1874; 1877; 1878 · Concord
by Hitchcock, C. H.
Concord: Edson C. Eastman, 1874; 1877; 1878. Three large volumes (postage at cost). Vol. I bound in publisher's black cloth boards w/ gilt lettering to spine. Volumes II and III in matching black quarter leather binding w/ gilt leterring and decoration to spines and gilt decoration on front covers. Volume III contains parts III, IV, and V of the series. Book plates and "Cancelled" stamps of the Boston Athenaeum. Good condition, with some rubbing to corners of Vol II and III and cracking/chipping to spine of Vol II. The series detailing "A report comprising the results of explorations ordered by the legislature." Part I: Physical Geography. Part II: Stratigraphical Geology. Part III: Surface Geology. Part IV: Mineralology and Lithology. Part V: Economic Geology. . 25.5 cm. xi, 667; xi, 684; viii, 386; 251; 103 pp. b/w frontispiece. b/w and C. plates. Postage at cost on this oversized set. (Inventory #: 49475)