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New York: Beacon Books / Galaxy Publishing Corp, 1959. First paperback edition. Paperback. Beacon book number 256. Cover art by Emsh. Cover price 35¢. Bookstore stamp inside the front cover. A very good copy. More
New York: Beacon Books / Galaxy Publishing Corp, 1959. First paperback edition. Paperback. Beacon book number 256. Cover art by Emsh. Cover price 35¢. Bookstore stamp inside the front cover. A very good copy. More
Philadelphia, PA: Prime Press, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Smith on the front free endpaper. Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 1987, 3-357. Near fine in slightly undersized (a common problem with this publisher), price clipped about near very good dust jacket with some wear and tiny chips. More
Philadelphia, PA;: Prime Press, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Smith, "To George Earley, with the best of regards at the Sinvention from George O. Smith (written under giggling difficulties)" George Earley is mentioned in several science fiction references. Barron: Anatomy of Wonder 1987, 3-357. A fine copy, without dust..... More
Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey [USGS], 1904. First edition. Large folio. Printed wrappers. Ten pages with "Description of the Mount Stuart Quadrangel," with four pages of maps showing, besides geologic features, roads, railroads and towns, and one page with Columnar Sections. Gouge and related 2 inch tear to back..... More
Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1905. Hardcover. 107 pages with color map plate plus five plates of fossils of the Perry formation. Privately bound in brown patterned card covers with tan buckram spine. A near fine copy. More
Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey [USGS], 1914. Reprint edition. Large folio. Printed wrappers. Twenty pages with "Description of the Joplin Districe," plus three double page maps and three pages of maps showing, besides geologic features, roads, railroads and towns, and one page of photographs, and one page of photographs..... More
Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1992. Map. Large folded color map sheet. Fine as new sheet in near fine paper sleeve. More
Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1957. First edition, first printing. Soft cover. Pages 661 through 708 with maps and refernces, plus the required map plate in the rear pocket is present. Bound in original gray paper covers printed in black. Owner's stamp on the front cover. A...... More
Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1963. Soft cover. 30 pages with map, photographs, tables, sections, graphs, and references. Bound in original gray stiff paper covers printed in black. A near fine copy. More
Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1963. Hardcover. Chapter titles are, A] Theriosynoecum wyomingense (Branson, 1935), a possible guide Ostracode to the Salt Wash Member of the Morrison Formation; B] Geology of the Linville Falls quadrangle, North Carolina; C] Nonopaque heavy minerals in sandstone of Jurassic and Cretaceous..... More
New York: Peter Decker, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Parts 1 through 4, plus index. Only 100 copies published thus by Peter Decker. An important reference for Western Americana. Margin tabs added by previous owner. Letters and portions of bookseller catalogs laid in. Letters are signed such as J.J. Libsey [Rare..... More
Boston, MA: A. Williams & Company, 1881. First edition. Hardcover. 271 pages with seven illustrations. Cowan; History of California, pg. 606. Bound in original brown cloth with lettering and illustration in gilt and design in black. Light wear along extremities. A very good copy. More
Tulsa, OK: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, 1983. Hardcover. 467 pages with numerous illustrations, graphs, tables, photographs, references, etc., plus index. Bound in original red cloth with lettering and illustration stamped in gilt. Owner's initials on the front cover, else a fine copy, without dust jacket. More
Montreal, London, New York: Louis Carrier & Co., 1930. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. "First Edition" stated on the copyright page. A complete summary of the waterway scheme. It sets down every argument of those who favored the develpment, and the reasons of others who objected to the project. Included..... More
Albany, NY: S.R. Gray, Publisher, 1866. First edition. Hardcover. "One of the justifiabley basic sources for any study of the Army of the Potomac." Nevins: Civil War Books, Vol. I, pg. 162. Dornbusch: Volume 1, New York, 396. The author was surgeon ot the 77th Regiment New York Volunteers. 436..... More
Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1959. Soft cover. Pages 487 through 576 with maps, tables and index, plus the required folded plate in the rear pocket. Bound in stiff gray paper covers. Mild fade along the spine. Owner's stamp on the front cover. A very good plus..... More
Chicago: Central Electric Railfans Association (C.E.R.A.), 1939. First edition, first printing. Pictorial self wrappers. Published February 1939. Issued on the occasion of CERA Trip Number Six, an inspection of the Garfield Park Maywood-Westchester Branch of the Chicago Rapid Transit Company, held Sunday, February 12th, 1939. 8 pages, including covers, with..... More
Chicago: Central Electric Railfans Association (C.E.R.A.), 1939. First edition, first printing. Pictorial self wrappers. Published February 1939. Issued on the occasion of CERA Trip Number Six, an inspection of the Garfield Park Maywood-Westchester Branch of the Chicago Rapid Transit Company, held Sunday, February 12th, 1939. 8 pages, including covers, with..... More
Chicago: Central Electric Railfans Association (C.E.R.A.), 1939. First edition, first printing. Pictorial self wrappers. Published February 1939. Issued on the occasion of CERA Trip Number Six, an inspection of the Garfield Park Maywood-Westchester Branch of the Chicago Rapid Transit Company, held Sunday, February 12th, 1939. 8 pages, including covers, with..... More
Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Geological Survey/Department of Environmental Resources/Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, 1973. Third printing. Soft cover. 199 pages with photographs, illustrations, tables and index, plus the required large color folded map. Bound in stiff green card covers lettered in silver. Map and book are housed within a green..... More
Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1913. Field edition. Large folio. Printed wrappers. Fifteen pages with "Description of the Coatesville-West Chester Quadrangles," with 87 pages with all photographic plates bound in the rear, the required three folded maps in the front pocket, plus five pages listing all the..... More
Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey [USGS], 1929. First edition. Large folio. Printed wrappers. Twentey-two pages with "Description of the Fairfield and Gettysburg Quadrangles," with two pages of "Geologic Atlas of the United States," four double-page fine and bright maps showing, besides geologic features, roads, railroads and towns, three pages..... More
Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey [USGS], 1932. First edition. Large folio. Printed wrappers. Fifteen pages with "Description of the Coatesville-West Chester Quadrangles," with two pages of "Geologic Atlas of the United States," three double-page fine and bright maps showing, besides geologic features, roads, railroads and towns, one page of..... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office/US Department of Agriculture/Forest Service, 1908. First edition. Soft cover. Includes trees within the region covered by Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California. 441 pages with maps, illustrations, many as foldouts, and index. Large piece missing from the rear cover, else a very good copy..... More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1975. George Miksch Sutton. First edition, first printing. Hardcover, folio. Forward by Enrique Beltrán. The text accompanying each painting gives the scientific name and pertinent lore about each bird. Additional plate of the Blue-Crowned Motmot laid in. Fine in a very good dust jacket..... More