preliminary report concerning explorations von humphreys (30 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Preliminary Report Concerning Explorations and Surveys Principally in Nevada and Arizona | A. Humphreys | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2023 | Anatiposi Verlag | EAN 9783382153205 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Size of the book: US Trade 152 x 229 mm and around 102 Cream color pages. Unchanged reprint of the original 1872 edition. Please review our "Terms of Sale". If you have any questions, please feel free to ask us.

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hardcover. Zustand: Good. Government Printing Office; Washington, 1872. Hardcover. A Good, brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on front board, binding intact, moderate handling/scuff marks and soiled spots to boards and spine, abrasions to board corners, frayed spine edges with some loss to both edges, rubbing to board edges, dent top front and rear board edge, age toning to pages, some foxing to pastedowns/endpapers, bit of biblichor, front free endpaper appears to be torn out and missing, map attached in rear is Very Good and intact, one tear to page (refer to picture in this listing), text block edges a bit pulpy, without Dust wrapper. A good, unmarked and overall clean copy. 4to[quarto or approx. 11.5 x 13.5 inches], 96pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Conducted Under the Immediate Direction of 1st Lieut., George M. Wheeler. The large foldout map is in very good condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. A study conducted Under the Immediate Direction of 1st Lieut., George M. Wheeler. Green cloth with gilt lettering, large fold out map in the rear has a tear and the weight has caused some separation at the hinge of the last page. Worn at the head and foot of the spine, previous owner's book plate inside front cover. Book.

Cloth. Zustand: G/No Dustjacket. Not Illustrated (illustrator). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. G/No Dustjacket. 1872. . Cloth. 4to., 96 pp., corners bumped & frayed, page toning, tear in folding map. .

Hardcover. Early edition. 96pp. Quarto [30 cm] Green cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the front cover. Fair. The covers are very subtly concave. The edges of the covers are rubbed and gently bumped. The head of the spine has the remains of a small label. The cloth at the spine ends is frayed. The text block is coming away from the covers. It is hanging on to the front cover by two of the chords. The front pastedown is slightly abraded. Pages mildly browned. The bottom right corners and some of the fore edges of the pages are moisture stained. With the map at the rear. Among the numerous districts discussed are Battle Mountain District, Palmetto District, Blind Spring District, and Clarke District.

First edition. First edition. Large folding map. 96pp. Large 4to. Wheeler, a veteran explorer and cartographer of the Nevada Territory, was sent back there in 1871 to explore the area extending into Arizona. The large map shows an unusually large portion of the West, including the portion of Nevada south of Battle Mountain and Elko, parts of California including Death Valley, and reaching to San Bernadino and the Sierra Nevada, with a cross-section of Arizona. "First official exploration of this area" (Howes). Wheat Transmississippi 1237; Howes W321 Contemporary green cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, minor wear and spotting, front hinge starting Large folding map. 96pp. Large 4to.

4to., (11 4/8 x 9 2/8 inches). Large folding engraved map "Explorations and surveys south of Central Pacific R.R. War Department Preliminary Topographical map ." (short tear near mount). Original brown cloth, gilt (extremities worn with minor loss). First official exploration of this area, including southern Nevada, the Mojave Desert and Death Valley. Includes much on the mining districts of Nevada and eastern California. "Wheeler conducted the first official explorations of southern Nevada's interior area. His corps of engineers contributed to the report concerning the climate, geology, wildlife, the Indians and white settlement of southern Nevada in 1871. The map contains dozens of place names and is in itself a significant record. A valuable report." (Paher). Wheat, Transmississippi West 1237 & V(2), pp. 338-39; Edwards Enduring Desert p.256; Howes W321; Paher 2135.