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, some adhesion damage to a few pages in volume one (this book is notorious for such problems), a fine copy and scarce in this condition. 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
Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1969. Octavo, illustrations, folding map, softcover. More
London: John Murray, (1839. first edition). Octavo, two folding maps, four text illustrations. Modern blue half morocco by Bayntun, top edge gilt, the maps with some oxidation otherwise the contents crisp and clean. Charles Darwin's first book. "His first published book is undoubtably the most often read and stands only..... More
London: George Allen and Unwin, (1975. second edition), Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. First published 1934. 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, publisher's boards, fine copies. black and white photographs, line drawings. WAS $375. 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..... 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
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
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (2005. second edition). Quarto, illustrations, laminated boards. This new edition of The evolution and extinction of the dinosaurs is a unique, comprehensive treatment of this fascinating group of organisms. It is a detailed survey of dinosaur origins, their diversity, and their eventual extinction. More
Netherlands: A A Balkema, 1993. Octavo, maps, photographs, laminated boards. 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
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003. Octavo, colour illustrations, text illustrations and photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. WAS $65. Richard Hilton reconstructs the fascinating ecosystem that thrived on the ancient west coast, and its dinosaurs and reptiles of land, sea and sky that lived during the Mesozoic era, in addition..... More
London: The Palaeontological Association, 1973. Octavo, text illustrations, paperback, Special papers in palaeontology No. 12. A symposium volume of 23 papers. More
London: Taylor and Francis, 1862. Octavo, publisher's printed wrappers. More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, (2002. revised edition). Octavo, paperback, illustrations. The Australian soil classification provides a framework for organising knowledge about Australian soils. It provides a means of communication among scientists and land managers. It is useful for those involved in environmental studies and for teachers of soil science. Since its..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, (2000. reprint). Octavo, paperback, text illustrations. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Guana, in the British Virgin Islands, is home to a remarkably diverse assortment of animal and plant life: mangroves, flamingos, iguanas, frogs, birds, snakes, spiders, tortoises, grasshoppers, and bats, to name but a few. What is so..... More
London: Richard and John Taylor, 1850. Octavo, publisher's printed wrappers. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Octavo, laminated boards, fine copy. tables, graphs, remainder mark on bottom edge. Quantitative Paleozoology describes and illustrates how the remains of long-dead animals recovered from archaeological and paleontological excavations can be studied and analyzed. The methods range from determining how many animals of each species..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008. Octavo, black and white photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Examining radiocarbon (C-14) dating and several other techniques that geologists use to decode the distant past, this book unwraps the twentieth century's developments, explaining how they reveal the age of our fossil ancestors, such as..... More
Boulder: Geological Society of America, 1969. Octavo, photographs, bookplate and signatue of Ian Thornton, dustwrapper. 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