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

Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1845. First edition, Senate issue. Hardcover. 693pp. Octavo [23 cm] Decoratively embossed brown cloth over boards, with a gilt stamped title on the spine. The front hinge has been discreetly repaired, and this copy lacks the front flyleaf. The pages have periodic light foxing and tide..... 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

Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. 291pp. Quarto [30 cm.] Rebound in brown buckram with new endpapers. Contains 77 of 80 black and white illustrations of Powell's epic adventure down the then unknown Colorado and Green Rivers. Missing figures 1 (frontispiece), 2, and 3. Missing pp. 1-6..... More

San Francisco: Institute of Historical Cartography, 1957. First Edition. Five volumes in six (Volume Five in two parts). Folio [36.5 cm.] 1/4 green publisher's buckram over tan cloth boards. Titles gilt on backstrips. All volumes in fine in the original plain brown shipping dust jackets. Tasteful bookplate on the front..... More