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$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

$30.00
xxpcc193982

Geology of the Otago Schist and Adjacent Rocks 1:500 000


MORTIMER, N

Quarto soft covered folder (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 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology rocks Otago schist maps

$45.00
1s10a/1

Caves of Northern Thailand


SIDISUNTHORN, PINDAR & GARDNER, SIMON & SMART, DEAN

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, printed/illus eps & prelims, 392pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to verso of half title page)

PUBLISHER: River Books 2006

KEYWORDS: Thailand travel writing literature guide caves caving exploration adventure archaeology ancient history conservation geology

$245.00
1s18b/6

Salt, Evaporites and Brines: An Annotated Bibliography


HALL, VIVIAN S (Compiled by) & SPENCER, MARY R (Compiled by)

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, quarto, cream heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 216pp, VG (minimal library markings, light to moderate bruising to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Oryx Press 1984

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues geology saline water waters evaporites salt brines sediment

$25.00
xxphc194090

The Geology of New Zealand Volume II


SUGGATE, R P (Chief Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: E C Keating, Gov't Printer 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology landscapes land formations

$40.00
1t9a/6

Modern Tunnel Practice: Illustrated by Examples Taken From Actual Recent Work in the United States and in Foreign Countries


STAUFFER, DAVID MCNEELY

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to board edges, viii + 314pp, illus/diagrams, VG- (moderate to heavy bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & surface loss to spine & boards, moderate to heavy tanning/soiling to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, moderate cracking to gutters, moderate creasing & chipping to some page edges, sm ex-libris label to top edge of title page, occasional pencil annotation & tanning to pages)

PUBLISHER: The Engineering News Publishing Company 1911

KEYWORDS: geology tunnels construction design tunnelling engineering

$175.00
1t17a/22

Tunnelling History and My Own Involvement


HARDING, Sir HAROLD

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, WITH HOLOGRAPH LETTER FROM AUTHOR LOOSELY ENCLOSED, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispice, xiv + 258pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Golder Associates 1981

KEYWORDS: signed tunnelling history tunnels tunnel building digging civil engineering geology Sir Harold Harding

$40.00
1t17a/27

Tunneling in Rock


WAHLSTROM, ERNEST E

Super octavo, green cloth boards, white lettering to spine & front board, xiii + 250pp, illus/photos, vG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company 1973

KEYWORDS: geology rock tunnels tunnelling civil engineering construction geotechnical enginnering science

$25.00
xxacg194788

Castle Rock and Rapaki Rock: History, Geology, Rockclimbing, Plants


HUTTON, DON (Ed)

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: The Canterbury University Tramping Club 1968

KEYWORDS: rocks geology New Zealand Port Hills history nature plants

$22.50
xxaif194908

The Outline of the Geology of New Zealand, December 1948


OFFICERS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY & MARWICK, J (Fore)

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: H H Tombs (Printer) 1948

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology history geological surveys research archeology archaeology

$65.00
1t33/11

Ghosts of Gondwana: The History of Life in New Zealand (Fully Revised Edition)


GIBBS, GEORGE

FULLY REVISED EDITION, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, illus eps, 367pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand ancient natural history geology environment nature

$15.00
xxaqo195073

Nothing in This Book is True, But it's Exactly How Things Are


FRISSELL, BOB

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: Frog Books 2009

KEYWORDS: planets geology extraterrestrial anthropology ufos occultism esoteric aliens

$65.00
1t33/40

De Re Metallica; Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556; with Biographical Introduction, Annotations and Appendices upon the Development of Mining Materials, Metallurgical Processes, Geology, Mineralogy & Mining Law from the earliest times t


AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS & HOOVER, HERBERT CLARK (trans) & HOOVER, LOU HENRY (trans)

Reprint; Imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxi + 638pp, illus b&w plates, VG (light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light soiling & creasing, moderate tanning/discolouration)

PUBLISHER: Dover Publications, Inc. n/d

KEYWORDS: industry industrial geological geology mining metallurgy mineralogy machinery technology medieval early history field studies research

$65.00
1u11a/12

De Re Metallica; Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556; with Biographical Introduction, Annotations and Appendices upon the Development of Mining Materials, Metallurgical Processes, Geology, Mineralogy & Mining Law from the earliest times t


AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS & HOOVER, HERBERT CLARK (trans) & HOOVER, LOU HENRY (trans)

Reprint; Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxi + 638pp, illus b&w plates, VG (light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderately heavy chipping & creasing, multiple small closed tears mostly with tape repairs, light soiling/discolouration)

PUBLISHER: Dover Publications, Inc. n/d

KEYWORDS: industry industrial geological geology mining metallurgy mineralogy machinery technology medieval early history field studies research

$20.00
xxatb195255

Glacial and Quarternary Geology


FLINT, RICHARD FOSTER

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons 1971

KEYWORDS: geology glaciers landscapes glacial climate

$450.00
1u27a/24

A Naturalist's Voyage; Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle' Round The World.; Under the Command of Capt. FitzRoy, R.N.


DARWIN, CHARLES

EARLY EDITION; Sm. octavo, half bound in brown leather with marbled heavy card boards; gilt lettering, decorative tooling & raised bands to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, x + 519pp, illus figures & tables, VG- (heavy cracking to hinges & gutters, with attempted tape repairs - but spine still almost entirely detached & moderately chipped, front board also slightly shaky, light scuffing & soiling to boards, fep partially detached, light foxing & tanning to pages)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1888

KEYWORDS: early editions science natural history evolution geology zoology naturalists nature naturalism exploration travel writing charles darwin voyage of hms beagle

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