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Books on Kentucky Geology-Mineral Resources.
Kentucky Geology and Mineral Resources. Bound volume of important early pamphlets, on the geology and resources of Kentucky.
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The volume contains several quarto-octavo works and is in a recent half calf, marbled boards with gilt spine titles and in very good condition. Consist of:
1. Eastern Kentucky as a Field for Profitable Investment, Ayres & Given, Courier Journal, Louisville, 1889. pp. 24.
2. Livingston County, the heart of Southwestern Kentucky's Mineral Wealth. Iron, Lead, Fluorspar, etc. Daily News, Paducah, 1887. pp. 15.
3. Report on Certain Lands Leased for Oil and Gas near Cannel City, Morgan County. Alfed Lane, Lansing, 1902. pp. 12.
4. Kentucky Coal, Coke & Timber, Illustrated Description of the Log Mountain, Clear Creek Region. A. R. Crandall, Lexington, 1890. pp. 28, folded map, illustrated.
5. The Resources and Condition of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, prepared by the State Bureau of Agriculture, Horticulture and Statistics. W. J. Davie, Frankfort, 1877. pp. 108, folded colored map.
6. A General Account of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Prepared by the Geological Survey of the Commonwealth for the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia. N. S. Shaler, Cambridge, 1876. pp. 104, folded hand-colored geol. map of Kentucky and folded map of North America.
PRICE: $600.00 
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Chemistry book: James Kier, Treatise on the Various Kinds of Permanently Elastic Fluids or Gases
Keir, James; A Treatise on the Various Kinds of Permanently Elastic Fluids or Gases. 2nd Edition, London, T. Cadell & P. Elmsley, 1779. Quarto, pp. xxviii, 120, 1 plate.
The work is complete and in a modern tooled calf with gilt spine panels and titles. The binding is tight and pristine, very minor foxing to some text pages, armorial book plate of Thomas Harrison on paste down with his signature and 1792 date on end sheet. Later owners book plate below armorial plate. In very good condition.
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PRICE: $1,100.00
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Conchology Book by Jacob Theodor Klein - Tentamen Methodi Ostracologicae siv Dispositio Naturalis Conchlidum et Concharum in suas Classes, Genera et Species
Klein, Jacob Theodor; Tentamen Methodi Ostracologicae siv Dispositio Naturalis Conchlidum et Concharum in suas Classes, Genera et Species . . . . Wishoff, Leyden, 1753. Quarto, pp. 10, 177, 27, 2nd title, 6, 44, 17, folded engraved frontispiece portrait of Klein in his library, 12 copper-engraved plates.
In contemporary calf boards with a later calf spine, six spine panels with gilt titles. Marginal toning to end sheets, title page and first and last text pages with minor off set of plate images. Overall a very good copy of a rare work.
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PRICE: $1,900.00
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Cope, Edward D.; The Vertebrata of the Tertiary Formations of the West.
Cope, Edward D.; The Vertebrata of the Tertiary Formations of the West. Report of the U. S. Geological Survey of the West, F. V. Hayden in charge, Vol. 3. Washington, 1883. Large quarto, pp. xxxiv, 1009, 38 wood cuts and 134 plates numbered I through LXXVa.
The text is complete and in the original brown cloth with gilt spine titles. Binding has been re-cased with modern end sheets and spine re-enforced to support the weight of the book. Scuffing to boards and spine, the text and plates are bright and very clean. A very good volume and now easy to use without fear of damage due to weight.
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PRICE: $1,000.00
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Early Travel Book: Pennant, Thomas; A Tour from Downing to Alston-Moor. London, Wilson & Co, 1801.
Pennant, Thomas; A Tour from Downing to Alston-Moor. London, Wilson & Co, 1801. Large quarto, pp. viii, 195, 27 engraved plates.
The work is complete and in a modern calf over marbled boards with gilt titles. The binding is tight and clean, text and plates are very clean. In very good condition.
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PRICE: $650.00
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Exploration and Travel by, W. Rickmer Rickmers, The Duab of Turkestan
Rickmers, W. Rickmer; The Duab of Turkestan, a Physiographic Sketch and Account of Travels. Cambridge; at the University Press, 1913. Large quarto, pp. xv, 564, frontispiece, 69 full-page plates (including 2 folding panoramas), 132 other photographs, plans and maps, and two folding maps.
The work is complete and in the original cloth with gilt titles. The binding is tight, scuffing to the boards and smudge on lower spine edge. The text is very clean and free of any marking, front inner hinge nicely tightened. In very good condition.
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PRICE: $450.00
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First Geological Map New York: Amos Eaton; Geological Text-Book...On North American Geology, Albany 1830.
Eaton, Amos; Geological Text-Book Prepared for Popular Lectures on North American Geology; with applications to Agriculture and the Arts (with folded hand-colored geological map of New York). Albany, 1830. Octavo, pp. vii, 63, folded hand-colored geological map of New York State.
The work is complete and in the original cloth and boards with paper title label on cover. Binding is tight with scuffing to boards. Inscribed on fly leaf with signature of first owner Washington Good Lieut. U.S. Army Washington City, 1832. Light foxing to some text signatures, map is clean. In very good condition with rare map present.
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PRICE: $1,100.00
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Fossil Footprint Book by Edward Hitchcock; Ichnology of New England. A Report on the Sandstone of the Connecticut Valley, especially its Fossil Footmarks with Supplement.
Hitchcock, Edward; Ichnology of New England. A Report on the Sandstone of the Connecticut Valley, especially its Fossil Footmarks. Boston 1858, Large quarto, pp. 220, text figures, and 60 plates, folded hand colored maps. & Supplement to the Ichnology of New England. Boston, 1865. Large quarto, pp. 96, 20 plates. Plates 13-19 are photographic plates.
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The set is complete and both volumes are in the original matching brown cloth,with gilt spine titles. Light wear to binding edges and corners inner hinges nicely re-enforced on supplement volume. Owners book plate on first end sheet of volume 1, very light toning to some outer text and plate margins. Over all an exceptionally clean set in very good condition.
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PRICE: $1,900.00
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