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$35.00
xxdqc186896

Soils of the Past: An Introduction to Paleopedology


RETALLACK, G. J.

Super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Unwin Hyman 1990

KEYWORDS: paleopedology paleosols archeology archaeology soils geology

$18.50
xxdrg186968

The Destruction of an Avian Paradise


MONCRIEFF, PERRINE

Octavo stapled light card covers (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: R. W. Stiles & Co (Printer) N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand birds ornithology avian geology nature

$50.00
2g37a/47

The Shore Ecology of Upolo-Western Samoa (Second Edition)


MORTON, JOHN & RICHARDS, MARGARET & MILDNER, SUZANNE & BELL, LUI

Oblong quarto, illus light card covers with yellow transluscent plastic cover, iii + 179pp, illus, VG (moderate water staining & creasing/curling to cover & page edges, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Auckland 1993

KEYWORDS: Western Samoa ecology nature marine life geology environment

$45.00
2e10b/14

The Principal Hydrological Features of the Pacific Ocean


MUROMTSEV, A. M. & BIRRON, Dr A. (Trans) & COLE, Z. S. (Trans)

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 417pp, illus/diagrams, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning to spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Israel Program for Scientific Translations 1963

KEYWORDS: marine nautical hydrological Pacific Ocean geology

$70.00
2f25b/64

The Hot Springs of New Zealand


HERBERT, ARTHUR STANLEY

Octavo, grey light card covers, teal lettering to spine & front cover, xiv + 284pp, illus/photos, tatty (heavy creasing/cracking & chipping to spine with some moderate loss to extrems, light creasing & tanning to covers, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: H. K. Lewis & Co 1921

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel literature hot springs hydro thermal geology spas hydrothermal environment climate minerals

$50.00
2f30a/2

Mettle and Mines: The Life and Times of a Colonial Geologist Edward Heydelbach Davis (1845-71)


JOHNSTON, MIKE

EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, illus light card covers, green & white lettering to spine & front cover, illus prelims, 288pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, tidy tape reinforcement to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Nikau Press 2007

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history biographies memoir Edward Heydelbach Davis colonial geology historians

$15.00
xxcje187438

The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science


ANGIER, NATALIE

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company 2007

KEYWORDS: popular science biology geology astronomy physics chemistry pulitzer prize winners

$45.00
1a6a/9

General Survey of the Soils of North Island, New Zealand


HAMILTON, W. M. (Fore)

Oblong imperial octavo, cream heavy boards with green cloth spine, black lettering to boards, folding maps loosely enclosed, frontispiece, folding map to prelims, 286pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate tanning & soiling to board edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front board & inside cover, moderate staining to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to folding maps, heavy vertical creasing & chipping to rear ep)

PUBLISHER: R. E. Owen, Gov't Printer 1954

KEYWORDS: New Zealand soils geology research north island agriculture farming

$35.00
xxcma187669

Geology of the Fiordland Area


TURNBULL, I. M. & ALLIBONE, A. H. & JONGENS, R. (compilers)

MAP AT REAR POCKET Quarto softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited 2010

KEYWORDS: geology fiordland new zealand turnbull allibone jongens institute geological nuclear sciences fold-out removeable map survey gns topography

$35.00
xxcma187671

Geology of the Wellington Area


BEGG, J.G. & JOHNSTON, M.R. (compilers)

MAP AT REAR POCKET Quarto softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences Limited 2000

KEYWORDS: geology wellington new zealand begg johnston institute geological nuclear sciences fold-out removeable map survey gns topography

$12.50
xxcmf187730

Mining and the Environment (Second Edition) The Mineral Resource Series Number 2


BARKER, RICHARD & HURLEY, GAEL

Octavo stapled light card covers (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Pagez Productions 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand environment mining resources geology minerals gold ironsand coal aggregates processing

$85.00
1a29a/19

Manual of Mineralogy, Including Observations on Mines, Rocks, Reduction of Ores, and the Applications of the Science to the Arts


DANA, JAMES D.

Octavo, turquoise textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, 456pp, VG- (heavy bruising & chipping to spine extrems, 9cm crack to front hinge, heavy tanning to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink & pencil to front pastedown, heavy tanning/discolouration to eps, light foxing to pages throughout, binders sm label to rear pastedown, some page blocks loose but still attached)

PUBLISHER: Trubner & Co 1862

KEYWORDS: rocks minerals geology ore classification

$20.00
xxcra188070

Geomorphology: An Introduction to the Study of Landforms (Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged)


COTTON, C. A.

THIRD EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1942

KEYWORDS: geology landscapes landform erosion rocks geomorphology

$25.00
xxcsg188181

The Geology of New Zealand: Volume I


SUGGATE, R. P. (Chief Ed) & STEVENS, G. R. (Assoc. Ed) & TE PUNGA, M. T. (Assoc. Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: E. C. Keating, Gov't Printer 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology land formations landscapes geological surveys

$22.50
xxkgb189248

Planning and Estimating Underground Construction


PARKER, ALBERT D.

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.

PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill 1970

KEYWORDS: underground construction engineering engineer eingineers geology geological transportation logistics planning

$20.00
xxksg189840

Vanishing Ice: An Introduction to Glaciers Based on a Study of the Dart Glacier


BISHOP, GRAHAM & FORSYTH, JANE

SIGNED, octavo stapled light card covers (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe / New Zealand Geological Survey 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand glaciers Dart Glacier Mount Aspiring National Park geology signed

$40.00
1i46a/41

Caring For Our Coast: An EDS Guide to Managing Coastal Development


BRAKE, LUCY & PEART, RAEWYN

Oblong quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xii + 252pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems/spine) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Environmental Defence Society Inc 2013

KEYWORDS: eds New Zealand coastline coastal policy defence defense geology conservation pollution biodiversity environment environmental issues

$40.00
1j48/4

Earthquake Engineering


WIEGEL, ROBERT L

Quarto, brown buckram boards, orange lettering to spine & front board, ix + 518pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate foxing & soiling to page edges, light cracking to gutters, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, moderate fading & soiling, moderate wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall 1970

KEYWORDS: earthquakes civil engineering buildings seismic activity safety geology structural performance

$40.00
1j48/26

A Continent on the Move: New Zealand Geoscience into the 21st Century


GRAHAM, IAN J (Chief Ed)

Oblong quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 377pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing, fading & chipping to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Geological Society of New Zealand / GNS Science 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geoscience landscape climate geology

$35.00
xxe3bg172918

The Tectonic Plates are Moving!


LIVERMORE, ROY

EX-LIBRARY, LACKS D/W; octavo hardcover (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2018

KEYWORDS: roy livermore plate tectonics earth science geology earthquakes natural history tsunamis ocean oceans

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