MINEROLOGY
Some Early Tools of American Science. An Account of the Early Scientific Instruments and Mineralogical and Biological Collections in Harvard University
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1950. Illustrated. xxi + 201 pages, 8vo, red cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper edgeworn. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, (1950). A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
The Pratt Collection of Jades and Other Hard Stones at Vassar College.
New York: Mariod, 1920. Illustrated. 62 pages, very slim tall 8vo, deckled edges, brown cloth backed gray boards, paper title on spine and front cover. New York: Mariod, 1920. First Edition. Near fine. More
State of New-York. No. 275. In Assembly, February 27, 1839. Communication From the Governor, relative to the
1839. Geological Survey of the State. 351pp. 8vo, later brown cloth, spine and edges of corners worn, first three pages lack upper right corner margin, several pages dampstained in margin, several pages with modern ink annotations in margin. a few pages with pencil underlining. N.p., 1839. First Edition. Contains several reports including the following: Lewis Beck on minerals and their chemical composition in New York State, W. W. Mather on the geology of New York City and the lower Hudson..... More