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[003541] . SCIENCE, March 12, 1886. Volume VII. No. 162. New York: The Science Company, 1886. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Very Good Articles by Famous Americans: N. S. SHALER: The swamps of the United States; and ERNEST INGERSOLL: The Rocky Mountains as seen from the Canadian Pacific railway. in Letters to the Editor: S. LOCKWOOD: Apropos to Pteranodon and Homo. Other articles: The origin of human races and types and Comparative distribution of Jewish ability. ex.-mus. numbers on front cover. mild soil at stapled side. Bottom edge chipped. Some chipping to bottom edge. Overall exterior is Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. pp. 229-250. $40.00

[003028] . FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, Annual Report of Director to the Board of Trustees: Years 1906-1931., And 1966 Annual Report. ill. Plates. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1907. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Stiff Wraps. Natural History. Good 26 Reports covering years: 1906-1910,1912-1924,1926-1932, and 1966. Commences with report of the death of Marshall Field, founder of the Museum. Frontis. portrait of Field (Plate). Plate II: Mourning Design in Museum Rotunda Exposed for Thirty Days Following Mr. Field's Death. Each year's report gives Accessions in Departments of Anthropology, Botany, Geology, Zoology. Numerous Plates in each Report. Stiff cover wraps-mildly soiled. Some with chips along edges or spine. A few with small pieces of paper spine missing, but still intact. ex.mus. stamp/numbers either on front or on title page. 1919 Report's front cover is detached. Overall exteriors are Good to Good +. Interiors are clean and Very Good. $450.00

[003101] . HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP, 13 Issues 1878-1879. ill. Figures(drawings),. London: Hardwicke & Bogue, 1878. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good 13 issues. January1878 plus complete year for 1879: Jan.-Dec. A Monthly Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature. Each issue with many illustrations. Subject areas: Natural History, Biology, Botany, Entomology, Zoology, Geology, Microscopy. Many scientific ads with some full pages on microscopes. Some string-tied "announcements" tipped in including one edition with 4 page article by T.Twining. Illustrated covers.Some soiling. Minor chipping on sides. Overall Good or better. 2 issues covers detached. Several issues' pages uncut. Paper on some issues feels stiff-perhaps got moist? Doesn't affect interiors which are clean, tight and overall in VG condition. 2 issues have J.D. Putnam's signature on covers. One issue with ex-mus. stamp. $275.00

[003110] . AGASSIZ COMPANION,1886-1888,18 Issues. ill. Engravings. Wyandotte, Kansas: Will H. Plank, 1886. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Paper Wraps. Science. Good A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Natural Sciences, Philately and the Interests of the Agassiz Association. 18 issues. 1886: Vol.I, No. 1-4. 1887: Vol.II, No. 1-8, and No. 12. 1888: Vol.III, No. 1-2, No. 5, No. 7, No.11-12(one issue). Some Articles: Insects, Andes, Fauna of Lower Silurian in the vicinity of Lebanon, Ohio: Sea-weeds and Coral, Plant Movements, Fossil Hunt, Botany in Public Schools, Geology, Agassiz, His Life and Works (with portrait engraving), Rocks and Minerals of Maine. ex.-mus. stamp/numbers/or "Agassiz Association, Chapter 158" on front cover. Mild soiling. First issue, 2 1/2"x3", missing piece on front cover; one issue's back cover missing piece and several with paper label residue. All covers are intact. Paper wraps overall Good. Interiors are clean, tight and overall Very Good+. $320.00

[003161] . SCIENCE, March 20, 1885. Volume V. No. 111. ill. Etchings,diagrams, Drawings. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles by Famous Americans: JOHN TROWBRIDGE " The Jefferson physical laboratory"(at Harvard University) with engraving of the facility and 4 layout diagrams; JOSEPH F. JAMES "Evidences of beaches in the Cincinnati group" with one illustration; and DAVID P. TODD "Researches in stellar parallax"with one illustration. Other articles: "Coffins of the Seventh Century" with one illustration and under Notes and News, a paragraph on a "new loud-speaking telephone" with an illustration of one. Under Letters to the Editor, a short paragraph from D.P.TODD "Solar eclipse of March 16. Other Letters to Editor: "Hereditary abnormality of sense-organs" by W.J. McGee with illustration and "Economy of fuel" by Bailey Willis with illustration. Some soiling to paper covers. Side edge with mild chippings.Very little to bottom edge. Covers intact. Overall exterior is Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $40.00

[003167] . SCIENCE, May 8, 1885. Volume V. No. 118. ill. Portraits, Engravings, Map,. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good to Good- Articles by Famous Americans: S. NEWCOMB "Mortality experience of the Connecticut mutual life-insurance Co."; and in Letters to the Editor ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL "The Wisconsin Bill relating to the instruction of deaf-mutes"; and EUGENE A. SMITH " Tertiary phosphates in Albama". Other articles: "Composite Portraits of Members of the National Academy of Sciences" with a full page of 4 portraits protected by a tissue guard; " American Flash Language in 1798" with Tufts's glossary, 1793-98; "Walking and Running" with 5 illustrations; and under Notes and News, a paragraph on the "earlier floods of the lower Mississippi" with a map. Also "Naval architecture in England, and "Recent British locomotives". Paper covers lightly soiled with chipping around edges. ex-mus. stamp on front cover. Top right corner of front cover missing,and another piece of top border. Bottom edge piece folded up and corner missing. Tearing at spine. Covers still intact. Overall covers are Good-. First 3 pages' upper corners missing, 1 1/2"x1/2", not on text. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. $40.00

[003215] . SCIENCE, September 11, 1885. Volume VI. No. 136. ill. Etchings. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good+ Articles by Famous Americans: W. R. NICHOLS "Chemistry in the service of public health"; EDWARD ORTON "Problems in the study of coal, with a sketch of recent progress in geology"; DR. BURT G. WILDER "Educational musuems of vertebrates"; and EDWARD ATKINSON "The application of science to the production and consumption of food". Other articles: on Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Thermodynamics, Mechanical Science, Geology and Geography, Biology, Histological Investigation, Histology and Microscopy, Native Tribes of Alaska, Anthropology and Economic Science and Statistics. In Notes and News: Paragraph on a monument of the first duke of Sutherland in England being struck and injured by lightning with an illustration; Use of the telephone for military purposes with an illustration and An electric railway at Frankfort with illustration. ex. mus. stamp (faint) on front cover. Covers slightly soiled. Bottom edge lightly chipped on front cover, back cover chipped with one 1" tear and 3/4"x1/2" circular spot?goes through on bottom edge on several pages, never close to text. Otherwise exterior is VG. First page of text with several soiled spots? otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG. Vertical crease through publication as if once folded. Not obtrusive. $45.00

[003355] . SCIENCE, August 17, 1883. No. 28. ill. Figures (line drawings), Map, Chart. Cambridge: Science Company, 1883. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/2". Paper Wraps. Science. Good to Good+ Articles:The Igloo of the Innuit. -I; On the Development of the Pituitary Body in Petromyzon, and the Significance of that Organ in other Types with 6 illustrations; The Weather in June, 1883 with map, table and ice chart for 1883; The Fall of a Balloon (hot air) with 6 illustrations; Some Unsolved Problems in Geology by Dr. J. W. Dawson; plus Weekly Summary of the Progress of Science with "reports" in Chemistry, Agriculture (with table), Meteorology, Geography, and Zoology with illustration of a Restoration of Brontosaurus. pp.181-210. Front wrap advertisement for The Revere Rubber Co. ex.-mus. stamp and numbers at top margin. mildly soiled with chipping around edges. Overall exterior is Good to Good+. Interior pages slightly brownish age-toned around edges, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $55.00

[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

[003518] . SCIENCE, July 25, 1884. Volume IV. No. 77. ill. Etchings, Map. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1884. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles by or about Famous Americans: FREDERICK SCHWATKA: The Implements of the Igloo with 12 illustrations; COUES'S Key to North-American Birds; 2 articles regarding GREELY Expedition, one with "two despatches from Lieut. Greely" including a map showing "points visited by Greely's party"; and EUGENE A. SMITH: Cretaceous phosphates in Alabama. Other articles include:Wiedemann's Electricity and The Organization for an International Scientific Association by Charles S. Minot. Also included the Index of Special Articles for SCIENCE, Volume III, January-June 1884 . covers detached. Slightly soiled around edges. Back cover's top corner creased. Tiny chipping around side/bottom edges. Vertical crease down the middle, going through "bulletin"-very minor. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+ $50.00

[003656] . SCIENCE, August 27, 1886. Volume VIII. No. 186. ill. Etching. New York: The Science Company, 1886. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles by Famous Americans: J. WILLARD GIBBS: Multiple algebra. in Letters to the Editor: WILLIAM NORTH RICE: The eccentricity theory of the glacial period;HENRY B. BAKER: The causation of pneumonia; and E.W.EVANS: The sweating sickness. Another article:"A New Submarine Torpedo Boat" with illustration. ex.mus.numbers on front cover. mildly soiled. watermark along top edge of front cover and on first page top margin inside. watermark at spine hinge. small chipping around edges. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $40.00

[003657] . SCIENCE, October 15, 1886. Volume VIII. No. 193. ill. Etchings. New York: The Science Company, 1886. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles by Famous Americans in Letters to the Editor: J. E. OLIVER: Education and the cost of living; H. CARVILL LEWIS: The genesis of the diamond; WILLIAM NORTH RICE: The eccentricity theory of the glacial period; H. W. WILEY: Unexplained noises; and EDWARD S. HOLDEN: How astronomers may work. Other articles:"The mounting of Mungo"( African elephant) with 4 illustrations; " A few words about pavements"(Fifth Ave, New York) with 4 illustrations; and "Washington's signature" with 8 different "examples". ex.mus.numbers on front cover. mildly soiled. watermark at top corner of front/back cover -not inside. thin watermark at spine hinge. small chipping around bottom/side edges. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $50.00

[003986] . BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF MISSOURI 1898. ill. Tables. Jefferson City, MO: Tribune Printing Company, 1898. Size: Approx. 6 3/4" x 9 3/4". Blue Cloth. Geology. Good to Good- Report of the State Geologist, Jno.A. Gallaher. 68 pp. including Tables of Expenditures. Blue cloth's top front corner and bottom edge spotted and "whitened", dampness? doesn't go through. Covers/spine ends mildly rubbed. Overall covers are Good except visually. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $40.00

[003994] . TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1881-1883. Poughkeepsie, New York: Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Science. Covers Poor. Interior Good+ Vol.1 Part I and 2. " Object of the society is to promote education and useful knowledge in the departments of Science, Literature, and Art, by investigating and discussing subjects...by establishing and maintaining a Museum, a Library and a collection of works of art and objects of historic interest ..." Articles by Famous Americans include: T. SHERRY HUNT's "Mineral Physiology"; and 3 articles by LEROY C. COOLEY-"Chemistry and the Question of Life"; "Examination of a Stain found on Monumental Marble"; and "The Work of the Scientific Section". Other articles by W.B. Dwight, C.B. Warring, and W. G. Stevenson (editor). 148 pp. Paper covers detached with tears and missing pieces. Title and illustration on front cover intact. ex-mus. numbers on front top edge. Side edge stained? not on any text. String tied. At pages 96-97 string has broken, so text is in two parts. Otherwise interior is clean and in VG+ condition. Have other "volumes" from Vassar Brothers Institute. $40.00

[003996] . TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1884-1885. ill. Plates, Tables,Figures (line drawings). Poughkeepsie, New York: Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Science. Covers Fair Interior Very Good Vol.III Part I and II. " Object of the society is to promote education and useful knowledge in the departments of Science, Literature, and Art, by investigating and discussing subjects...by establishing and maintaining a Museum, a Library and a collection of works of art and objects of historic interest ..." Articles by Famous Americans include: MARY WHITNEY - "The Sun-Spots of the Past Few Years" with an illustration; and LEROY C. COOLEY-"The Evolution of Science". Other articles by William B. Dwight, C.B. Warring (Gyroscope with 4 plates), and Edward D. Cope . 216 pp. Front paper cover 4" tear at spine joint. Back cover detached with tears and small pieces missing. Blank back endpaper torn, no text. ex-mus. numbers on front top edge. String tied. Interior is clean, tight and in VG+ condition. Have other "volumes" from Vassar Brothers Institute. $45.00

[003998] . TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1887-1890. ill. Plate, Figures (line drawings). Poughkeepsie, New York: Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Science. Covers Poor.Interior Very Good Vol.5 Part I and II. " Object of the society is to promote education and useful knowledge in the departments of Science, Literature, and Art, by investigating and discussing subjects...by establishing and maintaining a Museum, a Library and a collection of works of art and objects of historic interest ..." Articles by Famous Americans include: CHARLES A. YOUNG - "Nebulae and the Nebular Hypothesis"; and LEROY C. COOLEY-"Limit of Visibility for Minute Masses". Other articles by Henry V. Pelton, President of the Institute, William A. Mowry (Oregon Settlement), W.B. Dwight, C.B. Warring (Mathematics & Gyroscope), Gilbert Van Ingen, Edward Elsworth (Photography), and W. G. Stevenson's Obituary. Frontis. portrait of Stevenson. 192 pp. Front paper cover detached with missing pieces around edges. Title and design on cover intact. ex-mus. numbers/stamp on front top edge. Back cover missing. String tied. Interior is clean, tight and in VG+ condition. Have other "volumes" from Vassar Brothers Institute. $45.00

[003997] . TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1885-1887. ill. Plates, Tables,Figures (line drawings) Maps. Poughkeepsie, New York: Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Science. Covers Fair Interior Very Good Vol.IV Part I and II. " Object of the society is to promote education and useful knowledge in the departments of Science, Literature, and Art, by investigating and discussing subjects...by establishing and maintaining a Museum, a Library and a collection of works of art and objects of historic interest ..." Articles by Famous Americans include: W. LE CONTE STEVENS - "Aerial Navigation" with 4 illustrations; and MARY WHITNEY - "New Stars in Andromeda and Orion" with an illustration. 3 articles by William G. Stevenson, President of The Institute: "Interpretations of Nature", "Genius and Mental Disease" and "Earthquakes". Other articles by Rev. Henry L. Ziegenfuss, Capt. Henry C. Taylor, Isabel Mulford, Charles L. Bristol, Edward Riggs,William B. Dwight, and Charles B. Warring. 282 pp. Front paper cover missing bottom corner and two small pieces at side edge. Water mark at front top corner and down side edge. Shows on top corner of title page and no further. Spine paper cracking. Strip at base missing. Back cover missing. ex-mus. numbers on front top edge. String tied. Interior is clean, tight and in VG+ condition. Have other "volumes" from Vassar Brothers Institute. $45.00

[004471] . PEABODY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE: FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT in One Bound Volume 1869-1874. ill. Diagrams, Drawings. Salem, Mass.: Printed for the Academy, 1869. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". 3/4 Calf. Academy of Sciences. Good The first six Annual Reports of the Peabody Academy of Science. The FIRST ANNUAL REPORTof January 1869, accompanied by a record of the Proceedings of the Trustees from their organization, March, 1867. Contains George Peabody's letter "Gentlemen, as you will perceive by the enclosed Instrument of Trust, I wish to place in the hands of yourselves, and your successors, the sum of One Hundred and Forty Thousand Dollars, for the PROMOTION OF SCIENCE AND USEFUL KNOWLEDGE IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX...." Includes the Instrument of Trust, The Trustees, Officers, The Reply of the Trustees, and By-Laws. In the Report of the Director of the Museum, there are diagrams of The East India Marine Hall which was purchased by the Trustees of the Peabody Fund for the Promotion of Science in the County of Essex. Reports on Ethnology; Geology, Palaeontology; and Mollusca. Reports written by Famous Americans: F.W. Putnam, Director of the Museum; A.S. Packard, Curator; A.Hyatt, Curator; E.S. Morse, Curator; John A. McNiel's Report on His Expedition to Central America; and William C. Endicott, member of the Executive Committee (Endicott married Peabody's daughter and later became Secretary of War during President Grover Cleveland's Administration). SECOND AND THIRD ANNUAL REPORTS For the Years 1869 and 1870. Contains Dedication of the Museum, Note on Rossis palpebrosa, by A.Hyatt; Catalogue of Batrachia and Reptilia obtained by J.A. McNiel in Nicaragua, by E.D. Cope; Catalogue of Reptilia and Batracjoa obtained by C. J. Maynard in Florida, by E. D. Cope; List of Insects collected at Rebas, Equador, by A. S. Packard, Jr.; and List of Crustacea collected by J.A. McNiel in Central America. FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT for the Year 1871: Synopsis of the Family Heteropygil, by F.W. Putnam; Systematic Revision of some of the American Butterflies; with brief notes on those known to occur in Essex County, Mass, by Samuel H. Scudder; New American Moths: Zygaenidae and Bombycidae, by A. S. Packard, Jr.; List of Coleoptera collected in Labrador, by A. S. Packard, Jr.; and Record of American Entomology for the year 1871, by A. S. Packard, Jr. FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT for the Year 1871: all articles written by A. S. Packard, Jr.: Synopsis of the Thysanura of Essex County, Mass; Descriptions of New American Phalaenidae; Notes on North American Mothes of the Families Phalaenidae and Pyralidae in the British Museum; On the cave Fauna of Indiana and Record of American Entomology for 1872. and SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT for the Year 1873: List of Minerals Collected Essex County; Noctuidae of North America, by Aug. R. Grote; Descriptions of New North American Phalaenidae, Phyllopoda,Notice of some Dredgings made near Salem and Record of American Entomology for 1873, all written by A.S. Packard, Jr. Green leather spine and corner tips with black pebbled covers. Spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. Rubbing to spine joints/ends with leather worn to boards in places. Small chipped paper label at spine base. Rubbing to corner tips, back cover's top edge, leather worn off. Overall covers are Good. Marbled page ends. Front endpaper with numbers and also on title page(ex-mus.?). Front free endpaper with "J. Duncan Putnam, Davenport Iowa, May 1875". Otherwise interior is tight,clean and Very Good+. $150.00

[004523] . 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

[000319] Alden, W.C.. PHYSIOGRAPHY AND GLACIAL GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MONTANA AND ADJACENT AREAS.. ill. Photos,maps. Washington: GPO, 1953. Geology. Geological Survey Professional Paper 231. Ex-lib stamps Paper wraps. Rear spine torn in spots due to weight of back pocket maps, else Very Good Plus. 200 pp.including Index. 5 plates, 43 figures. Four maps in rear pocket,one a huge colored foldout $70.00

[001652] Allen, Victor T.. GEOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF EVOLUTION. Transactions of the Academy of Science of S, 1937. Very Good Transactions of the Academy of Science of Saint Louis. Vol. XXIX, No. 4 $15.00

[004863] Arnold, Ralph. Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Marine Pliocene and Pleistocene of San Pedro, CA . ill. Plates, Tables. California: Stanford University, 1903. Size: Approx. 9 1/2" x 12". Paper Wraps. Paleontology. Covers Poor. Interior VG+ Reprinted from the Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences. Vol.III. Contributions to Biology from The Hopkins Seaside Laboratory for the Leland Stanford Jr. University. A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty in Geology of the Leland Stanford Junior University, for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. "The field work upon which this paper is based began in the winter of 1886, when the writer first visited the fossil-bearing beds of San Pedro. Since that time several visits have been made each year to the beds in that vicinity, generally after heavy rains, when landslides and the breaking off of the banks have given new exposures..." 420 pp. including Index. Most pages uncut. 37 plates. Numerous tables. Back cover missing. Front cover Poor-detached, missing pieces around borders-title and all pertinent information intact. String-tied. Title page with ex.mus. stamp. Title page and back page mildly soiled. Page ends untrimmed. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $65.00

[003706] Bowie, William. GEODESY. Primary Triangulation on the One Hundred and Fourth Meridian, and on the Thirty-Ninth Parallel in Colorado, Utah, and Nevada. ill. Foldout Maps, Photographs, Tables, . Washington: Government Printing Office, 1914. Size: Approx. 8 3/4" x 11". Soft Cover. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Good to Good+ Special Publication 19."The primary object of this publication is to give the geographic positions, elevations, and descriptions of the main scheme, subsidiary and intersection stations determined by primary triangulation in the state of Colorado and northward, from the line Pikes Peak-Divide of the thirty-ninth parallel triangulation, approximately along the one hundred and fourth meridian to the Canadian Border, and also similar data for the various stations of the thiry-ninth parallel triangulation which lie in the States of Colorado, Utah, and Nevada." 163 pp. including Index to Positions, Descriptions,etc and a General Index. 17 illustrations of which 10 are maps/charts -some foldouts. tan wraps Mildly soiled. spine darkened with minor tears. front cover's top corner "tip" missing. ex-mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. Back cover's side edge, missing two pieces, 1/4"x2" and 1/8"x3/4". Overall Covers are Good to Good+. ex.mus. stamp on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. $50.00

[001188] Bremner, Carl St. J.. GEOLOGY OF SAN MIGUEL ISLAND SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA . ill. Fold Out Map,Plates, Figures, Photographs. Santa Barbara,CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 1933. Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 ". Cream Wraps. Geology. Very Good+ Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Occasional Papers Number 2. 23 pp. 3 plates. Foldout Geologic Map of San Miguel Island. Explanation page of Plates 2 and 3 (typical fossils of the island.) 2 Figures.Cream wraps with black lettering. Crease at upper left corner otherwise wraps are Very Good + as is the interior. $16.50

[001720] Bremner, Carl St. J.. Geology of Santa Cruza Island Santa Barbara County, California. . 1932. Very Good+ $12.50

[003253] Brocklesby, John.. The Amateur Microscopist: or Views of the Microscopic World, A Handbook of Microscopic Manipulation and Microscopic Objects. ill. Figures on Wood and Stone, Plates. New York: William Wood & Company, 1871. Size: Approx. 6 " x 8 1/4". Brown Cloth. Biology. Good In the Preface, the author writes "I have been led to believe that a popular work on the microscope and its revelations would at once be interesting and useful, and this belief has resulted in the present treatise, which simply exhibilts and describes some of the most rare and curious objects of the microscopic world, and the modes of preparing them for observation under the microscope; together with a short account of this instrument." 144 pp. Illustrated with "247 figures on wood and stone".Chapters include: INFUSORIAL ANIMALCULES AND PROTOPHYTES; MICROSCOPIC FOSSILS; MINUTE AQUATIC ANIMALS; OF THE STRUCTURE OF WOOD AND HERBS; CRYSTALLIZATIONS and PARTS OF INSECTS AND MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS. Brown cloth with lettering and gilt design on cover. Gilt lettering on spine. Covers mildly soiled, dark water?stain, 3/4"x1", on back cover. Doesn't go through. spine ends rubbed and some fraying. corners bumped/rubbed. Overall covers are Good. Front endpaper with small bookplate: "Library of Chas. E. Putnam. No. 1695.". On blank page before title page, signature of J.D. Putnam, Jan. 2nd 1872, Davenport Iowa". Opposite page on verso of free endpaper, some rust color residue? along side edge-same color as endpapers. J.D. Putnam's signature also on title page. ex.mus.stamp (Davenport Academy of Science) and numbers on title page. Tissue guard on frontis. 9 Plates. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $145.00

[004666] Chamberlin, T.C. & Salisbury, R.D.. THE DRIFTLESS AREA OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY . ill. Map Plates, Engravings, Tables,diagrams. U.S Geological Survey, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 3/4" x 11 1/4". Self Covers. Mississippi River. Very Good+ "In the midst of the great mantle of drift that overspreads the Upper Mississippi Basin there lies a drift-barren tract of about 10,000 square miles, the driftless area of Wisconsin and adjoining States. This island in the sea of drift is unique..." pp. 199-322. 6 plate maps, 5 are in color, some double-spread and one foldout. Numerous engravings. Disbound from The U.S. Geological Survey. Top page edge with black marking?- partially stamped? "Bound" in paper wraps with tissue guards at front and back. Very Good + condition. No tears. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (September 25, 1843 - November 15, 1928) was an influential American geologist and educator. $45.00

[003578] Chapman, E.J.. THE MINERALS AND GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL CANADA, Comprising The Provinces of Ontario and Quebec and CONTRIBUTIONS TO BLOW-PIPE ANALYSIS. ill. Figures (drawings). Toronto: Copp Clark Co., 1871. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9". Floral Boards. Canada. Good Two softcover publications bound together into one volume.THE MINERALS AND GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL CANADA With explanatory and Technical Observations on Minerals, Rocks and Fossils, Generally. A Hand-Book for Practical Use. Second Edition. 1871. Revised and Greatly Enlarged. On title page at top border is printed: "The new edition of Professor Chapman's Work on the Minerals and Geology of Canada will be published in two portions. The first portion, now issued, comprises in a greatly extended form, Parts I, II, and III of the original work. With Parts IV and V, completing the work, a title-page, Preface, List of Contents, and copious Index will be given". "The aim of the present work is to impart, in a simple and condensed form, a practical knowledge of Canadian minerals and rock formations, including, with the latter, the various fossilized bodies which so many of these rocks contain, and by which their respective ages and positions are principally established". There are four subdivisions: I. The Distinctive Characters of Minerals; II. The Minerals of Central Canada, or Provinces of Ontario and Quebec; III. Rocks and Rock-producing Agencies; IV. Organic Remains. 205 pp. 110 illustrations. CONTRIBUTIONS TO BLOW-PIPE ANALYSIS. 1865. 24 pp. Contains brief notices of various blowpipe tests and applications, published or otherwise make known by the writer within the las seventeen or eighteen years. 2 illustrations. Leather spine with gilt lettering. Spine is Poor, missing pieces and some of the lettering worn off. Floral covers with reinforced corners. Wear to covers, rubbing to edges. Covers intact and overall Good to Good-. Two bookplates on front free endpaper: Geological Library, A.W. Vogdes, U.S.A. and San Diego Society fo Natural History, Whitney Library. Front/back hinges broken otherwise Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Brown age toning around borders of text-doesn't interfer with text. $225.00

[002208] Coats, Robert R.. Reconnaissance Geology of Some Western Aleutian Islands, Alaska. 1956. Paper Wraps. Very Good Geological Survey Bulletin 1028-E. Investigations of Alaskan Volcanoes. pp 83-100, large fold out map in back envelope. fading at spine wraps and slightly around edges otherwise VG to VG+. Interior is tight, clean, and VG+. $16.50

[003035] Cutting, Hiram A.. NOTES ON BUILDING STONES, ALSO ON PLANT GROWTH. ill. Tables. Montpelier, VT: Freeman Steam Printing House and Bindery, 1880. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Paper Wraps. Geology. Good to Good- State Geologist, Vermont. 1880. on title page, tipped in author's business card: With Compliments of Dr. Hiram A. Cutting, State Geologist, Vermont. P.O. Address: Lunenberg, Essex Co., Vermont." Stamped on front cover wrap "Academy of Natural Sciences J.D. Putnam. Apr 8 1881". small numbers above stamp. One missing piece,1/4"x1/2", at front spine. Back cover bottom corner "tip", 1 1/2"x3/4", missing,tiny piece of side edge and tiny piece at top corner. "thin" spine paper mainly missing. Back cover barely attached. Overall exterior is Good. to Good-. 21pp. Two page spread tables on: Granites, Limestones, Sandstones, Marbles,etc. Interior tight, clean and Very Good+ $60.00

[003820] Danner, Wilbert R.. GEOLOGY OF OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK . ill. Photographs, Maps,. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1968. Corrected Edition. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Stiff Covers. National Parks. Very Good to Very Good+ "The Olympic National Park covers a large area, some of it still unmapped and almost unexplored. there are only a few roads, all in tis outer edges. Many details of its complex geology are not known or are imperfectly understood...This publication tries to answer in a general way the questions about the formation of the Olympic Mountains. 68 pp. Filled with photographs. Back cover slightly fading around edges, otherwise covers are VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $10.00

[004117] Darton, N.H.. Geology and Underground Waters of the Arkansas Valley in Eastern Colorado . ill. Plates. Washington: Goverment Printing Office, 1906. Size: Approx. 9" X 12". Paper Wraps. U. S.Geological Survey. Good Porfessional Paper No. 52. In the valley of Arkansas River in southeastern Colorado there is an area of consderable extent in which artesian flows are available. During the last ten years numerous wells have been sunk to develop this important resource and, in most cases in the lower lands, abundant water supplies have been obtained." 90 pp. plus 4 pages with United States Geological Survey Publications. 26 Plates. some colored maps, and colored foldout. Photographs and illustrations. Pocket with 2 plates missing. Front cover detached with spine paper title. Some tears. No back cover. Overall exterior is Good-. Title page and interior is tight, clean and VG+. $30.00

[005002] Emmons, S. F.. GEOLOGY AND MINING INDUSTRY OF LEADVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, COLORADO. ill. Colored Maps. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1882. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 11". Disbound. Colorado. Very Good- "The extremely complicated nature of the geology of the region examined, the wide area over which comparatively large underground workings have been carried on, and the fact that a large portion of the actual rock surface in the immediate vicinity of Leadville is covered to an average depth of nearly 100 feet by glacial drift or re-arranged moraine material, have rendered necessary the accumulation of an immense number of notes..." pp. 201-290. two double-paged color maps. Disbound from Second Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey. Pages 201-206 loose. Pages 207-240 intact but "separated" from pages 241-290. Last page small tear at top and bottom edge. Otherwise the report is Very Good+. Copy of the "front" page of the Report. $37.50

[003993] Fenton, Carroll Lane . OUR AMAZING EARTH . ill. Photographs, Drawings. Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, 1943. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". Leather. Geology. Very Good to Very Good- 346 pages including Index. Many Photographs. Halftone illustrations by author.. Brown leather with decorative gold-stamping on front cover and spine. All edges gilt. Mildly rubbed edges, otherwise covers are VG. marbled end papers. Interior is tight, clean and VG+ to Near Fine. Handsome book. $15.00

[003928] Geikie, Archibald. GEOLOGICAL SKETCHES AT HOME AND ABROAD. New York: J. Fitzgerald & Co, 1882. Size: Approx. 6" x 9 3/4". Paper Wraps. Geology. Good- In Two Parts, Each Complete in itself. PART ONE. Humboldt Library. No. 38. Author was Director-General of the Geological Surveys for Great Britain and Ireland. 48 pp. Covers are Good-. Back cover detached. Tears and missing pieces around edges. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $18.50

[003713] Hoffman, G. Christian and Walter F. Ferrier. MINERALS OF CANADA. THREE CATALOGS:Collection of the Economic Minerals of Canada; Section One of the Museum of the Geological Survey Embracing the Systematic Collection of Minerals and Stratigraphical Collection of Canadian Rocks.. ill. Foldout Graph. 1876. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". 3/4 Leather. Canada. Good 3 separate Catalogues with stiff covers bound into a 3/4 leather volume. #1. Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of the Economic Minerals of Canada, and Notes on a Stratigraphical Collection of Rocks (by A. R. C. Selwyn) Philadelphia International Exhibition, 1876. 152 pp. Published by Lovell Printing and Publishing. 1876. #2. Catalogue of Section One of the Museum of the Geological Survey Embracing the Systematic Collection of Minerals and the Collections of Economic Minerals and Rocks and Specimens Illustrative of Structural Geology, by G. Christian Hoffmann. 256 pp. including Foldout Plate with Plan of the First Floor of the Geological Museum: Section I Minerals and Rocks. Printed by S. E. Dawson, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. 1893. #3. Catalogue of a Stratigraphical Collection of Canadian Rocks Prepared for The World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893 by Walter F. Ferrier. 128 pp. plus Table of Contents.Published by Government Printing Bureau. 1893. Pages are mildly brown age-toned around borders. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Exterior is Good. Leather corners rubbed to boards. Marbled covers Gilt lettering on spine: MINERALS OF CANADA. Spine and joints worn/cracking with rubbed areas. Spine's top edge missing, 1 1/2"x1/4" plus small piece 1/2" down front joint. Two bookplates on front endpaper: Geological Library, Anthony Wayne Vogdes and San Diego Society of Natural History. Small strip of paper glued at top: CANADIAN Economic Minerals: Descriptive Catalogue of. Notes on a Stratigraphical Collection of Rocks. Montreal, 1876, 152 pp. paper. 1 plate. $1.00." Laid in sheet from Geological Survey Department, Alfred R. C. Selwyn, Director, Museum and Office, Sussex St., Ottawa. $150.00

[004651] House of Representatives. SURVEY OF ARKANSAS RIVER. ill. Tables. 1870. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Disbound. Arkansas. Very Good+ Letter from The Secretary of War in Answer to A resolution of the House of May 12, 1870, transmitting a copy of a report of S. T. Abert on the survey of the Arkansas River. 33 pp. Covers: Report of the Arkansas River; Description of the Physical Character of the Indian Territory; Indians; Physical Description of the River Valley in the State of Arkansas; Tributaries; Wood, Timber, and Soil of the Indian Territory; Geology of the Arkansas Valley; Wood, Timber, and Soil of Arkansas; Navigation; Trade and Petit Jean Island. Tables of water levels and tables showing discharges with observed and computed velocities complete with equations. Famous Americans in document: Wm. W. Belknap, Secretary of War; A.A. Humphreys, Brigadier General and Chief of Engineers; J. N. Macomb, Colonel of Engineers, Brevet Colonel U.S.A.; and S.T. Abert, Assistant Engineer in charge of survey. Disbound but intact. Clean, tight and in Very Good to Very Good+ condition. The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. The Arkansas generally flows to the east and southeast, and traverses the states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. $50.00

[004665] Hunt, Prof. T. Sterry Hunt and Dr. Richardson. ORIGIN OF METALLIFEROUS DEPOSITS, By Hunt and THE PHENOMENA OF SLEEP By Dr. Richardson. Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1873. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8". Paper Back. Science. Good Half-Hour Recreations in Popular Science. No. 10. Two "addresses": ORIGIN OF METALLIFEROUS DEPOSITS by T. Sterry Hunt, F. R. S., before the Polytechnic Association of the American Institute of New York. "There are about sixty bodies which chemists call elements; the simplest forms of matter which they have been able to extract from the rocky crust of our earth, its waters, and its atmosphere..." pp. 375-391 and THE PHENOMENA OF SLEEP by Dr. Richardson, F. R. S. " The twinkling of oblivion, as Wordsworth exquisitely defines the phenomena of sleep, has, from the time of Hippocrates to the present hour, engaged the attention of thoughtful minds..." pp. 392-403. Two other short addresses on ANIMAL LIFE AT GREAT DEPTHS IN THE SEA by George Jeffrey and RUSSIAN METALLURGICAL WORKS by Herbert Barry. Original wraps are pale purple with black lettering on front cover. 4" tear at back cover's spine. Rubbing to paper at spine with one worn through spot. Back cover's corner tip missing. Tiny missing piece at side edge of front cover. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Scarce. T. STERRY HUNTwas North America's first Geochemist. At the time of this writing, he was a Professor at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology. $60.00

[003589] Iddings, Joseph Paxson. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS EXPRESSED BY MEANS OF DIAGRAMS WITH REFERENCE TO ROCK CLASSIFICATION ON A QUANTITATIVE CHEMICO-MINERALOGICAL BASIS . ill. Charts, Graphs. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903. Size: Approx. 9" x 11 1/4". Disbound. Geological Survey. Very Good+ 8 Plates in rear. Most in color and fold-out charts and graphs. 98 pp. including Index. Disbound. Exterior and Interior are VG+ to Near Fine. $20.00

[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

[000923] Lewis, Henry Carvill. THE GENESIS OF THE DIAMOND. COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN GLACIATION.. London: Trubner & Co., 1887. Size: Approx. 6" x 9 1/4". Wraps. Geology. Very Good Includes two papers. ON A DIAMANTIFEROUS PERIDOTITE, AND THE GENESIS OF THE DIAMOND. Extracted from the Geological Magazine, Decade III. Vol. IV. No. 1, p.22, January, 1887. Abstract of a Paper read at the Birmingham Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, September 1886. pp. 22-24. Also COMPARATIVE STUDIES UPON THE GLACIATION OF NORTH AMERICA, GREAT BRITAIN, AND IRELAND. Extracted from the Geological Magazine, Decade III. Vol. IV. No. 1, p.28, January, 1887. Abstract of a paper read at the Birmingham Meeting of the British Association, September, 1886. pp. 28-32. Laid in two newspaper clippings: one written"To the Editor of the Standard", in pencil on the margin written "Standard June 14th 99 -". the other clipping is about "the dispute among geologists as to the origin of the diamond..." One small tear on front side edge otherwise Very Good . String-tied. (Have 8 more pamphlets by Lewis, all different titles) $15.00

[004881] Library of Congress. CLASSIFICATION. Class Q SCIENCE. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1913. Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 ". Paper Wraps. Library of Congress. Good Adopted 1905. As in force November, 1912. Synopsis includes: Science (general); Mathematies; Astronomy- Geodesy; Physics; Chemistry- Crystallography; Geology- Mineralogy, Petrology, Paleontology; Natural History-Microscopy, General biology; Botany-Ecology; Zoology; Human Anatomy; Physiology-Experimental Psychology; and Bacteriology. 196 pp. includes Index. Brown paper covers. ex.mus.numbers and faint stamp. Mildly soiled covers.Faint watermark along the upper spine joint, 3" unto the top border, 2". Top border "mark" shows on title page only. Overall covers are Good. ex.mus. stamp on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $40.00

[001712] Matthes, Francois E. THE INCOMPARABLE VALLEY A Geologic Interpretation of the Yosemite . 1950. First Edition. Very Good+ / Good-. Photos by Ansel Adams and others. DJ has mylar/protective cover. $10.00

[004389] Oyen, P.A.. QUATERNARY DEPOSITS AT KIRKENESS. Oslo: 1929. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". Stiff Covers. Norway. Good+ to Very Good- "This shell-bank of Kirkeness proved to ba a sandy and shelly Quaternary deposit settled in slightly stratified layers, partly through sedimentation, but, even in part by washing and redeposition caused from the incessant action of sea-waves at a time when land itself was lying nearly fifteen metres lower than at present..." The shell specimens in the Kirkeness Deposits are listed with explanations. 14 pp. most pages uncut. ex.mus. stamp on front cover and title page. Mild soiling. Overall covers are Good+ or better. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $45.00

[003584] Poitevin, Eugene. ROCKS, MINERALS, AND FOSSILS(A Brief Introduction to Geology). ill. Tables. Ottawa: National Museum of Canada, 1953. Size: Approx. 6 " x 8 1/2". Stiff Covers. Canada. Very Good- Canada. Department of Resources and Development.. National Parks Branch . Special contribution No. 53-1. 15 pp. Author was Geological Survey of Canada, Honorary Curator of Minerealogy, National Museum of Canada. Soiling to covers, otherwise exterior Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $20.00

[002496] Rainwater, Frank H.. SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE HYDROCHEMISTRY AND SEDIMENTATION OF THE CHAMBERLIN GLACIER AREA ALASKA. 1961. Gray Wraps. Alaska. Very Good+ Shorter Contributions ot General Geology. Geological Survey Professional Paper 414-C. $10.50

[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

[001708] ROBBINS, Michael.. ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE : HIGH COUNTRY TRAIL . Washington, DC, U.S.A.: National Geographic Society, 1981. Fine / Very Good+. ISBN: 0870443615. $10.00

[003522] Rogers, Malcolm J.. Report of an Archaeological Reconnaissance in the Mohave Sink Region.. ill. Plates, Map. Ramona, CA: Ballena Press, 1929. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". Stiff Wraps. Archaeology. Good San Diego Museum . Archaeology, Vol. I, No. 1. "The findings incorporated within ... are the results of a nine day survey made by the author, with the aid of four assistants, in October, 1928 for the San Diego Museum. The purpose was to make a detailed examination of the prehistoric turquoise mines of San Bernardino County, California...". 13 pp. 3 plates. Faded around the edges, mainly at spine. 1" tear at spine top edge. 1/4" tear at front bottom edge. Overall covers are Good. Mildly foxed? on Plate I and first page of text's upper margin. Not on Plate or text. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Map of the Mohave Sink Region and Turquoise Mines-San Bernardino Co. Calif. $35.00

[003571] Shedd, Solon. Bibliography of the Geology and Mineral Resources of California for the Years 1931 to 1936, Inclusive. Bulletin 115. Sacramento,CA: California State Printing Office, 1938. Brown Cloth. Geology. Good+ Supplementing the Master Bibliography, Bulletin 104. 125 pp. Slight wear to covers, overall Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $13.50

[001701] Siever, Raymond. SAND. New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. H. Freeman & Company, 1988. First Edition. Geology. Very Good+ / Very Good+. ISBN: 0-7167-5021-X. front hinge starting, otherwise Near Fine. $10.00

[001826] Simpson, Brian.. MINERALS AND ROCKS . 1974. Very Good+ / Very Good. front hinge loosening and back hinge in one small spot otherwise book is Near Fine. DJ Very Good $6.00

[004840] Smith, George Otis and Bailey Willis. Contributions to the Geology of Washington- Geology and Physiography of Central Washington & Deformation of the Wenatchee-Chelan District, Cascade Range. ill. Plates, Figures. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903. Size: Approx. 9" X 11 1/4". Disbound. Washington. Good to Good+ 57th Congress. 2d Session. House of Representatives. Document No. 482. Professional Paper 19. 101 pp. including Index. 20 plates, 3 figures. Disbound. Loose from spine in 3 places: pp.1-16; pp.17-48, and pp. 49-101. Otherwise Document is Very Good. Clean. Plates include Maps, double spreads, and photographs. $15.00

[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

[004297] Smithsonian Institution. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, SHOWING THE OPERATIONS, EXPENDITURES, AND CONDITION OF THE INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR 1857. . ill. Tables, Figures(line Drawings. Washington: William A. Harris, 1858. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Brown Cloth. Smithsonian. Good to Good- Senate. 35th Congress, 1st Session. Mis. Doc. No. 135. Important Articles by Famous Americans include:Communication From Prof. Henry, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Relative to a Publication by Prof. Morse, pp. 85-117 in regards to the telegraph. Joseph Henry denies knowing Morse "ever made a single original discovery, in electricity, magnetism, or electro-magnetism, applicable to the invention of the telegraph". Also Statement of Professor Henry in Relation to the History of the Electro-Magnetic Telegraph, pp.99-106 with illustrations. Other articles: Lectures on Coal by Joseph Le Conte with illustrations; Lectures on the Vastness of the Visible Creation by Professor Stephen Alexander witn an illustration; Meteorology-Communication from A. Fendler in Venezuela 1856 with tables and illustrations; The Climate of Sacramento, California by Thomas M. Logan, M. D. with tables; Best Hours of Daily Observation to Find The Mean Temperature of the Year, by Prof. Chester Dewey with tables. Plus a Report of Recent Progress in Physics, by Dr. Joh. Muller, Professor of Physics and Technology at University of Freiburg and translated from the German for the Smithsonian. pp.333-431 with numerous illustrations. 438 pp including Index. Embossed brown cloth. Cloth worn?/rubbed? in small areas on front cover through to boards. 3/4" strip at spine's top missing.Spine base fraying. Covers intact and overall Good. Foxing to endpapers. Front endpaper with previous owner's name and gift inscription, plus numbers. Two numbers blotted over to next page. Mildly foxed on a few of the pages at front/back of book, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+ $18.50

[004669] Spencer Arthur C. The Copper Deposits of the Encampment District Wyoming.. ill. Plates, maps, Figures. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904. Size: Approx. 8 3/4" x 11 1/2". Disbound. Wyoming. Very Good House of Representatives. 58th Congress. 2d Session. Document No. 713. Department of the Interior. United States Geological Survey. Professional Paper No. 25. "During the last few years prospecting in the Medicine Bow and Park ranges in northern Colorado and southern Wyoming has proved that copper-bearing minerals occur frequently and are very generally distributed over a wide region in this portion of the Rocky Mountains..." 107 pp. including Index. Two large colored foldout maps at back: Map #1-Encampment District Wyoming, Topography, 20"x15" and Map #2-Encampment District Wyoming, Geology and Structure Sections with 30 Mine locations, 22"x15". 49 illustrations. Disbound. String-tied in three places at spine. In places string is loose or unattached, but document still intact if only by one string in parts. Otherwise exterior is Very Good +. Document is clean. Interior is clean and Very Good+. $45.00

[004711] State College of Washington. Research Studies of the State College of Washington 1929, Volume 1: Numbers 1-2.. ill. Plates, Tables, Figures (illustrations and maps). Pullman, Washington: 1929. Size: Approx. 6 3/4" x 10". Stiff Covers. Natural History. Very Good- 2 volumes. Volume I, Number 1: Placers of the Swauk by John Prentiss Thomson; Permeability to Bacteria by LaVerne Almon Barnes; Fruiting of Lomatium; Plants of the St. John River and New Northwestern Plants by Harold St. John. pp.3-64. 3 plates, tables and illustrations. Volume 1, Number 2:Validity of Objective Tests by Cliff Winfield Stone; Teratologic Forms of Trillium; Eriogonum Compositum by Harold St. John and F.A. Warren; and New Northwestern Plants by Harold St. John. pp. 67-112. with one plate, tables and illustrations. Stiff paper covers. Mildly soiled, fading around edges. ex.mus. stamp on front cover (twice on No. 2 volume-none on Vol. 1). Overall covers are Good to Good+. Vol.2 with two ex.mus. stamps within text margins-not on text. Vol.1 none. Some pages uncut. Otherwise interiors are tight, clean and Very Good. $22.00

[003303] Udden, Johan August. THE MECHANICAL COMPOSITION OF WIND DEPOSITS. ill. Tables. Rock Island, Illinois: Lutheran Augustana Book Concern, 1898. Size: Approx. 7 3/4" x 10 1/2". Stiff Wraps. Geology. Signed by Author. Good Augustana Library Publications. Number I. 69 pp. Top margin of cover written: "With the compliments of the Author". Contents: Lag Gravels; Drifting Sand; Dune Sand; Lee Sand; and Atmospheric Dust. 38 Tables. ex-mus. numbers on left top margin of cover. Some soiling to covers.Two small water spots. Mild fading along top border. Slightly chipped on side edge and 1/2"x1" missing piece. Otherwise covers are Good. Top tips of corners folded/creased. Title page's side edge mild water mark, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $75.00

[003590] Washington, Henry Stephens. THE SUPERIOR ANALYSES OF IGNEOUS ROCKS From Roth's Tabellen, 1869 TO 1884 Arranged According to the Quantitative System fo Classification. ill. Tables. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904. Disbound. Geological Survey. Very Good+ Professional Paper 28. 68 pp. Disbound. Exterior and Interior are VG+ to Near Fine. $10.00

[001600] Washington, Henry Stephens. Chemical Analyses of Igneous Rocks Published From 1884 to 1900 With a Critical Discussion of the Character and Use of Analyses . Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903. Size: Approx. 9" x 11 1/2". Leather. U. S.Geological Survey. Good to Good- " This work is primarily a compilation of chemical analyses, and is especially valuable to petrographers, and chemists..." 495 pp. plus two p. of Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey. Indexes. unattached leather covers, no spine "cover". String-tied text. First fifty pages loose. Several p. string loose. Text is clean and in Very Good condition $30.00

[003301] White, Charles A.. The Relation of Biology to Geological Investigation.. ill. Plate, Tables. U.S. National Museum, 1892. Disbound. Biology. Very Good+ A Series of Essays Discussing the Nature and Scientific Uses of Fossil Remains and the Necessity for their Systematic Collection and Permanent Conservation in Public Museums. From U.S. National Museum year end Report,. June 30, 1892. 52nd Congress 2nd. Sess. HR Mis. Doc. 114, Part 2. pp.245-368. Tables and one Plate. Very Good + condition. Interior is tight, clean and Near Fine. $20.00

[003592] Williams, Edward H.. A MANUAL OF LITHOLOGY. ill. Tables. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1886. Size: Approx. 4" x 6". Brown Cloth. Geology. Good- Author was Professor of Mining Engineering and Geology, Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, PA. "The Course in Lithology at the Lehigh University is eminently practical. After a thorough grounding in Crystallography and Mineralogy, the student begins the study of rock-formation." Contents broken down in Three Parts: Preliminary Descriptions; The Rocks; and Scheme for Determining Rocks. 135 pp. including Index. Damp ring/stain on front cover, 3 1/"x3 1/2". front endpaper and title page "wavy". 3/4" spine cloth missing. Corners rubbed to boards. Exterior is Good-. Front hinge broken, otherwise the interior is clean, tight and in Very Good condition. $20.00