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By: Walter G. Kent
Price: $35.00
Publisher: London, England, Blades Easy & Blades: 1912
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000145
Condition: Very Good
Privately published. Pictorial cloth cover. Decorative linen pages sewn to binding. Rear cover shows minor scuffing, very minor dampstaining on several pages. Paper tipped in to front flyleaf states, "With the Author's Compliments." A concise summary of the achievements of two notable hydraulic engineers (Venturi and Herschel) and importance of their contributions to the field. An very interesting read. 34 pages, including B&W photographs and drawings. Ex-libris, John Sinkankas with his bookplate on inside front cover. This publication was acquired as part of a large purchase of ephemera tha... View more info
By: L. Baskin
Price: $40.00
Publisher: 1967
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000215
Condition: Very Good
Softcover with plastic spiral binding. Minor sunning of cover, minor creasing along edge of front cover A talk presented at the Association of Engineering Geologists National Meeting in Dallas Texas, October 1967. A study done to assess the risks of widening of WV Highway No. 2 in the Ohio River Valley near Warwood, WV, in regard to slope stability and potential landslides. Contents include surface and subsurface geology of the area. 11 pages plus 8 fold-out maps. View more info
By: George I. Smith and David V. Haines
Price: $9.00
Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1964
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000174
Condition: Near Fine
USGS Bulletin 1181-P. Paper wraps, spine slightly sunned. Wonderful report on the formation of evaporite minerals in the brines underlying Searles Dry Lake. Good summary of stratigraphic layers and chemistry, and great summaries of the minerals found. May be the best report written on the minerals of Searles Lake. Useful report for studying the mineralogy and chemistry of the brines from other arid dry lakes. 58 pages, including 16 figures (9 of which are B&W photographs). View more info
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Ajo, Arizona, Forrest R. Rickard: 1996
Seller ID: 000089
Condition: Near Fine
Pictorial cover. Minor scuffing to front cover, some creasing in lower left portion of rear cover. This book chronicles the development of the copper mines of Ajo, Arizona from the 1700's to 1942, and focuses on the exploits of General John Campbell Greenway, who is widely credited as the driving force behind modern copper mining in Ajo. Well researched, with many B&W photos, maps and line drawings of the mines, district and town. 348 pages. View more info
