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Annals Of the Former World
by John McPhee
Annals of the Former World is a book on geology written by John McPhee and published in 1998 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. It won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. The book presents a geological history of North America, and was researched and written over the course of two decades beginning in 1978."Most mountain ranges around the world are the result of compression, of segments of the earth's crust being brought together, bent, mashed, thrust and folded, squeezed up into the sky-- the...
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Assembling California
by John McPhee
At various times in a span of fifteen years, John McPhee made geological field surveys in the company of Eldridge Moores, a tectonicist at the University of California at Davis. The result of these trips is Assembling California, a cross-section in human and geologic time, from Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada through the golden foothills of the Mother Lode and across the Great Central Valley to the wine country of the Coast Ranges, the rock of San Francisco, and the San Andreas family of faults. The two...
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Gemstones Of the World -- Revised and Expanded Edition
by Walter Schumann
English translation of: Edelsteine und Schmucksteine.
Includes index.
Includes index.
De Re Metallica
by Georgius Agricola
De re metallica (Latin for On the Nature of Metals) is a book cataloguing the state of the art of mining, refining, and smelting metals, published in 1556. The author was Georg Bauer, whose pen name was the Latinized Georgius Agricola. The book remained the authoritative text on mining for 180 years after its publication. Agricola had spent nine years in the Bohemian town of Joachimsthal, now in the Czech Republic. (Joachimsthal is famous for its silver mines and the origin of the word "Thaler.
A Field Guide To Rocks and Minerals
by Frederick H Pough
The definitive guide to rocks and minerals, completely updated for the fifth edition, includes 385 color photographs showing rocks, minerals, and geologic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structures.
Geology Books & Ephemera
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
by Winchester, Simon;Vannithone, Soun
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Perennial, 2002. Fourth printing. Beautiful and appears unread: Pictorial wraps; 329 pages, index inclusive; full color map; solid binding; square corners; no internal marks; no chips or tears.. Trade Paperback. As New/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
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€6.95
MINERALIZATION IN METAMORPHIC TERRANES
by Verwoerd, W.J. [Ed)
Dj is rubbed on rear. Book is very largely unread. Frontis in col. Numerous tables and charts, photos and maps in b&w thru'out. 35 Technical papers. Please expect extra postage.
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€23.17
![Metamorphism in the Lake Wakatipu Region, Western Otago, New Zealand [New Zealand DSIR - Geological Memoirs. Memoir No. 5]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/544/686/1395686544.0.b.jpg)
Metamorphism in the Lake Wakatipu Region, Western Otago, New Zealand [New Zealand DSIR - Geological Memoirs. Memoir No. 5]
by Hutton, C. Osbourne
Wellington: Industrial Research. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1940. First Edition. Softcover. Foxing to margins of covers. Spine rubbed with 20mm chip at tail of spine. 40mm tear to a map. ; 90, [2 (blank)] pages. 17 plates (11 on 9 unpaginated plate leaves (1 colour), the other 6 plates on the leaves paginated from page 85-90) + 3 folding maps (1 topographical, 2 colour, geological). 17 in-text figures. 19 tables. Grey printed paper wrappers. Page dimensions: 280 x 218mm. Series: New Zealand...
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€66.16
Early Pliocene Marine Climate and Environment of the Eastern Ventura Basin, Southern California
by Kern, John Philip
University of California Press, 1974-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 1974 first edition, University of California Press (Berkeley, CA), 6 x 10 inches tall, viii, 117 pp. plus 5 folding maps in pocket at rear of volume, complete. Tan wraps with black lettering to front cover. Minor soiling of covers, especially rear of copy and edgewear to covers. September 1973 received stamp from Philadelphia's Franklin Institute to front cover. Otherwise, a very good+ copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~YY~
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€16.97
Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley
by Robert P Sharp, Allen F. Glazner
Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing Company. Edgewear and rubbing, interior is clean. . Good. Soft cover. 2nd Printing. 1999.
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€5.62
Natural Arches of France
by Moore, Chris; John Remakel
Arch Hunter Books. Fine. 1997. Unbound. 45 unpaginated pages printed recto side only. A three-hole punched unbound guide to the natural arches of France, with detailed geographical information and descriptions, color photos, and a map of a popular arch trail at the end. ; Color Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 45 pp .
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€42.53
Lower Cretaceous Marine Pelecypods of Japan
by Hayami, Itaru
Kyushu University, 1965. Trade Paperback. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science Kyushu University, Series D, Geology, Vol. XVII, No. 2: pp. 73-150, with tables and plates. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback).
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€23.63
Inoceramus mihgoensis n, sp. and Its Significanec. With: Crassatellites and Verericardia from the Miyazaki Group; Geological and Petrological Studies of the 'Shirasu' in South Kyushu, Japan - Part II and Part III
by Matsumoto, T, ; Sauto, T.; Taneda, S.; Miyachi, S.; Nishihara, M
Kyushu University, 1957. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science Kyushu University, Series D, Geology, Vol. VI, No. 2, pp. 65-127, plates 21-2, with text figures and tables. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback).
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€23.63
Geology For Beginners
by W. W. Watts
Macmillan And Co., Limited, 1917. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1917. Third Edition. 352 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black lettering. Black and white photographic frontispiece with illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout, heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Frontispiece and illustrations are bright and clear, with some light tanning and foxing to edges. Previous owner's inscriptions to title page and front free endpaper. Sticker to front pastedown....
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€6.43
Man & Stone
by Kukal, Zdenek et al
Prague: Geological Survey. 1989. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket - dustjacket now protected in our purpose made clear archival plastic sleeve. Small crease to title page [a binding flaw]. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Uncommon. 315 pages. Describes all the aspects of the intimate relations between man and stone, from the dawn of civilization to the present time. It explains why certain types of rocks were chosen and how they were...
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€18.53
Hydrogeology
by Lamarck, J. B. [Jean-Baptiste]
University of Illinois Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 152 pages. The first English translation of the author's only contribution to geology, published in French in 1802. Translated by Albert V. Carozzi. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a dust jacket with short chips and snags to the top edges.
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€47.26
Geology of the Country Around Brough-under-Stainmore (Geological Memoirs & Sheet Explanations (England & Wales))
by British Geological Survey
Hardback. Very Good.
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€8.28
Modern Carbonate Environments (Benchmark papers in Geology, V. 74))
by Bhattacharyya, Ajit and Gerald M. Friedman (editors)
Hutchinson Ross Publishing Company, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 376 pages. Numerous figures with B/W illustrations. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Mild edge and corner wear. No dust jacket.
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€47.26
Geology of New Zealand
by Marshall, Peter
Wellington: John Mackay, Government Printer. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Folding map with a large tear with adhesive tape repair. Previous owner's rubber stamp on title page. Abrasion to rear endpaper. Some und ; viii, 218 pages + frontispiece (Mitre Peak and Sinbad Gully, Milford Sound) + 1 colour folding geological map of New Zealand + correction slip facing page iv. Brown cloth boards with black lettering on spine and front board. Preface by James...
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€33.08
8 Engravings: Mining & geological formations from French Journal des Mines
Paris: I'Imprimerie de Bossange, 1813. Fine. Eight fine copper engraved plates from a French mining journal, extracted and bound together, depicting French and Irish sites. Vol. 33, Plates 1 - 6 & Vol. 34, Plates 7 & 8, from 'Journal Des Mines, ou Recueil De Memoires Sur L'Exploitation Des Mines..' The plates, some folding, include: a cut away view of the French underground canal between Aubigny and Remilly which passes underneath Sombernon; a landscape view "... Barrage de Malain" and the ruins of...
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€42.53
The Auriferous Gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California (Contriburtions to American Geology Vol. 1)
by Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight Whitney)
John Wilson and Son, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. 569 pages, 9-1/2 by 12 inches. Illustrated in black-and-White with two maps laid in (Map in two sheets of the Tertiary Auriferous Gravel Deposits, and a Map showing the extent of the Hydraulic Mining Operations. A geological survey of the Auriferous Gravels gold mine in Nevada County, CA. Whitney was a professor of geology at Harvard University and was the chief of the California Geological Survey from 1860 to 1874. Whitney was known to have called...
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€590.75
Cities and geology
by Robert Ferguson Legget
Very Good. Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Date of Publication: 1973, Binding: hardcover with DJ, Condition: Very Good, Description: Name written on first page.
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€7.56
![Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia Vol XLV [1921]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/164/423/711423164.0.b.2.jpg)
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia Vol XLV [1921]
by Howchin, Walter [Editor] assisted by Arthur M. Lea
Adelaide: Royal Society of South Australia. 1921. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White plates and in-text black and white diagrams. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 316 pages + 16 pages of plates. Contains a number of papers on natural history, geology and anthropology. Of particular note are: ‘On the Occurrence of Aboriginal Stone Implements of Unusual Types in the Tableland Region of Central...
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€27.80
FOSSILS IN COLOUR
by Kirkaldy, J.F
London: Blandford Press, 1967. 223pp., numerous colour plates, maps, b/w line drawings. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Errata slip tipped-in on colophon. Illustrated dustjacket very slightly edgeworn, else very good. Contents, sub-chaptered, include: Nature of fossils, Scientific value of fossils, Occurance of fossils, Colour plates-Maps and fossils, Chief groups of fossil organisms, Collection and extraction of fossils, Identification of fossils, Index of genera,...
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€9.27
BRITISH REGIONAL GEOLOGY: The Midland Valley of Scotland
by Macgregor, M. and A. G. Macgregor
United Kingdom: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Very Good. 1967. Paperback. A Very Good paperback with uncreased, slightly faded spine, slightly creased and edge-worn covers, no writing or stamps, clean pages. Black & white illustrations and several pull-out maps. Carefully packaged and posted within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland.; B&W Illustrations; 95 pages .
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€7.69
A Revolution in Earth Sciences: From Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics
by Hallam, Anthony
Oxford University Press, USA, 1975. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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€5.66
Megacycles: Long-Term Periodicity in Earth and Planetary History. Benchmark Papers in Geology Series, V. 57
by Williams, G. E
Hutchinson Ross Publishing Company, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 434 pages. Numerous figures with B/W illustrations. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in blue cloth covers with lettering in gilt on front cover and spine. Mild edge and corner wear. Few small white spots on covers. No dust jacket.
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€47.26
Zircon Overgrowth in the Ryoke Metemorphic Zone of the Yanai Area, Southeast Japan. With: Paleontological Study of the Miyazaki Group; Upper Carboniferous Corals from the Yamamadake Limestone, Kyushu; Chrome-diopsides in the Horoman and Higashi-Akaishi Peridotites, Japan
by Karakida, Yoshifumi; Shuto, Tsugio; Kanmera, Kametoshi; Yamaguchi
Kyushu University, 1961. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science Kyushu University, Series D, Geology Volume X, No. 2: pp. 59-245, with tables, figures and plates. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback).
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€23.63
The State Geological Surveys
by Socolow, Arthur A
Association of American State Geologists, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good -/No Jacket. No ISBN is given and pulication data is thin. Assume First, no later or prior printings listed, we can not guarantee printing history status. A sturdy, structurally sound copy with major cosmetic challenges. The spine has significant cocking (slant) the boards have some bumping. The text appears to be wholly unmarked, bright, binding sound, tight, no gapping or looseness. The boards have trace fleck and soiling,...
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€89.34
!['Observations of Proofs of Recent Elevation on the Coast of Chile: A Sketch of the Deposits containing Extinct Mammalia in the Neighborhood of the Plata.' [with] 'On certain Areas of Elevation and Subsidence in the Pacific and Indian Oceans as deduced from Coral Formaions.'](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/417/036/1436036417.0.m.jpg)
