laid in a 5" x 2 1/4" paper hand written "With the Compliments of H. Carvill Lewis." ( Have 8 more pamphlets by Lewis, all different titles) $25.00

[000914] Lewis, Henry Carvill. THE IRON ORES AND LIGNITE OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY VALLEY. ill. Illus. With Diagrams. Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences, 1879. Size: Approx. 6" x 9 1/4". Wraps. Geology. Very Good+ Read before the Mineralogical and Geological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, October 27th, 1879. 12 pp. 2 diagrams. Wraps slightly discolored around edges otherwise the pamphlet is Very Good+ to Near Fine. ( Have other pamphlets by Lewis, all different titles) $20.00

[000124] Ravenel, Mazyck P., M.D.. Notes on the Bacteriological Examination of the Soil of Philadelphia.. ill. Color plates, Figures. Washington: GPO, 1896. Size: Approx. 9" X 12". 3/4 Calf. Medicine. Very Good Memoirs of the Natl.Academy of Sciences, Vol.VIII. House of Representatives, 54th Congress 1st Sess., Doc. No.253. An examination of "the greater mortality among persons living in houses built on made ground over those living on virgin soil." Soil was examined in both made and virgin soil to a depth of 12 feet, over a period of 10 months. Results are detailed. 3/4 red calf, marbled boards and endpapers, all edges marbled. A handsome, deluxe presentation. Some rubbing on spine and corners, else Very Good +. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good +. 42 illustrations. 4 color plates. $70.00

[004276] Saul, Frank P. (editor). Readings on Heredity, Ecology, and the Human Life Cycle . ill. Figures. New York: Selected Academic Readings, 1969. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Soft Cover. Anthropology. Good Textbook for Pennsylvania State University's course on Human Physical Growth, Development, and Ageing (Anthropology 31). Previous owner (student)'s name/address? on title page. Some underlining, highlighting and "notes" written in margin. All neatly done. Back free end paper in red. "DONE-YEA!" Numerous illustrations. Laid in 3 separate sheets with multiple choice questions for First, Second and Final Exam for Anthropology 31, 1970. Covers overall Good. "Used" yellow sticker on spine. Watermark on back cover, leaving some discoloring on inside endpaper. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $20.00

[002914] Smithsonian Annual Report. Proceedings of the United States National Museum Volume 51. ill. Plates, Figures, Tables. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1917. Green Cloth. Good Contents: CALIFORNIA LAND SHELLS by Paul Bartsch. HETEROPTEROUS HEMIPTERS by E. Bergroth..COCCINELLID LARVAE by Adam Boving. KOREAN SORCERRESS, by I.M. Casanowicz. FOSSIL INSECTS by T.D.A. Cockerell, NEW SPECIES OF FORAMINIFERA FROM PHILIPPINE ...by Joseph Cushman. INVERTEBRATE FAUNA OF FLINT RIVER, GEORGIA, and MOLLUSKS...by William Healey Dall. DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW LEPIDOPTERA, MEXICO by Harrison.Dyar.JAPANESE MACROUROID FISHES, collected by ALBATROSS 1906 by Charles Henry Gilbert. NORTH AMERICAN CHALCIDOID by A.A. Girault.ROTATIORIAN GENERA LEPADELLA AND LOPHOCHARIS...by Harry L. Harring. EXTINCT MAMMALS...TEXAS by Oliver P. Hay. PARASITIC ISOPOD CRUSTACEANS by W.P.Hays. LOWER JURASSIC FLORA, ALASKA by F. H. Knowlton. RED SPIDERS by E.A. McGregor. MOLLUSKS FROM CHOCTAWHATCHEE MARL, by Wendell C. Mansfield. PHILIPPINE ELEGANT TITMOUSE...by Edgar Alexander Mearns. METEORIC STONE FROM FLORIDA, IRON METEORITE FROM COOKEVILLE, TENNESSEE and METEORIC IRONS FROM GEORGIA by George Merrill. WEEVILS by W. Dwight Pierce. WHITE FLIES by A.L. Quaintance and A.C. Baker. NEW ALASKAN MOLLUSK by Victor Sterki. MUSCOID FLIES by Charles Townsend. FOSSIL PLANTS FROM PENNSYLVANIA and NOTES ON ALUNITE, PSILOMELANITE AND TITANITE by Edgar T. Wherry and NEW BRACHIOPODS...MAINE by Henry Shaler Williams. 675 pps. Index. Plates, Figures and Tables. Green cloth with gilt lettering and design. Front cover has small scratches ? (silverfish?). Water stains to spine and top gutter with waviness to touch. Doesn't go through to interior. Otherwise covers intact and Good. Ex-lib.bookplate on front endpaper with numbers.. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $45.00

[003077] Trillia, Botanical Society of Western Pennsylvania. TRILLIA, Proceeding of the Botanical Society of Western Pennsylvania. No. 12 1946-1963.. Botanical Society of Western Pennsylvania, 1963. Soft Cover. Botany. Very Good $8.50

[002809] Volk, Ernest. The Archaeology of the Delaware Valley.. ill. Maps, Text drawings/Figures, Plates. Cambridge: Peabody Museum, 1911. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 3/4". Paper Wraps. Archaeology. Good Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Vol. V. 258 pp. of text. Two maps, 125 plates , and 26 illustrations in text. Appendix, Bibliography, and Index. Contents include: Geology: THE GEOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE VICINITY OF TRENTON; Archaeology: TRACES OF MAN IN THE BLACK SOIL, TRACES OF MANIN THE YELLOW DEPOSIT OR DRIFT, TRACES OF MAN AND ANIMALS IN THE STRTIFIED GRAVEL AND SAND OLDER THAN THE YELLOW DRIFT and the Journals of Ernest Volk from 1906-1910. Brown paper wraps. ex-mus. numbers on cover and spine. Slightly soiled, two spots on cover at side edge. Side edge overlaps, missing side strip 2/16"x1 1/2". Mild chipping to edges. Overall Good to Good +. Interior is tight, clean and in Very Good + condition. Some pages uncut. $92.5