MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA: Report on Progress of Investigation in 1911. Bulletin 520

Published by Washington, DC: GPO, 1912.

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Illustrated by 15 folding plates (collated), text tables. First edition. Department of the Interior. United States Geological Survey. George Otis Smith, Director. Printed gray speckled stitched wraps. 8vo. pp. 360. Very Good/Ex-Lib. Withdrawn and embossed stamps of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) Library, Harvard to cover with large chip matching title page (no significant text loss). Archival repairs to spine and cover. Plates near fine, rear pocket torn, one page repair p.71-2, beginning and end pages are a bit edge chipped (facing chipped covers). Brooks served on six major Alaskan expeditions 1899-1911, was Chief geologist Alaska (1903-24) then Alaskan branch head USGS. He wrote detailed reports on Alaskan minerals every year from 1904-16, [3 years as geologist with AEF in France, WWI], then from 1919-23. [Brooks Range was discovered by and named for him].

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Title
MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA: Report on Progress of Investigation in 1911. Bulletin 520
Author
Brooks, Alfred H. (Hulse) 1871-1924 and others.
Publisher
Washington, DC: GPO, 1912.
Binding
Soft cover
Edition
1st Edition
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OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

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OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

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We are a family business since 1994. Karen is the binder, appaiser and cataloger, Ron is shipping, appraising and collection building, son Ben is studying to take over and currently works at Quaboag Books in West Brookfield, daughter Alessandra is the accounting department, daughter-in-law Ariel is studying bookbinding. (Our cat Leila, guards the collection)