Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1886-87 by J. W. Powell, Director - 1891

Washington: G.P.O., 1889. Hardcover. Acceptable. . Ex-library copy with usual markings. Cover shows heavy wear, tear, rubbing, edgewear, loss. Pages are shakken, some chipped, and lighlty tanned. A copy in poor, but readable, condition. Part 2 only.

Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey / USGS / Government Printing Office / GPO , 1889. Hardcover. Poor. Includes reports; 1] The Trenton Limestone as a Source of Petroleum and Inflammable Gas in Ohio and Indiana, by Orton; 2] The Geographical Distribution of Fossil Plants, by Ward; 3] Summary of the Geology of the Quicksilver Deposits of the Pacific Slope, by Becker; 4] The Geology of the Island of Mount Desert, Maine, by Shaler. Pages 475 through 1063 with illustrations, maps, and index. Bound in the original USGS brown cloth with lettering and illustrations stamped in gilt. Binding is poor, text block is very good.

Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1889. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. pages 475 to 1061 plus index. This is volume two only. contains: The Trenton Limestone as a Source of Petroleum and Natual Gas in Ohio and Indiana by Edward Orton- Theories respecting the origin of petroleum and natural gas, modes of accummulation, the discovery of oil and high-pressure gas, the geology of the new gas and oil fields, practiacl development of the gas and oil fields etc. shipping will be extra for this large and heavy book, please inquire. covers show some scuffing and handling.; 8 1/4 x 11 3/4

Government Printing Office, 1891-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. Original report extracted extracted from the Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology 1886-81 published in 1891. Features 298 pages of text featuring 111 Original Plates, some tissue protected and in color as well as 114 figures. A few loose pages but appears to be complete. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. Very Good+. 1912. Hardcover. Nice, clean, umarked copy. ; 4to 11" to 13" tall; 308 pages .

Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1891. First Impression. Hardcover. lightly tattered, however overall good shape/No dust jacket. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], full gilt-embossed olive-coloured cloth sans dust jacket, pp. xxxvi, 298. Illustrated with 123, -[CXXIII]-, plates and 119 sketches incorporated within the text. Plates XXXVI, LXXII and LXXVI are housed in inside rear cover pouch. Front hinge has been reinforcered with white binder's cloth, Plates CXII - CXXIII are in Colour Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... John Wesley Powell hired Cosmos and his brother Victor in 1881, when Powell was the director of the Bureau of Ethnology in Washington, D.C., to come west for the Smithsonian Institution and survey the great pueblos of Arizona and New Mexico. After years of field-work, the Mindeleffs' field-party returned in 1888 to Washington, D.C., with their scientific findings, including many valuable archaeological artifacts. In 1890,… Read More

Government Printing Office, 1889. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt titles. Rubbed and worn. Front hinge cracked else interior clean and sharp. Color maps. . B&W Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 550 pages Professional bookseller for twenty years. Orders shipped daily in cardboard bookfolds.

Washington.: Government Printing Office., 1912.. First edition.. Gilt decorated, dark green cloth. Hard cover.. Fine copy (paper label on spine).. 4to.. Illustrated with color and black and white plates. Casa Grande, Arizona, Antiquities of Upper Verde River, Algonquian tribes, etc.

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1891. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with spine number and a couple of "withdrawn" stamps -- no other markings. Front free endpaper glued to hinge to repair split hinge paper. Text block is clean and tight. Three maps (fine) in rear pocket. ; 4to 11" to 13" tall; 298 pages .

Government Printing Office, 1889. Very Good. Powell, J. W.. Eighth Annual Report of The United States Geological Survey to The Secretary of The Interior, 1886-87, Part II. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1889. 589pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Book condition: Very good with very light bumping and very light rubbing to extremities. Light spotting to front cover. Previous owner's inkstamp to front endsheet and title-page..

YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

Kansas City, KS: E. B. Barnett, Publisher Book. VG. Hardcover. Presumed 1st Edition. Book is blue cloth covered boards with paste-on American flag on front. The book has minor shelf edge wear with no other defects to note. No date - circa 1919. 91 pages with black and white frontis - a picture of the author in fancy dress in Washington in 1909. Married to an officer of the 2nd Cavalry in 1866, Sargent relates to experiences at Fort Bidwell, Fort Walla Walla, to Arizona. Four years at Fort Huachuca, Fort Bowie, to Fort Logan, Colorado and at Fort Wingate. .

Sheridan: Clouds Peak Printery, 1950. Single sheet brochure, 17 x 36cm, folded to 17 x 9cm, four panels on each side. Halftone photographs, cover illustration, map. Some light toning and wear, else fine. Small advertisement for the Deer Haven Lodge, member of the Dude Ranchers Association. Nice map of the Bighorn National Forest, showing the location of the Lodge. Pictures include Paint Rock Creek and Lake Solitude. "Some of the finest fishing available is to be had in the lakes and streams....accessible only by 'packing in.' Ca. 1948-1950. Worldcat locates a single copy, at Yale.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1938. First Thus. Vellum-backed marbled boards. Near Fine. (xx), 1, 21, 1 pages. First Edition Thus. Introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. Vellum-backed marbled boards. Gilt spine-titling. 5 1/4" x 8". Slipcase. Limited to 350 copies printed by The University of California Press. Per the Introduction, "'The Helmet of Mambrino' well supports the claim of (Clarence) King's friends that his casual conversation often equalled the best literature of his day, for this letter to a friend was undoubtedly produced spontaneously without thought of publication." A beautifully produced small book. Neat pictorial bookplate at front pastedown; small bookseller's stamp removal scar to rear pastedown, but a Near Fine copy in a Very Good Plus (slight abrasions at opening ends) slipcase. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING via media mail to any United States address.

New York: The McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. (15) 331 (1) pp. Illustrated dust jacket, with $6.95 price. Illustrated, including maps of The Moromon Trail. Index. Purple cloth.6 1/4" x 9 1/4". One of The American Trail Series, edited by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. Per the jacket blurb: "Close to the heart of Mormondom is the almost stylized memory of the Trail. For every early Saint, crossing the plains to Zion was not merely a journey, but a rite, the final devoted and enduring act that brought one into the Kingdom." A Fine copy in a Very Good Plus or better dust jacket (pencil numbering to rear cover, spine toning; edgewear, especially to spine-ends). ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

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Livingston, Montana; Yellowstone Park, Wyoming: Yellowstone Park Lodges and Camps Company, 1925. Brochure, 22.5 x 10cm folded, 11pp. Black and white photographic illustrations, map, printed in red and black throughout. Illustrated, stapled wraps show light wear and rubbing with a few bent corners, else fine. Beautiful brochure advertising stays at the park, with photos of lodges, sights, wildlife, maps, and pricing. "Any railroad agent can tell you about Yellowstone National Park, or address Yellowstone Park Lodge and Camps Co." Vernon Goodwin is listed as president, taking over from Howard Hays in 1924.

Denver: Old West Publishing, 1965. Hardcover. Orig. decorated green clean. Fine in nicked and chipped plain paper wrapper. 84 pages. 33 x 24.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 1000 copies. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Illustrated in color and black and white. Handsomely printed, bright, very clean copy.

"Herein are listed the first families of California and also other persons with family names that were in California 1769-1785 except those who died at San Diego in 1769."

Harrisburg, PA; (1954): Stackpole Co. First Edition. Octavo. Convened at Chicago, Illinios, 13 January 1879. xxx, 303 p. illus., port., maps (part fold.) Vital and revealing testimony of participants in the Battle of the ittle Big Horn. Battlefield map endpapers. Bound in gray cloth lettered in blue, spine lettering blue, in clipped dust jacket with some cipping to head and edge wear.