PBA Galleries

6 vols. A broken set for the 15th to the 17th Annual Reports. Includes: 15th Annual Report (complete in one volume); 16th Annual Report, Parts III & IV; 17th Annual Report, Parts I-III. The first volume edited by John Wesley Powell, the rest by Charles D. Walcott. Together, 6 vols. Each illustrated, some from photographs, drawings, maps, charts, etc.; 15th & 17th (parts I & II) Reports with folding maps in the rear pocket, as issued. 11¼x7½, original dark brown cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. First Editions.

Stray volumes of this highly important survey of the topography and mineral wealth of the U.S. conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey for the Secretary of the Interior. 15th Report with one color map in the rear pocket; 17th (part I) Report with 3 maps, and 17th (part II) with 4 maps in the rear pocket.