Search Results: Geology, Gems & Mining from Andrew Barnes Booksellers

Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1982. 2nd printing. Nice copy. quarto. hardback in decorated cloth xxvii + 844pp., colour & b/w plates, maps, references, index, A monumental study. With a large colour map in rear pocket

Melbourne: Rae Bros., 1893. 2nd edition. Very Good. octavo. hardback in original cloth xiv + 402pp., engravings & drawings, index, Griffin's Scientific Text-Books. Revised from the first edition. 42pp. publishersÕ catalogue at rear. Some use but generally a nice tight, square copy

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1984. revised edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket x + 342pp., b/w pls., maps, references, index, Third edition of Charles LaseronÕs classic text

Kansas: The Author, 1937. 4th edition. Very Good. octavo. card covers 50pp., frontis., b/w plates, text ills., bibliog., index, The Geology of Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Petrified Forest, and Painted Desert

Dhahran: Aramco, 2006. 2nd printing. Near Fine. large octavo. hardback with dust jacket xi + 273pp., b/w pls., text ills., maps, bibliog., index, Large folding colour map in rear pocket

Arkaroola, Australia: Arkaroola, 1984. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo.. pictorial boards 295pp., b/w, colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps, diags., Signed by Reg Sprigg on the half-title page. Piece clipped from front end paper o/w a nice copy

Arkaroola, Australia: Arkaroola, 1976. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo.. softback with stiff wrappers 64pp., col. & b/w pls., text ills., maps, Neat ownership signature o/w nice copy

Darlington (WA): The author, 2012. 1st edition. As New. quarto. hardback with dust jacket 168pp., col. pls., Founded out of a garage in Kalgoorlie in 1987 by Ron Sayers, Ausdrill started out as a specialist drill and blast contractor with a single second-hand rig. Today it is a diverse and integrated mining and energy services group

Sydney: Ure Smith, 1973. reprint. Nice copy. small octavo. softback with stiff wrappers 213pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps, glossary, index, Walkabout Pocketbooks edition. Inc. a very useful gemstone identification guide

Melbourne: Institute of Applied Science of Victoria, 1964. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo.. orig. cloth 137pp., tables, indexes, Neat stamp & small spine label of ICI research library.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1961. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 290pp., frontis., b/w pls., index, Much on Oil exploration in North Africa, particularly Libya & Royal Dutch Shell

Broken Hill: Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd., 1935. 1st edition. Very Good. quarto. leatherette boards 166pp., b/w plates, text ills., index, Neat ownership signature & slight rubbing to leatherette wrappers o/w a nice copy

Penzance: Hypatia Trust, 2004. 1st edition. Nice copy. folio. softback with stiff wrappers 246pp., b/w pls., text ills., list of mines, references, index, ÔIt is estimated that between 1720 and 1920 about 60,000 women and girls worked in the mines, quarries and clay works in Cornwall. Lyynne Mayers has researched their working lives and their home life, their characteristics and the occupational hazards they enduredÕ. Loosely inserted original photo & 2pp. als my Lynne Mayers

Coorparoo: Robert Brown, 1995. 1st edition. As New. quarto. softback with stiff wrappers 80pp., colour plates, text ills., map, Beautifully illustrated in colour. Substantially enlarged from the 1990 edition

London: Continuum, 2009. 1st edition. New book. octavo. hardback with dust jacket viii + 247pp., bibliog., index,

Urangan: The author, 1999. 1st edition. As New. large octavo. hardback with dust jacket 204pp., colour plates, text ills., ÔOpal is the most unique stone, both in colour and pattern of any gemstone on earth. In this book you will see many and varied types of opal and formations of opal during the course of this book, as well as machinery necessary and the techniques involvedÕ

Urangan: The author, 1999. 1st edition. Very nice copy. large octavo. hardback with dust jacket 204pp., colour plates, text ills., ÔOpal is the most unique stone, both in colour and pattern of any gemstone on earth. In this book you will see many and varied types of opal and formations of opal during the course of this book, as well as machinery necessary and the techniques involvedÕ

St. Lucia: U. Q. P., 1982. reprint. As New. octavo. hardback with dust jacket xxiii + 278pp., col. frontis., b/w pls., maps, index,

Melbourne: Royal Society of Victoria, 1937. reprint. Nice copy. large octavo. card covers 49-58pp., b/w plate, text ills., references, Reprinted from the Memoirs of the National Museum, Melbourne No. 12

Melbourne: Sonstruction, Mining, Engineering , (1974). 1st edition. Very Good. tall octavo. stiff wrappers 386pp., colour & b/w plates,text ills., maps, fldg. maps, tables, diags., appends., Neat stamp & small spine label of ICI research library. Some loose pages o/w VG