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$26.50
xxcsg188183

The Earth: An Intimate History


FORTEY, RICHARD

IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 2011

KEYWORDS: natural history folio society earth geology landscapes oceans continents fault lines geography

$20.00
xxczd188539

The World in the Past: A Popular Account of What it Was Like and What it Contained (Third Edition)


SMITH, B. WEBSTER & STOKOE, W. J. (Illus)

Sm 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: Frederick Warne & Co 1953

KEYWORDS: ancient history prehistory prehistoric dinosaurs geology archeology archaeology

$25.00
xxkfa189169

New Zealand Serpentinites and Associated Metasomatic Rocks


COLEMAN, R. G.

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: R. E. Owen, Gov't Printer 1966

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rock formations geology rocks land geological survey reports

$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

$15.00
xxa3cd171190

The Pebbles on the Beach: A Spotter's Guide


ELLIS, CLARENCE & MACFARLANE, ROBERT (Fore)

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: Faber & Faber 2018

KEYWORDS: gemology beach stones geology pebbles hobbies

$10.00
xxe3bd172815

A Pocketful of Pebbles


NATUSCH, SHEILA

Sm 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: Craig Printing 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Sheila Natusch rocks geology rock formations

$185.00
1j42b/23

Mining & Engineering; and Miner's Guide


GORDON, HENRY A

ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to his boss, Percy Morgan, first director of the Waihi School of Mines & director of the Geological Survey, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & decoration to front board, 615pp, folding diagrams, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & scuffing to boards, light discolouration to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, historical annotation in ink to rear)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Gov't Printer 1906

KEYWORDS: New Zealand mining mines engineering engineer guide geology civil association copy Percy Morgan inscribed

$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

$15.00
xxrlk193146

Roadside Geology of Utah


CHRONIC, HALKA

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Mountain Press Publishing Co. 1990

KEYWORDS: geology geological rocks landscape topography utah usa america american travel field guide halka chronic

$20.00
xxrjb193289

The Skopje, Yugoslavia Earthquake: July 26, 1963


BERG, GLEN V.

Quarto 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.

PUBLISHER: American Iron and Steel Institute 1964

KEYWORDS: skopje yugoslavia earthquake geology seismic seismics seismology 1963 glen v berg american iron and steel institute building materials civil engineering

$20.00
xxrjb193290

The Agadir, Morocco Earthquake: February 29, 1960


N/A

Quarto 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.

PUBLISHER: American Iron and Steel Institute 1962

KEYWORDS: agadir morocco moroccan earthquakes history earthquake geology seismic seismics seismology 1960 american iron and steel institute building materials civil engineering

$40.00
1q20a/32

Wainamu - Te Henga: A Study


MORTON, JOHN (Fore)

Quarto, spiral bound illus black light card covers, 106pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing & scuffing to covers, 1x sm college library label to rear- no other library markings detected, light tanning to page edges, likely printer failure at contents page- some text missing)

PUBLISHER: Waitakere Ranges Protection Society Inc c.1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand zoology geology Wainamu-Te Henga land use nature vegetation

$82.50
1q36a/17

The Underground World: A Mirror of Life Below the Surface, with Vivid Descriptions of the Hidden Works of Nature and Art


KNOX, THOMAS W

Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt & black lettering & decoration to spine & front board, frontispiece, 1016pp, illus, VG (moderate cracking & scuffing to board & spine extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate foxing & soiling to eps, light to moderate soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals & throughout, light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: J M Rising & Company 1878

KEYWORDS: exploration mines mining geology Thomas W Knox

$25.00
xxrek193617

National Resources Survey Part V: Otago Region


COX, J W et al

Ex-library, lacks d/w, imperial octavo hardcover (VG) 5x maps to rear; 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 E Owen, Gov't Printer 1967

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago national resources resource survey surveys geology climate weather soils water landscape settlements

$40.00
1r12a/28

Mapoutahi Pa Historic Reserve: Management Plan


ROWAN, G E (Preface)

Quarto, illus stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, iii + 28pp, illus, VG+ (moderate tape residue/staining to staples/spine, sl chafing & soiling to coversprev. owner's name in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Department of Lands & Survey, Dunedin 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand land surveys Mapoutahi Pa historic reserve reserves management plans plan series HR 44 geology

$50.00
1r12a/29

Economic Geology of the Bannockburn District, Central Otago (New Zealand Geological Survey)


McPHERSON, R I & BEATUS, S N et al (Revised & Updated by)

Quarto, stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 27pp, 2x lg folding maps to rear pocket, VG+ (minor foxing & soiling to covers, light creasing to rear cover, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology land geological survey surveys history historical Bannockburn Central Otago south island

$45.00
1r12a/50

The Face of Nature: An Environmental History of the Otago Peninsula


WEST, JONATHAN

Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 376pp, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine & cover edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Otago Peninsula environment geology south island

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