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California: Stanford University Press. Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket. 1947. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Classic tale of the travails of a geologist in Argentina, near fine in good price-clipped dust jacket, in archival sleeve; cracking/tearing/toning to jacket edges (especially at top of jacket back) else a tight square unmarked copy with pictorial map endpapers in clipped dust jacket; first printing with no later statements; 152 pages .
A Yanqui in Patagonia by Willis, Bailey - 1947
by Willis, Bailey
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A Yanqui in Patagonia
by Willis, Bailey
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Stanford University Press, 1947. Hardcover, fine in a good dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt title on spine and gilt illustration on front, x and 152 pages, frontispiece, 24cm tall, octavo. Author's account of his exploration of a remote lake and mountain region in the Argentine Andes searching for engineering possibilities. Dust jacket shows a few brown spots on front panel.
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Sandhill Books
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- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition Good
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Stanford University Press
- Date Published 1947
- Keywords argentina; patagonia; geology
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A Yanqui in Patagonia
by Willis, Bailey
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A Yanqui In Patagonia: An Autobiography By Bailey Willis
by Willis, Bailey
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Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1947. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine DJ. Photographs, Maps. X, 152 Pp. First Edition, 1947, Dj With $3.00 Price Stamped Out, Apparently By Publisher, And New $4.00 Price Stamped In. Fine Book, No Wear, No Names Or Marks, In Complete Dj, Touch Of Rubbing, Slight Browning At Top Edge And Side Edges, A Single 1/2" Closed Tear At Top Right Of Front Panel. Bailey Willis (1857 - 1949) Was A Geological Engineer Who Worked For The United States Geological Survey (Usgs), And Lectured At Two Prominent American Universities. He Also Played A Key Role In Getting Mount Rainier Designated As A National Park In 1899. After Later Focusing More On Seismology, He Became One Of The World's Leading Earthquake Experts Of His Time. In 1944 He Was Awarded The Penrose Medal By The Geological Society Of America. From 1921 To 1927 He Was President Of The Seismological Society. The Willis Wall On The North Face Of Mount Rainier Is Named For Him.
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