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(Sierra Nevada; High Sierra) LAWSON, ANDREW COWPER. The geomorphic features of the Middle Kern by Andrew C. Lawson [cover title]. Berkeley: The University Press, September 1906. 27x18.3 cm, pp. [397] 398-409 [410-412: blank], 4 inserted plates, original buff wrappers printed in black, untrimmed, sewn. First edition. At head of title: "University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology Vol. 4, No. 16, pp. 397-409, pls. 38-41 Andrew C. Lawson, editor." Modern geologic knowledge of the southern Sierra Nevada began with the publication of Lawson's paper, "The Geomorphogeny of the Upper Kern Basin," in 1904. In the summer of 1905 Lawson visited the middle Kern Canyon to gather the data presented in this study of the geomorphic features south of the junction of the Little Kern and Kern rivers. Some tanning to edges, 2.5x8.5 strip cut from the upper right corner of the front cover, a good copy. (#166251).

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