Geology from Bee Creek Books

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1850. 31st Congress, 1st Session, Senate Ex. Doc No. 47. April 3, 1850. Ordered to lie on the table. May 6, 1850. Ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 copies, in addition to the usual number, be printed for the use of the Senate, 1,000 of which for the use of P. T. Tyson. Geological… Read more about this item

Chicago: National School Furnishing Co., 1884. 22 pp. Blue paper covers with black text on both front and back. Ex. museum with stamp and identification numbers on front cover. Cover corners and edges are rubbed, covers are soiled and dirty, wear to spine and spine ends, large crease down middle of document. Evidence of bug damage on back top edge… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1918. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 120-G. Published August 21, 1918. Shorter contributions to general geology, 1918. (Pages 123-128). Five figures and three plates. Paper covers. Document is extremely well-read and in poor shape. Significant chipping and tears to corners, edges and creased down the middle of document, causing a tear to every page along the… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891. Report removed from Eleventh Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey 1889-'90. Part I. Geology. Pages 189-577 with many maps, plates and figures. Missing three plates that were in pocket of original volume. Disbound government document. Residue and strings from book binding remain on spine edge. First three pages are separated from rest of… Read more about this item

London: Southwood, Smith and Co. London County Council, Issue 7, No. 1008. "Historical records, whether on paper, papyrus, stone, or clay, carry us back a few thousand years at most into the past history of a small number of the races of by-gone days, and our knowledge of man's mode of life in the long periods of prehistoric time is… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: U.S. Geological Survey, 1964. Mineral Investigations Field Studies Map MF-282. Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey. Black/white map measuring 30" x 25" (unfolded) inside a brown paper envelope. Ex. museum blue stamp on front of envelope. Envelope has creasing to edges, corners. Map is clean, lower left corner is folded, some minor creasing to top, no… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: U.S. Geological Survey, 1963. Mineral Investigations Field Studies Map MF-269. Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey. Black/white map measuring 33.75" x 41" (unfolded) inside a brown paper envelope. Ex. museum black stamp on front of envelope. Envelope has creasing to edges, corners. Map is clean, no marks or tears.. Paper Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Map.… Read more about this item

Palm Desert, California: Desert Magazine Press, 1954. Publication No. 1. Death Valley 49ers, Inc. 52 pp. Green stiff paper covers. Covers are rubbed along edges and corners, edges are browning and discolored, scuffing marks on cover faces. Spine paper is torn and pulling away. Interior is tight, clean, no marks. Pamphlet in VG- condition.. Paper Cover. Very Good-. Illus. by… Read more about this item

Boston: Press of A. A. Kingman, 1876. Under the Direction of the Massachusetts Commission to the Centennial Exposition. Distributed by the Boston Society of Natural History at the request of the Centennial Commissioner for Massachusetts. 52 pp. Paper covers missing. String-tied binding. Document corners and edges are chipped, paper is browning. Text is easily legible, no marks or writing. Document… Read more about this item

Nashville: J. A. Murkin, 1885. Issued Monthly in the Interest of Collectors. Three issues from first printing year: Volume I, No. 1, October 1885; Volume I, No. 2, November 1885; Volume I, No. 3, December 1885. All are ex. museum copies with identification numbers and/or stamp on top of front page. All have green pencil 'X' written once on inside… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1967. Geological Survey Professional Paper 522. Contribution to west coast earthquake investigations. 153 pp. Illustrations, tables, and five folded maps in pocket attached to back inside cover. Gray paper covers. Cover edges and corners are creased, back cover dirty and bent (from map pocket), spine ends are torn. Some dirt smudges to edge of back free… Read more about this item

San Francisco: The Mining and Scientific Press, 1900. Complete Set of Two Volumes. Part I: Fourth Edition. 142 pp. Maroon cloth covers with gilt title lettering on spine. Cover corners and edges are bumped and rubbed, scuffing and marks to cover faces, spine is faded and worn, spine ends are bent and starting to fray. Bookstore sticker adhered to front… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1974. Geological Survey Bulletin 1327. 126 pp. Pamphlet with image of Canyonlands on front cover. Paper covers are rubbed and creased on corners, some wear to edges, creasing and wear to joint and spine, spine ends rubbed. Interior is tight and clean. Pamphlet in VG condition.. Paper Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Illustrated.… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1897. Investigation of Coal and Gold Resources of Alaska. 54th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Document No. 171. January 11, 1897.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Color fold-out map (approx. 12" x 10 1/2") of Geological and Topographical Reconnoissance of Alaska. 2 pp. Disbound government document. Chipping and creasing to… Read more about this item

Newark: The Daily Advertiser Office, 1868. Published by the Board of Managers. 899 pages with index, errata at conclusion. Foldout Maps, b/w plates. Color map attached to back inside cover. Brown blindstamped cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Covers are very worn and in Fair condition with corners and edges are bumped and rubbed to boards, front joint broken… Read more about this item

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1903. "The work herewith presented is based upon the author's handbook and catalogue of the collection of building and ornamental stones in the United States National Museum at Washington." 551 pages with index. 16 page catalogue of other John Wiley & Sons books for sale at conclusion. Grey cloth covers with… Read more about this item

Edinburgh Geological Society, 1888. "The establishment and acceptance of the glacial theory of Agassiz threw upon geologists the task of finding some tenable hypothesis to account for the great refrigeration of the climate that must have occurred in high and even in middle latitudes in order to render possible so vast an accumulation of ice and snow as the theory… Read more about this item

Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, 1885. "The oldest fish-remains already known from this continent are those of the Corniferous Limestone of Ohio and of the Lower Devonian, near the mouth of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in Canada." Pages 48-64. Eight figures. Brown paper wraps with string-tie has author's signature written in pencil on front cover.… Read more about this item

Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Articles by Famous Americans: JOHN TROWBRIDGE " The Jefferson physical laboratory"(at Harvard University) with engraving of the facility and 4 layout diagrams; JOSEPH F. JAMES "Evidences of beaches in the Cincinnati group" with one illustration; and DAVID P. TODD "Researches in stellar parallax"with one illustration. Other articles: "Coffins of the Seventh Century" with one illustration… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. H. Freeman & Company, 1988. Front hinge starting to break otherwise VG+.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. Size: Approx. 8 3/4 " X 9 1/2". Geology.