Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania for 1886, Part I: Pittsburgh Coal Region + Character and Distribution of Palaeozoic Plants
by d'Invilliers, E. V., and Leo Lesquereux, with Selwyn Taylor and A. N. Humphreys; J. P. Lesley (pref.)
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Harrisburg, PA: Board of Commissioners for the [Second] Geological Survey, 1887. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth, spine panel lettered in gilt. Part I of the 1886 Annual Report only, concerning the Pittsburgh Coal Region. Cover cloth typically showing some surface rubbing and flecking, with spine panel somewhat sunned and lettering faded, text block edges typically tanned with top edge only showing mild dampstaining/foxing. Firm binding, clean interior. Institutional book plate mounted inside front cover, no other marks or stamps. xvi,574,10 pp., with errata slip tipped in at end of index, (27) plates, (12) hinged or folding plates in text, (2) large maps, collated and complete. Accompanied by 1-pg. TLS dated 5 May 1920 from PA State Geologist George H. Ashley..
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- Title
- Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania for 1886, Part I: Pittsburgh Coal Region + Character and Distribution of Palaeozoic Plants
- Author
- d'Invilliers, E. V., and Leo Lesquereux, with Selwyn Taylor and A. N. Humphreys; J. P. Lesley (pref.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Board of Commissioners for the [Second] Geological Survey
- Place of Publication
- Harrisburg, PA
- Date Published
- 1887
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pennsylvania: Central & Western PA; Science, Math, Technology, Astronomy;
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