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

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

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

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

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

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

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, x + (4) + 194pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, sl foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, gift plate tipped in to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Hafner Publishing Company 1971

KEYWORDS: geology classifications rocks Abraham Gottlob Werner minerals historical

PORTER, ROY

Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 288pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine & covers, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1977

KEYWORDS: geology history earth science sciences

DAUBENY, CHARLES

ENLARGED SECOND EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled page edges, xxiii + 743pp, illus/plates/maps- counted & all present, VG (light to moderate discolouration to spine, moderate bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, minor soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & half title page, light foxing & soiling to prelims & terminals, occasional minor cracking to gutters)

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

NINTH EDITION, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, frontispiece, xii + 835pp, illus, G+ (heavy scuffing/fraying & discolouration to spine- cloth partially flapping, light to moderate scuffing to board extrems, minor staining to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate foxing/soiling to eps, prev. owners' names in ink to front eps, tidy tape reinforcement to front gutters, moderate to heavy foxing throughout, severe crack to rear gutter- binding exposed & rear board flapping loose)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1853

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

THORNTON, JOCELYN

SIGNED & INSCRIBED 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: Reed Methuen 1985

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand geology natural history rocks fossils minerals

LEE, DAPHNE & FORSYTH, JANE

SIGNED & INSCRIBED super octavo stapled wrappers (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: Geological Society of New Zealand 2008

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand geology Central Otago landscape colour photos

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

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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1954

KEYWORDS: Hans Cloos geologist travelogue memoir autobiography geology

MARWICK, DR. J

Octavo stapled wrappers (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: School Publications Branch Education Department New Zealand 1946

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

ADAMS, FRANK DAWSON

Octavo softcover (VG) minor pencil annotations; 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: Dover 1954

KEYWORDS: history of science geology b&w illustrations

HUTTON, JAMES & GEIKIE, Sir ARCHIBALD (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, light blue light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, deckled page edges, xvi + 278pp + xiii, VG (moderate tanning & creasing to spine, moderate foxing/soiling & creasing to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to front cover, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, some pages remain uncut, moderate crack to front gutter & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Goelogical Society 1899

KEYWORDS: natural history literature James Hutton geology

DAUBREE, A

TEXT IN FRENCH, super octavo, quarter leather bound patterned heavy boards, gilt lettering/tooling/decoration & raised bands to spine, grey speckling to page edges, marbled eps, (8) + iii + 828pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to leatherwork & board edges- minor surface loss, moderate bruising to extrems, minor scuffing to boards, minor tanning & foxing to page edges, light cracking to gutters, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Dunod, Editeur 1879

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH geology mines natural history A Daubree

HARKER, ALFRED

Octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, black rule to spine & front board, unpaginated prelims + 130pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to spine & rear board, light to moderate scuffing to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, some page edges remain uncut, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1889

KEYWORDS: literature essays geology bala volcanic series rocks

VON HOCHSTETTER, Dr FERDINAND

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, BOTH MAPS & ALL COLOUR PLATES PRESENT, imperial octavo, dark green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, marbled page edges- faded, marbled eps, frontispiece, xvi + 515pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep & prelims, light tanning & moderate foxing to prelims, moderate foxing throughout)

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.

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: Princeton University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: global tectonics geology memoir

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

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: Orbital Press 1982

KEYWORDS: geology miscellany quotations