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189239806Washington: Government Printing Office 1892. 1st edition. Brown cloth binding gilt stamped lettering to spine and front board. Wear to binding edges rubbed light soiling. Lean to spine. Overall an about VG example. xlvi 617 1 blank pp. Many inserted plates b/w & color illustrations & intratextual illustrations. 11-5/8" x 8" <br/><br/> Government Printing Office hardcover books
190339795Washington: Government Printing Office 1903. 1st edition. Olive green cloth binding gilt stamped lettering and design to spine & front board. Modest wear to binding rubbing and tanning to spine. Bookplate to front pastedown closed tear to p. xlv plate XLV loose in text. A VG example. ccxxiv 237 5 blank pp. Many inserted plates b/w & color and intratextual illustrations throughout. 11-1/2" x 8" <br/><br/> Government Printing Office hardcover books
190439797Washington: Government Printing Office 1904. 1st edition. Olive green cloth binding gilt stamped lettering and design to spine and front boards. Modest wear to binding light rubbing & tanning to spines. Bookplates to front pastedowns paper slightly age-toned. Page 3 in Part I torn losses. Otherwise an about VG example. 2 Volumes. Vol I: xliv 320 2 blank pp. Vol II: 372 2 blank pp. Inserted plates and intratextual illustrations throughout. 11-1/8" x 8" <br/><br/> Government Printing Office hardcover books
25629n. p: Promontory Press. N.D. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine in close to fine dust jacket.; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 168 pp . Promontory Press hardcover books
196924097New York: Dutton 1969. First edition. Porter Eliot. Folio cloth fine in dust jacket. 48 color photographs by Porter. <br/><br/> Dutton hardcover books
1969UPOWDOW00DAE.P. Dutton & Co. 1969. Very Good. Powell John Wesley. Down the Colorado: John Wesley Powell Diary of the First Trip Through the Grand Canyon. Porter Eliot. NY: E.P. Dutton & Co. 1969. 1st editon. 168pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Folio. Tan coth. Book condition: Very good with previous owners name in ink on front past down. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with clipped price and rubbing to edges with a one inch closed tear on spine edge. E.P. Dutton & Co. unknown books
18936201Washington: Government Printing Office 1893. First edition. Very Good/The definitive survey of petroglyphs and pictographs. 30 cm; xxx 822 pages : illustrations plates. Original green cloth-covered boards gilt-stamped with image of a man in feathered headdress. Front hinge reinforced. Ownership stamp on front free endpaper of anthropologist Rudolf Martin 1864-1925 chair of physical anthropology at the University of Munich. Few age spots little wear. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1988UPOWDOW01EFArrowood 1988. Very Good. Powell John Wesley. Down the Colorado: Diary of the First Trip Through the Grand Canyon 1869. Fowler Don D.; Porter Eliot. New York: Arrowood 1988. 168pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. Folio. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with gently rubbed edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with lightly bumped edges. Arrowood hardcover books
1884026007Washington DC: G.P.O. 1884. First Edition. Quarto. 8 vii-xxxii 473 pages 85 plates 7 double 5 folded illustrations some in color maps. The largest part is devoted to Hawaiian volcanoes on pages 80-219. Besides maps of all the major islands it deals with the major eruptions and its effect on the population. There is also a report on the mining geology of the Eureka District of Nevada; A large section on fossils of oysters and the life-history of the oyster finally there is geological reconnance in southern Oregon. Bound in maroon cloth centrally stamped in a pictorial gilt spine lettering gilt a damp stain to lower front corner new endpapers damp staining to lower corners of leaves. G.P.O. unknown books
1969229669New York E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc. 1969. 1969. First edition so stated. Index. 48 full page color photographs by Eliot Porter. 19 page forward by Don D. Fowler. Folio. Pictorial dust jacket unclipped. Fine. 168 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1969. hardcover books
1969UPOWCOL00CSUnited States Government Printing Office 1969. Very Good. Powell John Wesley. Colorado River Region and John Wesley Powell : Geological Survey Professional Paper 669. Washington: United States Government Printing Office 1969. 143pp. Illustrated. 4to. Hardcover. Book condition: Very Good. United States Government Printing Office hardcover books
89580hardcover. many color photographs by Eliot Porter. folio cloth d.w. N.Y.: Dutton 1969. vg<br/><br/> unknown books
1875RPOWEXP00JNGovernment Printing Office 1875. Good. Powell John Wesley. Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries Explored in 1869 1870 1871 and 1872 Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1875. 291pp. 4to. Brown cloth with gilt; original. Book condition: Good. Boards are rubbed and shelf worn and corners bumped. Hinges are soft and starting to crack. Frontispiece is cut out but present; page xi is a partial only; plate 47 at p.132 is detached; plate 51 at p.155 is lacking; page 192 is a partial. Pages 289-291 have closed tears. Text block good clean. Condition noted in price. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1875006882Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1875. Hardcover. Missing profile. Folding map in rear pocket. Several issues of Arizona Highways magazine both with and without articles about the Grand Canyon have been bound in with the original manuscript. Half-leather binding. Very little wear to boards. ; Book; 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall . Government Printing Office hardcover books
1880012142Washington: Government Printing Office. Good. 1880. Second Edition. Hardcover. Stated Second Edition--With Charts. Original brown cloth boards with gilt imprint have rubbed and bumped edges and corners and scratches across the boards. Spine ends worn off sunning and fraying on spine front board starting. Light soil creasing and toning on pages and and a few tears and chips on endpapers. The front endpapers have the signature of N. H. Mitchell dated 1882 with Mitchell's stamp on the front pastedown. Newton Horace Mitchell was a geologist who accompanied Custer's Black Hills expedition in 1874 and produced a multi-volume work on Minnesota's geology. At the rear is a pocket with four kinship charts. The book is organized as a field guide with pages 75-228 laid out as worksheets with vocabulary and sentences to collect with blank ruled pages at the end. ; 11 3/4" x 9 1/2"; 228 pp . Government Printing Office hardcover books
1891291050Sackett & Williams 1891. Map. Original color lithograph. 20.25 x 17.5 inches.<br/><br/> The Aleutian Islands are included as an inset in this unusual map of regional linguistic data. Special attention given to the West Coast. Henry Gannet produced the Seventh Annual Report for the Bureau of Ethnology. Repairs to original folds.<br/><br/> Sackett & Williams unknown books
188972778Washington: Gpo. Very Good. 1889. Hardcover. Ninth annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior :1887-'88 /John Wesley Powell; Clarence E Dutton 1889 English Book Book iv xiii 717 p. 88 leaves of plates 4 folded 1 double : ill. some col. maps ; 30 cm.Washington : G.P.O.Ex. doc. / 50th Congress 2nd session House ;; no. 1 pt. 5; Variation: Ex. doc. United States. Congress. House ;; 50th Congress 2nd session no. 1.Report of the director -- Administrative reports -- Accompanying papers -- The Charleston earthquake of August 31 1886 / Clarence Edward Dutton -- The geology of Cape Ann Massachusetts / Nathaniel Southgate Shaler -- Formation of travertine and siliceous sinter by the vegetation of hot springs / Walter Harvey Weed -- On the geology and physiography of a portion of northwestern Colorado and adjacent parts of Utah and Wyoming / Charles A. White.This Government report is hard-bound in maroon cloth with gilt stamping. There is light rubbing to the corners and spine-ends with a few small bumps to the edges. The binding is solid and tight. The contents are bright and clean with illustrations throughout including some illustrated plates and color fold-out maps. Overall Very Good condition. . Gpo hardcover books
1970407032Boston: David R. Godine 1970. A few small stains to cover and light wear to label some light spotting. 8vo. 122 1 pages. Illustrated. Original green cloth printed paper spine label. One of 1500 copies printed at The Stinehour Press. <br/><br/> David R. Godine hardcover books
18887039Washington: Government Printing Office 1888. First Edition. Hard Cover. Folio lviii 675 pages plates II and III in rear pocket. Original green cloth stamped in gilt. A very good copy with light wear at extremities. <br/><br/> Government Printing Office hardcover books
188572779Washington: gpo. Very Good. 1885. Hardcover. Sixth annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1884-'85 John Wesley Powell 1885 English Book Book xxix 570 p. 65 leaves of plates some fold. : ill. some col. some fold. maps ; 30 cm. 1 col. map 26 x 17 cm. fold. in pocket.Washington D.C. : Government Printing Office xxix 570 p. 65 leaves of plates some fold. : ill. some col. some fold. maps ; 30 cm. 1 col. map 26 x 17 cm. fold. in pocket.Report of the director. -- Administrative reports. -- Accompanying papers: Mount Taylor and the Zuñi Plateau / by Clarence E. Dutton. Preliminary paper on the driftless area of the Upper Mississippi Valley / by Thomas C. Chamberlin and Rollin D. Salisbury. The quantitative determination of silver by means of the microscope / by Joseph Story Curtis. Sea coast swamps of the Eastern United States / by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler. Synopsis of the flora of the Laramie Group / by Lester F. Ward.This book is hard-bound in brown cloth with gilt stamping. There is light edge-wear and rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. The binding is solid and tight. The contents are bright and clean with illustrated plates and some color fold-out maps. Map in the pocket at the rear is toned on the back but bright and clean otherwise. Overall Very Good condition. . gpo hardcover books
19478276Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society 1947 Volumes XV and XVI; XVII of the Utah Historical Quarterly. First edition thus. 2 volumes 1947; 1948-49. Introduction by Dale Morgan. Pp. xiii 1 269 8 540. 20 photographic plates and portraits 7 maps mostly folding. Notes indexes. Maroon cloth gilt. Owner's name on free endpaper of second part. A very fine set. Volume XV presents hitherto unknown and unpublished journals of the first and second Powell exploring expeditions down the Green and Colorado rivers including the journals of George Y. Bradley John C. Sumner and Major J. W. Powell 1869 and the journal of Francis M. Bishop 1870-72; with these are included an account of early Colorado river exploration biographical sketches of Major Powell's men and contemporary newspaper accounts of their activities. Volumes XVI and XVII bound together continue the journals of the Powell expeditions. "This volume looks to the larger significance and fruits of this work and exploration and discovery for the second expedition was what the first not a carefully constituted and admirably equipped scientific organization" Morgan. Included are the journals of Stephen Vandiver Jones John F. Steward and Walter Clement Powell edited respectively by Dr. Herbert E. Gregory William Culp Darrah and Charles Kelly. Also included is W. C. Powell's account of the Hopi Towns; and biographical sketches of Powell's men Beaman Fennemore Hillers Dellenbaugh Johnson and Hattan by William Culp Darrah. Utah State Historical Society hardcover books
1970406978Boston: David R. Godine 1970. Some wear to jacket edges; generally a near-fine copy. 8vo. 122 1 pages. Illustrated. Original green cloth printed paper spine label; pictorial dust jacket. First edition. One of 1500 copies printed at The Stinehour Press. <br/><br/> David R. Godine hardcover books
1891RPOWTWE01KTGovernment Printing Office 1891. Very Good. Powell John Wesley. Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1890-'91. Part II - Irrigation. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1891. 576pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Dark brown cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good with subtly rubbed edges. Rear endsheets gently foxed. Scarce in this condition. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1947RPOWUTA06JNUtah Historical Society 1947. Very Good. Powell John Wesley. Utah Historical Quarterly vol 15 1947. The Exploration of the Colorado River in 1869. Salt Lake City: Utah Historical Society 1947. 270pp. 8vo. Maroon buckram. Book condition: Very good. Faint shelf wear to bottom edge of spine. Otherwise very good clean and tight. Utah Historical Society hardcover books
1947RPOWUTA04JNUtah State Historical Society 1947. Very Good. Powell John Wesley. Utah Historical Quarterly vol 15 1947. The Exploration of the Colorado River in 1869. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society 1947. 270pp. 8vo. Maroon buckram. Book condition: Very good. Long ink inscription on front free endsheet. Utah State Historical Society hardcover books