Books - "geology"
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Reports of Geological Explorations During 1876-7, With Maps and Sections
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
A Weird Region: New Zealand Lakes, Terraces, Geysers, and Volcanoes, with an Account of the Eruption of Tarawera
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
Reports of Geological Explorations During 1872-3, With Maps and Sections
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
Volcanoes of Auckland: A Field Guide
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
The Geology of the Reefton Quartz Lodes (Geological Bulletin No 42)
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
LANDSAT II Over New Zealand: Monitoring Our Resources From Outer Space
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
Big Pacific
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
The Universe, or, The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little
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
The Falls of Niagara
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
Britain's Structure and Scenery
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
Reading the Rocks: How Victorian Geologists Discovered the Secret of Life
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
James Hutton - the Founder of Modern Geology
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
Great Geological Controversies
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
Notes on the Geology of South Canterbury
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
The History of the Geological Society of London
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
The Earliest Geological Treatise (1667)
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
The Founders of Geology
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
The Rocks of Cape Colville Peninsula, Auckland, New Zealand
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
De Re Metallica
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
Legends of the Earth: Their Geologic Origins
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