December 1949 issue with cover showing White Christmas on the Desert. Some articles include: Valley of the Cathedrals, by Charles Kelly; We found Ant Hills covered with Jewels, by Edith Rutenic McLeod; Panamint Pack Trip, by Randall Henderson; Pom Poms at Christmas, by Dorothy L. Pillsbury; and Adobe Maker of Scottsdale, by Christine B. MacKenzie. Pictorial cover with some rubbing. Several small nicks at spine joint. Back cover 4 1/2" tear at spine.Mildly soiled back cover. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. View More...
Complete from Establishment of Bureau 1910 to June 30, 1932. With Subject Index. 231 pp. Green paper covers. Cover edges and corners are rubbed, tears to bottom spine end, cover torn at top front joint. Pencil marks to page edges. Previous owner's name written on title page. Pencil notations in margin throughout. Some interior corners folded and chipping to last page. Document in Good condition. View More...
With Appended Index. 95 pp. Covers have dirt smudges, ripped top corner, and wear to spine. Interior is tight and clean. Pamphlet is in VG condition. View More...
Complete Set of Two Volumes. Part I: Fourth Edition. 142 pp. Maroon cloth covers with gilt title lettering on spine. Cover corners and edges are bumped and rubbed, scuffing and marks to cover faces, spine is faded and worn, spine ends are bent and starting to fray. Bookstore sticker adhered to front inside cover. Front free endpaper loose. Interior pages browning. Break to interior spine, back hinge loose. Part II and III: Third Edition. 170 pp. Maroon cloth covers with gilt title lettering on spine. Cover corners and edges are bumped and rubbed, light scuffing to cover faces, spine ends are b... View More...
California State Mining Bureau, Bulletin No. 1. Articles include: "Naturally Mummified Human Bodies Exhumed In The Sierra Madre Mountains", "Some Observations On The Origin Of The Aborigines Of The Pacific Coast", and "Historical Sketch Of The Pacific Coast Aborigines". 41 pp. Figures of three different mummified bodies. Paper wraps are extremely dirty and sunfaded, water stains along bottom, chipping to page edges, folded corners, and spine partially exposed. Identification numbers on top of front cover. Interior is tight and clean. Despite condition of covers, ... 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...
32 pp. Brown paper front cover, back cover missing. Front cover is chipped and torn along edges and corners, browning along edges, ink numbers written at top edge. Interior pages are lightly browning, some chipping to edges and corners creased. Text is easily legible. Document in Good condition. View More...
"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 inta... View More...
Mineral Resources of the United States, 1922-Part I (Pages 453-488). Department of the Interior. United States Geological Survey. Exterior is Very Good+ . Interior tight, clean and VG+. Numerous tables I:24 View More...
Mineral Resources of the United States, 1922-Part I (Pages 489-518). Department of the Interior. United States Geological Survey. Exterior is VG+. Interior tight, clean and VG+. Numerous Tables. I-25 View More...
Mineral Resources of the United States, 1922-Part I (Pages 377-403). Department of the Interior. United States Geological Survey. Slight fading at spine.tiny "strip" at top edge torn, 1/2"x1/16 on front cover and first 5 pps, decreasing... overall Very Good . Interior tight, clean and VG+. Numerous Tables. I:22 View More...
Mineral Resources of the United States, 1922-Part I (Pages 519-556). Department of the Interior. United States Geological Survey. Slightly faded at spine otherwise Exterior is VG+. Interior tight, clean and VG+. Numerous Tables. I:26 View More...
Mineral Resources of the United States, 1922-Part I (Pages 199-215). Department of the Interior. United States Geological Survey. Slightly faded at spine otherwise Exterior is VG+. Interior tight, clean and VG+. Numerous Tables. I:17 View More...
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, enclosing report of James W. Taylor, special commissioner for the collection of statistics upon gold and silver mining east of the Rocky Mountains. 39th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 92. Referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining and ordered to be printed. February 15, 1867. Famous Americans in document include H. McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury; Hon. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Report to accompany a previous report of J. Ross Browne, and discusses mines and mining in New Mexico... View More...
39th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Report No. 66. "The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was recommended House bill No. 322, providing 'for the survey and sale of the lands of the United States containing gold, silver, and other valuable minerals; for the assaying and coining of such minerals, and for other purposes,' having had the same under further consideration, now report it back with amendments, and recommend its passage." Ordered to be printed, June 5, 1866. 12 pp. Disbound government document. Small tears along spine edge. Light browning/foxing to page... View More...
Memorial of the Walnut Grove Gold-Mining Company. 43D Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Mis. Doc. No. 16. Referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. December 8, 1873. 24 pp. Disbound government document. Residue from book remains along document spine. Some mild foxing, but text is not affected. Document is in VG condition. View More...
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+. View More...
A tabulated statement of the production of precious metals in the United States for the year June 1, 1879 to May 31, 1880. includes 6 colored plates. pp. 333-401. extracted from Annual Report of the Director of the U. S. Geological Survey. "Bound" in bluish-grey paper covers with tissue guards in front and back. Exterior covers are Very Good +. Top pages edge stamped with "some" lettering-probably United States Lib. Interior is tight, clean and Near Fine. View More...
A Paper read before the American Institute of Mining Engineers, at the London Meeting, July, 1906. AUTHOR'S EDITION. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in the Faculty of Pure Science, Columbia University, and accepted for publication in the Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. pp.467-495. ex-mus. stamp/numbers on front cover. small piece missing on back side edge, otherwise exterior is Very Good +. Interior is clean, tight and VG+. 7 illustrations. 1 table. View More...
