Underground Water Resources of Long Island, New York
by A.C. Veatch, C.S. Slichter, Isaiah Bowman, W.O. Crosby, and R.E. Horton
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- Hardcover
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- G+++/no dj as issued
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About This Item
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1906. 1st. Ed. (not stated). Hardcover. G+++/no dj as issued. 11 3/4 x 9 1/4. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper No. 44. Brown cloth w/ half-leather, leather corners, gilt lettering on spine, marbled edges, marbled eps. Spine age-darkened but gilt still bright, rear gutter partially cracked, rear hinge solid; front hinge loose at top; corners lightly bumped; otherwise exceptionally clean, unmarked, solid copy of the first edition; not ex-lib, not facsimile. Profusely illustrated w/ three extremely large fold out maps tipped in. 394 pp + 3 pp listing of publications of U.S. Geological Survey up to 1906.
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- North Shore Theory Co.
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- G100185
- Title
- Underground Water Resources of Long Island, New York
- Author
- A.C. Veatch, C.S. Slichter, Isaiah Bowman, W.O. Crosby, and R.E. Horton
- Illustrator
- United States Geological Survey Professional Paper No. 44
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G+++
- Jacket Condition
- no dj as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Ed. (not stated)
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1906
- Size
- 11 3/4 x 9 1/4
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