USGS Water-Supply Papers
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Two of the following items are scarce in any condition:
Collectors' Prizes of the first order

Water-Supply Paper 578
THE MOHAVE DESERT REGION
CALIFORNIA
A Geographic, Geologic, and Hydrologic Reconnaissance
by DAVID G. THOMPSON
United States Government Printing Office
Washington : 1929
Hard cover, in Fine condition, xi, 759 pages.
All plates and figures in perfect condition.
Seven folding maps in pocket, one of which has small tears at the folds.
Last two pages of Index have 1.5" tears at the top, which have been taped.
No other defects or markings. Protected by Mylar cover.
An extremely rare publication.   $525.00

Water-Supply Paper 338
SPRINGS OF CALIFORNIA
by GERALD A. WARING
Washington: Government Printing Office 1915
Paper cover, 410 pages.
Front cover loose at spine, but the contents are intact and the binding
is solid. Previous owner's name in ink at top of front cover.
The three folding maps in the back are in perfect condition.
Protected by Mylar cover.
Scarce and valuable.   $375.00

Water-Supply Paper 490—B
ROUTES TO DESERT WATERING PLACES IN THE
MOHAVE DESERT REGION, CALIFORNIA
by DAVID G. THOMPSON
Washington: Government Printing Office 1921
Paper cover, vii, 269 pages.
Cover a bit ragged at edges, with a small piece missing
at the top on the back. Protected by Mylar cover.
Binding solid and tight, except for last sheet,
which is held in place by the Mylar cover.
Missing the five maps in the back. These are five of the
seven maps in Water-Supply Paper 578.
$25.00

A series of three Water-Supply and Irrigation Papers,
all removed from House of Representatives Documents.
(That is, they do not have individual bindings, but simply
begin with the title page and end with the maps in the back.)
58th Congress, 3d Session, HR Documents 445, 446, & 447
Water-Supply and Irrigation Papers No. 137, 138, & 139
DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERGROUND WATERS IN THE
EASTERN – CENTRAL – WESTERN
COASTAL PLAIN REGION OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
by WALTER C. MENDENHALL
Washington: Goverment Printing Office 1905
No. 137, 140 pages, plates, five folded maps.
No. 138, 162 pages, plates, three folded maps.
No. 139, 105 pages, plates, five folded maps.
All protected in Mylar sleeves.
The maps alone are worth the cost of these three Papers.
$50.00 each — all three for $125.00