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PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Zustand: Good. 1857. Offprint from American Journal of Science and Art Volume XXIV Nov. 1857. Octavo, pp. 341-354, later wraps. Good, some chipping in margins. Rare.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Octavo in dark blue-green cloth with spine lettered in gilt. 205 pp. plus index at rear. 11 plates including frontis and one large folding map tipped in at rear. A tight, very good example, some spotting to the spine strip and minor wear at the spine extremities. Occasional light foxing to the text as is usual. One of the scarcest and most sought after New Jersey historical volume. Part I describes the physical and geological description of Cape May County, its geological age and formation. Part II is "Economical Geology" (analyses of soils, marsh mud, forests, agriculture, fish and fish by-products, building material substances (particularly brick), salt. The second major portion of the work consists of "Catalogues of Zoological And Botanical Productions of the County of Cape May" that includes lists of the larger wild animals of the county (opossums, bears, raccoons, skunk, fox, squirrels, rabbits, deer, etc.); birds native to the county (including bald eagles, geese, various hawks, owls, swallows, fly-catchers, and smaller birds.); fishes (black fish, mackerel, dories, catfish, mudfish, pike, flounder, herring, turbot, sole, eels, shark); plants, marine algae. There is an engraving of a Venus Mercenaria with descriptive paragraphs of that fossil and the Buccinum Obsoletum. The final section is "Sketch of the Early History of the County Of Cape May".

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 211pp. 11 plates plus large folding map in color. Brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Library of Congress duplicate stamp, bottom of the front board and corners bumped, very slight loss at the spine ends, small tears and faint stain in the margins of the map with a minor archival repair on the verso, overall very good or better. Inscribed by the author George H. Cook to Spencer F. Baird, of the Smithsonian who is acknowledged on p.11 for his survey of fishes in the area: "Prof. Spencer F. Baird, with the respects of Geo. H. Cook." Baird's small ownership stamp on the titlepage. Baird's comprehensive geological and natural history survey of the County, with Beesley's informative and relatively early historical sketch including early mentions of sea bathing at the County resorts. A noteworthy association copy, the map by Egbert L. Viele is highly prized in its own right.