Search Results: Geology & Geodesy from OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

Haarlem: Les HŽritiers Loosjes, 1895. Illustrated by 2 coloured pull-out maps, 1 pull-out plate. First edition. SŽrie II, Vol. IV index laid-in with binding sheet (if all Volume IV purchased). Original printed wraps, uncut & unopened. 4to. pp. [xii], 165-309, [planches]. Very Good. Cover chipped and soiled, internally VG, most sections unopened. Text in Dutch and French. Includes: (Programms 1895), Contributions ˆ la GŽologie Des Pays-Bas VI. Les Hautes Tourbrires au Nord du Rhin..

Pakistan: Hamdard Academy (Universal Block Ltd.), 1981. Illustrated by photographs, maps. Stated First edition. Printed white cloth. 8vo. pp. 244, [10] map plates. VG+/No jacket. Light cover wear, two bookseller stamps. UNESCO and IUHPS joint organization of papers from 20 countries..

Austin: State Printing Office, 1891. Illustrated by B&w text figures. Reprint edition. Clay printed card wraps. Royal 8vo (26cm). pp. [ii], 329-356. Good. Copy of W. E. Schevill (ink number and name on chipped cover; ink signature and date ffep), short top edge tears..

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1942. Illustrated by b/w text photos, maps & charts. Corrected edition. Green cloth, gilt print spine. 8vo. pp. vii, [1], 720. Indices. VG/No jacket. Foxing to eps only flaw..

Heidelberg: Carl Winter's Univers., 1886. First edition. Cloth backed marbled boards. 8vo. pp. viii, 316. Register. Near Fine/Ex-Lib. Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ, Harvard) Deposited by Alex. Agassiz No. 11, 450, Nov. 27, 1885 bookplate and withdrawn stamp, paper label and one embossed stamp only flaws. In three parts: general, Anogene and Katogene Rocks. German geologist and originator of the the term stromatolites, with two references in the index of this volume to Strom and Stromschlick (stream and current). The International Kalkowsky Symposiums are held periodically in Germany (Geobiology of Stromatolites)..

Washington, DC: GPO, 1912. Illustrated by 19 text illustrations (5 are folding maps in rear pocket: Location of Gravity stations, line of equal anomaly for new method of reduction, for Bouguer method, for free-air method, supplementary investigation in 1909). First edition. Special Publication No. 10, Department of Commerce and Labor, Coast Guard Geodetic Survey. Stapled wraps, unopened. 4to. pp. 132. Index, rear envelope. Good/No jacket, as issued/Ex-Lib. Rubber observatory stamps, light soil, some corner bumps, plates and maps NF..

Washington, DC: GPO, 1875. Illustrated by folding Map Showing the Rail Road and Canal Lines used in the Determinations of Elevations by James T. Gardner, Geographer (18.5 by 23 inches) rear. Reprint edition. Department of the Interior, F.V. Hayden, U.S. Geologist-in-Charge. Original blue stitched wraps. 8vo. pp. 630-659. About very good. Soiled cover with missing rear chip, "813" on cover and faint observatory stamp. Map has one small tear at bottom of joining section. Old vertical faint crease throughout. Only reprint issued. Includes two small printed labels laid in "With compliments of the author, James T. Gardner, Geographer". Scarce..

New York: D. Appleton, 1872. Illustrated by Engraved frontis, 35 b/w illustrations drawn and engraved under the direction of the author. Revised, remodel edition. The International Scientific Series (No. 1). Red cloth, decorated black, gilt print spine. 12mo. pp. xvii, 192, [6] Ads. VG/No jacket, as issued. One bumped and one worn corner, very bright boards. (Natural History) ..

[Trondheim]: Tapirs forlag, (1966). Illustrated by b/w line drawings charts. Washable grey cloth. Royal 8vo. pp. vii, 409. VG/In like jacket/No price in mylar. One rubbed area on jacket spine. Page 4 hand written in pen, minimal notation. Text in Norwegian. Scarce. (Postage as 2 books)..

London: Newnes-Butterworths, (1978). Illustrated by color and bw photographs. 4th printing of 8th edition. Black washable cloth. Small 8vo. pp. xiii. 384. Near Fine/VG/No price in mylar. Light edgewear and toning to white jacket, otherwise a clean solid copy of a long established work in the field..

: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1925-6. Illustrated by line drawing. Reprint edition. Originally appearing in Year Book No. 25 pp. 268-280. Printed card wraps. 8vo. pp. [16]. Very Good. Toned cover, internally fine. No marking or ownership..

: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1925-6. Illustrated by line drawing. Reprint edition. Originally appearing in Year Book No. 25 pp. 268-280. Printed card wraps. 8vo. pp. [16]. Near Fine. Toned cover, internally fine. No marking or ownership..

Laramie, WY: University of Wyoming, 1966. Illustrated by several maps and charts. First edition. 2 volumes. Blue printed wraps [and] single stapled sheets. 8vo. pp. vi, 287; 23. Near Fine. Foreword by Horance D. Thomas, State Geologist. Includes scarce 23 page insert usually missing from No. 50 (bottom of scan is trimmed)..

Washington, DC: GPO, 1902. Illustrated by 19 indexed plates of color maps and figures, text charts and drawings. First edition. Professional Paper No. 3 (Series: Descriptive Geology, Petrography and Minerology). Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey. Original printed wraps and cover bound in cloth backed marbled boards. 4to (30,5cm). pp. 167, [4] ads. Near Fine/Ex-Lib. Withdrawn plate of Harvard University Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) gift of William Morris Davis, March 1, 1904 to front board pastedown, chips to boards, internally near fine original report..

Frankfort, KY: Roberts Printing Co, 1951. Illustrated by map frontis and chart. First edition. Printed card wraps. 8vo. pp. 24. Fine. Geologist and Engineer..

Berlin: Gebruder Borntraeger, 1976. Illustrated by 102 figures, 63 tables, 5 folding plates. First edition. Beitrage zur Regionalen Geologie de Erde, Band 12. Brown cloth printed gilt. Super Royal 8vo (25cm). pp. 382. Bibliography, Indices. Fine/No jacket, as issued/Ex-Lib. Library bookplate stamped withdrawn on front pastedown and several ink stamps to copyright page only flaws. [previously published in Geologie der Erde series from this author was the Geology of the South Atlantic Islands 1970]..

: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1925-6. Reprint edition. Originally appearing in Year Book No. 25 pp. 372-387. Printed card wraps. 8vo. pp. [16]. Very Good. Toned cover, internally fine. No marking or ownership..

Reykjavik: Idnadardeildar Atvinnudeildar Haskolans og Skrifstofu baejarverkfraedings, 1958. Illustrated by color. First edition. Scale 1:40,000. Folding map in blue card folder. 54x76cm. pp. [2]. Near Fine. Geological map in the vicinity of Reykjavik, legend in English and Icelandic and issued by Industry Division Career Schools and Offices of the Town Engineer..

New York., December 14, 1920. Illustrated by 8 Figures, 8 tables, 3 b&w plates with multiple figures. Reprint thus edition. Grey printed wraps, uncut. 8vo. pp. 643-692. Bibliography. Very Good+. From the library of William E. Schevill (cover last name and "701", signature on title). Heel chip to cover and rear corner (spine reinforced with Filmplast-P), internally fine..

Illustrated by 5 figures. Offprint edition. Stapled wraps in original olive printed card cover. Inscribed by "with the compliments of H.C. Stetson" on front cover (some missing in chipped corner). 8vo (24cm). pp. 247-263. Good. Cover corner chip, bottom corner has old rounded fold throughout; short edge tears internally with several notes by and copy of W. E. Schevill, Cambridge (stamp and signature) and his number 95 on cover. Material collected from the Scottish Downtonian, summer 1926. Important anatomical reconstruction "to approach nearer than ever before to the connecting link between the vertebrates and the invertebrates" in conjunction with Scottish branch H. M. Geological Survey..