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Found 33 books for Rare Western Americana Books (17-24 of 33)

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Rare Western Americana Books
Mining Document, Rare British Parlimentary Paper on the Iron Industry in the American Colonies, 1750.
British Parliament; Anno Regni Georgii II. Regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae. An Act to Encourage the Importation of Pig and Bar Iron from His Majesty's Colonies in America; and to Prevent the Erection of any Mill or other Engine for Slitting or Rolling of iron.....or any Furnace for Making Steel in any of the said Colonies. London, printed by Thomas Baskett, printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty...1750. Small folio, pp. title page, verso blank, 8.

The work is from the parliamentary records for 1750. It is complete and in an archival sleeve in a slip case. The document is very clean. In very good condition.

PRICE: $1,000.00
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 Cope, Edward D.; The Vertebrata of the Tertiary Formations of the West.
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.
PRICE: $600.00
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
Rare geology book by Owen, David Dale; Report of a Geological Exploration of part of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois.
Owen, David Dale; Report of a Geological Exploration of part of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois. Washington, SED 407, 1844. Octavo, pp. 191, 24 folded plates and maps (many colored).
The text is complete and in a recent cloth and marbled boards with gilt cover and spine titles. The binding is tight and very clean, text and plates are exceptionally clean. In very good condition.


PRICE: $400.00
Rare Mining Book by Church, John A.; The Comstock Lode its Formation and History.
Church, John A.; The Comstock Lode its Formation and History...illustrated by six plates and thirteen figures. New York, 1879. Quarto, pp. iv, 2, 226, six folded colored profiles, 13 text figures.
PRICE: $2,400.00
Rare mining book by Thureau, Gustavus A. H.; Synopsis of a Report on Mining in California and Nevada. Melbourne, 1879.
Thureau, Gustavus A. H.; Synopsis of a Report on Mining in California and Nevada. Melbourne, 1879. Quarto, pp. 60, 9 plates.
PRICE: $950.00

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