Lancaster PA: The Jaques Cattell Press, 1944. ix, 97p., red cloth boards in dj, jacket rather rubbed, an otherwise all-round good copy. More about Science in Soviet Russia; papers presented at congress of American-Soviet friendship, New York...
Cat.No: 165523
Harare: Issue by Authority, 1991. [ix]+220p., 8.25x11.75 inches, color frontis, preface, introduction, area, methods of study, terminology, previous geological work, outline, references, appendices, illustrated with color plates, b&w maps, figures and tables, and two huge full-color 1: 100 000 scale geological maps folded into a pocket at rear (undamaged), very... More about The geology of the country around Rushinga and Nyamapanda
Cat.No: 98869
Copenhagen: University of Copenhagen, The Natural History - Geographical Subject Group, 1972. 439p., in-text illustrations from photography, diagrammatic sketches, and maps; softbound in 9.2x6.7 inch wraps, cover shows slight edgewear and handling soil, a clean, sound, very good copy. More about The Study Tour to East Africa 1970; Report by the Participants
Cat.No: 190014
San Francisco: Pacific Division AAAS, 1994. Hardcover. vi, 336p., preface, epilog, chapter notes, references, index, illustrated with glossy plates from b&w photographs, limited first edition of 500 copies bound in red cloth boards and gilt. Has a mildly musty smell, otherwise a clean sound very good copy. Chicago-born and raised... More about Cracking Rocks and Defending Democracy: Kirtley Fletcher Mather, scientist, teacher, social...
Cat.No: 214140
San Francisco: State of California Department of Naturla Resources Division of Mines, 1953. 61p., photos and maps, four folded maps (2 in color) in pocket at rear, very good in original buckram. Bulletin 167 June 1953. More about Geology and mineral resources of the Ortigalita Peak Quadrangle, California
Cat.No: 117181
Leipzig: Johann Friedrich Braunen, 1710. Hardcover. [1] frontispiece, rubricated title page, [6] 314p., [18], Register, 30 plates, many folding; 8x6.5 inch text printed in German, fraktur font, ex-libris bookplate of American zoologist Charles Atwood Kofoid on front paste-down, signature of UC Berkeley student of Slavic Languages Benjamin Jack Pooler. Re-cased... More about M.D.S. Buttners Rudera Diluvii Testes, i.e. Zeichen und Zeugen der Sündfluth, In Ansehung des...
Cat.No: 233779
Rio de Janeiro - RJ: Capemi Editora e Grafica Ltda. 1982. 120p., illustrated with a few line maps, paperbound in 8x5.5 inch glossy blue frenchfold wraps; cello-glaze has a couple tiny bubbles on the back cover, clean and sound, a very good copy. More about A Antartica e os Desafios do Futuro
Cat.No: 192927
New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1998. Hardcover. 239p., profuse color photography on coated paperstock, line maps and a diagrammatic geologic section in colors, extensive captioning and minimal running text. First English-language edition in 12.8x11 inch black boards titled red in glossy pictorial dj, a fine unblemished copy just out of... More about The Himalayas translated by Lenore Maltz-Riguet. Directed by Roger Sabater
Cat.No: 173037
[Palo Alto]: Stanford University, 1926. 100p., vignette photos, 8.5x6.5 inch staplebound textblock under printed cardstock wraps and a binder's-tape spine (as issued). a very good, clean copy. No fewer than four different "Hoovers" listed. Also lists particulars of a "Louisiana section," for reasons unexplained. No sports pix, theatre activity, joke... More about Year book and directory of the geological and mining society of American universities, Stanford...
Cat.No: 163342
San Francisco: Pacific Division/American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1979. Paperback. 493p., coated paperstock illustrated with charts, maps and diagrams; softbound in 10x7 inch decorated wraps. Mild external signs of wear, top edge has a couple light bumps, ownership name of [A. Starker] Leopold on cover (he was a.... More about San Francisco Bay: The Urbanized Estuary. Investigations into the Natural History of San...
Cat.No: 221208
Glen Arm MD: The Sourcebook Project, 1980. Hardcover. vi, 833p., text keyboard-set unjustified right margins, scattered line-drawn diagrammatic illustrations (quite good), hardbound in 9x6 inch green cloth boards and green dust jacket. A thick little book with slightest signs of age or any handling (dj slightly rubbed), clean and sound... More about Unknown Earth: A Handbook of Geological Enigmas. Illustrated by John C. Holden
Cat.No: 232115
New York: The Witkin Gallery, Inc., 1991. Pamphlet. Unpaginated, about 22p., introduction, vita and perhaps 16 captioned plates on high-gloss paperstock. Softbound in oblong 8.5x11 inch stapled grey wraps with slight external hints of handling, no ownership or other marks (except our SKU), a very good copy. Lots of aerial... More about Antarctica. January 15 - February 23, 1991
Cat.No: 228699
San Francisco: H. H. Bancroft & Co., 1868. xvi+696p., introductory, illustrated with 16 wood-engraved plates, front hinge cracked, rear hinge weak with short split, extremities show a little card, title leaf split one inch at the tail, good-only copy of the first edition, a massive 10x7 inch tome bound in... More about The natural wealth of California
Cat.No: 106239
Carlsbad: Self-published by the author, 1928. [44p] 6.75x10 inches, history of the caverns, illustrated with drawings and 4 pages of glossy b&w photos, very good booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. More about The Carlsbad Cavern of New Mexico: it's history and geology (sic
Cat.No: 181258
Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1969. Hardcover. xiii, 306p., titlepage in two colors, hardbound in 10x7 inch cloth boards and cardboard slipcase, modest finepress design and binderywork in near-perfect condition: find a tiny dog-ear at 9/10 (now folded out), the slipcase has a touch of dust-soil. Edwards' entries are... More about The Enduring Desert; A Descriptive Bibliography. Foreword by Russ Leadabrand
Cat.No: 225547
Philadelphia: SIAM: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1983. Hardcover. xii, 186p., hardbound in 9.5x6.5 inch tan cloth boards titled brown. Externally, the cloth is a little dust- and handling-soiled, but hinges and all are perfectly sound; interior is absolutely clean and unmarked. A good to very good copy. More about The Mathematics of Reservoir Simulation
Cat.No: 235257
New York: J. H. Colton and Company, 1856. ix, 225p., six double-spread maps as called for, each competently hand-colored with pale washes, wood-engraved vignettes; 7.6x5 inch brown cloth boards spine-titled gilt with impanelled covers press-decorated in blind. A sound copy with the following faults: edgewear with small spots of card... More about Outlines of physical geography; illustrated by six maps and numerous engravings. Fifth large edition
Cat.No: 172955
San Francisco: San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, 1967. 58 p., 8.5 x 11 inch wraps in very good condition. Contains several fold-out maps. More about Geology of San Francisco bay, February 1967
Cat.No: 122939
New York: Geological Society of America, 1957. 212p., maps folded in pocket at end, this thick packet leading to slight warping of the hardcover boards; ownership stamps of a University of California geologist on front endpaper. Special paper 64. More about Marysvale, Utah, uranium area: geology, volcanic relations, and hydrothermal alteration
Cat.No: 164896
Seattle / Vancouver: University of Washington Press / Douglas & McIntyre, 1992. 138p., coated paperstock with b&w exhibit photography, numerous diagrams for clarity, line maps, extensive text. First edition 10x7 inch glossy wraps, a very good copy, which author Keyser has inscribed and signed on the title page. Find a.... More about Indian rock art of the Columbia Plateau
Cat.No: 172997
[Honolulu]: Pacific Science Association, 1939. Pamphlet. pp.783-793, 6x9 inches, offprint pamphlet, a pencilled note states 1944, most probably an accession date, two line maps, rust around the staples, item opens rather stiffly, a good-only copy. Cover leaf bears a rubber-stamped "With compliments of Author." Underwater riverine troughs in the underwater... More about San Francisco Bay Sediments. Reprinted from Proceedings of the Sixth Pacific Science Congress
Cat.No: 215768
n.p. Self-published, n.d. [ii] 16p., printed recto-only (mimeograph or photo-copy) 8.5x11 inchyes, addendum, bibliography, biographical sketch of Kit Carson, very good in stapled wraps. Self-published family biography of New Mexico family from Spain. More about The Story of Antonio Severino Martinez and Maria del Carmel Santistevan
Cat.No: 155768
![1867-1917, The Book of the Pageant Peru [cover text]. The Historical Pageant of Peru; presented...](/pictures/thumb/228621.jpg?v=1536202170)
Peru NE: the school, 1917. 33p., printed texts with a single photograph on reasonably alkaline glazed paperstock; staplebound pamphlet paste-fastened into 8.5x5.5 inch textured gray wraps decorated and titled in dark green. Mild handling-soil to first several leaves, staples slightly rusted, the cover titling (dark green on dark gray) is... More about 1867-1917, The Book of the Pageant Peru [cover text]. The Historical Pageant of Peru; presented...
Cat.No: 228621
Bangkok: White Lotus Press, 1998. Paperback. xiii, 266p., profuse illustrations captioned with a substantial running text, half & half color and b&w photography, diagrams and line map; softbound in 11.5x8.5 frenchfold wraps. Slight external edgewear, and the first blank bears one Chinese rubberstamp impression in red and some ghostly pencillings..... More about Sacred Rocks and Buddhist Caves in Thailand
Cat.No: 236269
La Habana: Editorial Cientifico Tecnica - Editorial Academia, 1980. 534p., illustrated throughout with b&w photos, figures and several color plates, tables, text in Spanish, very good first edition in original pictorial wraps. Spelunking in Cuba! More about 40 años explorando a Cuba: historia documentada de la sociedad espeleológica de Cuba
Cat.No: 91131
