Reading the Rocks; The Story of the Geological Survey of Canada 1842-1972
by Zaslow, Morris
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0770513034
- ISBN 13
- 9780770513030
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: MacMillan Company of Canada Limited [0-7705-1303-4] 1975. (4to) 599pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Signed by the author. There is a previous owner's name on the front free endpaper and the dust jacket is faded at the spine and edgeworn with a small taped closed tear on the front panel. "The Geological Survey of Canada can lay claim to more than 130 years of impressive achievement since its inception in 1842, with its stated purpose to assist the progress of Canadian mining. The responsibility has been admirably and consistently fulfilled, with the result that nearly every citizen of this country has been in some way affected by this remarkable government agency". Time Period & 19th Century. (Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, Geology, History--Canada, Mining--Canada, Natural History, Natural Resources, Rocks).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 152571
- Title
- Reading the Rocks; The Story of the Geological Survey of Canada 1842-1972
- Author
- Zaslow, Morris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0770513034
- ISBN 13
- 9780770513030
- Publisher
- MacMillan Company of Canada Limited
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- This edition first published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, Geology, History--Canada, Mining--Canada, Natural History, Natural Resources, Rocks
- Bookseller catalogs
- CANADIAN HISTORY;
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