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PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF MONTANA AND PORTIONS OF ADJACENT TERRITORIES; BEING A FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF PROGRESS
by Hayden, F.V
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Octavo, 9 in. x 6 in., pp. 204. Illustrated with 64 drawings and five fold-out maps. Dark brown cloth boards with elaborate fame stamped in blind to front and back. Rebacked with dark brown leather spine. LIght rubbing to boards. Slight spine lean. Front lower corner just showing. Newer endpapers. Library stamp to verso of title page (Bussey Institution, Harvard College Library) - no other library markings. Spine and hinges tight.
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87464
- Title
- PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF MONTANA AND PORTIONS OF ADJACENT TERRITORIES; BEING A FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF PROGRESS
- Author
- Hayden, F.V
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington DC
- Date Published
- 1872
- Keywords
- History of Montana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana;
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Rebacked
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- Title Page
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