[Rarebooks] FS: Important 1907 Study of Gems from North Carolina

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"History of the Gems Found in North Carolina"

By George Frederick Kunz.

Published in Raleigh; printed by E.M. Uzzell & Co., for the North Carolina
Geological and Economic Survey: 1907. Bulletin No. 12.

A thorough and famous report, prepared by Kunz at the behest of the North
Carolina authorities in time for distribution at the Jamestown Exposition.
The illustrations include a number of notable specimens, some drawn from
the Morgan-Tiffany and Morgan-Bement Collections at the American Museum of
Natural History. The four color plates, for which this work is especially
noted, were printed by Prang.

Hardcover. 7.25"x10.5", xvii + 60 pages, plus 4 color plates with tissue
guards and 11 black & white plates; overall a nice, clean copy, with just
minor wear at the tips and the lightest rubbing at the spine heads, a few
slight bubbles on the rear cover, a very, very tiny chip on the corner of
the free endpaper and another microscopic chip on one plate edge.  $450.00

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