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Powell Report on the Uinta Mountain

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Title: Report on the Geology of the Eastern Portion of the Uinta Mountains and a Region of Country Adjacent Thereto...
Author: Powell, J[ohn] W[esley]
Description: vii, 218 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, 15 text figures (some full-page), 4 geologic tables. (4to) period half red morocco and boards, spine lettered in gilt, (series title on spine reads "U.S. Explorations West of the Mississippi"), marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Text volume only, atlas volume not present. First Edition.Ex libris Northern Pacific Railway Co. Library with their small ink stamp to verso of front free endpaper and title page, bound for company president Henry Villard (1835-1900) with his name in gilt at spine foot. Villard was a major figure in the transportation industry in the West. He was president of Northern Pacific from 1880-1884 and served on the Board of Directors 1887-93.
Heading: Place Published: Washington
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Date Published: 1876