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	Exploration Book by Ives, Joseph Christmas.; Report Upon the Colorado River of the West Ives, Joseph Christmas.; Report Upon the Colorado River of the West, Explored in 1857 and 1858...under the direction of the Office of Explorations and Surveys. 36th Congress/1st Session, Senate Exec. Doc., Washington, 1861. Quarto, pp. 373, 32 plates ( 7 colored, 8 folded), 2 folded maps, profile. In five parts, Part 1, General Report, pp. 131, 41 woodcuts (from sketches by Molhausen & Egloffstein), 7 colored plates, 11 b/w litho plates, and 8 folded panoramic views (by Egloffstein) and the frontispiece which depicts the expedition's steamboat "Explorer" passing Chimmey Rock, two folded maps covering route from the mouth of the Colorado to Fort Defiance and a plate showing the profile of the route. Part 2, Hydrographic Report, pp. 14. Part 3, Geological Report, pp. 154, 6 litho. plates ( 3 views, 3 fossils ). (The index calls for 2 geol. maps but these were never issued (USGS LIbrary & Wagner Camp)), 27 woodcuts. Part 4, Botany, pp. 30. Part 5, Zoology, pp. 6. Appendices, pp. 32. The work is complete and in the original cloth with a gilt over vignette of "Explorer" and gilt spine titles which have faded to green (this is common with copies in the original cloth). The binding is tight and clean with minor archival restoration to corners which is not noticed. The text and plates are very clean and free of any stamps or blemishes. A very short hinge tear to one map which was repaired on the verso with archival tape. This is an exceptionally clean copy in very good condition. PRICE: $2,700.00
	Geology Book by Owen, David Dale; Mineral lands of the United States, Report of a Geological Exploration of part of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois. Owen, David Dale; Mineral lands of the United States, Report of a Geological Exploration of part of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois. Washington, HED 239, 26th Congress, 1st session, 1840. Quarto, pp. 161., 27 folded plates and maps (many hand colored). The text is complete and in the original brown cloth with gilt spine titles. The binding is tight and clean with only minor scuffing, A.M.N.H. bookplate on paste down with Mrs. M. Schuyler Elliot book plate. The text, plates and maps are very clean. In very good condition. PRICE: $450.00
	Rare Alaska exploration book by Constantin Caspar Grewingk, Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Orographischen und Geognostischen Beschaffenheit der Nord-West-Kuste Amerikas. 1850 Grewingk, Constantin Caspar (Grevingk, Konstantin I.); Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Orographischen und Geognostischen Beschaffenheit der Nord-West-Kuste Amerikas mit den Anliegenden Inseln.  Verhandlungen der Russisch-Kaiserlichern Mineralogischen..zu St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg 1850. Quarto, pp. 360, 8 plates and folded maps. The work is complete and in a later calf and marbled boards with gilt spine titles. The binding is tight and clean, text is very clean. In very good condition. PRICE: $1,400.00
	Rare Americana Map and text, Robert Greenhow; Memoir, Historical and Political, on the Northwest Coast of America, Greenhow, Robert. Memoir, Historical and Political, on the Northwest Coast of America, and the Adjacent Territories; Illustrated by a Map and a Geographical View of those Countries. Washington: Blair and Rives, 1840. Octavo, pp. xi, errata, 238, folded map in rear pocket. The work is complete and in a modern quarter calf over marbled boards with a gilt spine label. The binding is tight and clean, the text has light foxing to the first and last pages, the folded map is crisp and exceptionally clean in a sleeve at the rear of the work. In very good condition. PRICE: $750.00
	Rare Arctic Book: Ross, Sir John; Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions.... Ross, Sir John; Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833...Including the Reports of Commander, now Captain, James Clark Ross...and the Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole. London, A. W. Webster, 1835. Octavo, pp. [8], xxxiii, [1], 740, 16 steel-engraved plates including frontispiece; 6 color lithographed plates (1 of which is a plan); 3 color mezzotints; 6 maps (1 of which is a large folding hand-colored chart of the Arctic regions). PRICE: $1,400.00
	Rare Book and Rare Maps by Featherstonaugh, George W.: Report of a Geological Reconnoissance made in 1835 from the Seat of Government by the way of Green Bay and the Wisconsin Territory to the Coteau de Prarie, an Elevated Ridge Dividing the Missouri..... Featherstonhaugh, George W.; Report of a Geological Reconnoissance made in 1835 from the Seat of Government by the way of Green Bay and the Wisconsin Territory to the Coteau de Prairie, an Elevated Ridge Dividing the Missouri from the St. Peter's River. Washington, 1836. Octavo, pp. 168, 4 plates containing 20 figures, and two large folded maps. PRICE: $1,600.00
	Rare book by Carver, Jonathan; Three Years Travels through the Interior Parts of North America. Carver, Jonathan; Three Years Travels through the Interior Parts of North America for more than Five Thousand Miles; Containing an Account of the Great Lakes, and allthe Lakes, Islands and Rivers, Cataracts, Mountains, Minerals, Soil, and Vegetable Productions.......and an Appendix. Philadelphia, Key & Simpson, 1796. Octavo, pp. ix, 360, and 20 page list of subscribers. The text is complete and in a contemporary full calf with a gilt spine label. Owners book plate on paste down earlier penciled purchase notation on first page and small embossed stamp on title page. Light toning to outer margins of a few pages, binding is tight with light scuffing to boards and spine edges. In very good condition. PRICE: $500.00
	Rare book by Hayden, Ferdinand V.; Geology and Natural History of the Upper Missouri. Hayden, Ferdinand V.; On the Geology and Natural History of the Upper Missouri. Trans. American Philosophical Society, Vol. XII Part 1, New Series, 1862. Quarto, pp. 218, folded hand colored map, text illustrations. and On the Ethnography and Philology of the Indian Tribes of the Missouri Valley; with a Map and Plates. Trans. American Philosophical Society, New Series, Vol. XII, pt. 2, 1862. Quarto, pp. 230, folded map, 2 tinted plates. PRICE: $500.00

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