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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. See pagination below. PRICE: $600.00
	Buffon, Georges-Louis L., Comte de; Buffon's Natural History, Buffon, Georges-Louis L., Comte de; Barr's Buffon. Buffon's Natural History, Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, etc. Translated from the French with notes by the Translator, in Ten volumes. London, printed for the Proprietor, and sold by H. D. Symonds, 1807-1811.  Pagination: vol. 1, Theory of the Earth, pp. viii, 333, 3 pages of ads. Vol. 2, Theory of the Earth, pp. iv, 348. Vol. 3, History of Animals, pp. 348, 4 plates. Vol. 4, History of Animals continued & History of Man, pp. 352, 1 plate. Vol. 5, History of Brute Creation, pp. 347, 13 plates. Vol. 6, Domestic Animals, pp. 346, 19 plates. Vol. 7, Carnivorous Animals, pp.338, 13 plates. Vol. 8, Carnivorous Animals, pp. 343, 18 plates. Vol. 9, Carnivorous Animals and Specific Animal Descriptions, pp. 355, 15 plates. Vol. 10, Degeneration of Animals, pp. 366. Title pages have at the head of each: Barr's Buffon. In contemporary half calf over marbled boards, gilt spine titles.  Light wear to binding edges and corners. Bindings are tight, some light foxing to first pages of a few texts, over all text pages are very clean. Armorial book plate of W.T.O. Pawlett on paste downs with his signature on titles. In very good condition. PRICE: $1,000.00
	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
	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. 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. PRICE: $1,900.00
	Fossil Footprint Book, Frank E. Peabody, Reptile & Amphibian Trackways Lower Triassic Arizona & Utah Peabody, Frank E.; Reptile and Amphibian Trackways from the Lower Triassic Moenkopi Formation of Arizona and Utah. Univ. Calif Bull. 27#8, 1948. Quarto, pp. 176, 40 text figures, 23 plates. The text is complete and in the original title wraps. The binding is tight with small stamp on cover and inscribed by Peabody on cover. The contents are very clean. In very good condition. PRICE: $110.00
	Geology book by Charles Lyell, Travels in North America in the Years 1841 and 1842. Lyell, Charles; Travels in North America, in the Years 1841-42; with Geological Observations on the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia. 2 vols., New York, Putnam & Sons, 1845. Octavo, pp. viii, 252, colored frontispiece, 2 plates & pp. 232, folded hand-colored map, folded colored plate of Niagara Falls. The set is complete and in the original cloth with gilt spine titles. Bindings are tight and clean. Old library book plate of German Society in Philadelphia on paste downs and later owners book plate below that. Robber stamp on title page. Texts are very clean, with minor small wear edge to titles repaired with archival tissue. The colored map and plates are very clean. In very good condition. PRICE: $625.00
	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
	Geology book by William Buckland; Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology. Buckland, William; Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology. London, W. Pickering, 1836. Quarto, vol. 1, pp. xvi, 596 and supplementary notes pages 597-599, errata. Vol. 2, pp. vii, 100, 87 plates (numbered to 69 with some in multiple parts, some folded and hand-colored). The set is complete and in a contemporary full paneled calf with gilt ruled borders, gilt spine titles, six gilt spine panels, marbled end papers and matching text block edges. Inscribed by Buckland on the half title of volume 1, with original owners coat of arms on paste down and later owners book plate on opposite end sheet. The bindings are tight and clean, text is very clean and crisp, some plates have light foxing on verso of plates and along an outer margin. Over all in very good condition. PRICE: $1,000.00

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