Report upon United States Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian, [&c.]. Volume III - Supplement - Geology. Geological examinations

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Washington, tall quarto, 420, xxxviii p., 4 plates, 3 chromolithographed maps in pocket, and 38 text illustrations. ***CONTENT: This volume of the Wheeler Survey contains the first detailed mapping of the region from Trinidad, Colorado to Los Alamos, New Mexico. Chapters outline the topography and physical features of the region, structural geology, stratigraphy (Archaean, Carboniferous, Mesozoic and Tertiary rocks and surface geology), drainage basins of the Purgatory, Canadian, Mora and Rio Grande Rivers, economic resources, and more. The striking maps include Wheeler Atlas Sheets 70A (southern Colorado and northern New Mexico, 70C (north-central New Mexico), and parts of Sheets 69B, 69D, 77B, and 78A (southern Colorado and north-central New Mexico). They illustrate topography, geology, water courses, and cultural features. ***CONDITION: This is a complete, VG copy in the original blind-ruled brown cloth, with a gilt-lettered backstrip bearing the gilt emblem of the Corps of Engineers. The covers are clean and sound, showing only light wear to the extremities and spine ends. Backstrip lettering complete and legible. Joints and hinges starting but strong, binding very firm. Save for bumping to the lower outer corner, the text pages and plates are well-preserved, fresh, clean, and bright. The chromolithographed geological maps are pristine, with bold, vibrant colors. The title page bears the inked inscription: ""A. Winchell, 10 June 1882"". Winchell (1824-1891) was a geologist, author, and professor at the University of Michigan. Later stamp of Myron Sturgeon (noted paleontologist, Ohio U., Athens) on the front pastedown and on the reverse of two maps. This is an attractive copy of a scarce, important report with significant associations. Schmeckebier 54. BMNH 2174. International shipping will be extra, but only at my cost.