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Paperback / softback. New.

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1882. Used - Acceptable. Original cloth, quarto, 134 p. with 7 plates, followed by 25 plates and 1 fold-out map. Ex-library with external markings and on title page (none on plates or map); cloth badly worn along edges and joists with portion of the spine torn. Internally, very sound with fine plates. Sound working copy.

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1882. hardcover. fair/no jacket. 7 7/8 x 11 " 133 pages. ex college library copy. spine cloth a bit chipped and has been repaired. with chipping and fraying at top and bottom of spine. typical internal stamps including withdrawn stamp at top of title page. also perforated stamp on title page. Senate 47th Congress 1st Session Ex. Doc. No. 186. no pocket stamped on each plate at rear.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1882 Slim small folio, 135pp., with a map of the Columbia River from the boundary to the Snake River (25 sheets at end of report. The sheets are numbered consecutively from the boundary to Snake River and can be joined together into one sheet which shows the river continuously.) Fold-out 16 1/4" x 13" skeleton map of the Upper Columbia from Department map, showing location of river sheets and ancient Lake Lewis at the back. Original cloth faded, small label on backstrip, backstrip lettered in gilt. Bookplate and rubberstamps of the Rogers Free Library. § First printing, ex-library copy internally fresh and clean. "The report of an extensive survey made by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with Lieut. Thomas Symons in charge. The survey was to determine the navigability of the upper Columbia River, and its adaptability to steamboat transportation." (Reese). Also issued in wrappers.

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1882. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Original brown cloth, ruled in blind. General shelfwear, with corners and spine caps bumped and worn. 47th Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc. #186. Previous owner's name (M. Schuyler Elliot) stamped to title page and several additional places throughout. MAP OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA RIVER, FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY LINE TO SNAKE RIVER, on a scale of one inch to two miles, over 25 separate sheets and an index sheet, compiled from Surveys and Examinations Made in 1881. and diagrams, including a lovely depiction of the Grand Coule by Lieutenant Symons Topographical Assistant, Alfred Downing. One lovely drawing by Downing shows an engineer taking notes, holding the reins of his saddled horse, who waits behind. Contains foldout MAP OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA RIVER, FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY LINE TO SNAKE RIVER, on a scale of one inch to two miles. 25 Sheets and an Index Sheet. From Surveys and Examinations made in 1881 by… Leer más

Washington, 1882. 135pp. plus maps and plates and twenty-five plates of sectional map at end. Folding map. Quarto. Contemporary cloth, spine gilt. Cloth worn at extremities, slightly faded. A touch of internal spotting. Very good. The report of an extensive survey made by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with Lieut. Thomas Symons in charge. The survey was to determine the navigability of the upper Columbia River, and its adaptability to steamboat transportation. With illustrations, a sectional map of the river in twenty-five plates, and a folding map of eastern Washington and Oregon. TWENEY 89, 75.

Washington DC: GPO. Very Good+. 1882. Printed Wrappers. Original 1882 report bound in printed wrappers complete in 135 bright pages including folding map and 25 plates. Heavier stock wrapper partially detaching but remain sound. Measures 9 x 5 3/4 inches. .

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1882. First Edition. Rebound. Fine/none. Very Important Early Survey of the Columbia River. Symons, a veteran of the Wheeler Expedition was promoted to First Lieutenant in 1878. He was appointed Engineer Office of the Department of the Columbia in 1879. He was in charge of surveying the "Inland Empire of the Pacific Northwest" This important survey and report focused on the upper Columbia River and its tributaries. To determine its navigability and adaptability to steamboat transportation. It also provides details of the regions geology and history. This 1882 report, Senate document 186. Nicely rebound quarto 11.5 by 8 inches, 133 pages, 25 page sheet-map of the Columbia on a scale of one inch to two miles in rear, plus a folding map "Military Department of the Columbia" showing the location of the river survey sheets. Complete with 2 plates of views and 3 additional one page maps. Nicely rebound in brown cloth, spine has a black title block in gilt and… Leer más

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1882., 1882. First edition. 9" x 6 3/4" tan printed wrappers. 135 numbered pages, contents, map illustrations, map of Columbia River from the boundary to the Snake River (25 sheets at end of report. The sheets are numbered consecutively from the boundary to Snake River and can be joined together into one sheet which shows the river continuously.) Fold-out 16 1/4" x 13" skeleton map of the Upper Columbia from Department map, showing location of river sheets and ancient Lake Lewis attached to rear wrapper. In Examining the Upper Columbia River, Symons states, "I examined the river at the Little Dalles, Kettle Falls, and Grand Rapids, and traversed the river in a small boat from the last-named rapids, near the mouth of the Colville River, to the mouth of the Snake River, making as careful a survey as possible." "The report embraces a description of the portion of the river examined and the lands in its vicinity, and also of the… Leer más