Published by Dodd Mead & Company, New York, 1960
Seller: Homeward Bound Books, Campbellcroft, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 214 p. 20.5 cm. Sound and square binding in orange, cloth-covered boards. Light wear to the corner tips, with bottom fore-corner slightly knocked. Head of spine a little soft. Endpapers have faint foxing to the edges. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has heavy wear, including paper loss to the front panel, spine, and rear panel. Top and bottom edges have additional chips and small tears. Tears have been reinforced on reverse side with acid free cello tape. Sticker pull mark on front panel affects title a little. Lightly soiled overall. Not price clipped. One of a series of career books published for children from this publisher. Told as a story of a young geologist who attends a summer field camp and goes on to work at the United States Geological Survey. Set in Wyoming, Utah, Arizona and Mexico.