First Report of a Geological Reconnoissance of the Northern Counties of Arkansas, Made During the Years 1857 and 1858

Owen, David Dale

Published by Little Rock, Little Rock, 1858

About this Item

26x18 cm. Original black cloth, front joint cracked. Backstrip is torn, with top half removed but laid down inside front cover. One signature, including one plate, is loose but not fully detached. Contemporary binder's slip from a Little Rock bookseller also inside front cover. 256 pp., 7 lithographed plates, 6 of which are tinted. McGrath p. 82 & 135 indicates that five of the lithographic plates by Hoen & Co. of Baltimore were prepared with no fewer than three tinting stones in addition to the key stone. The very attractive plates include "Sugar Loaf Mountain of Searcy County," "Calico Rock on White River," "Sugar Loaf Mountain of Marion County," "Mammoth Spring of Fulton County," "Prominent Mass of Sandstone," "Rock House on Cave Creek, Newton County," and "Natural Dam Across Lee's Creek in Crawford County (uncolored)" Bennett p.87, Allen 328, Sabin 58006.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: First Report of a Geological Reconnoissance of the Northern Counties of Arkansas, Made During the Years 1857 and 1858
• Publisher: Little Rock, Little Rock
• Publication Date: 1858
• Binding: Hardcover
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