484. Acadian Geology. The voluminous fourth ed. of Principal Dawson’s
great book. Uncut, new, 837 pp., map in pocket, plates and hundreds of
text cuts and two new Supplements. London, 1891.
$1.75
485. Ameghino, Florentino. Contribuciones al Conocimiento de los
Maniferos Fosiles, de Terciarios del Parana. 228 pp., complete as
published in Bol. Acad. Nacio, Cienc. Cordoba. V, IX, parts 1 and 2. B.
A., 1886.
$2.50
486. Artis, Edmund Tyrell. Antediluvian Phytology, Illus. by a
Collection of the Fossil Remains of Plants, Peculiar to the Coal
Formations of Great Britain. Remarks on Systems of Sternberg,
Schlotheim, Prof. Martius and Brongniart and other eminent Geologists.
Many fine plates, 4to, 2 title pages. London, 1838.
$2.25
487. Cooper, Wm. Notices of Big Bone Lick (Ky.), Including the Various
Explorations made there, Animals to which the Remains belong, Quantity
found of each, with Particular Account of Great Collection of Bones
Discovered in September, 1830, being contained in Oct. and Nov. Nos.
Monthly American Journal of Geology. Paper, uncut, folded map, 2 parts.
Phila., 1831.
$3.50
488. Cope, E. D. Paleontol. of Colorado. Bull. No. 1. U. S. Geol. and
Geogr. Sur. of Terr. 28 pp., scarce. Wash., 1874.
$1.75
489. Cope, E. D. Contents of a Bone Cave in the Island of Anguilla (West
Indies). Folio, illus., Sm. Cont. Kn. No. 489. Author’s ed., uncut.
Wash., 1883.
$1.50
490. Cope, E. D. Posthumous Monograph of Vertebrate Remains from the
Port Kennedy Bone Cave. Penna. Jour. Acad. N. Sci., Phila. Vol. 2,
second series, 1899. 4to, printed covers, pp. 193-286, 4 plates. The
most prolific “_bone cave_” east of the Rocky Mountains.
$2.50
491. Cope, E. D. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia and Reptilia of N.
America. 252 pp., 14 plates (one damaged on margin). 4to, paper. (Trans.
Am. Philos. Soc., vol. 14.) Phila., 1870.
$2.00
492. Cope’s Tertiary Vertebrata, Biggest Vol. of Hayden Territory
Monographs. Fully illus.
$4.00
493. Cope, E. D. Syllabus of Lectures on Geology and Paleontology. Univ.
of Pa. Paper covers, 90 pp., fully illus., rare. Phila., 1891.
$1.25
494. Cuvier, M. Essay on Theory of the Earth. Trans. from French by
Robert Kerr, with Mineralogical Notes, etc., by Prof. Jameson. Full
mor., full gilt, 265 pp., illus., fine copy, very rare. Edinburgh, 1813.
$3.00
495. Cuvier, Geo. Researches sur les Ossemens Fossiles. 5 Vols., less
vol. 1. Half calf, from the library, and each vol. has the book-plate of
Prof. Richard Owen. Paris, 1834.
$2.25
496. Dawson, John Wm. Acadian Geology, Account of the Geological
Structure and Mineral Resources of Nova Scotia and Portions of
Neighboring Provinces of British America. 12mo, large colored map,
illus., scarce, first edition. Edinburgh, 1855.
$1.50
497. Eaton, Amos. Index to Geology of Northern States, Etc., to which is
Prefixed a Geological Grammar. Second ed., pub. under Direction of Troy
Lyceum. 12mo, calf, 286 pp., plates, rare. Troy, N. Y., 1820.
$2.00
498. Eduardi, Luidii. Lithophylacii Britannici Ichnographia. Sive
Lapidum Fossilium Britann. singulari figura insignium. Distributio
Classica; Additis rariorum aliquot figuris aere incisis. Editio Altera.
Calf, 24 folding plates, 156 pp. Oxonii-Typogr. Clarend., 1760.
$2.50
499. Featherstonhaugh, G. W. Monthly American Journal of Geology and
Natural Science, etc., Jan., 1832. Vol. 1, No. 2, 2 lithogrs., paper,
uncut, scarce. Phila., 1832.
$2.00
499A. Featherstonhaugh. Same. Oct. and Nov., 1831.
$3.50
500. Finch, I. On the Natural Boundaries of Empires, an Essay to Shew
the Effect of the Geological Structure of the Earth on the Political
Boundaries of Nations. 455 pp., very curious and rare. Chapter on the U.
S. Printed in Montreal (?), n. d.
$2.50
501. Fisher, Geo. P. Life of Benj. Silliman, M. D. Chiefly from His
Manuscript Reminiscences, Diaries, etc. 2 vols., uncut, 407+408 pp.,
frontis., A. L. S. in each vol. to J. Redfield, of Phila., whose name is
written in each vol. N. York, 1866.
$6.00
502. Greennough, G. B. (of Geol. Soc. F. R. S.). Critical Examination of
First Principles of Geology. Calf, gilt, fine, 336 pp. London, 1819.
$1.25
503. Hall, Jas. Paleontology of New York. Vols. 1 To 4, Inclusive, bound
in 5. 4to, original binding, fine condition. Hundreds of lithog. plates
of fossils. These earlier vols. are rare. Albany, 1847.
$6.50
504. Hamilton, Sir W. Observations on Mt. Vesuvius, Mt. Etna, and other
Volcanos. To which are added Explanatory Notes by the Author. 179 pp.,
12mo, calf, 5 plates and map. London, 1774.
$1.75
505. Hawkins, Thos. The Book of the Great Sea Dragons, Ichthyosauri and
Plesiosauri, Gedolim Taninim of Moses. Extinct Monsters of the Ancient
Earth. 27 pp., 30 plates, folio, half roan. London, 1840.
$5.00
506. Heilprin, A. Town Geology, the Lesson of the Philadelphia Rocks. 7
plates, 2 of maps, rare. Phila., 1885.
$1.25
506A. Heilprin’s West Florida. See Travels.
507. Hill, J. Fossils Arranged According to their Obvious Characters,
with their History and Descriptions, under the Articles of Form,
Hardness, Color, etc. Calf, cracked. The author uses a binomial system
like the Linnæan. London, 1771.
$1.50
508. Hitchcock, Edw. Ichnology of New England. A Report on the Sandstone
of the Connecticut Valley, especially its Fossil Footmarks, made to the
Governor of Mass. 4to, 60 plates. Boston, 1858.
$2.00
509. Hitchcock and Deane’s Monographs on Fossil Footmarks in the U. S.,
especially in Connecticut. Illus. by 31 folding plates of same.
Extracted from Memoirs of Amer. Acad. of Arts and Sci. Large 4to, uncut,
paper, with title, 2 papers. Boston, 1848-49.
$2.00
510. Humboldt, Alexander Von. Kosmos Entwurf Einer Plusischen
Weltbeschreibung. 4 vols., 8vo, text and folio atlas, 5 vols. complete.
Fine copy, half mor., colored plates. First ed. of this great classic,
very rare. With autograph letter (A. L. S.) from the author to Baron von
Bulow, of Berlin, laid in vol. 1. Stuttgart und Tubingen, 1845-58.
$8.50
511. Instituto Geologico de Mexico, Boletin del Nos. 12 to 16, Inclus. 5
complete Nos., folio, illus., folding maps. Mexico, 1899-1902. The lot,
$2.75
512. Leconte, J. L. Notes on the Geology of the Survey for the Extension
of the Union Pacific Railroad from the Smoky Hill River, Kansas, to the
Rio Grande. Map, rare, 76 pp. Phila., 1868.
$1.25
513. Leidy, Jos. (1.) Ancient Fauna of Nebraska. (2.) Memoir of Extinct
Sloth Tribe of N. America. Two Monographs in 1 vol., 4to, maps and
numerous fine plates. A perfect copy, boards, 1852-53.
$1.75
514. Leidy, Jos. Contributions to the Extinct Vertebrate Fauna of the
Western Territories. 4to, 358 pp., 37 full-page lithogrs. plates, paper,
uncut. A great classic. Wash., 1873.
$1.50
515. Leidy, Jos. Extinct Mammalian Fauna of Dakota and Nebraska.
Includes also Synopsis of the Mammalian Remains of N. America. Illus.
with 30 plates, a map and preceded by F. V. Hayden’s introduction on the
Geology of the Tertiary of Dakota and Nebraska. Jour. Acad. Nat.
Sciences. 4to, boards, uncut. Published at $12.00. Phila., 1869.
$3.75
516. Leidy, Jos. Memoir on the Extinct Species of American Ox. Author’s
separate. 4to, 20 pp., 5 plates, printed covers. Wash., 1852.
85c.
517. Leidy, Jos. Memoir of the Extinct Sloth Tribe of N. America. 4to,
paper, 16 plates. Wash., 1855.
$1.00
518. Leidy, Jos. Portrait of Dr. Joseph Leidy. Superb Etching on heavy
parchment paper, by James S. King. One of 150 numbered and signed
artist’s proofs; bust, head three-quarters to right; size of etched
surface, 14 × 17 inches. This portrait has been pronounced an excellent
likeness by friends of the eminent scientist. Price, delivered, $15.00,
reduced to
$9.00
519. Lesley, J. P. Dictionary of the Fossils of Pennsylvania and
Neighboring States. 3 vols., illus., by 3000 figures. 1889.
$2.75
520. Lesquereux, L. (a) The Cretaceous Flora of the Western Territories.
Wash., 1874. 4to, 30 plates (Hayden Mono., vol. 6). (b) Contributions to
the Tertiary Flora. Wash., 1878. 4to, 65 plates. (c) Tertiary Fossil
Plants, from Hayden’s Expl. Exp., 1870. H. S. T., 1872. 22 pp., paper
covers, rare. (d) Fossil Plants of the Coal Measures of the U. S., with
Descriptions of the New Species in the Cabinet of the Pottsville Sc.
Asso., Pottsville, 1858. 24 pp., 2 plates, rare, paper. (e) Report on
Fossil Flora. (Sup. to 5th An. Rep. U. S. Geol. Sur. Ter.). Wash., 1872.
22 pp., paper. As a lot.
$3.50
520A. Lyell, Charles. Elements of Geology. Colored Profile, many illus.,
12mo. First American edition. Phila., 1839.
$1.00
520B. Lyell, Charles. A Manual of Elementary Geology. 647 pp., 750 cuts.
New York, 1855.
$1.25
520C. Lyell, Charles. Principles of Geology, Being an Attempt to explain
the former changes of the earth’s surface. Colored maps and aquatint
plates, illus. in text and engraved plates of shells. Second ed., 3
vols., nicely bound in half calf, gilt backs, red Russia labels. London,
1832-33.
$2.50
520D. Lyell, Charles. Same. First Amer. Ed. 2 Vols., woodcuts, col. maps
and plates. Name on title, a little shaken. Phila., 1837.
$2.00
520E. Lyell, Charles. Same. New York, 1857.
75c.
521. Marcou, Jules. Geological Map of the U. S. and the British
Provinces of N. America. Folio, 3 ft. × 2 ft., printed in colors,
mounted on linen and folded to octavo size in original printed covers.
Fine copy, rare. Boston, 1853.
$3.00
522. Marsh, O. C. Dinocerata. A Monograph of an Extinct Order of
Gigantic Mammals. (U. S. Geol. Sur. V. 10.) Folio, half cloth, and
printed heavy paper covers, large paper copy, author’s ed., uncut, with
autogr. inscription. Wash., 1884.
$3.00
523. Maclure, Wm. Observations on the Geology of the U. S. 91 pp., 4to,
boards, uncut, needs rebacking. Large geog. map of U. S.; also plate of
5 sections of U. S., from Atlantic to basin of the Mississippi River.
The valuable first and unabridged ed. pub. in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc.
With title; (vol. 1, P. S.), list of officers, etc. Phila., 1818.
$2.75
524. Mease, James, M. D. Geological Account of the U. S., Describing
their Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Productions, Antiquities and
Curiosities. 16mo, new half mor., uncut, 510 pp., illus., corner torn
from title-page and pp. 1-4, ink notes on margin. Phila., 1807.
$2.75
525. Mercati, M. Appendix ad Metallothecam Vaticanam. Additis Notis.
Folio, boards, 54 pp., numerous plates of fossils, also plates of
“Apollo,” “Laocoon,” etc. Romæ, 1719.
$2.00
526. Miller, S. A. American Paleozoic Fossils, Catalogue of the Genera
and Species, with Names of Authors, Dates, Groups of Rocks in which
Found, Etymology, etc. Royal 8vo. Cincinnati, 1877.
$2.25
527. Minnesota. Winchell, N. H. Geology and Natural History Survey.
Fourth Annual Report for 1875. Paper, map. St. Paul, 1876.
$1.50