(Two Volumes). The Seventeenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey 1895 - 96 by U. S. Geological Survey (USGS), Charles D. Walcott, Director - 1896

Government Printing Office, 1904, 388 Pp. , 1904. Hardcover; covers spotted; shelfwear w/ head and tail of spine and corners bumped; front hinge a bit shaken; foxing of endpages and edges; o/w contents in good condition. This is a heavy volume; extra shipping may be required for priority mail or international orders. . Hard Cover.

Wash. , DC: Government Printing Office. Good. 1898. First Edition. Softcover. Covers soiled and stained. ; Includes Lambertville station on Delaware River, Harrisburg station on Susquehanna River, Rowlandsville station on Octoraro Creek, Woodstock station on Patapsco River, etc. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 100 pages .

Government Printing Office, 1895, 646 Pp., 1895. Hardcover; ex-library; in original cloth; shelfwear w/ head and heel of spine and corners bumped; paper covering of inside front hinge split w/ front hinge slightly shaken; o/w in good condition.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Goverment Printing Office, 1895, 735 Pp., 1895. Hardcover; ex-library; in original cloth; shelfwear w/ head and heel of spine and corners bumped; approx. 5 inch split in cloth covering of upper front joint; front hinge cracked; o/w contents in good condition.. Hard Cover.

Washington DC: US Geological Survey, 1906. First Thus. Framed under glass. Fine. Professionally framed and matted chromolithograph map revealing efforts by the US to better understand it's possesions, including the District of Alaska. ("Territory of Alaska" was used from 1912 until 1959 statehood.) Exposed area of map measures 16 1/4" x 19", actual measurement 45cm x 38cm. Topography by T.G. Gerdine, R.B. Oliver, and W.R. Hill. Control by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. At top margin "Surveyed in 1904" and "Datum is mean sea level." A handsome color map showing Nome and, in the lower third of the map, the Alaska coastline along the Bering Sea. Geologist in charge of the production of this map was Alfred H. Brooks. The importance of this map is the 1906 -- the height of the Nome Gold Rush, which differed from other northern gold rushes by the ease with which gold could be obtained from the beach sand at the shown landing place. Gold could be recovered without requiring a claim. A striking production… Read More

U.S. Geological Survey, 1898-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Large color fold out map. Includes text booklet. Bound in library cloth. Accompanied by: Map of Alaska : showing known gold-bearing rocks. Scale 1:3,600,000 "about 57 miles to one inch"; (W 170??--W 118??/N 62??--N 54??). 1 map : color ; 60 x 73 cm. Relief shown in hachures. 44 p. Text lacks title. The text was prepared by Samuel Franklin Emmons, Geologist, with the aid of W.H. Dall and F.C. Schrader.