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GEOLOGY of the ALEXIS Quad, ILLINOIS Mercer & Warren County WITH MAPS 1929 HC

GEOLOGY of the ALEXIS Quad, ILLINOIS Mercer & Warren County WITH MAPS 1929 HC

$ 12.67

Availability: 100 in stock

Condition: Minor wear to the cover. Name written on title page and first page. Tanning around the map pocket and to one or two of the folded quadrants of one or two maps, due to the map pocket. Some tanning of crease lines of the maps. No internal marks and it looked like most of it had never been opened. An excellent example of this rare old report.

Item must be returned within: 30 Days

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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

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Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Refund will be given as: Money Back

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This is Illinois Geological Survey bulletin 57,
Geology and Mineral Resources of the Alexis Quadrangle
. Published in 1929, this is a pretty rare item. This 230-page book comes complete with all four folded plates in the back plus several cross section fold-out and foldout tables, and numerous photos of interesting distinctive features of the geology. Printed on high quality glossy paper, with maps on parchment, this is a very fine book like they don't make any more.
The area of study includes much of Mercer county and part of Warren county. This area is known for coal beds and coal production, but the geology is noted as being of "more than usual interest." Rocks discussed include Cambrian through Cenozoic, but some of the older ones are only known from drill holes in this area. One of the foldouts is a stratigraphic column of the units in the area, including those known from wells. All the rocks units are described in detail in the text, and there is ample attention given to the coal-bearing units, as you would expect.
The full color map in the pocket is really nice, with a classy vintage style and coloring. The other map showing depth to bedrock is also interesting. The other pocket plates are correlation diagrams, of which there also a couple as foldouts in the text.
Overall a great example of a scarce old report, complete and in good shape. You’ll wait a long time before you see another of these on eBay!
Expert packing assured. Shipping weight is three pounds. The recent increase in postage rates was pretty big. As a result, Media Mail is now my default shipping method to keep shipping affordable.
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