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Report on the Mining Industries of the United States… with Special Investigations into the Iron Resources of the Republic and into the Cretaceous Coals of the Northwest (spine title: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Vol. XV, Mining Industries)
by Pumpelly, Raphael
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
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Washington: Department of the Interior, Census Office / Government Printing Office (GPO), 1886. This is a solid reading/reference copy that was formerly in the Library of Congress/Smithsonian Institution. Good+ condition. See photos. New endpapers. Inner hinges are perfect. There is a small red ink stamp on the title page that reads: "Library of Congress, February 25, 1887, Smithsonian Deposit." Stamped over it in blue ink is: "Transferred Jan 7 1911." Otherwise all pages are unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bound in the original brown cloth, moderately rubbed at the spine ends/edges. See photos. 76 tables. Profusely illustrated with 242 figures in the text, and 102 full-page inserted maps and diagrams -- many folding and/or PRINTED IN BEAUTIFUL FULL COLOR. See photos. The List of Plates lists a total of 102 maps, sections and diagrams. Of these 96 are bound-in, as called for, and all 96 are present. Of the remaining 6 plates that are supposed to be in a pocket at the rear, only one plate (LI) is present. [The 5 plates missing from the pocket are numbers XXIV (Map of a group of iron mines in the town of Moriah, Essex county, New York) and L, LII-LIV (Geological maps of the Cretaceous bituminous coal region of central Montana)]. Full title: "Report on the Mining Industries of the United States (exclusive of the precious metals), with Special Investigations into the Iron Resources of the Republic and into the Cretaceous Coals of the Northwest." Spine title: "Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Vol. XV, Mining Industries." Oversize Hardcover. 9.5" wide by 12" tall by 3" thick. This large, heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail.. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Good+ condition. xxxviii, 1,025pp.
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- Title
- Report on the Mining Industries of the United States… with Special Investigations into the Iron Resources of the Republic and into the Cretaceous Coals of the Northwest (spine title: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Vol. XV, Mining Industries)
- Author
- Pumpelly, Raphael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Department of the Interior, Census Office / Government Printing Office (GPO)
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1886
- Bookseller catalogs
- Geology / Mining / Minerals;
- Size
- xxxviii, 1,025pp
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