Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, September, 1966. Later printing. Paperback. 410pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. An excellent history of the beginnings of the USGS, and a must for anyone with an interest in the exploration and cartography of the west. This book is probably not as well known... More

Santa Barbara, CA; Salt Lake City, UT: Peregrine Smith, Inc, 1977. 1/1500. Monograph volume only. 264pp. Quarto [30 cm] 1/2 bonded brown leather over tan canvas boards. Lacking the slipcase. In 1875, Clarence Edward Dutton (1841-1912) joined the United States Geological Survey and is known for his extensive explorations of... More

Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Soners Forlag, 1893. First Edition. Leather bound. 193pp. Folio [37 cm]; 1/4 calf with green pebbled cloth over boards, and gilt lettering and elaborate ornamental designs in gilt and blind on the spine and boards. Green marbled endpapers. Text in Swedish. Complete with all plates. Extremities... More

Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, 1839. First edition. Hardcover. 352pp. Octavo [24 cm] Purplish brown cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine and blind stamped decorative patterns on the spine and covers. Good condition only. The underlying boards are exposed at the corners. The spine and surrounding areas... More

Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1849. First edition. Hardcover. 130 pp., three folding maps. Later buckram binding with original wrappers bound in. The three maps are of the Oregon Territory, the area between Monterey and Prairie Buttes in the Valley of Sacramento, and the Upper California. Very good. Binding shows light... More