1905 05 03 (18 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 31 x 23.5 cm, [xi], 40 pp., 40 full page plates, pictorial brown, white and black stiff paper covers.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 19 x 14 cm, 108, 82 pp. First Thus - first appearance in this format. Both titles in a single volume, accompanied by 24-page string-bound pamphlet containing the introductions and notes. In a slipcase. Bound in ivory-coloured leather, decorated in gilt on the front panel and spine, in a felt-lined green cloth box with front and back paste-ons relating the titles of the books and a small paste-on on the spine with the author's names. The first part of the book reproduces the 1628 book by Drake, the second part reproduces the 1619 tale by Schouten. spine with velum bound volume with gilt arms of James I and Charles I of England and printing on spine, linen ties, in velvet lined box. Both titles in a single volume, accompanied by 24-page string-bound pamphlet containing the introductions and notes. In a green cloth clam-shell box Decorated in gilt on the front panel and spine, with front and back paste-ons relating the titles of the books and a small paste-on on the spine with the author's names. The first part of the book reproduces the 1628 book by Drake, the second part reproduces the 1619 tale by Schouten. The author of "The World Encompassed" is the navigator's great nephew. Drake had no children. The author of this book is the navigator's great nephew. Drake had no children.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition in this format. 33 x 21 cm, 17 un-numbered printed pages, 248 pp. of facsimile illustrated and with folding map, modern colophon; in gray Solander box with bright blue felt lining containg gilt vellum bound tall quarto volume text with linen ties; with a reproduction of the engraved title-page mounted on the front. Laid in: 25.5 x 19 cm, 14 page pamphlet with front cover inscription: BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA The Geneall Historie of Virginia, New-England and the Summer Isles by Captain John Smith, 1624 HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION by A. L. Rowse and BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES by Robert O. Dougan Librarian of the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art gallery, San Marino, California, The World Publishing Company Cleveland, Ohio.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 28.5 x 22.5 cm, 586 pp., includes index, along with four fold-out maps and seven color map plates. Interior is fine, maps are pristine, one tissue guard worn on lower edge. Brown 3/4 leather brown cloth covers are firmly attached but corners severely bumped and leather significantly scuffed, front free end paper present but detached. Heavy: will require extra shipping.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 29.5 x 23 cm, iii, 219, [21 plates], iv, 370, [62 plates] pp., (all 83 plates, by Julius Bien & Thomas Sinclair & Son, with facing explanations, and versos blank). One of the first thorough paleontological study of the fossil record of the West. Paleontology, theory of evolution; prehistoric animals; shells; shellfish; mollusks; dinosaurs; birds; mammals. Original blind stamped brown cloth binding has failed but both boards present, gilt dulled, corners bumped, internally very good. Rebinding should be considered. HEAVY & OVERSIZED; extra postage for international and priority orders.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 29 x 23 cm, 82 pp., Highly technical report with diagrams of proper methods and many tables of results, NOT EX LIBRARY original blind stamped brown cloth with dulled gilt decoration and printing, bottom of spine has 2 cm of cloth missing and interior weak at front. A book plate removed from front fixed end paper with visible damage.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 22.5 x 14 cm, [v], [1212]- 1334, v [index] pp., Good++, ex library with minimal markings, (McKendree College,Illinois "With The Compliments of George M. Wheeler. Lieut of Engineers, U. S. Army" printed pasted on front fixed end paper, slip unused acknowledgment slip inserted loosely, contents, errata slip bound in facing page iv, 3 illustrations and maps (in pristine condition, facing page 1245, progress map western USA, facing page 1247, Profile Map, on page 1300: Sketch of lignite seams, Vermeto Canon. Original printed paper covered boards with brown cloth spine, front cover worn with water stains on 4 cm triangles on upper corner of front and back cover, internally fine! One of the Four Great Surveys after the Civil War and before the creation of the UGSS. White paper covered printed boards, black cloth spine with dulled gilt printing, two corners bumped, binding completely tight and interior pristine. Separate atlas not present First edition. Following the famous 1871 survey of California, Nevada, and Arizona, the first survey after the Civil War in the tradition of the former Corps of Topographical Engineers, Wheeler developed a "comprehensive plan to map west of the 100th meridian, "the main object of this exploration to obtain correct topographical knowledge of the country traversed." Officially designated the U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, the "Wheeler Survey" became one of four great federal surveys after the Civil War. While Clarence King was just completing his 1867-1872 fieldwork for the chief of engineers, Interior Department surveys under Ferdinand V. Hayden and Powell remained active. The other surveys had no military presence, but army officers commanded Wheeler's parties and performed much of the astronomy required for detailed surveying. Civilian topographers performed most mapping for Wheeler, and civilian scientists did pioneering studies in geology, botany, paleontology, and archaeology. Topographic emphasis also differentiated Wheeler from the other surveys' concentration on geology" (Peter L. Guth for ANB). Schmeckebier pages 48-49.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 29 x 23 cm, 420, xxxvi, [2] pp., 49 text figures, 4 lithographic plates each with page of text, versos blank, THREE LARGE MAPS NEVER PRESENT, Report upon Geological Examinations in Southern Colorado and Northern New mexico, During the Years 1878 and 1879. by John J. Stevenson, Ph. D.,?With an Appendix upon the Carbineferous Invertebrate Fossils of New Mexico, Prepared by C. A. White, M. D. In Four Parts and an Appendix, Illustrated by 4 Plates, 3 Maps, and 49 Text cuts, Two Title Pages, Table of Contents, List of Plates and Maps, 9-420, Appendix I-XXXVIII, PLATES III AND IV with facing page of description, versos blank. [Schmeckebier p 54]. Original blind stamped brown cloth with dull gilt lettering corners bumped, minor scuffing, spine intact but held on with removable tape, no markings anywhere. (1st edition was 1875 but this printing is OFTEN called the first edition.), interior hinges cracking. Physical features, previous explorations, systematic geology, descriptive geology, economic geology, Carboniferous invertebrates.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 29 x 23 cm, 56 pp.,two errata slips bound in ahead of the table of contents, F. W. Egloffstein style map and four superb photographic plates taken in 1872 by the Wheeler Survey by William Bell (reproduced by photo-lithography) of the Grand Canyon. These are the first such photographs published in any report. They include: Rain Sculpture-Salt Creek Canon, Utah; Canon of Kanab Wash - Colorado River Looking South; Grand Canon of the Colorado - Mouth of Kanab Wash, Looking East; and Looking South into the Grand Canon - Colorado River, Sheavwith Crossing. Stiff printed paper covers detached and bottom 20% water stained. Fortunately the photographic plates are least affected.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 29 x 23 cm, 96 pp., huge folding map at end which appears to have never been opened, original blind stamped green cloth with bright gilt lettering on front cover, corners bumped and some wear, interior and map fine. Ex library with rubber stamp of NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY on title page [Howes H778 & W322].

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 29.5 x 22 cm, xx, 404 pp., color frontispiece with tissue guard, 30 botanical plates at the back on un-numbered pages with versos blank. The topographical engineers of the U. S. Army wished to regain the role they had had before the Civil War in western exploration. Between 1871 to 1879, under the jurisdiction of the chief of Engineers of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lt. George M. Wheeler led an expedition to survey the territory west of the One Hundredth Meridian. Wheeler's expedition covered much of the western United States including: New Mexico, California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming and Texas. They produced many maps as did the other three Great Surveys. This volume includes Notes on Economic Botany, and Catalogue of Plants Collected in Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona with Descriptions of Those Not Contained in Gray's Manual of the Northern U. S., and Vol. V., Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel. Original blind stamped brown cloth. Binding expertly repaired with original binding laid down. This heavy volume will require extra shipping cost.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 23 x 14.5 cm, iv, 1209-1334, v [index] pp., laid in "half page intended to be returned to Wheeler acknowledging receipt of documrnt" 3 maps, two of which are folding, folding profile original printed boards with dark cloth back Scmeckebier p. 48-49. One of the Four Great Surveys after the Civil War and before the creation of the UGSS. White paper covered printed boards, black cloth spine with dulled gilt printing, two corners bumped, binding completely tight and interior pristine. Separate atlas not present First edition. Following the famous 1871 survey of California, Nevada, and Arizona, the first survey after the Civil War in the tradition of the former Corps of Topographical Engineers, Wheeler developed a "comprehensive plan to map west of the 100th meridian, "the main object of this exploration to obtain correct topographical knowledge of the country traversed." Officially designated the U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, the "Wheeler Survey" became one of four great federal surveys after the Civil War. While Clarence King was just completing his 1867-1872 fieldwork for the chief of engineers, Interior Department surveys under Ferdinand V. Hayden and Powell remained active. The other surveys had no military presence, but army officers commanded Wheeler's parties and performed much of the astronomy required for detailed surveying. Civilian topographers performed most mapping for Wheeler, and civilian scientists did pioneering studies in geology, botany, paleontology, and archaeology. Topographic emphasis also differentiated Wheeler from the other surveys' concentration on geology" (Peter L. Guth for ANB).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 22.5 x 14 cm, vi, 340 pp., contents, 6 illustrations and 4 maps which are all folding (in pristine condition): .astronomical stations of 1878, near Fort Bliss, Texas; Progress Map; Outline map of Comstock Lode, Nevada, and vicinity; Itinerary of routes followed.1878.; [[Cinder Cone, Lassen Co. Cal.]]; Line and profile.Fest's Ferry, Rio Grande. One of the Four Great Surveys after the Civil War and before the creation of the UGSS. White paper covered printed boards, black cloth spine with dulled gilt printing, two top corners bumped, outside back cover lightly stained, binding completely tight and interior pristine. Separate atlas not present First edition. Following the famous 1871 survey of California, Nevada, and Arizona, the first survey after the Civil War in the tradition of the former Corps of Topographical Engineers, Wheeler developed a "comprehensive plan to map west of the 100th meridian, "the main object of this exploration to obtain correct topographical knowledge of the country traversed." Officially designated the U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, the "Wheeler Survey" became one of four great federal surveys after the Civil War. While Clarence King was just completing his 1867-1872 fieldwork for the chief of engineers, Interior Department surveys under Ferdinand V. Hayden and Powell remained active. The other surveys had no military presence, but army officers commanded Wheeler's parties and performed much of the astronomy required for detailed surveying. Civilian topographers performed most mapping for Wheeler, and civilian scientists did pioneering studies in geology, botany, paleontology, and archaeology. Topographic emphasis also differentiated Wheeler from the other surveys' concentration on geology" (Peter L. Guth for ANB).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 29.5 x 23 cm, 681 pp., frontispiece with tissue guard, note, SECOND TITLE, TABLE OF CONTENTS, LIST OF PLATES [XIII, WITH TISSUE GUARDS], LIST OF ACCOMPANYING GEOLOGICAL ATLAS SHEETS [NOT INCLUDED], many maps and sketches in text. First edition of Volume III of an eventual seven. Wheeler developed a "comprehensive plan to map west of the 100th meridian, "the main object of this exploration to obtain correct topographical knowledge of the country traversed." Officially designated the U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, the "Wheeler Survey" became one of four great federal surveys after the Civil War. While Clarence King was just completing his 1867-1872 fieldwork for the chief of engineers, Interior Department surveys under Ferdinand V. Hayden and Powell remained active. The other surveys had no military presence, but army officers commanded Wheeler's parties and performed much of the astronomy required for detailed surveying. Civilian topographers performed most mapping for Wheeler, and civilian scientists did pioneering studies in geology, botany, paleontology, and archaeology. Topographic emphasis also differentiated Wheeler from the other surveys' concentration on geology" (Peter L. Guth for ANB). ORIGINAL HALF BROWN LEATHER AND BROWN CLOTH WITH FIVE RAISED BANDS, SCUFFING TO LEATHER, MARBELED END PAPERS AND PAGE ENDS, INTERNALLY FINE.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 23 x 14.5 cm, vi, 355 pp., 1876 11 illustrations and maps, eight of which are folding maps folding. In presentation brown half calf with marbeled end papers and edges, internally near fine with folding contents pristine, covers scuffed and corners bumped, absolutely secure binding, no marks of any kind except light pencil name "L. A. Calkins" on last blank page before title page.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 22.5 x 14 cm, x,1-234 pp., contents, 8 illustrations and maps (in pristine condition: facing page 38, progress map western USA; facing page 226 Passge par Terre a la Californie, Kino 1701; also facing pages136, 138, 187, 1888, 197. One of the Four Great Surveys after the Civil War and before the creation of the UGSS. [Schmeeckebier p 49] White paper covered printed boards, black cloth spine with dulled gilt printing, corners seriously bumped, outside back cover lightly stained, binding completely tight due to white library tape applied on inside many years ago, and interior pristine. [BEWARE 1877 Annual Report is ALSO Appendix NN.] Separate atlas not present First edition. Following the famous 1871 survey of California, Nevada, and Arizona, the first survey after the Civil War in the tradition of the former Corps of Topographical Engineers, Wheeler developed a "comprehensive plan to map west of the 100th meridian, "the main object of this exploration to obtain correct topographical knowledge of the country traversed." Officially designated the U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, the "Wheeler Survey" became one of four great federal surveys after the Civil War. While Clarence King was just completing his 1867-1872 fieldwork for the chief of engineers, Interior Department surveys under Ferdinand V. Hayden and Powell remained active. The other surveys had no military presence, but army officers commanded Wheeler's parties and performed much of the astronomy required for detailed surveying. Civilian topographers performed most mapping for Wheeler, and civilian scientists did pioneering studies in geology, botany, paleontology, and archaeology. Topographic emphasis also differentiated Wheeler from the other surveys' concentration on geology" (Peter L. Guth for ANB).

No Binding. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Paper 52 x 61cm Neat line 48 x 58 cm [Above neat line]: GEORAPHICAL EXPLORATIONS & SURVEYS WEST OF THE 100TH MERIDIAN SOUTHTERN UTAH, ATLAS SHEET NO. 59 [Below neat line]: Expeditions of 1872, 1873 Under the Command of 1st Lieut. Geo. M Wheeler BY ORDER OF THE HONORABLE WM. W. BELKNAP SECRETARY OF WAR UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BRIG. GEN. A.A. HUMPHREY CHIEF OF ENGINEERS U. S. ARMY Scale 1 inch : 8 Miles or 1:506880 cover 111 to 113 degrees 45 minutes west longitude by 37 degrees 20 minutes to 38 degrees 39 minutes north latitude, topography by hachure. Never bound. Faint water stain over top 20% of map, 2 cm tear on right side and slight chipping at edges far from printed surface.

No Binding. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 22.5 x 14 cm, 91 pp., sewed but never bound, minor dust and age darkening and contemporary pencil filing information on title page 43D CONGRESS, 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. REPORT NO. 612 Sewed but never bound, one of many documents on this subject I have acquired neatly marked in pencil on first page "Fig k. U. S." all in the same neat hand and punched for a loose leaf notebook.