> also see USGS Circulars in the separate USGS catalog and the petrology section in this catalog for related igneous books

> also see Mineralogy and Petrology sections of the geology catalog on this website for related igneous titles

> also see the Space catalog on this website for igneous titles related to planetary geology

Atherton, M. P. and Tarney, J., Ed. / ORIGIN OF GRANITE BATHOLITHS, GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE, Ft. Collins, 1979, pb, 148 pages, - 2 -, $ 25

Axelrod, D. I. / ROLE OF VOLCANISM IN CLIMATE AND EVOLUTION, GSA SP 185, Boulder, pb, 59 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Balk, R. / STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR OF IGNEOUS ROCKS, GSA Memoir 5, Boulder, various reprint dates from 1937 to 1977, cl, 177 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Barker, D. S. / IGNEOUS ROCKS, Englewood Cliffs, 1983, cl, 417 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Bowen, N. L. / THE EVOLUTION OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS, 2^nd Edition, New York, 1956, pb, 332 pages, - 4 -, $ 5

Bowen, N. L. / THE EVOLUTION OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS, 2^nd Edition, New York, 1956, cl, 332 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Boyd, F. R. / EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM: INCEPTION, EVOLUTION, AND HAZARDS, Washington, D.C., 1984, cl, 176 pages, 3 plates in pocket, - 2 -, front endplate clipped, otherwise fine, $ 45

Brugman, M. M. and Post, A. / EFFECTS OF VOLCANISM ON THE GLACIERS OF MOUNT ST. HELENS, USGS Circular 850-D, Washington, D. C., 1983, pb, 11 pages, - 3 -, $ 7

Bullard, F. M. / VOLCANOES OF THE EARTH, Austin, 1984, 2^nd Edition Revised, cl, 629 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Bullard, F. M. / VOLCANOES OF THE EARTH, Austin, 1984, 2^nd Edition Revised, cl, 629 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

Carmichael, I. S. E., Turner, F. J., and Verhoogen, J. / IGNEOUS PETROLOGY, New York, 1974, 739 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Carson, R. / MOUNT ST. HELENS: The Eruption and Recovery of a Volcano, Tacoma, 1990, pb, 160 pages, - 5 -, $ 10

Chapin, C. E. and Zidek, J. / FIELD EXCURSIONS TO VOLCANIC TERRANES IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, VOLUME 1: SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION, Socorro, 1989, pb, 486 pages, - 1 -, $ 30 [Includes excursions to these areas: Southern Colorado Plateau; Mogollon - Datil Volcanic Field; Basin and Range; Southeastern Colorado Plateau and Rio Grande Rift; Trans-Pecos Texas; San Juan Volcanic Field; Calles Caldera; Northeastern Jemez Zone]

Chapin, C. E. and Zidek, J. / FIELD EXCURSIONS TO VOLCANIC TERRANES IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, VOLUME 2: CASCADES AND INTERMOUNTAIN WEST, Socorro, 1989, pb, 285 pages, - 1 -, $ 20 [Includes excursions to these areas: Cascade and Columbia Plateau; Mount St. Helens; Great Basin; Snake River Plain - Yellowstone Plateau; South Cascades Arc Volcanism; Long Valley - Mono - Inyo Crater Chain; Montana and Idaho]

Chapin, C. E. and Elston, W. E. / ASH-FLOW TUFFS, Boulder, 1979, pb, 211 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Condie, K. C. / PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES AND ADJACENT AREAS OF MEXICO, NMBMMR Resource Map 13, Socorro, 1981, 2 maps in map sleeve which identify Pc rocks of the Southwestern United States (and part of Mexico) and gives representative ages of same, - 2 -, $ 10

Cone, J. / FIRE UNDER THE SEA, Volcanic Hot Springs on the Ocean Floor, New York, 1991, pb, 285 pages, several inks marks in text, ovg, - 3 -, $ 12

Cox, K. G., Bell, J. D., and Pankhurst, R. J. / THE INTERPRETATION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS, London, 1979 or 1981, pb, 450 pages, - 3 -, $ 40

Daly, R. A. / IGNEOUS ROCKS AND THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH, 2nd Edition, New York, 1933, cl, 598 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Daly, R. A. / IGNEOUS ROCKS AND THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH, 2nd Edition, New York, 1933, cl, 598 pages, - 4 -, $ 10

Daniels, G. C. / VOLCANO, Morristown, 1982, cl, 168 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Decker, R. W. and Decker, B. B. / MOUNTAINS OF FIRE: The Nature of Volcanoes, Cambridge, 1991, cl, 198 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Decker, R. and Decker, B. / VOLCANOES AND THE EARTH’S INTERIOR, Readings from Scientific American, San Francisco, 1982, 141 pages, - 3 -, $ 5

Decker, R. and Decker, B. / VOLCANOES, San Francisco, 1981, pb, 244 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Decker, R. and Decker, B. / VOLCANOES: Revised and Updated, San Francisco, 1989, pb, 285 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Dole, H. M., Ed. / ANDESITE CONFERENCE GUIDEBOOK [McKenzie Pass, Crater Lake, Newberry Caldera, Mount Hood, Andesite Petrochemistry], Portland, 1968, pb, 107 pages, colored plates, - 3 -, $ 40

Erickson, J. / VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES, Blue Ridge Summit, 1988, pb, 1^st Edition, 1^st Printing, 308 pages, - 5 -, $ 6

Fink, J. H., Ed. / THE EMPLACEMENT OF SILICIC DOMES AND LAVA FLOWS, GSA SP 212, Boulder, 1987, pb, 145 pages, - 2 -, $ 30

Finlay, G. I. / INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF IGNEOUS ROCKS, New York, 1913, cl, 228 pages, - 5 -, $ 24 [wear to edges of boards and top and bottom of spine, contents quite good]

Fisher, R. V. / OUT OF THE CRATER: Chronicles of a Volcanologist, Princeton, 1999, cl, 179 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Fisher, R. V., Keiken, G., and Hulen, J. B. / VOLCANOES: Crucibles of Change, Princeton, 1997, cl, 317 pages, - 1 -, $ 40

Gans, P. B., Mahood, G. A. and Schermer, E. / SYNEXTENTIONAL MAGMATISM IN THE BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; A Case Study from the Eastern Great Basin, Boulder, 1989, pb, 53 pages, vg, $ 30

Gilluly, J. / VOLCANISM, TECTONISM, AND PLUTONISM IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, GSA SP 80, New York, 1965, pb, 69 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Gilluly, J. / ORIGIN OF GRANITE, Boudler, 1959 reprint of 1948 original, Geological Society of America, Memoir 28, 139 pages, cl, - 2 -, $ 20

Gilluly, J. / ORIGIN OF GRANITE, Boudler, 1959 reprint of 1948 original, Geological Society of America, Memoir 28, 139 pages, cl, - 3 -, $ 15

Green, J. And Short, N. M. / VOLCANIC LANDFORMS AND SURFACE FEATURES: A Photographic Atlas and Glossary, New York, 1971, cl, 519 pages, 198 plates, - 2 -, $ 150

Harker, A. / THE NATURAL HISTORY OF IGNEOUS ROCKS, Facsimile of 1909 Edition, New York, 1965, cl, 384 pages, 112 figs., 2 plates, - 2 -, $ 55

Hatch, F. H., Wells, A. K., and Wells, M. K. / THE PETROLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS, 10th Edition, London, 1948, cl, 469 pages, - 3 -, $ 24

Hawkesworth, C. J. and Norry, M. J., Ed. / CONTINENTAL BASALTS AND MANTLE XENOLITHS, Cheshire, 1983, pb, 272 pages, - 2 -, $ 30

Hess, P. C. / ORIGINS OF IGNEOUS ROCKS, Cambridge, 1989, cl, 336 pages, - 2 -, $ 95

Isachsen, Y. W., Ed. / ORIGIN OF ANORTHOSITE RELATED ROCKS, New York State Museum and Science Service Memoir 18, Albany, 1968, cl, 466 pages, - 3 -, $ 75

Jaggar, T. A. / LAVA FLOW FROM MAUNA LOA, 1916, Reprint from the American Journal of Science, Volume 43, April, 1917, pages 255 - 288, chip on cover along spine, ovg, $ 10

Jaques, A. L., Lewis, J. D., and Smith, C. B. / THE KIMERLITES AND LAMPROLITES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Perth, 1986,, pb, 268 pages, 2 appendices (1 in pocket), 4 plates (in pocket), 160 figs., 82 tables, - 3 -, $ 95

Johannsen, A. / A DESCRIPTIVE PETROGRAPHY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS, single volumes front the above set, currently available volumes are:

Volume 1, discoloration of spine and front board, 2nd Edition, 1948, cl, $ 20
Volume 2, discoloration of spine only, 1949, cl, $ 20
Volume 3, 1949, cl, $ 25

[additional volumes of this book is found in the [petrology catalog]

Kay, S. M. and Rapela, C. W. / PLUTONISM FROM ANTARCTICA TO ALASKA, Boulder, 1990, pb, 263 pages, GSA SP241, - 1 -, $ 30 [includes 17 papers on plutonism, evolution of magmatic arcs, petrology and geochemistry of rocks, much more]  

Koenninger, T. / MOUNT ST. HELENS HOLOCAUST, Vancouver, 1980, pb, 63 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Krafft, K. and Krafft, M. / VOLCANOES: Earth’s Awakening, Maplewood, 1980, cl, 160 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Kruger, C., Ed. / VOLCANOES, New York, 1971, cl, 168 pages, - 3 -, a few inks marks in text, ovg, $ 20

Lonsdale, J. J. / IGNEOUS ROCKS OF THE TERLINGUA – SOLITARIO REGION, TEXAS, Bulletin of the GSA, Volume 51, pages 1529 - 1626, 1940, photocopy, spiral bound, $ 5

Loomis, B. F. / PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE LASSEN VOLCANO, San Francisco, 1926, cl, 141 pages, 86 figs., - 3 -, $ 75

MacKenzie, W. S., Donaldson, C. H. and Guilford, C. / ATLAS OF IGNEOUS ROCKS AND THEIR ROCK-FORMING MINERALS IN THIN SECTION, New York, various dates from 1991 to 1999, pb, 148 pages, - 1 -, regular retail price $ 99, our price, $ 75

MacKenzie, W. S., Donaldson, C. H. and Guilford, C. / ATLAS OF IGNEOUS ROCKS AND THEIR ROCK-FORMING MINERALS IN THIN SECTION, New York, 1982, pb, 148 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Other MacKenzie titles may be found in the Metamorphic and Mineralogy Catalogs on this website

McClelland, L., et. al., Ed. / GLOBAL VOLCANISM, 1975 - 1985, Smithsonian Scientific Event Alert Network, Englewood Cliffs, 1989, cl 655 pages, - 1 -, $ 40

McPhie, J., Doyle, M., and Allen R. / VOLCANIC TEXTURES: A GUIDE TO THE INTERPRETATION OF TEXTURES IN VOLCANIC ROCKS, Hobart, 1993, afb, 196 pages, - 3 -, $ 195

Morris, E. M. and Pasteris, J. D. / MANTLE METASOMATISM AND ALKALINE MAGMATISM, Boulder, 1987, 383 pages, - 1 -, $ 35 [includes 24 papers on topics ranging from Kimberlite, carbonatites, lamproites, etc.]

Morse, S. A. / BASALTS AND PHASE DIAGRAMS: An Introduction to the Quantitative Use of Phase Diagrams in Igneous Petrology, New York, 1980, cl, - 3 -, $ 50

Mysen, B. O., Ed. / MAGMATIC PROCESSES: PHYSICOCHEMICAL PRINCIPLES, University Park, 1987, cl, 500 pages, Geochemical Society Special Publication # 1, - 3 -, $ 75

Newhall, C. G. and Dzurisin, D. / HISTORICAL UNREST AT LARGE CALDERAS OF THE WORLD, VOLUME 1, USGS B 1855, 1988, pb, 598 pages, - 3 -, $ 35 [Volume 1 covers the Mediterranean, Africa, Indian Ocean, New Zealand, Melanasia, Indonesia, Philippines, and Japan]

Nokes, J. R. / MOUNT ST. HELENS - THE VOLCANO, Portland, 1980, pb, 48 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Ollier, C. / VOLCANOES: An introduction to systematic geomorphology, Volume 6, Cambridge, 1969, pb, 177 pages, - 3 -, $ 5

Ordonez, E. / EL VOLCAN DE PARICUTIN, Mexico City, 1947, cl, 181 pages, Book # 181 of series, - 3 -, front end flap contains personal statement concerning an eyewitness to the eruption, $ 40

Pineau, F. / LABORATOIRE DE GEOCHIMIE ET COSMOCHIMIE, Paris, 1977, pb, 203 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Raguin, E. / GEOLOGY OF GRANITE, London, 1965, cl, 312 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Raguin, E. / GEOLOGY OF GRANITE, London, 1965, cl[2], 312 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

Read, H. H. / THE GRANITE CONTROVERSY, London, 1957, cl, 430 pages, - 3 -, foxing on end-plates, ovg, $ 25

Scarth, A. / VULCAN’S FURY, MAN AGAINST THE VOLCANO, New Haven, 1999, pb, 299 pages, - 1 -, $ 16

Sigurdsson, H. / MELTING THE EARTH: The History of Ideas on Volcanic Eruptions, Oxford, 1999, cl, 260 pages, - 1 -, $ 30

Simon, S. / VOLCANOES, Worthington, 1988, pb, 32 pages, - 1 -, $ 5

Smith, R. L. / ASH FLOWS, Reprint from: Bulletin of the GSA, Volume 71, pages 795 - 842, 1960, pb, 6 figs., 2 plates, - 3 -, $ 5

Stark, J. T. / DISCUSSION: PILLOW LAVAS, Reprint from the Journal of Geology, Volume 42, # 2, 1939, pages 205 - 209, - 3 -, $ 10

Tilling, R. I. / VOLCANOES, Washington, D. C., 1993, pb, - 1 -, $ 2

Tilling, R. I. / HOW VOLCANOES WORK, Menlo Park, 1988, pb, - 3 -, $ 30

Tilling, R. I. / MONITORING ACTIVE VOLCANOES, Washington, GPO, 1987, pb, 13 pages, $ 5

Tilling, R. I., et.al. / ERUPTIONS OF HAWAIIAN VOLCANOES, Past, Present, and Future, GPO, Washington, 1^st printing, 1987, pb, 54 pages, - 2 -, $ 15

Tilling, R. I. / ERUPTIONS OF MOUNT ST. HELENS: Past, Present, and Future, GPO, Washington, 1987, pb, 46 pages, $ 10

Tuttle, O. F. and Bowen, N. L. / ORIGIN OF GRANITE IN THE LIGHT OF EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES IN THE SYSTEM NaAlSi3O8-KAlSi3O8-SiO2-H2O, GSA M 74, Baltimore, 153 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

Wagner, L. R. and Brown, G. M. / LAYERED IGNEOUS ROCKS, San Francisco, 1967, cl, 588 pages, - 3 -, $ 195

Wahlstrom, E. E. / IGNEOUS MINERALS AND ROCKS, New York, 1947, cl, 367 pages, - 3 -, $ 26

Wahlstrom, E. E. / IGNEOUS MINERALS AND ROCKS, New York, 1947, cl, 367 pages, - 5 -, $ 20

Wilcoxson, K. H. / CHAINS OF FIRE: The Story of Volcanoes, Philadelphia, 1966, cl, 235 pages, inks marks in text, ovg, - 3 -, $ 15

Williams, S. And Montaigne, F. / SURVIVING GALERAS, Boston, 2001, cl, 270 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Yoder, H. S., Jr. / GENERATION OF BASALTIC MAGMA, Washington, D.C., 1976, 265 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Zavaritskii, A. N. and Sobolev, V. S. / THE PHYSIOCHEMICAL PRINCIPLES OF IGNEOUS PETROLOGY, Translated from Russian, Jerusalem, 1964, cl, 414 pages, 252 figs., dust cover intact with small chip, book pages excellent, - 3 -, $ 90