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CA - 1866 - California Mineral and Butters Method Booklets

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CA - 1866 - California Mineral and Butters Method Booklets
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Lot of 2 booklets, including: 1) Annotated Catalogue of the Principal Mineral Species Hitherto Recognized in California, by William P. Blake. Softcover, 31 pages, with stamp of "W.P. Blake, New Haven, Conn." stamped at upper right. "My Copy with notes, Save," hand-written in pencil, presumably by Blake himself, in the upper left corner. This work, 'Sacramento: Printed for the Author. 1866.," was printed for Blake, "Geologist of the California State Board of Agriculture; and Professor of Mineralogy, Geology, and Mining, in the Department of Science of the College of California." Measures 6 1/4" x 9 1/2", with several tears noted along edge of pages and spine. Cover and all pages remain attached to spine. 2) The Filtration of Slime by the Butters Method, by E.M. Hamilton. Softcover, 24 pages including illustrations. Measures 6" x 9", also includes 9 1/2" x 6 1/4" list of companies, including their addresses, who use the Butters Patent Vacuum Filter. Printed by Chas. Butters & Co., Ltd., San Francisco and London. Top of page 1 has been removed, yellow discoloration noted on front cover, and stain noticeable at bottom of last 11 pages and back cover, otherwise fine.