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Monographs of the United States Geological Survey. Volume XXXII, Part II. Geology of the Yellowstone National Park. Part II. Descriptive Geology Petrography, and Paleontology
by Hague, Arnold, J.P. Iddings, W.H. Weed, et. al
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1899. Hardcover. Good. v-xvii; 893, i-x pp. Very thick quarto [30 cm] Green cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and blind stamped designs on the covers. New endsheets. Ex-library, with several of the usual markings. The extremities are rubbed. The text block is cracked multiple times, and several of the gatherings are a little loose. There are a couple of jagged thin tears in the inside margin of p. 57. The longest tear measuring just over 1 inch long. Plates 17 and 18 are a bit adhered along the bottom edges. Small closed tear in the fore edge margin of plate LII. Plate XLII bound in twice, upside down, instead of plate LIV. This item may require extra shipping charges due to weight. MISSING one plate- plate LIV.
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- Seller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 50582
- Title
- Monographs of the United States Geological Survey. Volume XXXII, Part II. Geology of the Yellowstone National Park. Part II. Descriptive Geology Petrography, and Paleontology
- Author
- Hague, Arnold, J.P. Iddings, W.H. Weed, et. al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.C.
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- Yellowstone; catalog 45; Arnold Hague; J.P. Iddings; gbac18; CHICAGO2019
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Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
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- Plate
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- Spine
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- Cracked
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- Text Block
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- Cloth
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Gilt
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