London: John Van Voorst, 1844. Octavo, Publisher's cloth, worn and hinges cracked, contents grubby. More
London: Dorling Kindersley, 2010. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. This is a monumental and extraordinarily beautiful guide to the Earth's natural wonders. Five years in the making, covering over 5,000 species, this reference is one-of-a-kind; the only book to offer a complete survey of the Earth's natural history. Each geological and..... More
Wellington: Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 1909. Quarto, text illustrations, coloured folded map in rear paste-down pocket of volume two. Publisher's handsome gilt cloth with the original plain brown dustwrappers, a magnificent copy and very scarce in this condition (without the all too prevalent adhesion damage to sections of the text)..... More
Wellington: Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 1909. Quarto, two volumes, text illustrations, coloured folded map in rear paste-down pocket of volume two. Publisher's handsome gilt cloth, a few spots otherwise a near fine copy. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1897-1922. Quarto, 21 volumes. Publisher's cloth (except for two volumes), a fine set. A monumental work on the geology of North America. Freight will be charged at cost. More
Washington DC: Government Printer, 1875. Quarto, 57 uncoloured lithographs, ex-library stamps, one leaf detached, publisher's cloth. Report of the United States geological survey of the territories, volume two. More
Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1983. Large octavo, text illustrations. More
London: F C and J Rivington, (1809. first English edition). Octavo, publisher's boards, worn, all pages uncut. The bookplate of Barron Field, with an inscription from the translator to Field; a very good copy. Translated from the French manuscript by the Rev. Henry de la Fite of Trinity College, Oxford..... More
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in publisher's boards. The interval between the Carboniferous and Jurassic is marked by major changes in the structure and character of the Earth, associated with massive earthquakes, volcanic activity, and large scale changes of life at the Permian-Triassic..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Octavo, laminated boards, illustrations. A guide to a variety of archaeological methods ranging from techniques for measuring time with isotopes and magnetism to the sciences of climate reconstruction, geomorphology, sedimentology, soil science, paleobotany and faunal paleoecology. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1936. Octavo, 13 photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2013. Quarto, photographs, illustrations, maps, dustwrapper. More than 10,000 years ago spectacularly large mammals roamed South America. This book tells the story of these great beasts during and just after the Pleistocene, the geological epoch marked by the great ice ages. Describes the history and way..... More
Netherlands: A A Balkema, 1993. Octavo, maps, photographs, laminated boards. More
Wellington: Government Printer, 1959. Octavo, folding plates, inscription from the author, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Macmillan, 1903-1906. Octavo, illustrations. Publisher's red cloth, some slight discolouration, a very good set. Volume one: Vanua Levu, Fiji: a description of its leading physical and geological characters. Volume two: plant-dispersal. More
Utah: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey, 1980. Quarto, publisher's cloth, text illustrations, colour photographs, folding maps in rear pocket, Professor Bill Williams' signature front free endpaper, good copy. More
London: The Palaeontological Association, 1973. Octavo, text illustrations, paperback, Special papers in palaeontology No. 12. A symposium volume of 23 papers. More
Washington DC: Government Printer, 1879. Quarto, 48 sepia chromolithographs, ex-library stamps, publisher's cloth. Report of the United States geological survey of the territories, volume twelve. More
Washington DC: Government Printer, 1874-1878. Quarto, 30 sepia chromolithographs (pus 27 plates in the separately published plate volume), ex-library stamps, publisher's cloth. Report of the United States geological survey of the territories, volumes six and seven, plus plate volume. More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, (2009. third edition, revised). Octavo, paperback, diagrams. This handbook specifies methods, standards and terminology used in soil and land survey investigations related to practical problems of land use and the scientific study of land and soil. It has been widely used and adopted as a standard throughout..... More
Chichester: John Wiley and Sons, 1982. Octavo, text illustrations, very good set in dustwrapper. More
London: John Van Voorst, 1846. Octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth, some slight wear. More
Washington DC: Government Printer, 1876. Quarto, 13 plates, ex-library stamps, publisher's cloth. Report of the United States geological survey of the territories, volume ten. More
Dunedin: Otago Daily Times, 1971. Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, ex-library stamps on title pages, otherwise a fine set in binder's cloth. Freight will be extra. More
