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	Rare Pennsylvania Anthracite Mining Report, Joseph Watson, Report of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, 1837 Watson, Joseph; Report of the Board of Managers of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company to the Stockholders-January 9, 1837. Philadelphia, James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. Octavo, pp. 16, large folded map titled “A Map of the Lehigh Navigation above Mauch Chunk Showing its Position in Relation to the State Canal on the N. Branch of the Susquehanna and to the Three Great Anthracite Coalfields in Penn. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS This rare report is complete and in the original green wraps with an inked title on cover. The spine margin has been professionally restored. The binding is tight, the text and map are exceptionally clean. In very good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS PRICE: $450.00
	Rare report by Hewitt, Abram S.; On the Statistics and Geography of the Production of Iron. 1856 Hewitt, Abram S.; On the Statistics and Geography of the Production of Iron. American Geographical and Statistical Society, New York, Wm. C. Bryant & Co., 1856. Octavo, pp. 37, large folded table. The report is complete and in the original tan title wraps, in a modern archival folder. X-lib. Harvard Univ., with book plate, and small stamp. From the library of noted American geologist J. D. Whitney with his signature on cover. In very good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS PRICE: $150.00
	Rare Report, William F. Geddes, Comparative View Anthracite Colleries Pennsylvania, 1835. Geddes, William F.; Comparative Views of the Most Important Anthracite Collieries in Pennsylvania: Exhibiting their Avenues to the Water. With an Appendix, Map, and Draught. Philadelphia, William F. Geddes, 1835. Octavo, pp. 32, folded table of profiles, large folded map titled: Map Embracing the Schuylkill & Lehigh Coal Regions and Part of the Second Basin Shewing the Position of Beaver Meadow Mines etc. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS This very rare report is complete and in a later linen with a printed spine label. The binding is tight and pristine. The title page is lightly toned, the map and chart are very clean. A very rare report on the Pennsylvania coal industry, in very good condition. PRICE: $1,800.00
	Rare Scandanavian mining book: Magnus, Olaus; Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus...Plantin, 1558 Magnus, Olaus; Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus... Sic in epitomen redacta, ut non minus clare quam breviter quicquid apud Septentrionales scitu dignum est, complectatur. Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1558. Octavo, pp. title page woodcut printer's device, 14, 192 numbered only on one side of each page. Bound in a 18th century vellum with title in ink on spine. The binding is tight and clean, text with light soiling of title page, early penned ownership signature on title owners book plate on paste down and notes on last end sheet. Text with minor soiling at margins. In very good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL BOOKS PRICE: $2,400.00
	Rare science and metallurgy book, Schnabel, Karl; Die Wichtigsten Technisch-chemischen Processe....In zwei theilen. 1840-1842 Schnabel, Karl; Die Wichtigsten Technisch-chemischen Processe....In zwei theilen. Ist Theil: Metalloide und Leichtmetalle. II Theil: Schwermetalle und Organische Verbundungen. Siegen, 1840-42. Octavo, decorative title page dated 1842, pp. 2. 2nd title page dated 1840, pp. 64. 3rd title page dated 1841, pp. 65-172. This rare laboratory manual is complete and in a  recent half tooled calf with gilt tooled spine titles. The binding is pristine. Light browning to first title page. In very good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS PRICE: $950.00
	Rare Science Book by Plinius Secondi (Pliny), Gasius; Plinii Secundi divinu m opus cui titulus, Historia mundi. 1525 Plinii Secundus, Casius (Pliny); Ioannes Frobenius lectori S. D. En damus C. Plinii Secundi divinum opus cui titulus, Historia mundi, multo quam antehac unquam prodijt emanulatius: idq[ue] primum ex annotationibus eruditorum hominum, praesortim Hermolai Barbari: deinde ex collatione exemplariorum. quae hactenus opera doctorum nobix quam fieri potuit emendatissime sunt excusa: postremo ex fide uetustissimorum codicum, ex quibus non pauca restituimus, quae alioque nemo, quamlibet eruditus uel deprehendit, uel deprehendere poterat. Absit inuidia dicto. Vicimus superiores omneis. Si quis hanc palmam nobis eripuerit, non illi quide[m] inuidebimus, sed studijs publicis gratulabimur. Bene uale lector, & fruere Agathe tyche. Additus est index, in quo nihil desideres. Basileae: apud Io. Frobenium, Mense Martie, An. M. D. XXV.[1525]. Folio, pp. 36, 671, 143, printer's device on the title page; verso of p. 671, title page of the index; verso of the final leaf. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS. The work is complete and in a beautiful contemporary full calf with gilt ruled edges, gilt armorial seal on cover, gilt titles, 7 gilt spine panels and gilt text block edges. Light archival restoration to binding edges. The text is very clean with early small penned notes to margins of some pages. Over all in very good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS. PRICE: $8,200.00
	Rare Science Book by Vannuccio-Biringucci; De La Pirotechnia. 1558. Biringucci, Vannuccio; De La Pirotechnia. Li diece libri della pirotechnia, Nelli quali si tratta non solo la diversita delle minere, ma ancho quanto si ricerca alla prattica di esse: e di quanto s'appartiene all'arte della fusione over getto de metalli, e d'ogni altra cosa a questa somigliante. Venetia, 1558 ( 1559 in coloph.) Octavo, pp. 356 (paginated 1 side only, page 288 incorrectly numbered), text illustrated. The volume is complete and in contemporary vellum covered boards, some spotting to upper spine, early inked notation verso of title page. In very good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS. PRICE: $4,500.00
	Rare Travel Book, John G. Keysler; Travels through Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, Lorrain Keysler, John George; Travels through Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, and Lorrain. Giving a true and just description of the present state of those countries; their Natural, Literary, and Political History; Manners, Laws, Commerce, Manufacturers.....Illustrated with Copper Plates, engraved from drawings on the spot. In four volumes, 1st English edition, printed for A. Linde, London, 1756-57. Quarto, volume 1, pp. xiv, 6, 520, frontispiece map, three copper plates. Volume 2, pp. 2, 507, 1 plate. Volume 3, pp. 2, 385, 10. Volume 4, pp. 2, 290, 77 (appendix), 10, 3 plates. Total of eight plates. FREE SHIPPING FOR ALL ITEMS. The set is complete and in a contemporary full calf with gilt spine titles and gilt ruled borders. Bindings have been nicely restored at edges and corners and scuffed areas on boards. Toning to margins of some text pages, penciled signature and some penciled notes on end sheets, rear end sheet and last index page water-stained on lower third. Over all a very good set. PRICE: $850.00

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