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1885. GPO, Washington. 18+564 pp., 57 fig., 65 plts. (some col., some fold.), 1 fold. map in pocket. Contains: Dutton: Mount Taylor and the Zuni Plateau /&/ Chamberlin-Salisbury: Driftless are Upper Mississippi Valley /&/ Curtis: Quantitative determination of silver /&/ Shaler: Sea coast swamps eastern US /&/ Ward: Flora of the Laramie Group; Orig. cloth, gilt, minor wear at ends of spine, some occasioal foxing (brown spots), otherwise very good, 4to.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1885. xxix, 570, 65 plates (some folding, some double-page), 3 folding, col maps (1 in rear pocket). . HB. Ex-lib, Letchworth and District Naturalists' Society Museum Library. 4to, orig. cloth, rubbed, scuffed and a little worn; otherwise a good copy of this Annual Report.. Contains five large papers: Mount Taylor and the Zuni Plateau, by Capt. C.E. Dutton; Preliminary paper on the Driftless area of the Upper Mississippi Valley by T. C. Chamberlain and R.D. Salisbury; The Quantitative Determination of Silver by Means of the Microscope by J.S. Curtis; Sea coast swamps of the Eastern United States by Prof. N.S. Shaler; Synopsis of the flora of the Laramie group by Prof. L.F. Ward. The United States Geological Survey was established by an act of Congress in 1879 and was charged with the 'classification of the public lands and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain'. The sixth Annual Report was… Read More

Washington. Good/No Dust Wrapper. 1885. Hard Cover. (D495) .