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George William Featherstonhaugh The First U. S. Government Geologist
by Berkeley, Edmund & Dorothy Berkeley
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0817303650
- ISBN 13
- 9780817303655
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Tuscaloosa & London: University Alabama Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0817303650 . Tuscaloosa and London: University of Alabama Press, (1988). First Edition. Large 8vo. xv,357pp, Index, Bibliography, Notes. Green cloth. Book near fine (light spots on top edge of text block; dj very good plus (small water stain to top edge of rear cover). Among many accomplishments, Featherstonehaugh "conceived and promoted the establishment of a United States Geological Survey, making extensive surveys as the first United States Geologist" (dj). ISBN 0817303650; History Of American Science And Technology; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 357 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Dale A. Sorenson (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14197
- Title
- George William Featherstonhaugh The First U. S. Government Geologist
- Author
- Berkeley, Edmund & Dorothy Berkeley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0817303650
- ISBN 13
- 9780817303655
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Place of Publication
- Tuscaloosa & London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- 0817303650, Geology, Science, Americana
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