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ref. 016371No place but Champaign Illinois: Privately Printed 1991. Very scarce said to be limited to only 6 copies. Appears unread. Fine condition. NOT a library discard. A bright clean square tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh crisp and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Oversize Hardcover. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall by 1.75" thick. Posthumously printed memoirs of Ralph Early Grim 1902-1989 geologist and Research Professor Emeritus Department of Geology University of Illinois Urbana. The February 2009 newsletter of THE CLAY MINERALS SOCIETY photocopy laid-in contains a tribute to Grim from the University of New Mexico's Dewey Moore. In it Moore writes: "The contrast between his rather humble origins and his lofty reputation as a scientist and world traveler was perhaps the stimulant for him to write his memoirs. After his death his wife Frances E. Grim had them transcribed and a few perhaps 6 copies bound. The original copy of MEMOIRS OF RALPH EARLY GRIM is in the University of Illinois Main Library archives; one copy rests in the Clay Minerals Society's archives." Handsomely bound in the original maroon pebble-grain full leather stamped in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. From Dewey Moore's tribute: "In 1951 Grim shifted to the University of Illinois Geology Department. From this base Grim put his mark on the clay minerals profession: guidance at the 1951 meeting in St. Louis that served as the incubation for what was to become The Clay Minerals Society; his 1953 publication of CLAY MINERALOGY; and the publication of his APPLIED CLAY MINERALOGY 1962. From this point on most of us are familiar with Ralph Grim's history. His books proved to be the vehicles that carried clay science into maturity as a discipline. His professional activities led to many accolades from his peers. The ultimate honor for a mineralogist is to be awarded the Roebling Medal by the Mineralogical Society of America. Ralph Grim accepted this award in 1974. For what could be called the corresponding award for consulting the Ivory Coast in western Africa bestowed on Professor Grim in 1973 the title of Chevalier Knight. Ralph Grim earned this highest honor for a non-citizen for developing local professionals to take over the duties of the Ivory Coast Geological Survey during his 15 visits to the country and for discovering a huge iron deposit in the western part of the country." This large heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments but only the standard charge for media mail. First Edition 1 of only 6 copies. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket probably as issued. vi 689pp. Privately Printed Hardcover
1886ref. 016429Washington: Department of the Interior Census Office / Government Printing Office GPO 1886. This is a solid reading/reference copy that was formerly in the Library of Congress/Smithsonian Institution. Good condition. See photos. New endpapers. Inner hinges are perfect. There is a small red ink stamp on the title page that reads: "Library of Congress February 25 1887 Smithsonian Deposit." Stamped over it in blue ink is: "Transferred Jan 7 1911." Otherwise all pages are unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bound in the original brown cloth moderately rubbed at the spine ends/edges. See photos. 76 tables. Profusely illustrated with 242 figures in the text and 102 full-page inserted maps and diagrams -- many folding and/or PRINTED IN BEAUTIFUL FULL COLOR. See photos. The List of Plates lists a total of 102 maps sections and diagrams. Of these 96 are bound-in as called for and all 96 are present. Of the remaining 6 plates that are supposed to be in a pocket at the rear only one plate LI is present. The 5 plates missing from the pocket are numbers XXIV Map of a group of iron mines in the town of Moriah Essex county New York and L LII-LIV Geological maps of the Cretaceous bituminous coal region of central Montana. Full title: "Report on the Mining Industries of the United States exclusive of the precious metals with Special Investigations into the Iron Resources of the Republic and into the Cretaceous Coals of the Northwest." Spine title: "Tenth Census of the United States 1880 Vol. XV Mining Industries." Oversize Hardcover. 9.5" wide by 12" tall by 3" thick. This large heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments but only the standard charge for media mail. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Good condition. xxxviii 1025pp. Department of the Interior, Census Office / Government Printing Office (GPO) Hardcover
1914ref. 016474New York: D. Van Nostrand Company 1914. Good EX-LIBRARY. A solid reading/reference copy. Bound in the original red cloth with spine reinforced with red tape. Withdrawn stamp and a few other library markings. All text pages and illustrations are clean. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with 84 plates diagrams and maps some folding/full-color including a tissue-guarded frontispiece as well as 57 illustrations in the text. Two appendices: I Table of Geological Systems; II Glossary. Index. At the end is D. Van Nostrand Company's 30-page "Short-Title Catalog of the Publications and Importations of Scientific and Engineering Books.". First US Edition. Hardcover. Good EX-LIBRARY. 8vo. xix 311pp. 30 page catalogue. D. Van Nostrand Company Hardcover
1915ref. 015782New York: American Iron and Steel Institute 1915. Very Good condition. Light rubbing/wear to corners and spine ends. Clean square and tight. Inner hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Text is crisp and unmarked. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. This is the fourth year book of the American Iron and Steel Institute. Illustrated with figures diagrams and photographs. Tables. Graphs. Fold-out charts. Bound in the original maroon cloth stamped in shiny gold on the spine. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket probably as issued. 8vo. 524pp. American Iron and Steel Institute Hardcover
1917ref. 015783New York: American Iron and Steel Institute 1917. Very Good condition. Light rubbing to spine ends. Corners mildly bumped but with NO affect on any text or illustration. Clean square and reasonably tight. Inner hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Text is crisp and unmarked. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. This is the sixth year book of the American Iron and Steel Institute. Illustrated with figures diagrams and photographs. Tables. Graphs. Fold-out charts. Bound in the original maroon cloth stamped in shiny gold on the spine. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket probably as issued. 8vo. 449pp. American Iron and Steel Institute Hardcover
1921ref. 015785New York: American Iron and Steel Institute 1921. Very Good condition. A bright shiny clean square tight copy. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp and unmarked. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. This is the tenth year book of the American Iron and Steel Institute. Illustrated with figures diagrams portraits and photographs. Map. Tables. Graphs. Fold-out chart. Bound in the original maroon cloth stamped in shiny gold on the spine. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket probably as issued. 8vo. 536pp. American Iron and Steel Institute Hardcover
1932ref. 015836New York: American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers 1932. Near Fine condition. A bright shiny clean square tight copy. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. From the copyright page: "This volume is the fifth of a series containing papers and discussions presented before the Iron and Steel Division of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers at the New York Meeting Feb. 15-18 1932." Illustrated with portraits figures diagrams and photographs some highly magnified. Tables. Graphs. Index. Bound in the original maroon cloth stamped in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket probably as issued. 8vo. 338pp. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Hardcover
1931ref. 015835New York: American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers 1931. Very Good condition. A bright shiny clean reasonably tight copy. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. From the copyright page: "This volume is the fourth of a series containing papers and discussions presented before the Iron and Steel Division of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers New York Meeting Feb. 16-19 1931 and the Boston Meeting Sept. 21-25 1931." Illustrated with portraits figures diagrams and highly magnified photographs. Tables. Graphs. Index. Bound in the original maroon cloth stamped in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket probably as issued. 8vo. 409pp. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Hardcover
1937ref. 015839New York: American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers 1937. Very Good condition. A bright shiny clean tight copy. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. From the copyright page: "This volume is the tenth of a series containing papers and discussions presented before the Iron and Steel Division of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers at the meetings at Cleveland Oct 20-22 1936 New York Feb. 15-19 1937 and Birmingham April 7-9 1937." Illustrated with portraits figures diagrams and photographs some highly magnified. Tables. Graphs. Index. Bound in the original maroon cloth stamped in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket probably as issued. 8vo. 602pp. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Hardcover
1929ref. 015833New York: American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers 1929. Very Good condition. A bright shiny clean square tight copy. Inner hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. Previous owner's name on endpaper. Otherwise pages are unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Among the papers in this volume is a Hunt Medal winner: A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN WROUGHT IRON MANUFACTURE by James Aston. From the copyright page: "This volume is the second of a series constituting the official proceedings of the Iron and Steel Division of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. It contains papers and discussions presented at the New York Meeting Feb. 18-29 1929 and the Cleveland Meeting Sept. 9-13 1929." Illustrated with figures diagrams and highly magnified photographs. Tables. Index. Bound in the original maroon cloth stamped in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket probably as issued. 8vo. 459pp. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Hardcover
1936ref. 015838New York: American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers 1936. Very Good condition. A bright shiny clean square tight copy. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. From the copyright page: "This volume is the ninth of a series containing papers and discussions presented before the Iron and Steel Division of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers at the meetings at Chicago Oct. 1-3 1935 and New York Feb. 17-21 1936." Illustrated with portraits figures diagrams and photographs some highly magnified. Tables. Graphs. Index. Bound in the original maroon cloth stamped in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket probably as issued. 8vo. 411pp. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Hardcover
1938ref. 015840New York: American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers 1938. Very Good condition. A bright shiny clean tight copy. Inner hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Among the papers included here are COMPOSITION AND MICROSTRUCTURE OF ANCIENT Chinese IRON CASTINGS by Prof. Thomas Read Maurice L. Pinel and Thomas A. Wright ON THE ALLOTROPY OF STAINLESS STEELS by Frederick Mark Becket and UTILITY OF STATISTICAL METHODS IN STEEL PLANTS i.e. Quality Control by H. J. Hand plus 8 papers on blast-furnace problems 2 on ingots and 9 on metallurgy. From the copyright page: "This volume is the eleventh of a series containing papers and discussions presented before the Iron and Steel Division of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers at the meetings at Atlantic City Oct. 18-21 1937 New York Feb. 14-17 1938 and Buffalo April 20-22 1938." Illustrated with portraits figures diagrams and photographs some highly magnified. Tables. Graphs. Index. Bound in the original maroon cloth stamped in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket probably as issued. 8vo. 448pp. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Hardcover
1930ref. 015834New York: American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers 1930. Very Good condition. A bright shiny clean square tight copy. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. From the copyright page: "This volume is the third of a series constituting the official proceedings of the Iron and Steel Division of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. It contains papers and discussions presented at the New York Meeting Feb. 17-20 1930 and the Chicago Meeting Sept. 22-26 1930." Illustrated with portraits figures diagrams and highly magnified photographs. Tables. Graphs. Index. Bound in the original maroon cloth stamped in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket probably as issued. 8vo. 438pp. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Hardcover
1933ref. 015837New York: American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers 1933. Very Good condition. A bright shiny clean tight copy. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. From the copyright page: "This volume is the sixth of a series containing papers and discussions presented before the Iron and Steel Division of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers at the meeting at Buffalo Oct. 5-6 1932 and at New York Feb. 20-23 1933." Illustrated with portraits figures diagrams and photographs some highly magnified. Tables. Graphs. Index. Bound in the original maroon cloth stamped in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket probably as issued. 8vo. 306pp. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Hardcover
1940ref. 014739Washington D. C.: U. S. Department of Commerce Coast and Geodetic Survey USGPO 1940. Very Good condition. Faint glass ring on cover. 5.75" wide by 9 " tall. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. Softcover. Illustrated with maps and fold-out chart. "This publication is a summary of earthquake activity in the United States and regions under its jurisdiction for the calendar year 1937." Includes the continental 48 states plus Alaska Hawaiian Islands Philippine Islands Puerto Rico Panama Canal Zone. United States Government Printing Office. Bound in the original salmon-color wrappers. First Edition. Softcover stapled wraps. Very Good condition. iv 55pp. U. S. Department of Commerce, Coast and Geodetic Survey, USGPO Paperback
1909ref. 014713Albany: University of the State of New York 1909. Original green cloth gilt is in Very Good condition. The book's inner hinges are badly cracked and nearly separated. However since the text block is secure entirely intact it could be easily re-cased without any re-sewing required. Thick 8vo. 234pp. 51pp. 66pp. 41pp. approx. 100 plates inserted. Complete with all of the maps as called for by the table of contents. A tough-to-find book especially complete with all the BEAUTIFUL MULTI-COLOR FOLDING MAPS IN PERFECT CONDITION. Any of them would look magnificent framed. This amazing miscellany contains the Fifth Report to the Director 1908 and Museum Bulletins 126-128 and 133 and Report of the State Paleontologist for 1908. A particularly useful contribution is: One Hundred Years of New York State Geologic Maps 1809-1909 by Henry Leighton. It includes a CARTO-BIBLIOGRAPHY that describes 329 New York Geologic Maps and has its own index. Some other contributions: A Peculiar Landslip in the Hudson River Clays by D. H. Newland; Some Items Concerning a New and an Old Coast Line of Lake Champlain by George H. Hudson; Types of Inliers Observed in New York by Rudolf Ruedemann; The Last of the Iroquois Potters by M. R. Harrington; etc. There are several other articles on the same subjects as and supporting the maps described below. Bound into Museum Bulletin 127 are NINE MULTI-COLOR FOLDING MAPS #34-42: showing 9 stages of Glacial Lake Succession in New York State 1908. In a pocket at the end are SEVEN BEAUTIFUL MULTI-COLOR FOLDING MAPS most by H. L. Fairchild as follows: Museum Bulletin 126: Geologic Map of the Remsen Quadrangles unfolds to 17" wide by 21" tall; Museum Bulletin 127: Plate 2: Channels and Deltas of Ice-Border Drainage between Leroy and Fishers 1906. 39" wide by 17.5" tall; Museum Bulletin 127: Plate 3: Channels and Deltas of Ice-Border Drainage between Irondequoit and Cayuga Valleys 1906. 39" wide by 20" tall; Museum Bulletin 127: Plate 4: Channels and Deltas of Ice-Border Drainage between Jordan and Chittenango Valleys 1906. 36" wide by 20" tall; Museum Bulletin 127: Plate 5: Channels and Deltas of Ice-Border Drainage between Chittenango and Oneida 1906. 17" wide by 12" tall; Museum Bulletin 128: Geologic Map of the Geneva-Ovid Quadrangles 17" wide by 38" tall; Museum Bulletin 128: East-West Section on Ovid and Genoa Quadrangles. Showing the Low Synclines of the Lake Basins. 17" wide by 8" tall. This copy has the small ink stamp of C. Wesley Yeakel in 4 places. First Edition. Hardcover. VG inner hinges cracked/No jacket. Illus. by Fairchild H. L. maps. Thick 8vo. University of the State of New York Hardcover
1890ref. 014763Boston: D. Lothrop Company 1890. Very Good condition. Front inner hinge cracked but holding firm. Spine ends lightly rubbed/frayed. 5" wide by 7.25" tall. Clean square tight and unmarked. NO owner's name or bookplate. 57 illustrations. Includes 12 chapters one on Kittatinny and the Delaware Water Gap. Bound in the original gilt-decorated olive-green cloth. Professor Starr was affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History in New York. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition. 249pp. D. Lothrop Company Hardcover
1901ref. 014855New York: The Abbey Press 1901. SEE PHOTOS. Near Fine condition. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. Copyright is 1901. Clean tight unmarked copy. NO owner's name or bookplate. Bound in the original dark red cloth. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 27pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. The Abbey Press Hardcover
1975ref. 014934New Jersey: Warren County Historical Society 1975. Very Good EX-LIBRARY. WITHDRAWN stamp on the front endpaper. Softcover. "First Edition June 1975" is so stated. 5.5" wide by 8.5" tall. Illustrated with 9 full-page photos and 3 maps. Also has a drawing of the Oxford Furnace by Jan Van Wagner on the title-page and front wrap. The Oxford Furnace was the "longest operating iron mine and mill in our national history with a function that continued for two centuries from about 1740 through 1940." Keywords: New Jersey Iron Mining. Steel. Scranton Pennsylvania. First Edition so stated. Softcover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY. Illus. by Van Wagner Jan. iii 57pp. Warren County Historical Society Paperback
1956ref. 013505Minneapolis Minnesota: Charles L. Horn Jr. 1956. Near Fine condition. Clean square tight unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. 7.5" wide by 10.5" tall. Illustrated with 20 tables and 4 charts. "Submitted to Princeton University Department of Economics and Social Institutions in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the A. B. Degree 1950" Footnotes. Bibliography. Original maroon cloth gilt. No owner's name or bookplate. Keywords: Taconite. Lake Superior. Great Lakes Steel Industry. Pig Iron. Mesabi Range. U. S. Steel Corporation. Bethlehem Steel. . First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket. 195pp. Charles L. Horn, Jr. Hardcover
1894ref. 013852Washington: Government Printing Office 1894. Very Good condition. This article only extracted disbound from John Wesley Powell's FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR 1892-'93 PART II ACCOMPANYING PAPERS. 7.5" wide by 11.25" tall. Two folding maps in full color from book's rear pocket are included. They are entitled: "Mineral Spring Resorts of the United States 1892" and "Mineral Spring of the United States The Waters of Which are Used Commercially 1892." Each map measures 19" tall by 30" wide. Maps are beautiful and are in Very Fine condition. . First Edition. Softbound self-wraps. Very Good condition. pp. 49-88. Government Printing Office Paperback
1924ref. 013914Jena: Verlag von Gustav Fischer 1924. Near Fine condition. Last leaf bound out of sequence. Binder's gilt-stamped dark green cloth. Includes a 16 page catalogue of Members of the German Mineralogical Society as of 1st of May 1924. "Mit 17 Abbildungen in Text." Dr. Johnsen was Professor of Mineralogy at the University of Berlin. Contributors to this volume are H. Steinmetz and Clemens Schaefer on Kristallographie Hans Schneiderhohn and K. Schlossmacher on Mineralogie F. Becke on Petrographie. Also included is a 191 page section by Karl Schultz Numerische Angaben uber physikalische und chemische Eigenschaften der Mineralien und Gesteine Numeric information on the physical and chemical qualities of minerals and rocks. 14 page bibliography. Bericht über die 9. Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft im August 1923 zu Hannover. Mit Beiträgen von zahlreichen Fachkollegen. Herausgegeben im Auftrag der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft. This copy is from the library of geologist and author Robert B. Sosman with his tiny ink-stamp. A geophysicist and physical chemist Robert Browning Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907 at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I his contributions there were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947 he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics." Keywords: Mineralogy Geology Crystallography. . First Edition 1. Auflage. Hardcover. Near Fine condition. 8vo. 411pp 16 page catalogue. Verlag von Gustav Fischer Hardcover
1908ref. 013882Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office GPO 1908. Very Good condition. Bound in sturdy green cloth with a gilt lettered spine. All text pages maps and plates are clean and unmarked. NO foxing. 9.5" wide by 11.5" tall. "United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 60." 84pp 170 leaves 340 pages of maps and plates mostly in full-color many double-page one fold-out. All 170 plates are printed on the rectos only right-hand side of each page with the versos being blank. There are also 34 maps and figures in the text. This volume includes well over 100 beautiful full-color maps with examples from nearly every State and Territory of the United States Geology Survey. The maps also cover topics such as glaciation coast lines volcanism faulting lakes stream piracy alluviation wind and river erosion cycles etc. This copy is from the library of geologist and author Robert B. Sosman with his small ink-stamp on the front endpaper. Keywords: Cartography. Geology. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover heavy. Very Good condition. 84pp 170 leaves 340 pages . Government Printing Office (GPO) Hardcover
1913ref. 013912Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke 1913. Very Good condition. A square tight copy. Inner hinges are perfect. Corners are NOT bumped. Original beige cloth lettered in black. 114 Textabbildungen. Geological Wanderbuch for the Niederrheinisch - Westfaeli industrial area globally the area of the northern part of the Rheini slate mountains up to the Dutch boundary. This copy is from the library of and bears the small ink stamp of Robert B. Sosman. A geophysicist and physical chemist Robert Browning Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907 at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I his contributions there were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947 he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics." The book's full title is: Geologisches Wanderbuch für den Niederrheinisch-Westfälischen Industriebezirk Umfassend das Gebiet vom Nördlichen Teil des Rheinischen Schiefergebirges bis zur Holländischen Grenze. First Edition 1. Auflage. Hardcover. Very Good condition. 8vo. vii 420pp. Ferdinand Enke Hardcover
1909ref. 013840Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co 1909. Near Fine condition. A bright clean tight copy. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. Illustrated with 16 plates. Includes an 11 page bibliography of Shaler's publications. Index. Top edge gilt. Original maroon cloth lettered in shiny gold on the spine. NO fading. Nathaniel Shaler a native Kentuckian was State Geologist noted author and professor of Paleontology at Harvard. His book contains many interesting observations on life manners and customs of antebellum Kentucky; a chapter on the Civil War; notes on slavery and slave dealing; etc. Coleman 237. . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket. 8vo. ix 481pp. Houghton, Mifflin Co Hardcover
