EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR 1886-'87; PART II by Powell, J.W., director. [Edward Orton, Lester F. Ward, George F. Becker, Nathaniel Southgate Shaler] - 1889

Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey / USGS / Government Printing Office / GPO , 1889. Hardcover. Poor. Includes reports; 1] The Trenton Limestone as a Source of Petroleum and Inflammable Gas in Ohio and Indiana, by Orton; 2] The Geographical Distribution of Fossil Plants, by Ward; 3] Summary of the Geology of the Quicksilver Deposits of the Pacific Slope, by Becker; 4] The Geology of the Island of Mount Desert, Maine, by Shaler. Pages 475 through 1063 with illustrations, maps, and index. Bound in the original USGS brown cloth with lettering and illustrations stamped in gilt. Binding is poor, text block is very good.