Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey / USGS / Government Printing Office / GPO, 1862. Hardcover. Senate, 37th Congress, 2nd Session, Document No. 108. The seminal legislation outlining the route and conditions for construction of the Pacific Railroad. Government document crating the Union Pacific Railroad Company. 12 pages. A handsome..... More

Harrisburg, PA: Benj. Singerly, 1870. First edition. Hardcover. 665 pages. Financial status and physical description and characteristics of each railroad, canal and telegraph company in the state of Pennsylvania. Railroad listings feature data on number of bridges, other railroads crossed, number and type of cars, number of stations, length of..... More

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office/GPO, 1920. Hardcover. On the front endpaper, signature of "Whtfield P. Shepard, 1st Lieut. 58th Infantry," later a General during WWII. 106 pages. Bound in original blue buckram with lettering and emblem on the front cover in gilt. A very good copy. More

Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1970. Soft cover. A thick volume of 1069 pages with bibliography and index. Bound in original gray paper covers printed in black. Very light fade and one short crease to the corner of the front cover. A very good plus copy. More

Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1970. Soft cover. A thick volume of 1029 pages with bibliography and index. Bound in original gray paper covers printed in black. A near fine copy. More

United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1972. Soft cover. Presents fourteen papers by various authors. 207 pages with photographs, maps, well fluctuations, illustrations, graphs, aftershocks, tables, and references, plus five folded map plates in the rear pocket. Bound in gray stiff paper covers pribted in black. Several stamps on the..... More

Sacramento, CA: California State Commission of Horticulture, Rodent Control Division, 1918. Soft cover. Monthly Bulletin, Volume VII, Nos. 11 and 12, Novermber-December, 1918. 203 pages with maps, diagrams, photographs, charts, illustrations (some in color), plus index. Covers professionally reattached and most chipping repaired. A very good copy. More

Los Angeles, CA: Regional Planning Commission, County of Los Angeles, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Chapters include; Los Angeles County - Its Origin and History; The Long Beach - Redondo Highway Plan; Official Approval and Adoption of the Plan; Problems Involved in the Design of the Highway Plan; Schedule of Major..... More

Washington, DC;: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1897. Hardcover. Chapters include "Investigation, demoralization of grain rates, and apportionment of traffic to the seaboard," "Points decided by the Commission," "Maximum-rate case," "Safety appliances," "Statistics of railways," "Index," etc. 330 pages. Bound in original cordovan cloth with lettering in gilt and..... More

Sydney, Australia: Department of Mines, New South Wales/Charles Potter, Government Printer, 1893. Paper covers. Published by authority of the New South Wales Commissioners for the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. 85 pages with numerous tables of mining information and production of ores. Covers toned. A good to very good copy..... More

San Francisco: State of California/Division of Mines and Geology, 1966. Map. A folded color geologic map and a folded explantion of the San Jose sheet, both within a Division of Mines paper sleeve. Small library stamp on map corner and on sleeve. Sheets as new, the sleeve very good plus..... More

Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey / USGS / Government Printing Office / GPO, 1968. Map. Color folded map sheet measuring 40h X 37w inches. Scale 1:125,000. Geology mapped 1957 and 1967. 1968 edition. A fine and bright map. More

Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1987. Soft cover. Conatains a list of reports and maps published by the U.S. Geological Survey relating to the geology and mineral and water resources of Colorado. 344 pages with index. Bound in original light blue stiff paper covers printed in dark..... More