FIELD BOOK OF COMMON ROCKS AND MINERALS : Revised Edition (Putnam's Nature Field Books Series)

Text/As New. Red linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/NF. DJ/Poor; intact w/nips, chips, closed tears & losses to all leading edges. First published 1923; this is a copy of the Revised Edition of 1948. Sub title: "For Identifying the Rocks and Minerals of the United States and Interpreting Their Origins and Meanings." Manual/guide for identification of rocks and minerals; illustrated with photos and line drawings. Minerals grouped primarily by the metal present (for example, all minerals of iron grouped together). 352 pgs w/47 color fotos & some 100 fotos & illustrations, Text in 5 chapters: I, An Introduction; II, On the Forms & Properties of Minerals; III, The Minerals; IV, The Rocks; and, V, Miscellaneous Rocks.