Books - "geology"
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The Underground World: A Mirror of Life Below the Surface, with Vivid Descriptions of the Hidden Works of Nature and Art
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
National Resources Survey Part V: Otago Region
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
Mapoutahi Pa Historic Reserve: Management Plan
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
Economic Geology of the Bannockburn District, Central Otago (New Zealand Geological Survey)
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
The Face of Nature: An Environmental History of the Otago Peninsula
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
Geology of the Otago Schist and Adjacent Rocks 1:500 000
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
Caves of Northern Thailand
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
Salt, Evaporites and Brines: An Annotated Bibliography
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
The Geology of New Zealand Volume II
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
Modern Tunnel Practice: Illustrated by Examples Taken From Actual Recent Work in the United States and in Foreign Countries
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
Tunnelling History and My Own Involvement
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
Tunneling in Rock
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
Castle Rock and Rapaki Rock: History, Geology, Rockclimbing, Plants
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
The Outline of the Geology of New Zealand, December 1948
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
Ghosts of Gondwana: The History of Life in New Zealand (Fully Revised Edition)
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
Nothing in This Book is True, But it's Exactly How Things Are
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
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
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
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
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
Glacial and Quarternary Geology
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
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.
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