STANSBURY, Howard (1806-1863). Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah. Special Session, March 1851. Senate Executive Document, no. 3. Washington, D.C.: Robert Armstrong, 1853. 8vo (225 x 136 mm). 50 lithographed plates (of 59) of which 3 are folding. (Lacking the folding map and the atlas of 2 maps, scattered spotting, a few stains, a few plates trimmed short). Contemporary half red morocco (rebacked preserving portion of original spine, slightly rubbed). Provenance: Howard K. Gloyd (1902-1978), American herpetologist credited with the discovery of several species of reptiles (bookplate, stamp on title-page). FIRST EDITION, third ("Senate") issue, the first extensive survey and an important pioneering botanical study of the Great Basin. Flake 8360; Howes S-884; Wagner-Camp 219:3.