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Ayuso R. A. 1984 FIELD RELATIONS, CRYSTALLIZATION AND PETROLOGY OF REVERSELY ZONED GRANITIC PLUTONS IN THE BOTTLE LAKE COMPLEX MAINE USGS Prof. Paper #1320 wps signed by author, vg, 58 pp., 1 plt, 30 figs. Price: $10.00 (stock#PP1320)

Bastin E. S. and Williams H. S. 1914 EASTPORT FOLIO MAINE USGS ATLAS FOLIO #192 wraps, light wear, contents and maps clean and very good with large plate of local fossils at rear. Contains 13 pp. Descriptive Text; Topographic Map; Areal Geology Map; Surficial Geology Map; Structural Geology Map; 2 Illustration Sheets. Price: $35.00 (stock#Naf192)

Boone G. M. (ed.) 1970 GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD TRIPS IN THE RANGELEY LAKES – DEAD RIVER BASIN REGION, WESTERN MAINE NEIGC 62nd Annual Conference wps light wear vg, 200 pp., scores of figs.

Price: $25.00 (stock#ME10)

Boucot A. J. et al. 1964 RECONNAISSANCE BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE PRESQUE ISLE QUADRANGLE, MAINE ME Geol. Surv. Quad Map #2 wps light wear vg, 123 pp., 4 plts (including pocket map), 3 figs.

Price: $20.00 (stock#MEGSMap2)

Boucot A. J. and Yochelson E. L. 1966 PALEOZOIC GASTROPODA FROM THE MOOSE RIVER SYNCLINORIUM NORTHERN MAINE USGS Prof. Paper #503-A wps, corner bumped else vg, 20 pp., 3 plts, 2 figs.

Price: $10.00 (stock#PP503A)

Dale T. N. 1907 THE GRANITES OF MAINE USGS Bull. #313 front wp loose, chipped, rear wrap lacking, contents vg, 202 pp., 14 plts, 39 figs. Price: $30.00 (stock#USGSB313)

Ekren E. B. and Frischknecht F. C. 1967 GEOLOGICAL - GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF BEDROCK IN THE ISLAND FALLS QUADRANGLE AROOSTOOK AND PENOBSCOT COUNTIES MAINE wps, light+ wear, vg copy, 36 pp., 2 plts, 14 figs. Price: $15.00 (stock#PP527)

Emmons W. H. 1910 SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN MAINE AND THE MILAN MINE NEW HAMPSHIRE USGS Bull. #432 bound in cloth, some exterior wear, ex- lib else contents vg, 62 pp., 3 plts, 23 figs.

Price: $25.00 (stock#USGSB432)

Harwood D. S. 1973 BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE CUPSUPTIC AND ARNOLD POND QUADRANGLES WEST-CENTRAL MAINE USGS Bull. #1346 wps with some wear, ex-lib with stamps, contents vg, 90 pp., 2 plts (folding pocket maps), 11 figs. Price: $15.00 (stock#USGSB1346)

Maine Geology. Two (2) Reports. (1) Terzaghi R. D. 1940 THE RAPAKIVI OF HEAD HARBOR ISLAND MAINE wps with stamp else vg, 10 pp., 4 figs.; and (2) Stone G. H. 1880 THE KAMES OF MAINE offprint Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. Proc. wps with stamp, chips contents vg, 36 pp., folding map. Price: $15.00 (stock#ME21)

Maine Geology Minerals and fossils, 5 reports. All in wraps with some wear, stamps, contents vg. They are (1) Palache C. 1934 A TOPAZ DEPOSIT FROM TOPSHAM MAINE Amer Jour Sci. 12 pp., 4 figs; (2) Merrill G. P. and Packard H. L. 1892 ON SOME BASIC ERUPTIVE ROCKS IN THE VICINITY OF LEWISTON AND AUBURN, ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY MAINE from American Geologist, 7 pp., 1 fig; (3) Raymond P. E. 1923 NEW FOSSILS FROM THE CHAPMAN SANDSTONE Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 6 pp., 1 plt; (4) Perkins E. H. 1927 THE EVOLUTION OF THE DRAINAGE OF THE WATERVILLE REGION Amer. Jour. Sci., 12 pp., 3 figs; and (5) Perkins E. H. 1924 A NEW GRAPTOLITE LOCALITY IN CENTRAL MAINE from Amer. Jour. Sci 5 pp. Price for lot: $25.00 (stock#ME16)

Pavlides L. et al. 1962 GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE MAPLE AND HOVEY MOUNTAINS AREA AROOSTOOK COUNTY MAINE U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper #362 wps light wear, vg, 116 pp., 8 plts, 38 figs. Price: $20.00 (stock#PP362)

Pressey H. A. 1902 WATER POWERS OF THE STATE OF MAINE USGS Water Supply Paper #60 wraps with small label and faded stamp else light wear, vg, copy, 124 pp., 14 plts including maps. Price: $30.00 (stock#WSP69)

Smith G. O. and White D. 1905 GEOLOGY OF THE PERRY BASIN IN SOUTHEASTERN MAINE USGS Prof.
Paper #35 wraps are worn, soiled, torn but contents are very good with 107 pp., 6 plates, one a map and the rest of Devonian age fossil plants. Scarce. Price: $25.00 (stock#PP35)

Stone G. H. 1899 THE GLACIAL GRAVELS OF MAINE AND THEIR ASSOCIATED DEPOSITS USGS Monograph #34 brown cloth as issued, spine with some mottling, ex-lib, hinge a bit tender but boards firm, contents vg with499 pp., 52 ptls and 36 figs. Price: $50.00 (stock#USGSM34)

Terzaghi R. D. 1946 PETROLOGY OF THE COLUMBIA FALLS QUADRANGLE, ME Maine Geol. Surv. Bull. #3 wps with stamp else light wear, vg, 18 pp., 1 plt, 2 figs. Price: $10.00 (stock#MEGSB03)

Williams H. S. and Gregory H. E. 1900 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF MAINE USGS Bull. #165 wraps with old tape repair across spine ends, priv. name stamp on wraps, some exterior wear, contents vg with 212 pp., 14 plts, 11 figs. Price: $30.00 (stock#USGSB165)

MAINE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY & MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS

Boardman S. L. 1884 THE CLIMATE SOIL PHYSICAL RESOURCES AND AGRICULTURAL CAPABILITIES OF THE STATE OF MAINE USDA Misc. Special Rpt. #4 8vo, wps chipped, loose, contents vg, 60 pp. Scarce.
   Price: $20.00 (stock#ME025)

Boone G. M. (ed) 1970 RANGLEY LAKES – DEAD RIVER BASIN NEIGC Guidebook 62nd Annual Meeting. 4to, light wear, ex-lib, vg, approx. 300 pp., many figs.    Price: $25.00       (stock#NEIGC62)

Clarke F. W. 1886 THE MINERALS OF LITCHFIELD MAINE (pp. 261-272), in American Journal of Science,
April 1886 issue. Other contents include PRELIMINARY REPORT OF S. W. FORD AND W. B. DWIGHT UPON
FOSSILS OBTAINED IN 1885 FROM METAMORPHIC LIMESTONE OF THE TACONIC SERIES OF EMMONS AT CANAAN N. Y. (pp. 248-255, 1 plate), Dana J. D. LOWER SILURIAN FOSSILS FROM A LIMESTONE OF THE ORIGINAL TACONIC OF EMMONS pp. 241-248, and more. A nice set of reports on the classic Taconic problem. Overall light wear, short tear to wraps else very good though there is an odor from age or long
storage (not musty though).    Price: $20.00    (stock#AJS1886April)

Doyle R. G. and Young R. S. 1961 A DETAILED ECONOMIC INVESTIGATION OF AEROMAGNETIC ANOMOLIES IN EASTERN PENOBSCOT COUNTY MAINE wps with stamp, light wear, vg, 69 pp., 5 plts, 6 figs.    Price: $10.00       (stockME020)

Earl K. M. and Eilersteen N. A. 1962 INVESTIGATION OF MANGANESE DEPOSITS HODGON AND LINNEUS
TOWNSHIPS SOUTHERN DISTRICT AROOSTOOK COUNTY MAINE USBM Rpt. Invest. #6119 wps light wear, fine copy, 47 pp., 11 figs.       Price: $15.00    (stock#USBMRI6119)

Haff J. C. 1941 CONTAMINATED COMPLEX DIKE AT CAPE NEDDICK MAINE offprint from Economic Geology wps, light wear, ex-lib, contents vg, 19 pp. + figs.    Price: $4.00    (stock#ME021)

Haff J. C. 1943 ALKALINE VETROPHYRE DIKE CAPE NEDDICK MAINE offprint from Economic Geology
wps with stamps, contents vg, 11 pp. + figs.    Price: $4.00 (stock#ME022)

Hollenbeck R. P. 1967 FLUORSPAR IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES USBM IC #8339 wps, light wear
fine copy, 35 pp., 11 figs.    Price: $10.00    (stock#USBMIC#8339)

Maillot E. E. et al. 1949 INVESTIGATION OF BLACK MOUNTAIN BERYL DEPOSIT OXFORD COUNTY
MAINE USBM Rpt. Invest. # 4412 titles wps, light wear, fine, 10 pp., 7 figs. Scarce.
   Price: $20.00    stock#USBMRI4412)

Miller R. L. 1945 GEOLOGY OF THE KATAHDIN PYRROHITE DEPOSITS AND VICINITY PISCATAQUIS COUNTY MAINE ME Geol. Surv. Bulletin #2 wraps with stamp, light wear vg, 21 pp., 5 plts, 1 fig. including folding map. Price: $15.00 (stock#MEGSB02)

Treferhen J. M. and Bradford R. B. 1944 DOMESTIC FUEL POSSIBILITIES OF MAINE PEAT ME Geol. Surv. Bulletin #1 wps, light wear, vg copy, 47 pp., 20 plts. Price: $10.00 (stock#MEGSB1)

Treferhen J. M. 1953 REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST [OF MAINE] 1951-1952 wps, ex-lib, contents vg, 114 pp., 8 maps. With papers on minerals, granites and more. Price: $15.00 (stock#ME023)

U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PUBLICATIONS

ATLAS FOLIOS

BULLETINS

#165 Williams H. S. and Gregory H. E. 1900 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF MAINE U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin #165 in archival wraps,contents very good with 212 pp., 14 plates, 11 figures.

   Price: $30.00 (stock#USGSB165)

#340-K Hess F. L. 1908 SOME MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF MAINE, UTAH AND CALIFORNIA archival wps light wear, vg, 10 pp. Price: $10.00    (stock#USGSB340K)

#376 Bastin E. S. and Davis C. A. 1909 PEAT DEPOSITS OF MAINE archival wps else vg copy 127 pp., 3 plts, 20 figs.       Price: $15.00       (stock#USGSB376)

#940-E White W. S. 1945 OCCURRENCE OF MANGANESE IN EASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY MAINE
wps, light wear, vg copy, 36 pp., 5 plts, 1 fig.    Price: $10.00    (stock#USGSB940E)

#1111-A Oliver W. A. Jr. 1960 DEVONIAN RUGOSE CORALS FROM NORTHERN MAINE wps, light wear, vg, 23 pp., 5 plts of fossils, 2 figs. Price: $10.00 (stock#USGSB1111A)

#1111-E Boucot A. J. 1961 STRATIGRAPHY OF THE MOOSE RIVER SYNCLINORIUM MAINE wps, ex-lib else vg, 37 pp., 1 plt, 2 figs. Price: $14.00 (stock#USGSB1111E)

#1260-P Pease M. H. Jr. 1968 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EDMUNDS UNIT MOOSEHORN
REFUGE MAINE wps light wear, vg, 18 pp., 1 fig. Price: $10.00 (stock#USGSB1260P)

#1264 Pavlides L. 1968 STRATIGRAPHIC AND FACIES RELATIONSHIPS OF THE CARYS MILLS FOR-MATION OF ORDOVICIAN AND SILURIAN AGE NORTHEAST MAINE wps with stamp else vg, 44 pp., 1 plt, 3 figs. Price: $10.00    (stock#USGSB1264)

#1297 GEOLOGY OF THE ATTEAN QUADRANGLE SOMERSET COUNTY MAINE wps light wear, fine
copy, 110 pp., 4 plts, 12 figs.    Price: $15.00    (stock#USGSB1297)

#1340 Epenshade G. H. 1972 GEOLOGY OF THE MOXIE PLUTON IN THE MOOSEHEAD LAKE–JO MARY
MOUNTAIN AREA PISCATAQUIS COUNTY MAINE wps light wear vg, 40 pp. 3 plts 3 figs.
         Price: $14.00       (stock#USGSB1340)

#1681 Luepke G. and Grosz A. E. 1981 DISTRIBUTION OF ECONOMIC HEAVY MINERALS IN SEDIMENTS OF SACO BAY MAINE 4to, wps, vg, 12 pp., 3 figs. Price: $8.00       (stock#USGSB168)

MONOGRAPHS

#34 Stone G. H. 1899 THE GLACIAL GRAVELS OF MAINE AND THEIR ASSOCIATED DEPOSITS brown cloth as issued, light rubbing and some faded splotches along cloth margin else overall light wear, end papers with signature otherwise contents clean, with 499 pp., 52 ptls and 36 figs.

Price: $50.00 (stock#USGSM34)

PROFESSIONAL PAPERS

#35 Smith G. O. and White D. 1905 THE GEOLOGY OF THE PERRY BASIN IN SOUTHEASTERN MAINE bound in cloth, ex-lib else vg copy, 107 pp., 6 plts most of which are Devonian age plant fossils.

Price: $25.00 (stock#USGSPP035)

#89 Williams H. S. and Carpel L. V. 1916 THE FAUNA OF THE CHAPMAN SANDSTONE OF MAINE INCLUDING DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME RELATED SPECIES FROM THE MOOSE RIVER SANDSTONE U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper #89 in wraps which are worn with cloth tape along spine, external wear, contents good with 347 pp., 27 plates including many of fossils, 2 figures. A hard to find treatise on Maine fossils with nice plates.

Price: $35.00 (stock#USGSPP089)

#108-I Katz F. J. 1917 STRATIGRAPHY IN SOUTHWESTERN MAINE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE 4to, wps, light wear, vg, 13 pp., 1 plt, 1 fig. Price: $10.00 (stock#PP108I)

#503-A Boucot A. J. and Yochelson E. L. 1966 PALEOZOIC GASTROPODA FROM THE MOOSE RIVER SYNCLINORIUM NORTHERN MAINE wps, corner bumped else vg, 20 pp., 3 plts, 2 figs.

Price: $10.00 (stock#PP503A)

#527 Ekren E. B. and Frischknecht F. C. 1967 GEOLOGICAL - GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF BEDROCK IN THE ISLAND FALLS QUADRANGLE AROOSTOOK AND PENOBSCOT COUNTIES MAINE wps, light+ wear, vg copy, 36 pp., 2 plts, 14 figs. Price: $15.00 (stock#PP527)

#726-B Kane M. F. et al. 1972 GRAVITY AND MAGNETIC EVIDENCE OF LITHOLOGY AND STRUCTURE
IN THE GULF OF MAINE REGION wps light wear, vg, 22 pp., 2 plts, 4 figs.

Price: $10.00 (stock#USGSPP726B)

#1087 Morrill R. A. et al. 1977 MAINE COASTAL STORM AND FLOOD OF FEBRUARY 2 1976 wps
light wear, 20 pp., 2 plts, 10 figs. Price: $5.00 (stock#USGSPP1087)

WATER SUPPLY PAPERS

#69 Pressey H. A. 1902 WATER POWERS OF THE STATE OF MAINE USGS Water Supply Paper #60 wraps with small label and faded stamp else light wear, vg, copy, 124 pp., 14 plts including maps.

Price: $30.00 (stock#WSP69)

#223 Clapp and Bayley 1909 UNDERGROUND WATERS OF SOUTHERN MAINE WITH RECORDS OF DEEP
WELLS light wear, very good, 268 pp., 24 plts, 4 figs. Scarce.    Price: $20.00          (stock#WSP223)

#279 Barrows and Barb 1912 WATER RESOURCES OF THE PENOBSCOT RIVER MAINE vg copy, 285
pp., 19 maps of Penobscot River.       Price: $30.00       (stock#WSP279)

#501 NORTH ATLANTIC SLOPE BASINS, SURFACE WATER SUPPLY OF U. S. 1919-1920 wps, spine
rough, clean, good New England, New York content covering major rivers w/ great Maine
section. 330 pp.    Price: $15.00    (stock#WSP501)

U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAPS

HA (HYDROLOGIC ATLAS SERIES) MAPS

Prescott G. C. 1966 SURFICIAL GEOLOGY AND AVAILABILITY OF GROUND WATER IN PART OF THE
LOWER PENOBSCOT RIVER BASIN MAINE USGS Map HA-225    Price: $10.00 (stock#mapHA225)

Prescott G. C. 1968 GROUND WATER FAVORABILITY AREAS AND SURFICIAL GEOLOGY OF THE LOWER
ANDROSCOGGIN RIVER BASIN MAINE USGS Map HA-285 Price: $10.00    (stock#mapHA285)

Prescott G. C. 1969 GROUND-WATER FAVORABILITY AREAS AND SURFICIAL GEOLOGY OF THE LOWER
KENNEBEC RIVER BASIN MAINE USGS MapHA-337 Price: $10.00    (stock#mapHA337)

OTHER MAINE GEOLOGY PUBLICATIONS

Earl K. M. 1950 INVESTIGATION OF THE DOUGLAS COPPER DEPOSIT, HANCOCK COUNTY MAINE USBM RPT INVEST. #4701 4to wps with spot, some pp. creased else vg, 17 pp. 2 figs.
   Price: $20.00       (stock#USBMRI4701)

Hollenback R. P. 1967 FLUORSPAR IN THE EASTERN STATES USBM Circ. #8339 wps light wear vg, 35 pp., figs.    Price: $15.00       (stock#USBMC8339)

Lord E. C. E. 1900 NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY AND PETROGRAPHY OF MONHEGAN ISLAND MAINE offprint from American Geologist 8vo, wps with notation, presentation by author inked on wrap, wps with mm marginal chips else vg, contents clean, 18 pp., folding map of Monhegan Island which is rather scarce.       Price: $14.00 (stock#ME019)

Perkins E. H. 1924 A NEW GRAPTOLITE LOCALITY IN CENTRAL MAINE offprint Amer. Jour. Sci. 8vo wps with small chip, ex-lib, signed by author, vg, 5 pp.       Price: $5.00    (stock#IPA058)

Raymond P. 1921 A NEW FOSSIL STARFISH FROM NEW ENGLAND offprint Boston Soc. Nat. History, wraps signed by authors, light wear, vg, 6 pp., 1 plate on a remarkable specimen of Silurian age from Maine.

Price: $10.00 (stock#IPE173P)

Shaler N. S. 1909 THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF NATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALER royal 8vo, publishers cloth, ex-lib with partly faded number in white inked on spine, small perforated stamp to title page and small stamp at bottom of last page of text; no other markings and contents clean and otherwise a vg copy. With 481 pp., frontis portrait, figs. Price: $25.00 (stock#HST026)

Williams H. S. 1913 NEW SPECIES OF SILURIAN FOSSILS FROM THE EDMUNDS AND PEMBROKE FORMATIONS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY MAINE USNM Proc. #1985 Wps with stamp, ex-lib else vg, 34 pp., 3 plts mostly covering Brachiopoda and Mollusca. Price: $10.00 (stock#IPB042)

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