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FOREIGN AND TOPICAL GEOLOGY BY REGIONS/DISCIPLINE

CANADA GEOLOGY, MINING, MINERALS

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Aitken J. D. and Glass J. D. 1973 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC 8vo, in cloth as issued, former owners stamp on free end paper else light wear, contents good with 368 pp., many figures amongst the score of reports contained by the volume, which covers diverse aspects of the geology of the Arctic Archipelago.                                                                                   Price: $25.00                                (stock#CAN12)

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Alberta Soc. of Petroleum Geologists 1959 MOOSE MOUNTAIN - DRUMHELLER Field Guidebook 4to, in cloth as issued, cloth faded, some external wear, contents good with 196 pp., figures, large folding maps and charts in rear pocket. Contents include diverse reports, such as "ALBERTA AND FOSSIL VERTEBRATES By Langston; Geology of the western Front Ranges; papers on Cambrian through Cretaceous strata, oil and gas, structure, and much more.        

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Caley J. F. 1941 PALAEOZIC GEOLOGY OF THE BRANTFORD AREA ONTARIO Geological Survey of Canada Memoir #226 wraps light wear, very good clean copy with 176 pp., folding maps in rear pocket.                 

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Caley J. F. 1943 PALAEOZOIC GEOLOGY OF THE LONDON AREA ONTARIO Geological Survey of Canada Memoir #237 8vo, wraps light wear, very good clean copy with 171 pp., 5 plates, 4 figs., folding maps in rear pocket.     

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Caley J. F. 1945 PALAEOZOIC GEOLOGY OF THE WINDSOR-SARNIA AREA ONTARIO Geological Survey of Canada Memoir #240 wraps light wear, very good clean copy with 227 pp., 9 figures, folding maps in rear pocket.    

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Campbell R. B. and Tipper H. W. 1971 GEOLOGY OF BONAPARTE LAKE MAP AREA BRITISH COLUMBIA Geological Survey of Canada Memoir #363 8vo, in wraps as issued, some external wear, contents good with 100 pp., 6 figures and large folding colored map in rear pocket. The region covered by the report is approx. 20 miles north of Kamloops in a largely undeveloped but mineral-rich region.                                Price: $25.00                    (stock#GSCM363)

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Christie A. M. 1953 GOLDFIELDS - MARTIN LAKE MAP-AREA SASKATCHEWAN Geological Survey of Canada Memoir #269 8vo, wraps with signature, some wear, contents good, 126 pp., 6 plts, 15 figs, folding map in rear pocket and discussion of the region's gold and uranium mineral ore deposits.        Price: $30.00                   (stock#GSCMem269)

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Clapp C. H. and Cooke H. C. 1917  SOOKE AND DUNCAN MAP AREAS, VANCOUVER ISLAND Geol. Surv. Canada Mem. #96 wps, ex-lib, light wear, vg, 445 pp., figs, maps.                          Price: $45.00                    (stock#GSCM96)

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Cockfield W. E. 1921 SIXTYMILE AND LADUE RIVERS AREA YUKON Geological Survey of Canada 8vo, signed and dated by former owner Chester Reeds, some wear, corner tear to wrap, contents with some wear but good with 60 pp., 1 plate (folding map in rear pocket), 6 figures. With good discussion of gold bearing gravels for placers and mining.      

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Cockfield W. E. 1936 LODE GOLD DEPOSITS OF YMIR - NELSON AREA BRITISH COLUMBIA Geological Survey of Canada Memoir #191 8vo, wraps, faded stamp on wrap else light wear, 78 pp., 9 figs including the folding map in rear pocket.                                                                                               Price: $35.00                             (stock#GSCMem191)

Dresser J. A. 1916 GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE DISTRICT OF LAKE ST. JOHN QUEBEC Geological Survey of Canada Memoir #92 8vo, wraps with former owner Charles Park's stamp else overall light wear and a very good copy with 88 pp., 5 plates and frontis plate, 1 map in rear pocket.                              Price: $30.00                      (stock#GSCMem92)

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Drysdale C. W. 1915 GEOLOGY OF FRANKLIN MINING CAMP BRITISH COLUMBIA Geol. Surv. Canada Memoir #56 wps with signature else light wear vg 246 pp., 23 plts, 16 figs, 2 folding maps.    Price: $45.00                 (stock#GSCMem56)

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Geological Survey of Canada 1913 SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO Guidebook No. 4 of the GSC Transcontinental Excursion series, 8vo, in wraps, light wear, vg, 142 pp., small, folding colored maps, figs., covering the region’s geology with emphasis on Ordovician to Devonian strata and fossils, and Quaternary geology of Niagara Falls region. 

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Hume G. S. 1933 OIL AND GAS IN WESTERN CANADA Geol. Surv. Canada Economic Geology Series #5 8vo, wraps with stamp, some external wear, contents vg, 359 pp., 26 figs. Scarce.      Price: $35.00              (stock#GSCEG05)

Kerr J. W. 1974 GEOLOGY OF BATHURST ISLAND GROUP AND BYAM MARTIN ISLAND, ARCTIC CANADA Memoir #378 8vo, wraps, some external wear, contents good with with 152 pp., 19 plates, folding map in rear pocket.   

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Liberty B. A. 1963 GEOLOGY OF TWEED, KALADAR AND BANNOCKBURN MAP-AREAS, ONTARIO Geol. Surv. Canada Tech. Paper 63-14 wraps light wear, vg, 15 pp., 3 folding maps in rear pocket.   Price: $20.00             (stock#GSCTP63-14)

Malcolm W. and Faribault E. R. 1916 REGIONS AURIFERES DA LA NOUVELLE-ECOSSE Geological Survey of Canada Memoir #20 large 8vo, wraps with some wear, short tears, old stamp of Charles Park, and was his personal copy, cloth tape along spine, rear wrap loose but large folding maps present, contents with some, but generally light wear and overall the contents are very good with 384 pp., 42 plates, 24 figures and two large folding maps in the map packet at the rear of volume. Focused on the gold mining regions of Nova Scotia, text in french. This volume was the precursor to Malcolm's 1929 classic GOLD FIELDS OF NOVA SCOTIA, and contains as much, if not more data, site and deposit descriptions and other general to technical data and details on the Nova Scotia gold deposits.                                                                                                                                                           Price: $100.00                          (stock#GSCM20)

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McLearn F. H. and Kindle E. M. 1950 GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA Geol. Surv. Canada Memoir #259 wraps with small stamp, some exterior wear, contents vg with 236 pp., 8 plates, 16 figs. and pocket map.

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Norford B. S. 1962 ILLUSTRATIONS OF CANADIAN FOSSILS - CAMBRIAN, ORDOVICIAN AND SILURIAN OF THE WESTERN CORDILLERA Geol. Surv. Canada Tech. Paper 62-14 wraps light wear, vg, 25 pp., including 10 plates of fossils.                                                                                                  Price: $20.00                         (stock#GSCTP62-14)

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Quirke T. T. 1917 ESPANOLA DISTRICT ONTARIO Geological Survey of Canada Memoir #102 8vo, in wraps as issued, older ownership name inked on front wrap else overall light wear, contents very good with 92 pp., 6 plates, 8 figures and folding map in the rear pocket.                                                    Price: $30.00                         (stock#GSCMem102)

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Sanford B. V. and Brady W. B. 1955 PALAEOZOIC GEOLOGY OF THE WINDSOR-SARNIA AREA ONTARIO Geological Survey of Canada Memoir #278 wraps light wear, very good clean copy with 65 pp., folding maps in rear pocket.      

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Swanson E. A. et al. (eds.) 1981 THE BUCHANS OREBODIES: FIFTY YEARS OF GEOLOGY AND MINING Geol. Assoc.
Canada, Spec. Paper #22 8vo text, printed cloth light wear, ownership name inside front cover else contents vg, 350 pp., scores of figs and the accompanying slip case of maps. The definitive volume on the Buchan’s mines and geology of Newfoundland. Scarce.                                                                              Price: $40.00                         (stock#NWF02)

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Walker J. F. 1926 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WINDERMERE MAP AREA, BRITISH COLUMBIA Geol. Surv. Canada Mem. #148 wps, ex-lib, light wear, vg, 69 pp. figs.                     Price: $30.00                        (stock#GSCM148)

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Washburn A. L. 1947 GEOLOGY OF VICTORIA ISLAND AND ADJACENT REGIONS Geological Society of America  Memoir
#22 8vo, in cloth with gilt spine title as issued, light wear, contents good with 142 pp., 32 plts, 4 figs.  

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FOREIGN GEOLOGY AND RELATED TOPICS

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Barr F. T. and Weegar A. A. 1972 STRATIGRAPHIC NOMENCLATURE OF THE SIRTE BASIN LIBYA Petrol. Expl. Soc. Libya 8vo, cloth light wear vg 179 pp., scores of graphic well logs which cover the Cretaceous-Tertiary rocks of the basin.   

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Dence M. R. and Guy-Bray J. V. 1972 ASTROBLEMES, CRATERES ET STRUCTURES CRYPTOVOLCANIQUES Guide book Excursion A65, 24th International Geological Congress in wraps as issued, light wear, contents good with 69 pp., 8 figures focused on impact craters in eastern Canada, including Sudbury.           Price: $25.00                    (stock#CAN11)

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Falke H. (ed.) 1972 ROTLIEGEND - ESSAYS ON EUROPEAN LOWER PERMIAN 8vo, cloth as issued light wear, vg clean copy with 299 pp., 66 figs.                                                                      Price: $25.00                           (stock#EUR81P)

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Ginsburg R. N. (ed.) 2001 SUBSURFACE GEOLOGY OF THE PROGRADING CARBONATE PLATFORM MARGIN GREAT BAHAMA BANK: RESULTS OF THE BAHAMAS DRILLING PROJECT SEPM Spec. Publ. #70 4to, in cloth with dust jacket as issued, some wear to dust jacket else contents very good with 271 pp. and scores of figures, on the geology and geologic history and origin of the Pliocene to recent age Great Bahama Bank and adjacent areas.    

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Haq B. U. and Milliman J. D. (eds.) 1984 MARINE GEOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY OF ARABIAN SEA COASTAL PAKISTAN published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. for the National Institute of Oceanography, 8vo, in cloth with dust jacket, light wear, contents good, 382 pp., numerous figures, maps.         Price: $25.00                 (stock#CSEA12)

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James N. P. and Ginsburg R. N. 1979 THE SEAWARD MARGIN OF BELIZE BARRIER AND ATOLL REEFS published by the International Assoc. of Sedimentologists, large 8vo, in wraps as issued, some wear, former owner’s name on front wrap, contents very good with 191 pp., numerous figures.                  Price: $25.00                        (stock#SED80)

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Khudoley K. M. and A. A. Meyerhoff  PALEOGEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF GREATER ANTILLES Geological Society of America Memoir #129 8vo, cloth with gilt title, some external wear, ex-library copy else contents very good with 199 pp., 30 figs.                                                             Price: $30.00                          (stock#GSAMem129)

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Kobayashi T. 1937 THE CAMBRO-ORDOVICIAN SHELLY FAUNAS OF SOUTH AMERICA Jour. Imperial Unv. Tokyo wraps, some external wear, contents vg, 154 pp., 8 plates of fossils including trilobites.    

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Kummel B. and Teichert C. (eds.) 1970 STRATIGRAPHIC BOUNDARY PROBLEMS PERMIAN AND TRIASSIC OF WEST PAKISTAN royal 8vo, dust jacket with some wear else vg copy,  474 pp., figs, maps.   

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Kupper H. (ed.) 1964 GEOLOGISCHER FUHRER ZU EXKURSIONEN DURCH DIE OSTALPEN Vol. 57, #1 8vo, wraps light wear, vg, 375 pp., scores of figs. on the Triassic and younger strata fossils and rocks of the Austrian Alps. A classic reference on the Alpine Triassic - Jurassic realm and hard to find.                    Price: $30.00                   (stock#EUR31)

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Lemos M. J. and Oliveira J. T. 1983 THE CARBONIFEROUS OF PORTUGAL published by the Portugal Geological Survey, in english, 4to, in wraps as issued, some external wear, contents good with 211 pp., a score of figures including some of fossil plants, folding map in rear pocket.                                                       Price: $25.00                     (stock#EUR63)

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Logan B. W. et al. (eds.) 1974 EVOLUTION AND DIAGENESIS OF QUATERNARY CARBONATE SEQUENCES, SHARK BAY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA AAPG Memoir #22 8vo, in cloth with gilt titles as issued, light wear, contents clean with light wear and a  very good copy with 358 pp., scores of figures.            Price: $40.00                 (stock#AAPGMem22)

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Mexico Paricutin Volcano Region, two (2) reports on the noted Volcano and geomorphology of the region, both are U. S. Geological Bulletins, both with some wear, ex-lib, contents good. They are as follows: (1) Segerstrom K. 1950 EROSION STUDIES AT PARICUTIN, STATE OF MICHOACAN, MEXICO USGS Bull. #965-A with 164 pp., 7 plates, 73 figures, and (2) Williams H. 1950 VOLCANOES OF THE PARICUTIN REGION MEXICO USGS Bull. #965-B with 114 pp., 2 plates, 21 figures. Scarce.                                                                                                   Price: $30.00                             (stock#USGSB965x2)

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Miller A. K. et al., 1954 ORDOVOCIAN CEPHALOPODS FROM BAFFIN ISLAND Geological Society of America Memoir #62 8vo, gilt cloth, fine copy, 234 pp., 63 plates of fossils, 20 figs.              Price: $25.00                   (stock#GSAM62)

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Muir-Wood H. M. et al. 1948 MALAYAN LOWER CARBONIFEROUS FOSSILS British Museum 8vo, cloth light wear, very mild ex-lib else clean, vg copy, 118, 17 plates, 3 figs. Scarce.               Price: $25.00                              (stock#SEA22)

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Naqvi S. M. and Rogers J. J. W. 1987 PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF INDIA Oxford University Press Geology and Geophysics Monograph #6. 8vo, in cloth as issued light wear, contents very good with 223 pp. and scores of figures, on the crystalline rocks of the Indian sub-continent, adjacent regions and their geologic history. A classic reference.                                                                                                 Price: $20.00                              (stock#CSEA21)

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Perkins B. F. 1960 BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC STUDIES IN THE COMANCHE (CRETACEOUS) SERIES OF NORTHERN MEXICO AND TEXAS Geological Society of America Memoir #83 8vo, red cloth as issued, ex-lib else light wear vg copy, 138 pp., 34 plates mostly of fossils, 26 figs.                                                      Price: $25.00                            (stock#GSAMem83)

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Peyrt T. M. (ed.) 1987 THE ZECHSTEIN FACIES IN EUROPE published by Springer-Verlag, 8vo, in wraps as issued, light wear, contents good with 272 pp, numerous figures and consists of invited papers that cover the Permian and basal Triassic of Europe.                                                                                      Price: $20.00                            (stock#EUR37)

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Purser B. H. 1973 THE PERSIAN GULF – HOLOCENE  CARBONATE SEDIMENTATION AND DIAGENESIS IN A SHALLOW
EPICONTINENTAL SEA
published by Springer-Verlag, 8vo, in pictoral cloth as issued, light wear, contents very good with 471 pp., numerous figures and large folding maps in the rear pocket. A classic text on modern carbonate sedimentology.                                                                                                      Price: $30.00                      (stock#SED76)

Rode K. P. et al. 1958 COMISION PARA LA CORRELACION DEL SISTEMA KAROO volume from the Proceedings of the 20th International Geological Congress, Mexico City 1956, in wraps as issued, some wear, stamp to wraps, contents good with 256 pp., numerous figures throughout text which is nearly all in English and focused on the latest Permian and early to middle Triassic systems of Gondwana across Africa, India, South America and Australia. Hard to find.       

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Salem M. J. and Busrewil M. T. (eds.) 1980 THE GEOLOGY OF LIBYA 3 volumes. All 4to, dust jackets with light+ wear contents clean and vg, and extremely scarce. With 1,155 pp. scores of figs. Scarce to find all three vols together. 

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Simons F. S. 1956 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ZIMAPAN MINING DISTRICT STATE OF HILDAGO MEXICO U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper #284 in wraps as issued, overall some wear but contents good with 128 pp., 14 plates, 69 figures. One of the more important and hard to find reports on Mexico mining districts studied and published by the USGS.                                                                         Price: $30.00                                 (stock#PP284)

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Stomer L. 1953 THE MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN OF THE OSLO REGION NORWAY wraps with institutional stamp else light wear, vg, 141 pp., 6 plates, 16 figs. A classic report on one of the classic locales for Ordovician fossils.  

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Toomey D. F. (ed.) 1981 EUROPEAN FOSSIL REEF MODELS SEPM Spec. Publ. #30 8vo, in cloth with gilt- embossed design as issued, light wear, contents clean with 546 pp., scores of figures.      Price: $30.00              (stock#SEPMSP30)

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Van Bemmelen R. W. and Moore R. C. 1954 MOUNTAIN BUILDING - A STUDY PRIMARILY BASED ON INDONESIA REGION OF THE WORLD'S MOST ACTIVE CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS published in the Netherlands, but in English. 8vo, dust jacket with short marginal tears, some external wear, contents good with 177 pp., numerous figures.
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Wiese J. H. and Cardenas S. 1945 TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF SONORA MEXICO USGS Bull. #946-D wps light wear vg 28 pp., 6 plts (pocket maps), 1 fig.                 Price: $15.00               (stock#USGSB946D)

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Ziegler A. M. et al. 1974 CORRELATION OF THE SILURIAN ROCKS OF THE BRITISH ISLES GSA Spec. Paper #154 8vo, printed wraps light wear, vg to fine copy, 154 pp., folding chart in rear pocket.    Price: $15.00              (stock#GSASP154)

MINING MINERALS AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY

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Azaroff L. V. 1968 ELEMENTS OF X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 8vo, in cloth as issued, small corner bump to cloth, contents not affected, ex-mining company lib. copy else contents good with 610 pp., scores of figures.

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Braithwaite C. J. R. et al. (eds.) 2004 THE GEOMETRY AND PETROGENESIS OF DOLOMITE HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS Geological Society of London Spec. Publ. #235 8vo, in pictoral cloth as issued, light wear, contents very good with 413 pp., numerous figures.                                                 Price: $30.00                                 (stock#SED77)

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Buerger M J. 1960 CRYSTAL - STRUCTURE ANALYSIS 8vo, in cloth, light wear overall, perforated stamp on title page else contents very good with 668 pp., scores of figures, and a great reference on mineralogy crystallography and crystal structure.                                                                                                                Price: $25.00                    (stock#MIN101)

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Busch D. A. (ed.) 1974 STRATIGRAPHIC TRAPS IN SANDSTONES – EXPLORATION TECHNIQUES AAPG Memoir #21 8vo, in gilt-titled cloth as issued, some wear, contents with former owner’s signature inside front cover else good with 174 pp., scores of figures.                                                                Price: $25.00                             (stock#AAPGMem21)

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Crawford J. T. III and Hustrulid W. A. 1979 OPEN PIT MINE PLANNING AND DESIGN AIME 4to, cloth, light wear, owner name on bottom edges of pages, visible when book is closed else vg, 367 pp., scores of figs.    

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Eberli G. P. et al. (eds.) 2004 INTEGRATION OF OUTCROP AND MODERN ANALOGS IN RESERVOIR MODELING AAPG Memoir #80 4to, in cloth as issued, light wear and a very good copy with 394 pp., scores of figures.
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Eberli G. P. et al. (eds.) 2004 SEISMIC IMAGING OF CARBONATE RESERVOIRS AND SYSTEMS AAPG Memoir #81 4to, in cloth as issued, light wear and a vg copy with 376 pp., scores of figs.     Price: $40.00             (stock#AAPGMem81)

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Edson F. A. 1926 DIAMOND DRILLING WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO OIL-FIELD PROSPECTING AND DEVELOPMENT U. S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin #243 8vo, wraps as issued, old ownership stamp and signature to front wrap, some external wear contents good with 169 pp., 30 figs. Still an important work for exploration on the cheap.              

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Elwell W. T. and Wood D. F. 1961 THE ANALYSIS OF TITANIUM - ZIRCONIUM AND THEIR ALLOYS published by Wiley and Sons, 8vo, in dark cloth as issued, some external wear, perforated stamp (ex-lib copy) to title page else contents good with 198 pp., scattered figures.                                                             Price: $25.00                          (stock#MIN06)

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Gale H. S. 1912 NITRATE DEPOSITS U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin #523 8vo, in wraps as issued, light wear, contents very good with 36 pp., 2 plates, 2 figures with good discussion on the Nitrate mineral deposits of California and Utah, and elsewhere.                                                                                           Price: $20.00                        (stock#USGSB523)

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Gale H. S. et al. 1921 CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1920 PART I, METALS AND NONMETALS EXCEPT FUELS USGS Bull. #715 8vo wraps with wear, short tears, old tape along spine ends, loose or coming so. Contents have a few folded corners and a crease to preliminary pages (mostly table of contents) else are good, 230 pp., 24 plts, 40 figs. With diverse gold silver and other metal mining content including: PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN THE BATESVILLE DISTRICT, ARKANSAS By Miser; THE DIVIDE SILVER DISTRICT, NEVADA By Knopf; THE MOGOLLON DISTRICT, NEW MEXICO By Ferguson, and more.        Price: $30.00                (stock#USGSB715)

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Garland J. et al. (eds.) 2012 ADVANCES IN CARBONATE EXPLORATION AND RESERVOIR ANALYSIS Geological Society of London Spec. Publ. #370 8vo, in pictorial cloth as issued light wear, contents very good with 311 pp., and numerous figures. A nice volume.                                                              Price: $30.00                       (stock#SED75)

Gavin M. J. 1924 OIL-SHALE, AN HISTORICAL, TECHNICAL, AND ECONOMIC STUDY U. S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin #210 8vo, in wraps as issued, light wear, contents good with 201 pp., 18 plates, 4 figures. Provides a useful inventory of both global and U. S. oil shale resources, a history of their explotation, and techniques and methods for doing so.    

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Shipley R. M. 1951 DICTIONARY OF GEMS AND GEOLOGY published by Gemological Institute of America in cloth as issued, 5th ed., overall light wear, contents good with 261 pp.                 Price: $25.00                        (stock#MIN32)

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Groth P. 1874 TABELLARISCHE UBERSICHT DER EINFACHEN MINERALIEN NACH IHREN KRYSTALLOGRAPHISCH-CHEMISCHEN BEZIEHUNGEN 8vo, wraps loose or coming so, contents vg, 60 pp.    Price: $40.00            (stock#MIN58P)

Groth P. 1898 TABELLARISCHE UBERSICHT DER MINERALIEN SACH IHREN KRYSTALLOGRAPHISCH-CHEMISCHEN BEZIEHUNGEN 8vo, in marbled boards with quarter leather, external wear, boards loose or coming so but contents good with 183 pp. and scattered diagrams of crystal forms and lattice structures.     Price: $35.00           (stock#MIN43)

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Harder E. C. 1910 MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin #427 wraps with some exterior wear, contents very good with 298 pp., 2 plts, 33 figs.           Price: $20.00                (stock#USGSB427)

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Heyl  A. V., et.al. 1961-1964 OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES in three (3) volumes as issued, and a complete set published as U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin #1135. The set consists of: PART 1. GENERAL GEOLOGY (Bull.# 1135A); PART 2. UTAH (Bull.#1135B); and PART 3. COLORADO (Bull.#1135C). All the volumes in wraps as issued some ownership signatures or mining company stamp, contents of all are good with a total of 254 pp., 16 plates, and 31 figures. A classic report on mining and minerals of Colorado and Utah. Hard to find complete with all three volumes.
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Hollister V. F. (ed.) 1991 PORPHYRY COPPER, MOLYBDENUM, AND GOLD DEPOSITS, VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSITS (MASSIVE SULFIDES) AND DEPOSITS IN LAYERED ROCK Soc. Metal Mining Explor. 4to, cloth, light wear, vg, 256 pp., scores of figs. With much on Arizona and Colorado mining districts, and elsewhere.     Price: $40.00         (stock#MC112)

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Horbury A. D. and Robinson A. G. 1993 DIAGENESIS AND BASIN DEVELOPMENT AAPG Study Series in Geology #36 4to, in wraps as issued, some external wear, contents very good with 274 pp., and scores of figures.  

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Hutchinson R. W. et al. (eds.) PRECAMBRIAN SULPHIDE DEPOSITS Geol. Assoc. Canada, Spec. Paper #22 8vo, in cloth as issued, light wear, contents vg, 791 pp., scores of figs. and contains 23 contributed reports that cover Precambrian age metalliferous deposits from the Adirondacks of New York to the Canadian Shield in northern Canada. A classic volume on ore body emplacement.                                                                                            Price: $40.00                  (stock#CAN43)

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Jackson M. P. A. and Galloway W. E. 1984 STRUCTURAL AND DEPOSITIONAL STYLES OF GULF COAST TERTIARY CONTINENTAL MARGINS: APPLICATION TO HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION AAPG Course Notes #25 4to, wraps, light external wear, contents vg, 226 pp., scores of figs.                               Price: $25.00                           (stock#AAPGCN25)

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Karrick L. C. 1926 MANUAL OF TESTING METHODS FOR OIL SHALE AND SHALE OIL U. S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin #249 8vo, in wraps as issued, some external wear, faded stamp and old ownership signature to wraps, contents good with 70 pp., 24 figs.                                                                                                    Price: $20.00                      (stock#USBMB249)

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Koschman A. H. and Bergendahl M. H. 1968 PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES USGS Prof. Paper #610 cloth as issued, fine copy with 283 pp. and 28 figs. Long of out print.  

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Kosolapova T. Y. 1971 CARBIDES - PROPERTIES, PRODUCTION AND APPLICATIONS published by Plenum Press, 8vo, cloth with dust jacket as issued, some wear to dust jacket else contents vg, 298 pp., numerous figs, and is the English translation of the original Russian printing.                                                  Price: $25.00                              (stock#MC37)

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Kupecz J. et al. (eds.) 1997 RESERVOIR QUALITY PREDICTION IN SANDSTONES AND CARBONATES AAPG Memoir #69 4to, in cloth with dust jacket as issued, dust jacket with some wear else a very good copy with 311 pp., scores of figures.                                                                                                                    Price: $30.00                      (stock#AAPGMem69)

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Levorsen A. L. 1941 STRATIGRAPHIC TYPE OIL FIELDS published by the American Association of Petroleum Geologist, 8vo, in cloth as issued, former owner's signature on free end paper else contents clean and a very good, sound copy of this classic volume that covers the geology of numerous oil fields across the United States including Kern County California, Weld County Colorado, much on Kansas, a contribution on Michigan Gas Fields, many reports on Texas and Oklahoma, and more regions.                                                                     Price: $40.00                           (stock#AAPG12)

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Lovering T. G. 1972 JASPEROID IN THE UNITED STATES - ITS CHARACTERISTICS ORIGIN, AND ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE wps, light wear, ex-lib, vg, 164 pp., 50 figs.                                      Price: $20.00                 (stock#PP710)

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Meshri I. D. and Ortoleva P. J. (eds.) 1990 RESERVOIR QUALITY PREDICTION IN SANDSTONES AND CARBONATES AAPG Memoir #49 4to, in cloth with dust jacket as issued, some wear to dust jacket else very good copy with 175 pp., scores of figures.                                                                                  Price: $30.00                       (stock#AAPGMem49)

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90th Congress, 1967 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND RADIATION OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY, CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES Parts 1 and 2, complete, 8vo, wraps, some wear, vg, 1373 pp. Scarce.                                                       Price: $40.00                           (stock#MC82)

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Pearl R. M. 1964 GEMS MINERALS CRYSTALS AND ORES 8vo, in cloth as issued, light wear, contents good with 320 pp., scores of figures, some color photos of various mineral species. A nice book.           Price: $25.00             (stock#MIN32)

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Peyton C. E. (ed.) 1977 SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY - APPLICATIONS TO HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION AAPG Memoir #26 cloth as issued, light+ wear signature on paste down else vg, 516 pp., scores of figs. The volume that is the landmark beginning of sequence stratigraphy.                                                   Price: $35.00                 (stock#AAPGM26)

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Ries H. 1903 THE CLAYS OF THE UNITED STATES EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER spine neatly bound with archival tape, marginal chips to wps, contents with light wear, vg with 298 pp., 9 plts, figs. With State by State summary and description of clay deposits.                                                                              Price: $40.00                             (stock#PP11)

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Robie E. H. (ed.) 1959 ECONOMICS OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES Seeley W. Mudd Series of the American Institue of Mining Engineers, in pebbled red cloth, bright gilt spine and cover title, mining company ownership stamp on front free end paper else very good clean copy with 755 pp., figures.                        Price: $25.00                           (AIMEmuddvol)

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Roehl P. O. and Choquette P. W. 1985 CARBONATE PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS published by Springer-Verlag, in cloth as issued, prior owner's signature on title page else light wear, contents very good with 622 pp., 386 figures and one of the more authoratative texts on the subject.                                                       Price: $30.00                (stock#OIL34)

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Schlegel D. M. 1957 GEM STONES OF THE UNITED STATES USGS Bull. #1042-G wps, very good copy, 50 pp.
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Schrader F. C. et al. 1917 USEFUL MINERALS OF THE UNITED STATES U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin #624 8vo, wrps with some wear, short tape repairs across spine ends, contents with corner bump else very good with 412 pp. and the report is an index by mineral type and its occurrence by mining or mineral resource districts, State by State.  

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Short M. N. 1940 MICROSCOPIC DETERMINATION OF THE ORE MINERALS USGS Bull. #914 wraps with some wear, contents vg with 314 pp., 14 plts, 33 figs.                                         Price: $20.00                         (stock#USGSB914)

Smith O. C. 1953 IDENTIFICATION AND QUALITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF MINERALS published by Van Ostrand, 8vo, in cloth, former owner's name to free end paper, some underlining of text else contents good with 383 pp., 37 figures and 23 colored plates of mineral specimens.                               Price: $30.00                             (stock#MIN76)

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Sterrett D. B. 1923 MICA DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin #740 8vo, in wraps as issued, ex-lib. with period, partly faded stamps, some external wear, contents good with 343 pp., 39 plates, 96 figures and heavily focused on East Coast deposits ranging from Maine to Virginia and the Carolinas, but other States included as well. With detailed summaries and sketch maps of individual mines, trenches and deposits. One of the more sought after references on East Coat pegmatite deposits, in which the Mica deposits usually occur. 

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Tillman R. W. and Weber K. J. (eds.) 1987 RESERVOIR SEDIMENTOLOGY SEPM Spec. Publ. # 40, large 4to, in cloth with gilt-embossed design as issued, light wear, contents clean and very good with 357 pp., scores of figures. 

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Trask P. D. and Patnode H. W. 1942 SOURCE BEDS OF PETROLEUM American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 8vo, cloth with gilt spine title, light rubbing edges of boards else very good and clean copy with 566 pp., 72 figures. A classic volume.                                                                              Price: $25.00                                    (stock#AAPGNS19)

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Venable F. P. 1922 ZIRCONIUM AND ITS COMPOUNDS published as part of the American Chemical Society Monograph Series, 8vo, in blue cloth as issued, some external wear, perforated stamp to title page (ex-lib. copy) else contents very good with 173 pp. Scarce.                                                                             Price: $25.00                               (stock#MIN03)

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Wells R. C. 1916 THE FRACTIONAL PRECIPITATION OF SOME ORE-FORMING COMPOUNDS AT MODERATE TEM-PERATURES U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin #609 8vo, in wraps as issued, some external wear, stamps to wrap, contents good with 46 pp., 2 figures.                                                 Price: $15.00                        (stock#USGSB609)

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Wells R. C. 1925 CHEMISTRY OF DEPOSITION OF NATIVE COPPER FROM ASCENDING SOLUTIONS USGS Bull. #778 wps, light wear, vg, 71 pp., 2 figs.                                                              Price: $20.00                        (stock#USGSB778)

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Works Progress Administration 1940 TECHNOLOGY, EMPLOYMENT, AND OUTPUT PER MAN IN COPPER MINING 8vo, in wraps as issued, short tears to spine paper else contents good with 260 pp., 49 figures. Scarce. 

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TOPICAL GEOLOGY (Sed-Strat, Tectonics, Glacial, etc...)

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American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1976 ANCIENT DELTAS AAPG Reprint Series, 8vo, in wraps as issued, some external wear, contents good with 226 pp., and scores of figures focused on deltaic sedimentation.                   

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Balk R. 1948 STRUCTURAL BEHAVOIR OF IGNEOUS ROCKS (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO INTERPRETATIONS BY H. CLOOS AND COLLABORATORS) in cloth as issued, some wear but overall a good solid copy with 177 pp., 24 plates, 38 figures (similar to the edition issued as a GSA Memoir, but an authorized reprint by a private publisher).       

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Balk R. 1948 STRUCTURAL BEHAVOIR OF IGNEOUS ROCKS (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO INTERPRETATIONS BY H. CLOOS AND COLLABORATORS) in cloth as issued, some wear but overall a good solid copy with 177 pp., 24 plates, 38 figures (similar to the edition issued as a GSA Memoir, but an authorized reprint by a private publisher).       

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Becker G. F. 1904 EXPERIMENTS WITH SCHISTOSITY AND SLATY CLEAVAGE U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin #241 8vo, in wraps as issued, front wrap with small torn/chipped area along margin, contents good with 34 pp., 7 plates. A classic reference on experimental metamorphism and tectonic deformation of sediments.
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Birkeland P. W. 1974 PEDALOGY WEATHERING AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESEARCH published by Oxford Unv. Press, 8vo, in cloth as issued, some external wear, stamps to free end paper else content good, clean with 285 pp., numerous figures focused on the science of soils, how bedrock weathers into soils, and various of their gemorphic aspects.       

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Brock T. D. 1978 THERMOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS AND LIFE AT HIGH TEMPERATURES 8vo, pictorial cloth, some external wear, ex-lib else contents vg, 465 pp., scores of figs.        Price: $30.00                         (stock#IP10P)

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Cook H. E. and Enos P. (eds.) 1977 DEEP-WATER CARBONATE DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS SEPM Spec. Publ. #25 cloth with gilt titles, ex-lib else light wear, vg, 336 pp., scores of figs.    Price: $25.00              (stock#SEPMSP25)

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Corbett D. M. 1943 STREAM GAGING PROCEDURE - A MANUAL DESCRIBING METHODS AND PRACTICES OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY U. S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper #888 8vo, in wraps as issued, some external wear, short tears to paper spine cover, contents good, 245 pp., 13 plts, 33 figs.         Price: $20.00                  (stock#WSP888)

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Curran H. A. 1985 BIOGENIC STRUCTURES: THEIR USE IN INTERPRETING DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS Soc. of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Special Publ. #35 8vo, gilt decorated cloth, no ownership markings and very good with 347 pp., scores of figs.                                                       Price: $25.00                       (stock#SEPMSP35)

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Cys J. M. and Mazzullo S. J. 1978 DEPOSITIONAL PROCESSES IN ANCIENT CARBONATES SEPM Reprint Series #7 8vo, printed wraps with signature else light wear, vg, 235 pp., figs.             Price: $20.00              (stock#SEPMRS07)

Frisi P. 1861 TREATISE ON RIVERS AND TORRENTS WITH THE METHOD OF REGULATING THEIR COURSE AND CHANNELS published by John Weale, London, smaller book rebound long ago in hardback, ex-Franklin Institute Library with their bookplate and blind stamp, contents with age toning but overall good and contain 226 pp. A rather scarce volume on what was a very important topic during the Victorian period of the Industrial Revolution, when canals and navigable water courses were essential.                                                Price: $60.00                              (stock#ENG42)

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Fyfe and Others 1958 METAMORPHIC REACTIONS AND METAMORPHIC FACIES Geological Society of America Memoir #73 8vo, gilt cloth, signature on FEP else fine with 259 pp., 108 figs.      Price: $25.00              (stock#GSAM73)

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Hamilton W. and Myers W. B. 1967 THE NATURE OF BATHOLITHS U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper #554-C 4to, in wraps as issued, wraps with former owner's name, some wear, contents good with 30 pp., 8 figs.

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Hedgepeth J. W. (ed.) 1957 TREATISE ON MARINE ECOLOGY AND PALEOECOLOGY Geological Society of America Memoir #57 2 volumes complete, in original cloth with gilt titles on spine, ownership marks else a very good set of a classic, and massive work with 2,273 pp., scores of plts including 16 that are folding, and additional figs.           

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Hobbs W. H. 1926 THE GLACIAL ANTICYCLONES - THE POLES OF THE ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION published by MacMillan Co., 8vo, in cloth as issued, light wear, contents good with 198 pp., colored frontis plate and numerous figures. A classic book by Hobbs, otherwise known for sometimes extraordinary geological theories on tectonics and processes. 

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Houseknecht D. W. and Pittman E. D. 1992 ORIGIN, DIAGENESIS AND PETROPHYSICS OF CLAY MINERALS IN SANDSTONES SEPM Spec. Publ. #47 4to, cloth with gilt embossment and title, light wear, vg-fine copy, 282 pp., scores of figs. A nice copy.                                                                   Price: $30.00                     (stock#SEPMSP47)

JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTOLOGY 1962-1964, first three volumes complete with four (4) issues per volume, for a total of 12 issues. All in wraps as issued,  former owner's stamp to wraps, some external wear, contents good and loaded with reports on diverse  aspects of Sedimentology, ranging from braided river deposits to offshore carbonates, and all in between.                                                                                                    Price: $35.00                        (stock#JSed)

Krynine P. D. 1947 SOIL MECHANICS ITS PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS published by McGraw-Hill, NY 8vo, in cloth as issued, some external wear, contents good with 511 pp. and scattered figures that build on the realization that during World War II, the properties of underlying soils were essential factors in the building of air strips and other installations, and that soil properties need to be essential concerns of most engineering projects.          

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Le Blanc R. J. and Breeding J. G. 1957 REGIONAL ASPECTS OF CARBONATE DEPOSITION SEPM Spec Publication #5 8vo, printed wraps, some wear, contents vg, 178 pp., figs including a few folding maps.  

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Lerman A. 1979 GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES WATER AND SEDIMENT ENVIRONMENTS 8vo, cloth, as new still in original publishers shrink wrap, with 479 pp., numerous figs.                     Price: $20.00                        (stock#SED12)

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Longwell C. R. et al. 1964 SEDIMENTARY FACIES IN GEOLOGIC HISTORY GSA Memoir #39 8vo, gilt cloth, vg copy, 171 pp., numerous figures (contains individual papers which are paginated separately). With much on Colorado Plateau geology.                                          Price:  $20.00                             (stock#GSAM39)

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Mabbut J. A. 1979 DESERT LANDFORMS vol. 2 of the “An Introduction to Geomorphology” series, 8vo, cloth, dust jacket with some wear, signature on free end paper else contents vg with 340 pp., 95 figs. A good reference for the processes and their results and interpretations that generate eolian landforms.     Price: $25.00                (stock#sed34)

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Milliman J. D. 1974 RECENT SEDIMENTARY CARBONATES - PART 1 MARINE CARBONATES Springer-Verlag, 8vo, some external wear, contents very good with 375 pp. and a score of figures on modern marine carbonates.                        

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Montanez  I. P. et al. (eds.) 1997 BASIN-WIDE DIAGENETIC PATTERNS – INTEGRATED PETROLOGIC, GEOCHEMICAL, AND HYDROLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS Society Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Special Paper #57 4to, dust jacket, light wear, ownership signature on blank free end paper else very good clean copy with 302 pp., scores of figures.                                                                                             Price: $30.00                             (stock#SEPMSP57)

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Multer H. G. 1977 A FIELD GUIDE TO SOME CARBONATE ROCK ENVIRONMENTS - FLORIDA KEYS AND WESTERN BAHAMAS published by Kendall/Hunt publishers, 4to, printed wraps as issued, updated 1977 edition, overall light wear, contents very good with 415 pp., scores of figures throughout the text, and additional maps at the rear. Hard to find.                                                                                                        Price: $25.00                                  (stock#SED61)

Norton William H. 1905 THE ELEMENTS OF GEOLOGY 8vo, in cloth as issued, cloth with some wear, areas of fading, rubbing to extremities, end of spine cloth frayed, contents with some wear, overall good, with H. Sellards name stamp and from his personal library. With 461 pp., 374 figs.                                Price: $25.00                            (stock#HST47)

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Osawa S. 1995 EVOLUTION OF THE GENETIC CODE Oxford University Press 8vo, in cloth with gilt titles as issued, light wear, contents very good with 205 pp., numerous figures.                    Price: $20.00                    (stock#EVOL21)

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TWO BOOKS ON THE PHANEROZOIC, both classic texts and make a good set put together. Both are soft cover with some external wear, contents with former owner stamp or signature else very good. They are as follows: (1) Valentine J. (ed.) 1985 PHANEROZOIC DIVERSITY PATTERNS - PROFILES IN MACROEVOLUTION, Princeton University Press, with 441 pp., numerous figures, and diverse contributed papers on fossils faunas and evolution; and (2) Hallam A. PHANEROZOIC SEA-LEVEL CHANGES Columbia University Press, with 266 pp., numrous figures. A nice set of two classic references.                                                                                      Price: $30.00                             (stock#SED42)

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Randall C. A. Jr. (ed.) 1969 EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL MATTER N. Illinois Unv. Press cloth, still in publishers shrink wrap, fine copy, 331 pp., figs. Scarce. Note the bright spot in photo is glare from camera flash on shrink wrap.  
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Rankama K. 1965-1967 THE QUATERNARY Volumes I and II complete, in publishers cloth, ex-lib else light wear vg. Volume 1 with 300 pp., figs. covering Scandinavia; Volume II with 477 pp., figs, covering United Kingdom, France, Germany and The Netherlands.                                                                   Price: $40.00                          (stock#GLAC67)

Schenk E. T. and McMasters J. H. 1936 PROCEDURE IN TAXONOMY published by Stanford University Press 8vo, in original publisher's cloth, light wear, contents with former owner signatures inside front cover and on free end paper else good with 72 pp. A nice historical work on the long struggle to establish uniform standards for the identification and formal erection of new genera, species and lower taxonomic ranks.            Price: $20.00                  (stock#HST56)

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Snead R. E. 1981 WORLD ATLAS OF GEOMORPHIC FEATURES Springer-Verlag, 4to, in publishers shrink wrap, fine unopened copy with 301 pp., scores of maps and figs. In print for $109 from publisher, our copy is priced to sell. 

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Strakhov N. M. 1967 PRINCIPLES OF LITHOGENESIS: VOLUME 1-3 Complete, translated from the orginal Russian, 8vo, cloth, dust jacket with some wear, contents vg. Mostly focused on rock weathering processes and products from different climatic zones and environments, a classic text.                 Price: $80.00                     (stock#SED65)

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Vacquier V. et al. 1963 INTERPRETATION OF AEROMAGNETIC MAPS Geological Society of America Memoir #47 in cloth with gilt spine title, light wear, ownership signature on free end paper else very good copy with 63 pp., 14 plates, 83 figures. A classic monograph on the subject.                     Price: $25.00                  (stock#GSAMem47)

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Various authors 1990 THE LATE CENOZOIC ICE AGE Trans Royal Soc. Edinburgh, Vol. 81, part 4, Symposium papers, 4to wps light wear vg 177 pp., scores of figs and comprises 12 papers on various aspects of the Pleistocene.
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Velicheko A. A. (ed.) translated by Wright H. E. and Barnosky C. W. 1984 LATE QUATERNARY ENVIRONMENTS OF THE SOVIET UNION royal 4to, cloth with dust jacket, vg, 327 pp., many figs.       

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Walker R. G. (ed.) 1984 FACIES MODELS 4to, wraps light wear, very good with 317 pp., scores of figs. and one of the better references on sedimentary facies and their interpretation from the rock record.         

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Weller J. M. 1960 STRATIGRAPHIC PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE cloth as issued, some edge wear,  ownership signature else vg, 725 pp., 273 figs. A classic strat. text.                                          Price: $25.00                             (stock#SED71P)

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Williams H. S. 1891 CORRELATION PAPERS DEVONIAN AND CARBONIFEROUS U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin #80 8vo, in archival wraps with spine neatly taped, contents good with 279 pp. that provide a comprehensive and historical perspective (at the time of publication) on the relationships of Devonian and Permo-Carboniferous strata across the United States.                                                                  Price: $25.00                              (stock#USGSB80)

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Wright W. B. 1937 THE QUATERNARY ICE AGE published by MacMillan and Co., London 8vo, in cloth as issued, ex-college library copy with label across spine, book plate inside front cover and stamp at bottom of title page else contents good with 478 pp., frontis plate, scores of figures and a classic text that covers glacial climate, processes, landforms, human adaptions, and more, with gorgeous plates.                                     Price: $35.00                     (stock#GLAC23)

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ETHNOGRAPHY, AND RELATED TOPICS

Boas F. 1901 THE ESKIMO OF BAFFIN LAND AND HUDSON BAY American Museum of Natural History Bulletin 15 8vo, wraps loose with marginal or short tears, contents good, pages uncut/untrimmed and the volume is a very scarce Ethnology treatise that contains 370 pp., 6 plates, and scores of figures throughout the text of Indigenous artifacts, tools, implements, etc...                                                                                                   Price: $50.00                    (stock#AMNH15)

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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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Cazelles M. E. 1875 OUTLINE OF THE EVOLUTION PHILOSOPHY in cloth as issued, external wear with tears to spine cloth, period bookplate inside front cover with faded ink and blind stamps, contents good with 167 pp. and publisher advertisements at rear. Scarce.                                                                             Price: $40.00              (stock#EVOL39)

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Champlin P. 1994 RAPHAEL PUMPELLY GENTLEMAN GEOLOGIST OF THE GILDED AGE Unv. Alabama Press, 8vo, dj, like new condition in original publishers shrink wrap. With 273 pp. + figs.            Price: $20.00                (stock#HST41)

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EVOLUTIONARY THEORY published by Dept. Biology, Unv. of Chicago, broken run of 32 issues covering vols. 1-6 (1976-1983) and consisting of: Vol. 1, issues #7-9; Vol. 2, issues 1-3; Vol. 3, issues 1-5; Vol. 4, issues 1-6; Vol. 5, issues 3-5; and Vol. 6, issues 1-6. Hard to find and chock full of articles and reports on evolutionary theory and biology.
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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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Emmons S. F. et al. 1893 CONGRES GEOLOGIQUE INTERNATIONAL COMPTE RENDU DE LA 5me SESSION, WASHINGTON, D. C. 1891 large 4to, no wraps, some wear, minor chips to some page margins or corners, disbound or coming so, contents clean with 529 pp., 21 plts including a few maps (one folding), 39 figs and diverse contents of this renowned international meeting of the then-world's most prominent geologists.  Price: $50.00                  (stock#HST44)

Freeberg J. H. 1966 TERRESTRIAL IMPACT STRUCTURES - A BIBLIOGRAPHY U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin #1220 8vo, wraps with small labels, stamp, some external wear, contents good with 91 pp. and 1 plate which is a folding map showing most of the then-known impact structures.                                            Price: $15.00                               (stock#USGSB1220)

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Gannett, H. 1905 THE ORIGIN OF CERTAIN PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES (SECOND EDITION) U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin #258 8vo, no wps, some external wear, contents good with 334 pp. that provide the definition and locations of thousands of place names in the U. S. such as towns, cities, rivers, prominent landform features, etc...    

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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)

Greene M. T. 1982 GEOLOGY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY published by Cornell Unv. Press, 8vo, cloth with dust jacket, light wear, contents very good with 324 pp., scattered illustrations.       Price: $20.00                  (stock#HST22)

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Hayes C. W. 1911 THE STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS OF THE UNITED STATES U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin #465 wraps with some wear, ex-lib., tear to corner, contents good with 177 pp. that provide a concise history of the formation, implementation and accomplishments of the various Geological Survey agencies and departments of the various individual States up until the time of publication. A nice historical reference for a few disciplines to have handy.                                                                                              Price: $20.00                                 (stock#USGSB465)

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Laporte L. F. 1987 SIMPLE CURIOSOTY - LETTERS FROM GEORGE GAYLORD SIMPSON TO HIS FAMILY, 1921-1970 in cloth with dust jacket, light wear, vg, 340 pp.                                   Price: $20.00                            (stock#HST64)

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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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Manning T. G. 1967 GOVERNMENT IN SCIENCE THE U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1867-1894 8vo in cloth as issued
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Manning T. G. 1988 U. S. COAST SURVEY VS. NAVAL HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE Unv. Alabama Press 8vo, cloth, dust jacket vg clean copy, 202 pp. A great read!                                                Price: $25.00                          (stock#HST88)

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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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Ramsey R. H. 1973 MEN AND MINES OF NEWMONT A FIFTY YEAR HISTORY published by Octagon Books, 8vo, dust jacket with some wear, contents good with 344 pp., numerous figs. A classic read on one of the world’s most successful gold and metal mining corporations of the first half of the 20th century.         Price: $20.00                         (stock#MC041)

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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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Strahler A. N. 1987 SCIENCE AND EARTH HISTORY – THE EVOLUTION/CREATION CONTROVERSY 4to, in pictorial cloth, light wear, vg clean copy with 552 pp., scores of figures.       Price: $30.00                           (stock#EVOL33P)

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