Gerrit Y Lansing (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Gerrit Y. Lansing was Chancelor of the University of New York and presented this report in 1850, stated revised edition. Hardbound, tan cloth with embossed decorations on cover and gold lettering on the spine but lettering is faded, 183 pages. Covers worn with some fraying at extremities, text block secure but shaken. Names written on first free end paper otherwise no writing noted in book. Of the original 18 color plates 1 and 18 are missing and #5 is ripped in half. 5 drawn maps accompanying Dr. Hough's Paper are present and in good condition. 9 pages at the rear have about about a 1 1/2" triangular chip out of the foredge with only a little bit of the text affected at the edge. Obvious issues but still a wealth of interesting information and some nice illustrations. …