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$80.00
ak4/2a/5

Reports of Geological Explorations During 1876-7, With Maps and Sections


HECTOR, JAMES

Super octavo, light blue light card wrappers, black lettering to covers, 157pp, illus/folding maps, VG- (heavy cracking & moderate loss to spine- partial loss with binding exposed, moderate soiling to covers, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: James Hughes, Printer 1877

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology geological surveys reports history historical

$70.00
ak4/21a/10

A Weird Region: New Zealand Lakes, Terraces, Geysers, and Volcanoes, with an Account of the Eruption of Tarawera


LEYS, THOMSON W

INCLUDES FOLDING CHRONOLITHOGRAPH PLATE, super octavo, dark green illus light card wrappers, 56pp + ads to rear, G (heavy scuffing & taoe staining to spine with some loss to extrems, rear cover detached but present, some minor insect damage to rear cover, moderate soiling to covers, light tanning & moderate foxing & soiling to page edges, heavy rusting & separation to interior staples, moderate cracking to gutters at staples, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, sporadic moderate soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: Brett Printing & Publishing 1916

KEYWORDS: New Zealand historical brochures lakes terraces geysers volcanoes geology geography

$70.00
2g39/13

Reports of Geological Explorations During 1872-3, With Maps and Sections


N/A

Super octavo, blue light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, (4) + 58pp, illus/folding maps- not counted presumed all present, G+ (spine missing- binding quite delicate, moderate soiling to covers, whole item vertically folded, occasional minor soiling & tanning/foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: James Hughes, Printer 1874

KEYWORDS: geological surveys New Zealand geology historical

$40.00
2g43/46

Volcanoes of Auckland: A Field Guide


HAYWARD, BRUCE W & JAMIESON, ALASTAIR (Aerial Photography)

Super octavo, illus stiff card covers, black lettering to spine, illus eps, viii + 335pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to cover corners)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology volcanoes Auckland field guides

$45.00
2g47/31

The Geology of the Reefton Quartz Lodes (Geological Bulletin No 42)


GAGE, MAXWELL

Imperial octavo, grey light card wrappers, black handwritten lettering to grey spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 72pp, folding maps to rear pocket, numerous items of ephemera enclosed, VG- (moderate soiling, creasing & chipping/tearing to covers, moderate staining & rusting to staples & spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Wanganui Herald Newspaper Co 1948

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology geological bulletins reports Reefton quartz lodes

$22.50
xxpff217376

LANDSAT II Over New Zealand: Monitoring Our Resources From Outer Space


ELLIS, P J (Ed) & THOMAS, I L (Ed) & McDONNELL, M J (Ed)

Quarto 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: New Zealand DSIR 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand resource managemernt resources dsir bulletins 221 geology physics engineering

$20.00
xxe3bg217600

Big Pacific


TANSLEY, REBECCA

Oblong quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+) 1cm closed tear to base of rear cover; 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: David Bateman 2017

KEYWORDS: Pacific ocean natural history marine wildlife geography geology maritime

$60.00
3a5/24

The Universe, or, The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little


POUCHET, F A & DAVIS, J R AINSWORTH (Revised & Ed)

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & gilt/coloured illus to spine & front board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 576pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light to moderate fading to spine, light bruising ot extrems, light chafing & soiling/discolouration to boards, prize presentation plate to front pastedown, light tanning to eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to rear gutter, sporadic minor foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son 1902

KEYWORDS: natural history nature biology geology environment

$22.50
xxhjc220020

The Falls of Niagara


FORRESTER, GLENN C

Super octavo hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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: D Van Nostrand Company 1928

KEYWORDS: niagara geology glenn c forrester

$45.00
3b1/26

Britain's Structure and Scenery


STAMP, L DUDLEY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 255pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate discolouration to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate tanning to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, general light tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1946

KEYWORDS: first editions New Naturalist series Great Britain British geology topography landscape

$18.50
xxfae220498

Reading the Rocks: How Victorian Geologists Discovered the Secret of Life


MADDOX, BRENDA

Super octavo hardcover (near FINE) 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: Bloomsbury 2017

KEYWORDS: history of geology Victorian geologists biography fossils

$32.50
xxffb220641

James Hutton - the Founder of Modern Geology


BATTERSBY BAILEY, EDWARD

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

PUBLISHER: Elsevier Publishing Co 1967

KEYWORDS: james hutton biography geology history

$15.00
xxfgk220700

Great Geological Controversies


HALLAM, A

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: Oxford University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: geological controversy geology history a hallam

$45.00
3c3/31

Notes on the Geology of South Canterbury


HARDCASTLE, J

Octavo, stapled cream light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 62pp, G+ (spine & rear cover missing, heavy yellowing tape staining to remainder of spine/front cover, moderate creasing & soiling/foxing to front cover, light tanning to page edges, occasional light foxing & soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Timaru Herald Co Ltd 1908

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology south Canterbury south island landscape

$50.00
3c2/2

The History of the Geological Society of London


WOODWARD, HORACE B

Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, xix + 336pp, illus/plates with tissue guards- not counted presumed all present, VG (sl discolouration to spine, light bruising to boar6d extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, occasional sl cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: London Geological Society 1907

KEYWORDS: Geological Society of London history geology resources records

$75.00
3c2/7

The Earliest Geological Treatise (1667)


STENO, NICOLAUS [STENSEN, NIELS] & GARBOE, AXEL (Trans, Intro & Notes)

TEXT IN LATIN, WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, v + 51pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1958

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN with English translation history historical geology geological treatise

$47.50
3c2/10

The Founders of Geology


GEIKIE, Sir ARCHIBALD

Octavo, red/maroon nuckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, deckled page edges, x + 297pp, VG (minor fading to spine, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems/edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep & half title page, minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1897

KEYWORDS: history geology geological surveys lectures Sir Archibald Geikie

$145.00
3c2/12

The Rocks of Cape Colville Peninsula, Auckland, New Zealand


SOLLAS, PROFESSOR & MCKAY, ALEXANDER (Intro & Descriptive Notes)

TWO VOL SET, imperial ocatvo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, blind rule to spine & boards, printed/patterned eps, vol 1- viii + 289pp, vol 2- unpaginated prelims + 215pp, illus/folding map, G (severe water damage to boards- contents relatively unscathed with only light to moderate water damage/wrinkling/staining, moderate fading to spines, other moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning/foxing & moderate soiling to page edges, sm patch of paper residue to head of vol 2 spine, prev. owner's name in ink to ffeps of both vols, prev. bookseller's sm labels to base of front pastedowns, ffep & title page detached & creased but present to vol 1, moderate cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing & soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1905-06

KEYWORDS: geology rock formations New Zealand Cape Colville peninsula rocks

$60.00
3c2/27

De Re Metallica


AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS & HOOVER, HERBERT CLARK (Intro & Annotations) & HOOVER, LOU HENRY (Intro & Annotations)

Imperial ocatvo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp illus to front board, top page edges stained green, xxxi + 638pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, publisher's label tipped in to title page)

PUBLISHER: Dover Publications 1950

KEYWORDS: geology mining de re metallica minerals mineralogy geography historical

$45.00
3c2/28

Legends of the Earth: Their Geologic Origins


VITALIANO, DOROTHY B

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, blue gilt lettering & illus to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 305pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to boards & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing/rubbing to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light creasing to front flap, minro soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 1973

KEYWORDS: geology natural history geomythology myths folklore Dorothy B Vitaliano

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