WERNER, ABRAHAM GOTTLOB & OSPOVAT, ALEXANDER M (Trans, Intro & Notes)

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PUBLISHER: Hafner Publishing Company 1971

KEYWORDS: geology classifications rocks Abraham Gottlob Werner minerals historical

PORTER, ROY

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PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1977

KEYWORDS: geology history earth science sciences

DAUBENY, CHARLES

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PUBLISHER: Richard and John E Taylor, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street 1848

KEYWORDS: geology volcanos earthquakes seismic activity volcanology thermal springs landscapes history historical

LYELL, Sir CHARLES

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PUBLISHER: John Murray 1853

KEYWORDS: geology environment history historical earthquakes volcanos geography earth science sciences

CLOOS, HANS & GARSIDE, E. B. (trans.) & DIETZ, CURT (ed./abridged by)

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PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1954

KEYWORDS: Hans Cloos geologist travelogue memoir autobiography geology

MARWICK, DR. J

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PUBLISHER: School Publications Branch Education Department New Zealand 1946

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology South Otago b&w illustrations photos

ADAMS, FRANK DAWSON

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PUBLISHER: Dover 1954

KEYWORDS: history of science geology b&w illustrations

DAUBREE, A

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PUBLISHER: Dunod, Editeur 1879

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH geology mines natural history A Daubree

HARKER, ALFRED

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PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1889

KEYWORDS: literature essays geology bala volcanic series rocks

VON HOCHSTETTER, Dr FERDINAND

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PUBLISHER: Stuttgart, J G Cotta 1867

KEYWORDS: first English edition New Zealand geography geology natural history Dr Ferdinand von Hochstetter Auckland Nelson

MENARD, H. W.

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PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: global tectonics geology memoir

CRAIG, G. Y. (compiled by) & JONES, E. J. (compiled by)

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PUBLISHER: Orbital Press 1982

KEYWORDS: geology miscellany quotations

MILLER, HUGH

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PUBLISHER: Thomas Constable & Co. / Hamilton, Adams, & Co. 1857

KEYWORDS: geology theology biblical commentary

MARSHALL, PATRICK

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 75pp, 5x b&w plates to rear, illus, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine, light creasing & fading to cover edges, sl stain to front cover, minor tanning & foxing to page egdes, minor foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Bernice P Bishop Museum 1930

KEYWORDS: Bernice P Bishop museum bulletins first editions geology natural history pacific Rarotonga Atiu

MARSHALL, P

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PUBLISHER: Bernice P Bishop Museum 1927

KEYWORDS: Bernice P Bishop museum bulletins first editions geology natural history pacific Mangaia

LYELL, Sir CHARLES

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PUBLISHER: John Murray 1853

KEYWORDS: antiquarian books full leather bindings geology nature Sir Charles Lyell

PLAYFAIR, JOHN & WHITE, GEORGE W (Intro)

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PUBLISHER: University of Illinois Press 1956 (Facsimile Reprint of 1802 copy)

KEYWORDS: facsimile reprints mathematics theory geology Huttonian John Playfair

CONLY, GEOFF

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PUBLISHER: Grantham House 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history volcanic activity volcanoes eruptions pink and white terraces tourism geology landscape natural disasters

HECTOR, JAMES

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PUBLISHER: George Didsbury, Government Printer 1886

KEYWORDS: New Zealand landscapes geology land geography formations

HOATSON, DEAN et al

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PUBLISHER: Australian Geological Survey Organisation 1997

KEYWORDS: Australia national parks conservation reserves Purnululu Kimberley geology geological surveys