PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY AND UNDERGROUND WATER RESOURSES OF THE CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS; PROFESSIONAL PAPER NO. 32
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office/GPO/U.S. Geological Survey/USGS, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. Item #36667
433 pages with photographs, foldout maps, illustrations and index. Bookplate of William Diller Matthew on the front paste-down endpaper. William Diller Matthew was a vertebrate paleontologist who worked primarily on mammal fossils, although he also published a few early papers on mineralogy, petrological geology, one on botany, and one on trilobites. Signed by Matthew on the title page. Bound in sturdy red buckram with lettering on the spine in gilt. Ex-library with library bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper and removed pocket on the rear endpaper. Photographic plates with University of California perferations. Lacks the two folded maps from the rear pocket. Black marker strikes on the edges of the text block. A near very good copy.
Price: $75.00