[Rarebooks] FS: 1 Farming, 1 non-farm Soil Uses

[Gerard Gormley]

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YEARBOOK OF U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1903~.  Washington:
U.S. Printing Office, 1904.  By no means numerous -- 65 plates,
many in beautiful color, + 54 in-text figures.  First Printing.

EARTH MANUAL: A guide to the use of soils as foundations and as
construction materials for hydraulic structures~.  Denver: Dept.
Of the Interior, 1963.  Very, very hard to find -- profusely
illustrated, including fold-outs & photos.  First Edition,
Revised Reprint.



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Various Authors~.  YEARBOOK OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE, 1903~.  Washington DC, USA: U.S. Printing Office,
1904.  Keywords: By no means numerous -- 65 plates, many in
beautiful color, + 54 in-text figures  - Education -- Farming --
Illustrated -- Illustrated (photos) -- Non-Fiction -- Politics &
Government -- Science & Technology -- English language.  First
Printing (NAP).  Hardcover.  No dust jacket (none issued).  728
pages: Appendix, Index, 65 plates, many in beautiful color, + 54
in-text figures.  Binding height: 9-1/4".   Publisher's decorative
(blind-stamped) full cloth, spine gilt.  Book Very Good: old
bookseller price penned on front free end paper; moderate bumping
& rubbing to fore-corners, back fore-edge, & spine-top/bottom;
moderate spotting to front, spine, & back; spine gilt half faded,
light soiling to leaf-edges; plates xix & xx unbound but intact.
Binding o/w strong & tight, insides o/w Fine.  [Digital JPEG
image (4) available on request].  [On first floor with other
Dept. Agriculture books].  2445~.  US$80.-


Various Authors~.  EARTH MANUAL: A guide to the use of soils as
foundations and as construction materials for hydraulic
structures~.  Denver CO, USA: Dept. Of the Interior, 1963.
Keywords: Very, very hard to find -- A guide to the use of soils
as foundations and as construction materials for hydraulic
structures -- profusely illustrated, including fold-outs & photos
-- Education -- Farming -- Illustrated -- Illustrated (photos) --
Non-Fiction -- Politics & Government -- Science & Technology --
English language.  First Edition, Revised Reprint.  Hardcover
(flexible boards).  No dust jacket (none issued).  783 pages:
Appendix, Index, b&w photos & illustrations throughout.  Binding
height: 7-3/8".   Publisher's full cloth.  Book Very Good to Near
Fine: front gilt half faded, nearly altogether spine, rusty paper
clip impression leaf 561-2.  Binding strong & tight, insides o/w
Fine. [Digital JPEG image (2.25) available on request].  [On
first floor with Dept. Agriculture books].  2444~.  US$90.-

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