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[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

[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

[003591] Brooks, Alfred H. and Others. Mineral Resources of Alaska Report on Progress of Investigations in 1910. ill. Foldout Maps, Charts, Graphs, Plates, Figures ( drawings). Washington: Government Printing Office, 1911. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Stiff Covers. Alaska. Very Good- Bulletin 480 of the Department of Interior. United States Geological Survey. 333 pp., charts, graphs, 13 folding map plates and 1 map in rear pocket."C.Vey Holman" written on front cover.Spine faded. Minor "spot" on front cover at side edge, otherwise exterior is VG. Interior is tight, clean and VG+ $28.50

[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

[003611] Girault, J. P.. A NEW METHOD FOR MEASURING THE REFRACTIVE INDICES IN MICADEOUS MINERALS. ill. Figures (drawings). Paper Wraps. Mineralogy. Signed by Author. Good+ 4 page article. Signed on front page along top edge:" Compliments of the author". Reprinted from American Mineralogist. 1950. front page bottom margin, pasted down "sticker": Ministere des Mines. Department of Mines, Quebec, Canada. Mildly soiled covers. 3 illustrations. $15.00

[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

[003569] Katz, Frank J.. MINERAL RESOURCES of The UNITED STATES 1927 Part I METALS. ill. Tables. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1930. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". Brown Cloth. Mineralogy. Good+ 70th Congress, 2d Session. House Document No. 457. 782 pp. Library of the University of California Riverside bookplate on front free endpaper: Gift of R.D. Skelley. otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. Gilt lettering on spine. Lettering faded. Spine ends slightly bumped. some scuffing. Overall exterior is G+. $20.00

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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 Curatoor of Minerealogy, National Museum of Canada. Soiling to covers, otherwise exterior Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $20.00

[004098] Tanner, Hans (editor) . The Complete Guide to Rocks, Gems & Minerals . ill. Maps, Photographs. Los Angeles: Petersen Publishing, 1970. Size: Approx. 8 1/2 " x 11". Stiff Covers. Magazine. Very Good- Exlusive: New Mineral Locations. 32 Full Color Gems Money Can't Buy, Easy Mineral Identification, Moon Rock Analysis, Micromounts, Cut Gems. 96 pp. ex.mus stamp on cover. Creased at spine. where it is stapled.- small tears at staples. Overall VG-. Interior is tight, clean and VG. Beautiful full page colored illustrations of gems. $18.00

[002985] Thornely, P.C. And W.H. Taylor. THE COORDINATION OF ALUMINIUM IN ANDALUSITE. ill. Figures,Tables. Manchester: 1939. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Paper Wraps. Physics. Very Good From Volume 83 of "Memoirs & Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society", Session 1938-39. "The present paper contains an account of the application of Fourier methods to andalusite. The results obtained confirm the essential accuracy of the structure previously proposed, and in particular demonstrate the reality of the five-fold coordination group of oxygens around one type of aluminium atom." pp.17-30 uncut. 3 figures and 2 tables. Pale blue wraps VG to VG+. Interior is Fine as pages are uncut. $38.50

[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