Author: Hill, R. T.
Title: Geography and geology of the Black and Grand Prairies, Texas with detailed descriptions of the Cretaceous formations and special reference to artesian waters.
Description: Washington, DC, Government Printing Office, 1901. Large 4to (28.5 x 19.5 cm). 678 [666, xii] pp.; 71 plates and maps (several folding and seven very large ones in rear pocket). Original full cloth with gilt title on the spine and gilt vignette on the front board. = A huge compilation of Texas natural history, geography and geology. The plates show landscapes, excavatings, common and typical fossils - including many molluscs -, etc. Published as Twenty-first annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1899-1900. Part VII. Texas. Library stamps on front free endpaper recto and title; binding a bit weak due to the heavy book block, fore edge a bit spotted, otherwise a very good, clean copy.

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