FINDLAY, ALEXANDER G

Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind stamp decoration to boards, folding map/frontispiece, viii + 966pp, illus/folding maps, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy scuffing & cracking/bruising to spine, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, moderate foxing & soiling to prelims inc. folding map frontis, occasional moderate foxing sporadically throughout, occasional light to moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Published for Richard Holmes Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, EC 1871, With Additions to 1874

KEYWORDS: south pacific ocean directories geology landscapes islands history historical

FRATER, REV M

WRAPPERS DETACHED Octavo softcover stringbound (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: Dulau & CO Ltd 1917

KEYWORDS: Volcanic eruption Ambrym Island New Hebrides Vanuatu geography geothermal geology natural disasters

PEARCE, G L & DANSEY, HARRY (drawings)

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: Fontana Silver Fern 1978

KEYWORDS: greenstone pounamu New Zealand stone calving history geology G L Pearce

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