Title: Geology of the Comstock Lode and the Washoe District, with Atlas. Author: Becker, George F. Place: Washington Publisher: Govt. Ptg. Office Date: 1882 Description: 2 vols., text and atlas. Text Volume: [4], xv, 422 pp. With 7 duotone or color lithographed plates; diagrams & graphs in the text. 11½x9. Atlas Volume: Title, contents leaf, & 19 lithographed maps, all but 2 double-page, nearly all in color. 20x17½. Text volume rebound in period black half leather and cloth; atlas volume in original gilt lettered brown cloth. First Editions. Issued by the United States Geological Survey under the directorship of Clarence King. The plates include the mining district as a whole, plus sections, diagrams, cross-views, etc., of the various shafts. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine of text volume chipped, joints, edges and corners worn, hinges cracked; internally very good. Paper labels affixed to spine and front of atlas volume, edges a bit worn; overall very good or better. Item number: 180065
Title: Geology of the Comstock Lode and the Washoe District, with Atlas. Author: Becker, George F. Place: Washington Publisher: Govt. Ptg. Office Date: 1882 Description: 2 vols., text and atlas. Text Volume: [4], xv, 422 pp. With 7 duotone or color lithographed plates; diagrams & graphs in the text. 11½x9. Atlas Volume: Title, contents leaf, & 19 lithographed maps, all but 2 double-page, nearly all in color. 20x17½. Text volume rebound in period black half leather and cloth; atlas volume in original gilt lettered brown cloth. First Editions. Issued by the United States Geological Survey under the directorship of Clarence King. The plates include the mining district as a whole, plus sections, diagrams, cross-views, etc., of the various shafts. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine of text volume chipped, joints, edges and corners worn, hinges cracked; internally very good. Paper labels affixed to spine and front of atlas volume, edges a bit worn; overall very good or better. Item number: 180065
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