[Rockhounds] USGS Folios - and now maps

[Lanny]

Alan, if you are interested in selling the folios, contact Walt Lombardo at Nevada Mineral and Book Co. Walt deals in the old geology, mineral, gem and mining books and publications. Contact him through: www.minbooks.net

Lanny

> On Mar 5, 2020, at 6:20 PM, Alan Goldstein <deepskyspy at outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> What's interesting is the covers of these USGS folios are in pretty good shape, considering they are brittle being on non-acid-free paper. (Unlike the interior pages that are acid-free.) Because they were used in a university library, there are penciled notes, ink blots, torn pages, taped pages, chunks of a page missing, and such. The big thing is the water stains and mold on the edges. Many of those damaged pages could be trimmed with a razor blade. They are all scanned on the USGS website, but I still get more satisfaction flipping through paper. It's more "real."
> 
> I just also received a pile of maps from the same source. The most useless are a stack of 1920s Arkansas topo quad maps. I'm in Indiana / Kentucky. There's a bunch of 1920s Kentucky county aerial geology maps mounted on muslin to keep the paper from tearing. A large 1890 Cahaba Valley, Alabama, coal field geological map is really cool. It would look good on somebody's wall. There is a large 1914 map of the U.S. in two parts and a colorful geologic map of eastern Pennsylvania - a real eclectic mixture. Considering how diverse my own library is, I can understand how a couple of geology professors can build up a collection over 60+ years.
> 
> I've got a couple geology programs at the Falls of the Ohio this weekend and will try to give them away. 
> 
> Alan G.
> 
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> Those are fun.  I got a bunch of them around 20 years ago.  They fetched from $15 to $100 on eBay.  They were printed on REALLY crappy paper, especially the covers, which chip quite easily.  I've sold most of mine, but kept a handful from interesting areas.  One ideas...  if the written content is damaged beyond use break out the maps <gasp!>.  They were usually printed on better paper and stand up better.  Individual maps from significant localities can fetch a good price.  Check with your local antique dealers.  I've got an early 1900's map of the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area hanging on my office door.  I find myself looking at it almost every day.
> 
> GcB
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