Report of the Explorations and Surveys … for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made in 1853-1854

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Report of the Explorations and Surveys … for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made in 1853-1854

By Torrey, J., A. Gray, J.W. Bailey, W. Blake and others

SKU# 19884

$ 300.00

Volume II: Report upon the routes near the 32st, 38th, 39th and 41st parallels of North Latitude, from the mouth of the Kansas River, MO, to the Sevier Lake, in the Great Basin, Utah

Pp. (viii), 590, 12 hand-colored plates, 24 black-and-white fine lithographic plates, 1 folding hand-colored map of route, 1 large folding hand-colored geological chart.  Original one-half leather, four raised bands, over marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers and page edges, lg 4to.  Washington, 1855.  The volume is a general report of the expedition, and reports on the geology, paleontology and botany.  Various sections are by J. Torrey, A. Gray, J.W. Bailey, W. Blake and others.

Publisher

 Beverly Tucker
Publisher Place Washington
Date Published 1855
Date Published Estimated No
Edition First edition
Number of Volumes 1
Reprint No
Condition Very good
Condition Description Some light browning to the text and plates.  There is also some scattered foxing to parts of the text and plates.  All the hand-colored plates are beautiful scenes of the West along the expedition route.  Overall, a very good copy.
ISBN
Limited Edition