BAUER, DR MAX

2x volume set, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Dover Publications Inc 1968

KEYWORDS: Gemstones Minerals Geology Lapidary Rock Science

DARWIN, CHARLES

Sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt illus to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 500pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate rubbing/scuffing to spine, light bruising & scuffing to board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl discolouration to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, occasional minor foxing & soiling throughout, v heavy cracking to gutters throughout- binding quite weak, pgs193-208 loose but present, prev. owner's map & illus of Ascension tipped in to pgs470-471, closed tear with yellowing tape repair to bottom corner of pg267/268)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1890

KEYWORDS: natural history Charles Darwin geology journals exploration HMS Beagle

DARWIN, CHARLES

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges, xiii + 648pp, illus/folding maps [some missing or loose], VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate soiling to front board, heavy soiling to rear board, occasional points of insect damage to exterior & interior- deemed inactive, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, prev. owners' names in ink & minor foxing to prelims, folding map at rear has multiple closed tears, lacks plates II-V, folding map of South America loose but present, pg629-630 detached but present, occasional ink & pencil markings to margins & underlining- unobtrusive & minor)

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co 1891

KEYWORDS: natural history Charles Darwin exploration geology volcanic landscapes volcanoes HMS Beagle South America American islands

GORDON, HENRY A

HEAVY WATER DAMAGE- BINDING STILL SOUND, super octavo, gilt lettering & black rule to spine, black lettering & illus/rule to front board, unpaginated prelims + 615pp, illus, G (heavy wrinkling & warping to spine & boards from extensive water damage, light chafing & regular soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, rather odd pink staining to eps & prelims/terminals, moderate wrinkling & foxing throughout, binding still sound and text block still clear & legible)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1906

KEYWORDS: civil engineering mining geology engines guides

MOWRY, ROBERT D et al

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 317pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine, light creasing/chipping to wrapper edges/extrems, minor chafing to wrappers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, sl cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Art Museums 1997

KEYWORDS: Chinese history rocks geology collections Richard Rosenblum

McBURNEY, C B M & HEY, R W

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Cambridge University Press 1955

KEYWORDS: prehistoric prehistory geology archeology archaeology ethnology Cyrenaican Libya

MORRIS SCOBIE, J

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, oblong octavo softcover, stapled (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Lake Tarawera Ratepayers' Association 1986

KEYWORDS: signed J Morris Scobie NZ New Zealand Lake Tarawera centennial centenary history geology pre-colonial Maori

NOYCE, WILFRED & LUKAN, KARL

REVISED EDITION, LACKS D/W. Quarto hardcover (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Thames and Hudson 1963

KEYWORDS: mountains geology Wilfred Noyce Karl Lukan revised edition photography photographs nature alps alpine mountaineering

MAEDER, HERBERT & KAMPFEN, WERNER (intro) & BETLEM, HENDRIK P B (trans) & Et Al

Quarto hardcover (VG), spine bruised with hole in cloth, in d/w (vg-); Photos available on request. 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: George Allen and Unwin 1968

KEYWORDS: mountains geology photography photographs nature alps alpine mountaineering Switzerland

TONGWAY, DAVID J & LUDWIG, JOHN A

Super octavo, printed light card wrappers, white lettering to front cover and spine, 189pp, illus/photos/diagrams, VG+

PUBLISHER: Island Press 2011

KEYWORDS: ecology restoration geology natural disasters mining history