2^nd 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]

3^rd 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

4^th 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

6^th 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

7^th 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

8^th 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

8^th 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

9^th 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

10^th 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

11^th Annual Report, Part II / 1891, 395 pages, $ 30; contents include: Stream measurements; rainfall; evaporation; Hydrography of drainage basins; Reports on the Montana, Arkansas, Rio Grande, California, and Lahontan division; Report on arid land in the United States

12^th Annual Report, Part I / 1891, Geologic Report, 675 pages, 6 plates (in pocket), slight spotting and wear to boards, ovg, $ $65; contents of volume include: Origin and nature of Soils; the Lafayette Formation; North America during Cambrian

13^th Annual Report, Part II - GEOLOGY / 1893, 372 pages, 107 plates (1 in pocket), 41 figs., Contents include: 2nd Expedition to Mount Elias; The Mechanics of Appalachian Structure; The average elevation of the United States; The Rensselaer Grit Plateau in New York; The American Tertiary Aphidae, slight wrinkling and discoloration to front board, ovg

16^th Annual Report, Part II - PAPERS ON AN ECONOMIC NATURE / 1895, 598 pages, cl, 42 plates (2 plates in pocket), 65 figs., slight wear on cover, $ 225; contents of volume include: Geology and Mining Industries of the Cripple Creek District, Colorado; Geological reconnaissance across Idaho; Economic geology of the Mercur Mining District, Utah

16th Annual Report, Part II - PAPERS ON AN ECONOMIC NATURE / 1895, 598 pages, cl, 42 plates (2 plates in pocket), 65 figs., bound in an Interior Department Binding, instead of the usual USGS Annual Report Binding, same contents, $ 175; contents of volume include: Geology and Mining Industries of the Cripple Creek District, Colorado; Geological reconnaissance across Idaho; Economic geology of the Mercur Mining District, Utah

16^th 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

17^th 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

17^th Annual Report, Part III / 1896, cl, $ 75; contents of the volume include: Mineral Resources of the United States, 1895, Metallic Products and Coal: Iron Ores, Iron and Steel Industries, Gold and Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Quicksilver, Manganese, Tin, Aluminum, Nickel and Cobalt, Coke, Petroleum, Natural Gas, Asphaltum, Stone, Soapstone, Clay, Cement, Precious Stones, Abrasive materials, Phosphate rock, Gypsum, Salt, Fluorspar and Cryolite, Mica, Asbestos, Graphite, Mineral Paints, Mineral Waters

18^th Annual Report, Part I - Director’s Report, Including Triangulation and Spirit Leveling, 1897, cl, 440 pages, 440 pages, slight spotting on cover, shelf wear, ovg, $ 15

18^th 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

18^th 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

18^th 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

19^th 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

19^th 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

19^th 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

19th Annual Report, Part V - Atlas / 1899, 15 of 16 loose extra plates (plate 47 is absent), $ 15

20^th 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]

20^th 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]

20^th 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

20^th 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

21^st Annual Report, Part I / 1900, 608 pages, cl, original binding, large chip on spine, water staining on top and bottom of front end-plate (does not penetrate into the text), 3 plates, 1 figure, $ 28, contents include: Director’s Report including Triangulation, Primary Traverse, and Spirit Leveling; Reports from various Divisions

21^st Annual Report, Part I / 1900, 608 pages, cl, original binding, large chip on spine, no water staining, 3 plates, 1 figure, $ 40, contents include: Director’s Report including Triangulation, Primary Traverse, and Spirit Leveling; Reports from various Divisions

21^st 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

21^st Annual Report, Part III / 1901, cl, light colored spotting on spine and front cover, contents good, 17 plates (1 pocket plate), 59 figs., , $ 50; Newark System of the Pomperaug Valley Connecticut; The Laccoliths of the Black Hills; The Iron-ore Deposits of the Lake Superior Region; Arkansas Bauxite Deposits; Tennessee White Phosphate; Report on the Geology of the Philippine Islands

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

22^nd Annual Report, Part I / 1901, 464 pages, cl, $ 40; contents include a Director’s Report, Asphalt & Bituminous Rock Deposits of the United States

22^nd Annual Report, Part II / 1901, 888 pages, cl, slight wear on cover, $ 200; contents of volume include: The Old Tungsten Mine at Trumbull, Connecticut, Preliminary report on the lead and zinc deposits of the Ozark region, the ore deposits of the Rico Mountains, Colorado, Geology & Ore Deposits of the Elkhorn Mining District, Jefferson County, Mt, the Gold Belt of the Blue Moutains of Oregon, the Ore Deposits of Monte Cristo, Washington

22^nd Annual Report, Part IV / 1902, 690 pages, cl, $ 45; contents of volume include: Report of progress of stream measurements for the calendar year 1900, hydrography of the American isthmus, the High Plains and their utilization, index of volume

26^th Annual Report / 1905, Geologic and Paleontologic summary, Summary of Geologic and Topographic work in Alaska, Topographic and Hydrologic Work in the United States during 1905, Reclamation projects in the Western U.S., pb, $ 30
 

part 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

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