Geological Survey Of The State Of Iowa, 1870, Vol I only (of 2)
by White, Charles A
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Des Moines: Mills & Co, 1870. Book. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very good original green cloth, clean and tight with bright gilt title on spine, and slight edgewear at the corners. Lithographs sketched in Iowa in 1868 and 1869, with numerous other illustrations, graphs and foldout elevations. Illustrated by 8 lithographs, fold charts. 1st edition. Pages viii, 391. Inside, hinges fine, pages clean and tight with slight foxing only on the frontispiece..
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- Bookseller
- Craftsbury Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009174
- Title
- Geological Survey Of The State Of Iowa, 1870, Vol I only (of 2)
- Author
- White, Charles A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Mills & Co
- Place of Publication
- Des Moines
- Date Published
- 1870
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- WEST, IOWA AMERICANA WHITE FRONTIER GEOLOGY ILLUSTRATED BY 8 LITHOGRAPHS, FOLD CHARTS.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; West;
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