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Home Page of MS Book and Mineral Company List of Catalogs on this website MS BOOK AND MINERAL COMPANY USGS Annual Reports This page was updated on 04 March 2008When ordering from this catalog, please refer to this catalog number:
Some of these Annual Reports have been rebound with acid-free binders (afb). To learn more about these click here >> acid-free binders Colors used on this website: Regular listings are shown in black / Books which have recently been added are listed in purple / Rare books are listed in green / Books which have sold after (and are no longer available) are listed in blue.Complete USGS Annual Reports: 2nd Annual Report / 1882, cl, 588 pages, 61 plates (1 in pocket), 32 figs., slight discolorations on cover, ovg, $ 185 [Contents include: Administrative Report, Physical Geology of the Grand Cañon District; Contributions to the History of Lake Bonneville; Abstract of Report on Geology and Mining Industry of Leadville, Lake County, Colorado; Summary of the Geology of the Comstock Lode and the Washoe District; Production of the Precious Metals in the United States; A new method of measuring heights by means of the Barometer] 3rd Annual Report / 1883, cl, 564 pages, 35 plates, 32 additional plates of paleontologic specimens, 56 figs., small spots on front board, slight wear to corners of boards and top and bottom of spine, ovg, $ 175; Contents include: Bird with Teeth; The Copper-Bearing Rocks of Lake Superior; Sketch of the Geological History of Lake Lahontan; Abstract of the Report on the Geology of the Eureka District; Preliminary Report on the Terminal Moraine of the Second Glacial Epoch; A Review of the Non-Marine Fossil Mollusca of North America 4th Annual Report / 1883, cl, Hawaiian Volcanoes; Abstract on the mining geology of the Eureka District, Nevada, popular fallacies regarding the precious metal ore deposits; Popular fallacies regarding the precious metal ore deposits; A Review of the Fossil Ostreidae of North America, complete original binding, 462 pages, 85 plates, 15 figs., $ 125 5th Annual Report / 1885, 469 pages, 58 plates (3 in pocket), 143 figs., $ 95 - The Topographic Features of Lake Shores; The Requisite and Qualifying conditions of artesian wells; Preliminary Paper on an Investigation of the Archean Formations of the Northwest States; The Gigantic Mammals of the Order Dinocerata; Existing Glaciers of the United States; Sketch of Paleobotany 5th Annual Report / 1885, 469 pages, 58 plates (3 in pocket), 143 figs., crack on spine through lettering, ovg, $ 75 - The Topographic Features of Lake Shores; The Requisite and Qualifying conditions of artesian wells; Preliminary Paper on an Investigation of the Archean Formations of the Northwest States; The Gigantic Mammals of the Order Dinocerata; Existing Glaciers of the United States; Sketch of Paleobotany 6th Annual Report / 1885, 557 pages, 65 plates (1 in pocket), 57 figures, cl, $ 85; contents: Report of the Director; Mount Taylor and the Zuni Plateau; Preliminary paper on the Driftless Area of the upper Mississippi Valley; The quantitative determination of silver by means of the microscope; Preliminary report on seacoast swamps of the eastern United States, Synopsis of the flora of the Laramie Group 7th Annual Report / 1888, 656 pages, cl, original cloth, 71 plates (2 in pocket), 114 figs., $ 85; contents: The Rock Scorings of the Great Ice Invasion; Obsidian Cliff, Yellowstone National Park; Report on the Geology of Martha’s Vineyard; On the Classification of the Early Cambrian and Precambrian Formations; The Structure of the Triassic Formation of the Connecticut Valley; Salt-making Processes in the United States; The Geology of the Head of Chesapeake Bay 8th Annual Report, Part I / 1889, 473 pages, index, 77 plates, 45 figures, original cloth, $ 85; contents: Report of the Director; Quaternary History of Mono Valley, California; Geology of Lassen Peak District, California; The fossil butterflies of Florissant, Colorado 8th Annual Report, Part I / another copy same as above but this copy is a House Document with more wear especially along the edges of the boards, $ 40 8th Annual Report, Part II / 1889, cl, 1063 pages, $ 85; PAPERS OF A THEORETICAL NATURE: The Trenton Limestone as a source of petroleum and inflammable gas in Ohio and Indiana; The geographical distribution of fossil plants; summary of the geology of the Quicksilver Deposits of the Pacific Slope; The geology of the Island of Mount Desert, Maine 9th Annual Report / 1889, 717 pages, index, 88 plates (all bound in), 61 figs., cl[2], $ 85, contents include: Charleston Earthquake of 1886; Geology of Cape Ann, Massachusetts; Formation of Travertine and siliceous sinter by the vegetation of Hot Springs; Geology and Physiography of Northwestern Colorado and Adjacent 10th Annual Report, Part I / 1889, 774 pages, cl, original hardbound, $ 155; Some repair to spine of text, one small chip on edge of spine, ovg, 98 plates, 69 figs., contents include: General account of the fresh-water mosasses of the United States; the Penokee Iron-Bearing Series of Michigan and Wisconsin; the Fauna of the Lower Cambrian or Olenellus Zone [This volume contains some of the finest of the early Trilobite drawings] 11th Annual Report, Part I / 1891, 757
pages, $ 40; Contents include: Report of Director; Pleistocene History of
Northeast Iowa; The Natural Gas Field of Indiana; index 16th Annual Report, Part III / 1895, slight wear to cover, ovg, 633 pages, 23 plates, 9 figs., original cloth, $ 75; includes: Production of Iron ores in various part of the World; Production of Iron Ores in the U.S.; Reconnaissance of the Gold Fields of the Southern Appalachians; Copper; Lead; Zinc; Manganese; Tin; Aluminum; Quicksilver; Nickel; Chromium; Tungsten; Antimony; Platinum; plus index 17th Annual Report, Part I / 1896, cl, $ 75, 1076 pages, $ 75; contents include: Report of the Director; Magnetic Declination; Geological Reconnaissance of NW Oregon; Further Contributions to the geology of the Sierra Nevada; Report on coal and lignite of Alaska; The uintaite (gilsonite) deposits of Utah; glacial brick clays of Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts; the faunal relations of the Eocene and Upper Cretaceous on the Pacific Coast 17th Annual Report, Part II / 1896, cl, slight wrinkle on spine, ovg, $ 200;
contents of the volume include: Gold quartz veins of Nevada City and Grass
Valley Districts, California; Geology of Silver Cliff and the Rosita Hills,
Colorado; the mines of Custer County, Colorado; Geologic section along the New
and Janawha River in West Virginia; The Tennessee Phosphates; The underground
water of the Arkansas Valley in eastern Colorado; Preliminary report on the
artesian waters of a portion of the Dakotas; The water resources of Illinois 18th Annual Report, Part II - Papers Chiefly of a Theoretical Nature / 1898, cl, slight wear, small spot on cover, contents vg, $ 60; contents of volume include: The Triassic Formation of Connecticut; geology of the Edwards Plateau and Rio Grande plain adjacent to Austin and San Antonio, Texas, with reference to the occurrence of underground waters; glaciers of Mount Ranier; a geological sketch of San Clemente island; geology of the Cape Cod District; Recent earth movement in the Great Lakes Region 18th Annual Report, Part III / 1897, cl, 861 pages, 118 plates (6 in pocket), 74 figs., $ 225; contents include: Reconnaissance of the Gold Fields of Southern Alaska, with some notes on general geology; Geology of the Yukon Gold District, Alaska; Some Coal Fields of Puget Sound; Geology and Mineral Resources of the Judith Mountains of Montana; The Mining Districts of the Idaho Basin and the Boise Range, Idaho, with a report on the fossil plants of the Payette Formation; Preliminary Report on the Mining Industries of the Telluride Quadrangle, Colorado 18th Annual Report, Part V / 1897, cl, $ 65; original binding, end plates replaced, wear to top of front hinge, small chips on spine, ovg, Mineral Resources of the United States, 1896, Metallic Products and Coal 19th Annual Report, Part I / 1898, cl, 422 pages, 2 plates (in pocket), $ 25 - DIRECTOR’S REPORT, INCLUDING TRIANGULATION AND SPIRIT LEVELING, $ 25 19th Annual Report, Part II / 1899, cl, 958 pages, 16 plates 53 figs., $ 40 - PAPERS CHIEFLY OF A THEORETICAL NATURE: Physiography of the Chattanooga District, Tennessee; Principles and conditions of the movements of ground water; Theoretical investigation of the motion of ground waters; Geology of the Richmond Basin, Virginia; Cretaceous Formation of the Black Hills as indicated by the fossil plants, water staining to edges of pages in the plate section of the book which resulted in the page edges sticking together; they have been separated with only slight tearing along edges and bottom right corners of pages; only the last plate was damaged with major scarring of the plate and page edges, front end-plate was replaced, ovg 19th Annual Report, Part III / 1898, cl, 785 pages, 99 plates (3 in pocket), 92 figs., $ 175; contents of volume include: Crystal Falls Iron-Bearing District of Michigan; The Slate Belt of eastern New York and Western Vermont; The Coos Bay Coal Field, Oregon; The Titaniferous Iron Ores of the Adirondacks; Geology of the McAlester-Lehigh Coal Plants from that Field; Geology and Mining Industry of the Tintic District, Utah 19th Annual Report, Part V / 1899, cl[2], 110 plates (16 pocket plates missing), 2 figs., $ 45, Forest Reserves of the U.S. include: Black Hills, Bighorn, Teton, Yellowstone, Priest River, Bitterroot, Washington, San Jacinto, San Bernardino, San Gabriel, and Pine Ridge 19th Annual Report, Part V - Atlas / 1899,
cl, volume containing 16 plates, $ 30 20th Annual Report, Part I / 1899, cl, 551 pages, 2 plates in pocket, $ 28 [Contents: Director’s Report, Triangulation and Spirit Leveling, Reports from the New England, Appalachian, Atlantic Coastal Plain, Interior of Mississippi, Rock Mountain, Pacific, and Alaska Regions, also reports from the Division of Paleontology, Chemistry, Hydrography, Mineral Resources, Topographic Branch, more] SOLD 20th Annual Report, Part II / 1900, cl, 953 pages, $ 65 [Contents: General Geology and Paleontology: Brief memorandum on the Geology of the Philippine Islands; A Study of Bird Mountain, Vermont; Devonian Fossils from Southwestern Colorado: The fauna of the Ouray Limestone; A preliminary paper on the geology of the Cascade Mountains in Northern Washington; Status of the Mesozoic Floras of the United States: The Older Mesozoic; The stratigraphic succession of the fossil floras of the Pottsville Formation in the Southern Anthracite coal fields, Pennsylvania] 20th Annual Report, Part V / 1900, cl (bound in black), 498 pages, text plates and 2 figures (the 5 pocket plates are missing, slight wear to covers preventing easy reading of printing on spine, text fine, $ 35, Forests covered include: Pikes Peak, Plum Creek, South Platte, White River Plateau, Battlement Mesa, Flathead Reserve, Bitterroot Reserve, San Gabriel, San Bernardino, and San Jacinto] 20th Annual Report, Part VII / 1899, cl, 5 plates in pocket, $ 150, Reconnaissance in the Susitna Basin and adjacent, Reconnaissance in SW Alaska, Reconnaissance in Resurrection Bay to the Tanana River, Reconnaissance of a part of Prince William Sound & the Copper River District, Reconnaissance in the White and Tanana River basins 20th Annual Report, Part VII / 1899, cl, 2
of the 5 plates pocket plates are missing, leather binding, original House
Document, Volume 29, 56th Congress, 1st Session, 1899-1900, contents vg, $ 75,
Reconnaissance in the Susitna Basin and adjacent, Reconnaissance in SW Alaska,
Reconnaissance in Resurrection Bay to the Tanana River, Reconnaissance of a part
of Prince William Sound & the Copper River District, Reconnaissance in the White
and Tanana River basins 21st Annual Report, Part II / 1900, cl, discoloration on cover, slight spotting
on tips of several pages, ovg, 3 plates in pocket, each plate with one small
wear spot, content good, $ 120; Geology of the Rico Mountains, Colorado; Glacial
sculpture of the Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming; Economic reconnaissance of Alaska -
Pyramid Harbor to Eagle City, Chitina River and Skolai Mountains, and Chandlar
and Koyukuk River area 21st Annual Report, Part IV / 1901, cl, 57 plates (1 in pocket), 271 figs., 768 pages, $ 45; Contents include: Report of Progress of stream measurements for the calendar year 1899, Preliminary description of the geology and water resources of the Southern Half of the Black Hills and Adjoining Regions in South Dakota and Wyoming, The High Plains and their Utilization 22nd Annual Report, Part I / 1901, 464 pages, cl, $ 40; contents include a
Director’s Report, Asphalt & Bituminous Rock Deposits of the United States Individual Sections of USGS Annual Reports 3rd Annual Report ; 1884, each section in an afbpart b: BIRDS WITH TEETH, pages 45 - 88, $ 40 part c: THE COPPER BEARING ROCKS OF LAKE SUPERIOR, pages 89 - 188, $ 75 part d: SKETCH OF THE GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF LAKE LAHONTAN, pages 189 - 235, $ 35 part e: ABSTRACT OF REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA DISTRICT, pages 89 - 188, $ 65 part f: PRELIMINARY PAPER ON THE TERMINAL MORAINE, pages 237 - 290, $ 45 part g: A REVIEW OF NON-MARINE FOSSIL MOLLUSCA OF NORTH AMERICA, pages 403 - 550, $ 45 6th Annual Report; 1895, each section mounted in an afb unless specified otherwise part c: DRIFTLESS AREA OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, pages 199 - 322, $ 10 part d: QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF SILVER BY MEANS OF THE MICROSCOPE, pages 323 - 352, $ 15 part e: SEACOAST SWAMPS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES, pages 353 - 398, $ 15 part f: SYNOPSIS OF FLORA OF THE LARAMIE GROUP & INDEX TO THE 6th ANNUAL REPORT, pages 399-570, cl[3], $ 85 7th Annual Report ; 1888, each section mounted in an afbpart b: THE ROCK SCORINGS OF THE GREAT ICE INVASIONS, pages 147 - 248, $ 30 part c: OBSIDIAN CLIFF, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, pages 249 - 295, $ 25 part d: REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF MARTHA’S VINEYARD, pages 297 - 363, $ 35 part e: ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE EARLY CAMBRIAN AND PRE-CAMBRIAN, pages 365 - 454, $ 18 part f,g: THE STRUCTURE OF THE TRIASSIC FORMATION OF THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY; SALT MAKING PROCESS, pages 455 - 646, $ 18
part h. THE GEOLOGY OF THE HEAD OF CHESAPEAKE BAY, pages 647 - 656, $ 18 8th Annual Report, Part I; 1889, each section mounted in an afb unless specified otherwise part b: QUATERNARY HISTORY OF MONO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, pages 258 - 394, $ 20 part c: GEOLOGY OF THE LASSEN PEAK DISTRICT, pages 395 - 432, $ 20 part d: THE FOSSIL BUTTERFLIES OF FLORISSANT, pages 433 - 474, $ 35 13th Annual Report, Part I, 1894, section mounted in afb: part c: THE MECHANICS OF APPALACHIAN STRUCTURE, pages 211 - 274, 2 figs., plates XLVI -XCVI, a portion of the original binding was saved and is attached to the binder, $ 45 14th Annual Report, Part II; 1894, section mounted in afb: part d: THE LACCOLITHIC MOUNTAIN GROUPS OF COLORADO, UTAH, AND ARIZONA, pages 157 - 241, 10 plates, 19 figs, $ 25 15th Annual Report; 1895, each section mounted in an afb unless specified otherwise part b: THE POTOMAC FORMATION, afb, pages 307 - 398, $ 10 part c: SKETCH OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA, afb, pages 399 - 476, $ 20 part e: PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MARQUETTE IRON-BEARING DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN, afb, pages 477 - 650, 14 plates, 12 figs., $ 65 part f: THE GENERAL RELATIONS OF THE GRANITIC ROCKS IN THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC PIEDMONT PLATEAU, afb, pages 651 - 684, 22 plates, 9 figs., <and> part g. THE ORIGIN AND RELATIONS OF CENTRAL MARYLAND GRANITES, pages 685 - 755, 13 plates, index to volume, $ 46 16th Annual Report, Part II; 1895, each section mounted in an afb unless specified otherwise part a. INTRODUCTION TO ENTIRE VOLUME AND THE GEOLOGY AND MINING INDUSTRIES OF THE CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT, COLORADO, afb, includes the loose plate of the Cripple Creek District, pages 1 - 209, $ 100 part b. A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE ACROSS IDAHO, afb, pages 211 - 276, $ 30 part c. THE GEOLOGY OF THE ROAD-BUILDING STONES OF MASSACHUSETTS, WITH SOME CONSIDERATION OF SIMILAR MATERIALS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES, afb, pages 277- 341, $ 30 part d. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR DISTRICT, UTAH, afb, pages 343 - 455, 10 plates, 6 figs., $ 75 part f. WATER RESOURCES OF A PORTION OF THE GREAT PLAINS, afb, pages 535 - 588, $ 30 16th Annual Report, Part III; 1895 BAUXITE section, pb, $ 15 17th Annual Report, Part I; 1896, each section mounted as indicated part f: NORTH AMERICAN PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY, pb, pages 571 - 874, 10 plates, tape on spine, ovg, 69 figs., $ 30 18th Annual Report, Part III; 1897, sections bound as indicated part a: RECONNAISSANCE, GOLD FIELDS OF SOUTHERN ALASKA, pages 1 - 86, pb, $ 50 part a: RECONNAISSANCE, GOLD FIELDS OF SOUTHERN ALASKA, pages 1 - 86, afb, $ 75 part a: RECONNAISSANCE, GOLD FIELDS OF SOUTHERN ALASKA, pages 1 - 86, cl[2], $ 100 part b: GEOLOGY OF THE YUKON GOLD DISTRICT, ALASKA, afb, 392 pages, 20 plates (two pocket plates replaced with 3 jpeg images on CD, 19 figs., $ 90 part c: SOME COAL FIELDS OF PUGET SOUND, pages 393 - 436, 15 of 17 plates 6 figs., $ 40 part d: GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JUDITH MOUNTAINS, MONTANA, pages 437 - 616, 18 plates, 25 figs., $ 50 part d: another copy of the above, but bound in an afb, $ 75 part e: MINING DISTRICTS OF THE IDAHO BASIN AND BOISE RIDGE, IDAHO, 189 pages, afb, pages 617 - 719, 15 of 16 plates (1 pocket plate missing), 11 figs., $ 75 part f: PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MINING INDUSTRIES OF THE TELLURIDE QUADRANGLE, COLORADO, 103 pages, in binder, with plate, $ 75 19th Annual Report, Part II, 1899, sections bound as indicated: part a: PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE CHATTANOOGA DISTRICT, TENNESSEE, GEORGIA, AND ALABAMA, afb, pages 1 - 58, 5 plates, 1 figure, $ 35 part b / c: PRINCIPLES AND CONDITIONS OF THE MOVEMENT OF GROUND WATER, afb, pages 59 - 294, 11 plates, 53 figs., <and> THEORETICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE MOTION OF GROUND WATERS, pages 295 - 384, 10 tables, $ 65 part d: GEOLOGY OF THE RICHMOND BASIN, VIRGINIA, afb, pages 385 - 519, 35 plates, 27 figs., $ 65 part e: THE CRETACEOUS FORMATION OF THE BLACK HILLS AS INDICATED BY FOSSIL PLANTS and index for entire volume, afb, pages 521 - 957, 99 plates, 6 figs., $ 75 19th Annual Report, Part III, 1899, sections bound as indicated: part a: THE CRYSTAL FALLS IRON-BEARING DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN with a chapter on the Sturgeon River Tongue and introduction by C. R. Van Hise, afb, pages 1 - 151, 11 plates, plate 2 (the pocket plate) has been replaced with a CD containing 5 jpegs, $ 75 part b: THE SLATE BELT OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN VERMONT, afb, pages 153 - 307, 31 plates, 10 figs., $ 55 SOLD part c: THE COOS BAY COAL FIELD, OREGON, pages 309 - 376, afb, 13 plates, 60 figs., $ 56 part d: THE TITANIFEROUS ORES OF THE ADIRONDACKS, afb, pages 377 - 422, 9 plates, $ 35 part e: GEOLOGY OF THE McALESTER-LEHIGH COAL FIELD, INDIAN TERRITORY accompanied by a report on the fossil plants and a report on the Paleozoic invertebrate fossils, afb, pages 425 - 593, 7 of 9 plates (2 pocket plates missing), 4 figs., $ 52 20th Annual Report, Part III; 1899, sections bound as indicated part a: THE BOHEMIA MINING REGION OF WESTERN OREGON, afb, pages 1 - 52, includes a report on the fossil plants associated with the lavas of the Cascade Region, $40 part b: THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS OF SILVER CITY, DE LAMAR AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS, IDAHO, afb, pages 619 - 736, $ 75 part c: GEOLOGY OF THE LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS, MONTANA, cl[2], pages 257 - 580 of the Annual Report, 77 plates, 79 figures, $ 175 21st Annual Report, Part II; 1900, sections bound as indicated part a: GEOLOGY OF THE RICO MOUNTAINS, pages 7 - 165, cl[2], plate in pocket, $ 85 21st Annual Report, Part III; 1900, sections bound as indicated part c: THE IRON-ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR REGION, afb, pages 305 - 434, all 12 plates for this section included, $ 65 part d: THE ARKANSAS BAUXITE DEPOSITS, pb, pages 435 - 472, $ 25 21st Annual Report, Part IV; 1901, sections bound as indicated part a: REPORT OF PROGRESS OF STREAM MEASUREMENTS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1899, afb, pages 1 - 488, 58 plates, 271 figs., $ 40 part b: PRELIMINARY DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE BLACK HILLS AND ADJOINING REGIONS OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND WYOMING, afb, pages 489 - 599, 55 plates (1 in pocket), 28 figs., $ 40 part c: THE HIGH PLAINS AND THEIR UTILIZATION, index to entire volume IV, afb, pages 601 - 768, 44 plates, 30 figs., $ 28 22nd Annual Report, Part II; 1901, sections bound as indicated part k. COAL FIELDS OF THE PACIFIC COAST, afb, 475 - 513, $ 30 Home Page of MS Book and Mineral Company List of Catalogs on this website
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