Search Results: earth science from Adelaide Booksellers

Adelaide: Government Printer. 1987. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Mild crease to upper edge of DJ front panel. Previous owner's details and cataloguing information to preliminary pages. Signed by the author. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Illustrated with colour and black & white maps. Large folded map to rear pocket. 438 pages. Bulletin 53 Geological Survey of South Australia. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Sydney: A.H & A.W. Reed. 1969. Square Octavo Size. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose made plastic sleeve. Small tear to lower front edge. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 112 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Melbourne: CSIRO [in conjunction with Melbourne University Press]. 1949. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Green cloth boards. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Colour maps - one with a tissue overlay that has come loose. 183 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Paul Hamlyn. 1966. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Small tape stain to top of verso of front free endpaper. Stll a nice copy. Illustrated with Colour photographs. 143 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Atglen PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 2010. Quarto Size [approx 22x28cm]. A Near Fine copy. As new condition. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 208 pages. . 2nd Edition. Softcover.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. 1959. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Two Fold-out maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 282 pages. Introduction by B. W. Beebe. The autobiography of the pioneering American geologist, palaeontologist and educator. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Adelaide: R. E. E. Rogers, Government Printer. 1918. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fair/good condition. The paper covers are marked and a little chipped. The interior is very good. Previous owner's name to title page and small annotation to front cover (Report Leigh Creek Coalfield pp 34-51) to front cover. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and maps/diagrams. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 82 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

Adelaide: Harrison Weir Government Printer. 1928. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fair/good condition. The paper covers are marked and a little chipped with a hole to front cover The interior is very good. Previous owner's name to prelims . Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and maps & diagrams. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 72 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

Adelaide: R. E. E. Rogers, Government Printer. 1919. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fair/good condition. The paper covers are marked and a little chipped. The interior is very good. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and maps/diagrams. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 82 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press. 1993. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. A couple of closed tears to upper edges of DJ. Previous owner's details and cataloguing information to reverse of front free endpaper. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs, Maps and Diagrams. xix, 356 pages. Spanning 25,000 years, presents the first complete synthesis of the environmental and human history of North America's Great Basin. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. includes an Appendix - 'Concordance of Common and Scientific Plant Names'; comprehensive section on 'Literature Cited'; Index. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Newcastle: Hunter Scientific Company. 1982. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Black & White maps. Scarce. 156 pages. Book is divided into four parts - Part 1 is Detectors, Part 2 is Treasure, Part 3 is Detector Prospecting & Part 4 is General Information . 1st Edition. Softcover.

London: Quercus. 2008. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 192 pages. . Reprint. Softcover.

London: The Scientific Bookclub. 1968. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owner's name to DJ front flap. Some age -toning to rear DJ cover. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and Diagrams/Drawings. 207 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Book Club Edition. Hardback.

Columbus, Oh: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company. 1979. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Corners lightly bumped. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 548 pages.. . 2nd Edition. Hardback.

London: Macgibbon & Kee. 1968. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ is chipped at top of spine (repaired with sticky-tape) and discoloured on the rear panel. Black & white illustrations. [xiii] 349pages.. Illustrates how the study of the sea and its terrain has given insights into the physical evolution of earth. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.

New York: A Ridge Press Book Grosset & Dunlop. 1971. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Colour & black and white drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 252 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Adelaide: Published by the Author. 1929. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Spine a little age-toned. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and Diagrams. Fold-out map to front. Includes the Author's Prefaces to both 2nd and 1st editions. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xvi, 320 pages. . 2nd Edition Revised & Enlarged. Hardback.

Adelaide: Published by the Author. 1989. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near fine condition in pictorial laminated boards. An excellent copy. Black & white cartoons and photographs. Cartoons by Stephen Stanley ("Lafferty"). Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 349 pages. Reg Sprigg worked for the South Australian Geological Survey, which sent him to reopen the Radium Hill Uranium Field in 1944, and to map the Mount Painter uranium field. When he discovered the fossils, apparently while eating his lunch, he realised that these fossils were very ancient, either of Early Cambrian, or possibly even of Precambrian age. He submitted a paper to Nature, but it was turned down. He travelled to London and presented his findings to the 1948 International Geological Congress, but failed to excite either interest or belief. Subsequent work by the University of Adelaide demonstrated that they were indeed of latest Precambrian age. Although Precambrian… Read More

Canberra: Department of National Development. 1970. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Six [6] large folded coloured maps to rear pocket. Quite scarce. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 100. 222 pages. The Amadeus Basin is a large sedimentary basin in central Australia, lying mostly within the southern Northern Territory, but extending into Western Australia. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Melbourne: The Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. 1990. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Black & white illustrations. Large colour folded map to rear pocket of both volumes. Previous owner's details and cataloguing information to preliminary pages of both volumes. This is a very heavy set and will cost more to ship internationally. Please contact us for a precise quote for your part of the world. 1828 pages plus index [over 2 vols]. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.