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1885 · ref. 72779 — Washington: gpo. Very Good. 1885. Hardcover. Sixth annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1884-'85 John Wesley Powell 1885 English Book Book xxix 570 p. 65 leaves of plates some fold. : ill. some col. some fold. maps ; 30 cm. 1 col. map 26 x 17 cm. fold. in pocket.Washington D.C. : Government Printing Office xxix 570 p. 65 leaves of plates some fold. : ill. some col. some fold. maps ; 30 cm. 1 col. map 26 x 17 cm. fold. in pocket.Report of the director. -- Administrative reports. -- Accompanying papers: Mount Taylor and the Zuñi Plateau / by Clarence E. Dutton. Preliminary paper on the driftless area of the Upper Mississippi Valley / by Thomas C. Chamberlin and Rollin D. Salisbury. The quantitative determination of silver by means of the microscope / by Joseph Story Curtis. Sea coast swamps of the Eastern United States / by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler. Synopsis of the flora of the Laramie Group / by Lester F. Ward.This book is hard-bound in brown cloth with gilt stamping. There is light edge-wear and rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. The binding is solid and tight. The contents are bright and clean with illustrated plates and some color fold-out maps. Map in the pocket at the rear is toned on the back but bright and clean otherwise. Overall Very Good condition. . gpo hardcover books