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HISTORY OF GEOLOGY, BIOGRAPHY, BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Bowlby J. 1990  CHARLES DARWIN – A NEW LIFE 8vo d/j, fine copy, 511 pp. figs.   Price: $25.00             (stock#EV05)

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Desmond A. and Moore J. 1991 DARWIN – THE LIFE OF A TORMENTED EVOLUTIONIST 8vo, in dust jacket, light wear, vg, 808 pp., 91 figs.                                                           Price: $30.00                                (stock#EV006)

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Gorgan, J. X. (ed.), 1982 THE GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES IN THE ANTEBELLUM SOUTH University of Alabama Press, small 8vo, h/b, no dust jacket, not sure if one issued, fine copy, 195 + figs.   Price:  $20.00                 (stock#HST12)

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Hay O. P. 1929 – 1930 SECOND BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CATALOGUE OF THE FOSSIL VERTEBRATA OF NORTH AMERICA Carnegie Institution Publication #390 Two massive volumes, both in wraps overall light wear, minor chips, small stain to paper spine cover, blind stamp else contents clean and a very good set of a rather scarce and very important vertebrate paleontology reference. Vol. 1 with 916 pp., Vol. 2 with 1074 pp. While a prolific paleontologist in his own right, Hay took it upon himself to compile an exhaustive catalog of North American vertebrate fossils, often reassigning specimens to other genera, neglecting type specimens or lack thereof, designating lectotypes, etc.. which had the end result of causing 100 years of chaos, which still continues as the current generation of researchers works through the mess he created. Hence, this volume is a must have primary reference for the fossil vertebrate researcher and enthusiast.                                                                              Price: $120.00                        (stock#Hay2ndbiblio)

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Huxley T. H. 1885 TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND OTHER ESSAYS Humboldt Library of Popular Science Literature. No wps, tears to prelim. page corners, contents good, 48 pp. Scarce.               Price: $20.00              (stock#HST69)

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Jones L. C. 1929 ARNOLD GUYOT ET PRINCETON wps with stamps, light+ exterior wear contents vg with125 pp., covering the life of Guyot during his tenure at Princeton, in french.              Price:$25.00              (stock#HST45)

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Livingstone D. N. 1987 NATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALER AND THE CULTURE OF AMERICAN SCIENCE University of Alabama Press, 8vo, h/b, dust jack with a few light smudges else vg, clean copy, 395 pp. 

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Mathew W. M. 1992 AGRICULTURE GEOLOGY AND SOCIETY IN ANTEBELLUM SOUTH CAROLINA – THE PRIVATE DIARY OF EDWARD RUFFIN Unv. Georgia Press dust jack, light wear vg clean copy, 368 pp., fig. 

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Siegfried R. and Dott R. H. Jr. 1980 HUMPHRY DAVY ON GEOLOGY THE 1805 LECTURES FOR THE GENERAL AUDIENCE University of Wisconsin Press, 8vo, dust jacket, light wear, 169 pp., many figs.    

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Berkeley, E. and Berkeley S. 1988 GEORGE WILLIAM FEATHERSTONHAUGH- THE FIRST U.S. GOVERNMENT GEOLOGIST Tuscaloosa: Unv. Alabama Press, 357 pp., 24 illust., cloth, d/j vg.    Price:  $25.00            (stock#HST17)
 
Cagnacci-Schwicker A. 1968 INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF METALLURGY MINERALOGY GEOLOGY MINING AND OIL INDUSTRIES (English, French, German, Italian) royal 8vo massive thick volume, light wear, ex-private lib. with label on title page else vg, 1530 pp. Very useful.                                               Price: $35.00           (stock#MIN109)
 

Gerstner P. 1994 HENRY DARWIN ROGERS 1808 – 1866 University of Alabama Press, 8vo, dust jacket, like new, 311 pp. + figs.                                                                                                                     Price: $25.00           (stock#HST07)

Gilbert G. K. A NEW METHOD OF MEASURING HEIGHTS BY MEANS OF THE BAROMETER from Second Annual Report of the U. S. Geological Survey, and is G. K. Gilbert’s laborious explanation of his modified, barometer-based altitude measurement widely used in his, and other early USGS mapping endeavors. 4to, archival tape along spine, good copy with 164 pp., 8 plates.                                                                Price: $25.00                 (stock#ENG30)

 

Gorgan, J. X. (ed.), 1982 THE GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES IN THE ANTEBELLUM SOUTH University of Alabama Press, small 8vo, h/b, no dust jacket, not sure if one issued, fine copy, 195 + figs.           Price:  $20.00           (stock#HST12)

Hitchcock E. 1841 FIRST ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS BEFORE THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOLOGISTS AT THE SECOND ANNUAL MEETING IN PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 5, 1841 8vo, no wraps, light+ soiling to title page else clean, 48 pp. Rare.                                                                                     Price: $60.00                 (stock#AAGNHitchcock)

Kingsley C. 1877 CHARLES KINGSLEY LETTERS AND MEMOIRS OF HIS LIFE edited by his wife 1877 1st American edition, 8vo, gilt cloth cloth, some wear/rubbing to extremities, with 502 pp., frontis portrait, good to vg copy.    

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Lanham U. 1973 THE BONE HUNTERS Columbia Unv. Press 8vo, dust jacket with wear and tears, book proper vg aside from small tear to corners of a few pages. With 285 pp., numerous figs. A very good and riveting read on 19th century vertebrate paleontology in the American West mostly devoted to Marsh, Cope, the Sternbergs, Hatcher, Osborn and others.                                                                                          Price: $20.00          (stock#Nhst35)

Livingstone D. N. 1987 NATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALER AND THE CULTURE OF AMERICAN SCIENCE University of Alabama Press, 8vo, h/b, dust jack as issued, lightest wear, 395 pp.                  Price: $25.00        (stock#HST008)

Marquis J. 1993 MERCHANT ADVENTURER: THE STORY OF W. R. GRACE Wilmington: Scholarly Resources, 385 pp. + illust., cloth with d/j, fine copy and long out of print.                                          Price:  $20.00          (stock#HST16)

Mathew W. M. 1992 AGRICULTURE GEOLOGY AND SOCIETY IN ANTEBELLUM SOUTH CAROLINA – THE PRIVATE DIARY OF EDWARD RUFFIN Unv. Georgia Press dust jack, light wear very good to fine clean copy, 368 pp., fig.

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Matthews E. B. 1923 CATALOGUE OF PUBLISHED BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN GEOLOGY (1896-1920) Bull. National Research Council Vol. 6(5) wps, light wear, vg, 228 pp.                                             Price: $25.00          (stock#HST28)

Morgan V. L. and Lucas S. G. 2002 WALTER GRANGER 1872-1941 PALEONTOLOGIST NM Mus. Nat. Hist. Bull. #19 4to, wps, fine copy, 58 pp. 47 figs.                                                                                 Price: $20.00          (stock#HST29)

 

Nickles J. M. 1924 GEOLOGIC LITERATURE ON NORTH AMERICA, 1785-1918; PART I,  BIBLIOGRAPHY USGS Bull. #746 wps, ex-lib, vg, 1169 pp., wraps with some wear, conents good, AND USGS Bull. #747 GEOLOGIC LITERATURE ON NORTH  AMERICA, 1785-1918; PART II, INDEX, 658 pp., also in wraps, some wear, ex-lib. A scarce set and the ultimate basic bibliographic index for pre-1918 North American geology references.         Price: $35.00             (stock#USGSB746-747)


Osborn H. F. 1931 EXPLORATIONS, RESEARCHES AND PUBLICATIONS OF PIERRE TEILHARD DE CHARDIN 1911-1931 AMNH Novitates #485 8vo, wps, light wear, pages unopened, vg, 13 pp., 1 fig, folding map.   

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Schuchert C. 1919  JOSEPH BARRELL offprint from Science 49: 605-607, wps, vg and Barrell’s euology.

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Schuchert C. 1920  AMERICAN PALEONTOLOGISTS AND THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE OF PALEONTOLOGY offprint from GSA Bulletin 31: 363-374 8vo, wps, vg. An interesting essay.                          Price: $10.00            (stock#HST22)

 

Scott H. W. (ed.) LECTURES ON GEOLOGY INCLUDING HYDROGRAPHY, MINERALOGY AND METEOROLOGY WITH AN INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY BY JOHN WALKER, 1779 TO 1803 cloth, some external wear, ex-lib, contents vg, 280 pp., frontis portrait, several figs.                                                      Price: $25.00            (stock#HST13)
 
Siegfried R. and Dott R. H. Jr. 1980 HUMPHRY DAVY ON GEOLOGY THE 1805 LECTURES FOR THE GENERAL AUDIENCE University of Wisconsin Press, 8vo, dust jacket, light wear, 169 pp., many figs.    

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Slowanska B. and Wilczek M. 1972 SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY SYMPOSIUM GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE POLAND 8vo, cloth, dust jacket worn, private name stamp else vg, 201 pp., folding stratigraphic charts, some figs, in english.

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Stearns R. P. 1970 SCIENCE IN THE BRITISH COLONIES OF AMERICA 8vo, cloth, ex-lib else vg, 760 pp., figs, article about author on free end paper.                                                                         Price: $30.00         (stock#Nhst35)

Teilhard de Chardin P. 1962 LETTERS FROM A TRAVELLER 8vo, dust jacket with some wear contents vg with 380 pp. One of Teilhard’s great books, highlighting his correspondence with noted figures of the day, including Julian Huxley and Pierre LeRoy and much emphasis on his explorations in China and South Africa. Hard to find.    

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Waiser W. A. 1989 THE FIELD NATURALIST JOHN MACOUN, THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND NATURAL SCIENCE 8vo, cloth with dj, light wear, almost new condition, 253 pp., figs.                           Price: $20.00          (stock#HIST20)

Wilson L. G. 1998 LYELL IN AMERICA TRANSATLANTIC GEOLOGY 1841 – 1853 John Hopkins Unv. Press, 8vo, dj, new, 429 pp., figs.                                                                                                            Price: $25.00           (stock#HST04)

Wormser F. E. et al. 1969 BIOGRAPHIES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE MINING AND METALLURGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 8vo, cloth, light wear, vg, 249 pp.                                                                Price: $15.00            (stock#HST33)

 

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