Branner J C (18 results)

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Ann Rept for 1911, pp. 303-333+ Photo Plt, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet, VG.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Library sticker on inside cover. Gold illuminations on spine. Backstrip scuffed and torn slightly. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1300grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Unmarked. U. S. Government rebound of original paperback edition, red boards with guild lettering on spine. Published without dust Jacket. Guild lettering on spine. ; Book Description; Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square and with minor wear. Published without Dust Jacket. ; U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 143; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 114 pages DV2.

Very Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. HARDBACK, original pale blue cloth, blue lettering on spine and front, spine faded, covers marked with light spots and fading to edges, head, tail and corners bumped, small stamp; "Geo. Bray & Co Ltd. Laboratory" on front end-paper, small tear in top edge of front end-paper, otherwise clean and bright internally. Please contact me for photographs or more information if required.

8vo. Pp. 114. Orig. wrs. Spine neatly mended, very good otherwise.

Original Cloth. Condition: Near Very Good. PP xxxi + 320 with 2 folding maps in separate volume. A few ex-library marks else very good. The first volume in the four volume series and by far the most interesting, here covering the geology of western Arkansas with especial reference to gold and silver, but also provides much information on economic geology overall.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Maps And Figures (illustrator). 1st Edition. Pp 54-95, Offprint Of A Talk Presented November 17Th, 1897, By Branner, Published In The Transactions Of The American Society Of Civil Engineers, Vol. Xxxix, June 1898, #821. Blue-Grey Printed Wrappers, Fine Condition. Inscribed By The Author To Geologist James Perrin Clark. Very Scarce Offprint, Seven Institutional Copies Shown In Worldcat. Per Wikipedia, John Casper Branner (1850 -1922) Was An American Geologist And Academic Who. He Was A Member Of The Founding Faculty At Stanford And Served As The University's Second President. He Was An Expert In Brazilian Geology, Among Many Other Things. During The Civil War He Was Very Anxious To Join The Confederate Army, And On Two Occasions Left School For The Purpose Of Enlisting. His Age, However, Prevented His Being Accepted; He Was Only Thirteen.In 1869, Went To Ithaca, New York, To Attend Cornell University. He Spent A Year Attending Ithaca Academy And Entered Cornell In 1870, In The So-Called Classical Course. In 1874, Without Having Completed His University Studies, He Went By Way Of Europe To Brazil With Charles Fred Hartt, Then Professor Of Geology At Cornell. In 1875, He Was Made Assistant On The Geological Survey Of Brazil And Remained On That Work Until The Survey Was Abolished By The Government And Professor Hartt Died. In 1879, He Accepted A Position As Assistant Engineer And Interpreter For The São Cyriaco Gold Mining Company Of Boston, And Spent A Year Near Serro, State Of Minas Geraes, In The Diamond Regions Of Brazil. In 1881, He Returned To The United States, But Was Sent Back To South America By Thomas Edison In Search Of A Vegetable Fiber For Use In His Then Newly Invented Incandescent Electric Lamp. In 1882, He Returned To Cornell University, Completed His Studies And Graduated. In 1883 To 1885, He Was Topographic Geologist Of The Geological Survey Of Pennsylvania In The Anthracite Regions; In 1885, After Receiving His Ph.D. From Indiana University, He Was Made Professor Of Geology At Indiana University, A Position He Held Until 1891, Though He Was Absent On Leave For Several Years. He Was Chair Of The Departments Of Botany And Geology At Indiana University (And Later At Stanford University). In 1886, He Was Elected As A Member To The American Philosophical Society. In 1887, He Was Appointed State Geologist Of The Geological Survey Of Arkansas. As State Geologist, He Discovered Important Bauxite Deposits, And He Exposed Gold-Mining Swindles Then Operating In Arkansas, For Which The Citizens Of Bear City, Arkansas, Burned Him In Effigy, And The Stock Promoters Tried To Have Him Fired. In 1891, He Was Appointed Professor And Chair Of The Department Of Geology At The Newly Opened Stanford University, Recruited By His Colleague From Cornell And Indiana, Stanford President David Starr Jordan. He Served As President Of The Geological Society Of America In 1904. He Was President Of The Seismological Society Of America In 1911. When Jordan Retired As President Of Stanford In 1913, Branner Was Elected President Of The University. He Retired January 1, 1916, Due To An Age Limit Established By The University And Was Named President Emeritus. While At Stanford He Directed The Agassiz-Branner Expedition To Brazil In 1899 And A Second Similar Expedition In 1907-1908. He Served On Government Commissions Studying The Panama Canal And The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. He Published A Grammar Of The Portuguese Language, Based On His Work In Brazil, Which Went To Multiple Editions. In 1913, He Contributed To Genealogical Research Of The Shenandoah Valley By Privately Publishing Casper Branner Of Virginia And His Descendants, A 453-Page Work. Inscribed by Author(s).

M. 1 Faltkte. 247 S. OBr. Umschl. leicht eingerissen u. teilw. gelöst. (U.S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 351) Sprache: Englisch.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Original stapled wraps. Reprinted from the Journal of Geology, Vol. XV, No. 1, January-February 1907. Inscribed to "Professor George Davidson with the kind regards of J. C. Branner." Davidson was an American geodesist, astronomer, geographer. Branner was an American geologist and academic. Minor marginalia. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 10 pages; Signed by Author.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1907 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 14 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1913 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 13 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1897 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 28 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1913 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 37 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1910 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 10 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.

Condition: Fair. S.l.: N.p., n.d. Sm 4to. Sm 4to. vi, 469pp. Illus., portraits, map. Fair book. Title page and an unknown amount of front matter removed. (Virginia, Shenandoah River Valley, Branner family) Inquire if you need further information.

Condition: Near Very Good. Maps (illustrator). First Edition. First Edition. Original dark green cloth, gilt titles on cover, overall near very good copy, NOT ex-library, no markings, no bookplates. Complete with maps and seismograms. 19" by 24", some rubbing and wear to spine and bottom edges, but very presentable for its size and age. The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906/.

Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.