Bidspirit auction | Geology, History & Education Books,

Geology, History & Education Books, 1873-1927 - A group of antique and publications encompassing scientific, historical, and educational subjects. The most significant work is Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio, Volume I, Geology and Paleontology, Part I: Geology, published by authority of the Legislature of Ohio by Nevins and Myers, State Printers in Columbus, 1873. This volume includes contributions from Chief Geologist J.S. Newberry and Assistant Geologist Edward Orton and is bound in publisher's brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine lettering. The assortment includes History of the United States by Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard, published by The Macmillan Company in 1927, bound in publisher's dark cloth. Representing early childhood education is McGuffey?s New First Eclectic Reader, published by Van Antwerp, Bragg and Company, featuring a green cloth binding with black-stamped decorations and internal woodcut illustrations. Also included is American History Stories, Vol. I by Mara L. Pratt, M.D., published by the Educational Publishing Company in 1889, bound in illustrated pictorial boards. Rounding out the collection is a softcover pamphlet titled The Story of the Telephone by W. S. Vivian, published and distributed by the Automatic Electric Company.