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 Po... View More...
"Awful fate of hundreds of overland emigrants amid the snow drifts of the Truckee Peaks, from whence half-frozen men, women, and children were carried over slippery cliffs, lashed to the backs of their gallant rescuers." Also, a "full account" of "The Bear Conquest of California". 452 pp. plus 4 pages of book advertisements. Decorative front cover with Arlington Edition written along cover. Spine faded. Title illegible. Spine ends rubbed/fraying. Overall covers are Good. Frontis. engraving with tissue guard protection. Front hinge broken. paper label with previous owner... View More...
Nevada Test Site Community. September 12 and October 16, 1963. Part I. Printed for the use of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. 234 pp. Two fold-out maps. Green paper covers with black title lettering on front. Wear to cover edges, corners are bumped and creased, joints are slightly discolored and rippled, white spots on back cover, spine is significantly creased, spine ends are rubbed and torn. Ex. library stamps (three different stamps) on front cover, red ink underlines below many words in title. Top page edge spotted with ink spots. Top corner bumped and creased throughout document. I... View More...
United States Geological Survey, June 1, 1883. Also included is "Popular Fallacies Regarding Precious-Metal Ore Deposits" by Albert Williams, Jr. Pages 221-271. Disbound document. Front page separated from document. Residue from book remains on spine. Page edges browning. Overall in Good condition. View More...
United States Geological Survey. Water-Supply and Irrigation Paper No. 176. Prepared Under the Direction of F. H. Newell. Foldout U. S. Map Showing Locations of Principal River Stations Maintained During 1905. States included in the Report: Utah, Idaho, Nevada, California and Oregon. 142 pp. including Index. Salmon paper covers. Tears to spine and missing thin strips at top/base. Covers intact and overall Good+. Mildly discolored? page ends. Interior is tight, clean and VG. View More...
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copy of a report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the necessity of additional land for the Moapa indians in Nevada. 57th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Document No. 65. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed, December 5, 1902. 4 pp. Fold-out map of the Moapa River Indian Reservation. Disbound government document. Residue from book remains along spine. Page edges are significantly chipped and torn. Slight browning to paper. Map is clean. Overall document in Good c... View More...
"John Randolph Spears was the first professional writer to visit, photograph, and write about Death Valley; his 1891 journey into this remote desert paralleled the international acclaim which followed the discovery and exploitation of borax. This publication provided the reading public with the first interesting and accurate account of pre-20th Century Death Valley, as well as portions of Nevada and the surrounding desert country..." 226 pp. plus 9 pages of advertisements. Photographs. Stiff illustrated covers. Cover corners are rubbed, edges are dirty and smudged, wear to spine ends. ... View More...
Edited by Walt Wheelock. Sutherland, Master Printer of Nevada arrived in Nevada in 1875. In 1878 was published his THE WONDERS OF NEVADA, the first guide book to be printed in Nevada and probably the first book of general interest to bear a Nevada imprint. Of this most rare publication, the only known copy is in the Huntington Library and from this, a facsimile is here reproduced. 32 pp. Back cover two minor "blemishs" otherwise the covers are VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. View More...
