Search Results: Government Publications from Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books

Washington, DC;: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1862. Hardcover.. Senate, 37th Congress, 2nd Session, Document No. 108. The seminal legislation outlining the route and conditions for construction of the Pacific Railroad. Government document crating the Union Pacific Railroad Company. 12 pages. A handsome copy privately bound in red quarter leather with marbled boards. Tiny chip to very last page, else fine.

Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1910. Hardcover. 83 pages with tables and three foldout maps. Colorful and attractive bookplate of William T. Nightingale. Privately bound in hardcover by Nightingale in brown pebbled cloth with his initials and title lettering on the spine in gilt. Nightingale's stamp on the front endpaper. A fine copy.

Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1960. Soft cover. The use of aerial photographs to obtain qualitative and quantitative geologic information, and instrument procedures employed in compiling geologic data from aerial photographs. 230 pages with sketches, photographs of equipment, diagrams, numerous airal photograph examples, references and index. Bound in original gray thick paper covers with printing in black. Areas of fade to the covers. A very good plus copy.

Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1960. Soft cover. The use of aerial photographs to obtain qualitative and quantitative geologic information, and instrument procedures employed in compiling geologic data from aerial photographs. 230 pages with sketches, photographs of equipment, diagrams, numerous airal photograph examples, references and index. Bound in original gray thick paper covers with printing in black. Small red circular stamp on the corner of the front cover. A near fine copy.

Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1960. Soft cover. The use of aerial photographs to obtain qualitative and quantitative geologic information, and instrument procedures employed in compiling geologic data from aerial photographs. 230 pages with sketches, photographs of equipment, diagrams, numerous airal photograph examples, references and index. Bound in original gray thick paper covers with printing in black. Stamp of geologist and Bear Creek Mining Co. on the front cover. A very good copy.

Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1972. Soft cover. Interpretation of aeromagnetic and gravity anomalies in terms of fault tectonics, basement rock units, and regional geology. 19 pages with map, chart and references, plus the three folded plates in the rear pocket. Bound in original gtay stiff paper covers printied in black. A near fine copy.

Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1963. Soft cover. A regional geologic interpretation of the magnetic field over the Cook Inlet area. Pages 117 through 134 with map and references, plus the five folded plates in the rear pocket. Bound in original gray stiff paper covers printed in black. New Mexico Bureau of Mines stamps on the front cover. A very good plus copy.

Lansing, MI: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., 1918. Hardcover. Good. Volume 2 only with plates I throught CLXII. Ex-library with all the usual stamps and pockets. Bound in the original gray cloth with lettering in black. A good copy.

Sacramento, CA: California Division of Mines and Geology, 1979. Soft cover. 96 pages with maps, tables and graphs. Bound in original light green stiff paper covers printed in black. A very good plus copy.

Oakland, CA: Board of Supervisors, 1915. Soft cover. A promotional booklet of 64 pages with photographs and information of current businesses located in the county and the benefits of locating a new business there. Two small complimentary stamps on the covers and one small personal stamp on the front cover. A near fine copy.

Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1963. Soft cover. Algebraic and graphic procedures for the calculation of concordnat age fro the discordant Pb206/U238, Pb207/U235, and Pb207/Pb206 age data using one to three samples. 27 pages with equations, tables, graphs, and references. Bound in original gray stiff paper covers printed in black. Library markings on the front cover. No other library markings, plates or pockets were ever present. A near fine copy.

San Francisco: Division of Mines/California Department of Natural Resources, 1953. First edition, first printing . Soft cover. Ten pages with several photographs and maps. Cover edges toned. A very good plus copy.

Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1942. Soft cover. Analyses of many rocks and minerals are given. The amphiboles between soda tremolite and glaucophane are discussed, and curves for the variation of the optical properties with composition of this group and of the diopside-acmite pyroxenes are given. The minerals of the area are discribed in some detail. 64 pages with tables, photographs, sectional views, and index, plus the folded map plate in the rear pocket. Bound in original gray stiff paper printed in black. A very good copy.

Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1976. Soft cover. A discussion of ilmenite placers in alluvial deposits along streams draining the Roseland Anorthosite and nearby areas, and their economic potential. 15 pages with graphs, tables and references.. Bound in original illustrated gray stiff paper covers with printing in black, with the folded map in the rear pocket. Library stamp on the front cover. No other library stamps, plates or pockets were ever present. A near fine, bright copy.

Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1976. Soft cover. A discussion of ilmenite placers in alluvial deposits along streams draining the Roseland Anorthosite and nearby areas, and their economic potential. 15 pages with graphs, tables and references.. Bound in original gray stiff paper covers with lettering and illustrations in shades of gray, with the folded map in the rear pocket. A fine, bright copy.

Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1963. Soft cover. 102 pages with map, photographs, tables, graphs, index and references, plus the folded map in the rear pocket. Bound in original gray stiff paper covers printed in black. A near fine copy.

Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1953. Soft cover. A study of the classification and evolution of late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic cephalopods, and description of new species. 104 pages with tables, illustrations and index plus nineteen photographic plates bound in the rear. Bound in original gray stiff paper covers printed in black. Two small library stamps on the front cover. No other library markings, plates or pockets were ever present. A very good copy.

Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1962. Soft cover. 49 pages with maps, graphs, and references, plus the two folded plates in the rear pocket. Bound in original gray thick paper covers with printing in black. A near fine copy.

Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1969. Soft cover. Very good plus. This report presents photogrphs taken by the writer for 24 years from about 20 stations and some older photographs taken by others. 52 pages with map, numerous photographs, graphs, and references, plus folded map plate in the rear pocket. Bound in original illustrated green stiff paper covers printed in dark green. Stamp of geologist Robert J. Foster on the covers. MIld toning to the cover edges. A very good plus copy.

Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1963. First edition, first printing . Soft cover. 33 pages with graphs, tables, map and references, plus all eight folded map plates in the rear pocket. Bound in original orange stiff paper covers printed in black. Stamp of geologist Richard H. Jahns on the front cover. A near fine, bright copy.