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Anhaeusser, C. R., Ed. / CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE BARBERTON MOUNTAIN LAND, Geological Society of South Africa SP 9, Johannesburg, 2001, cl, 223 pages, - 2 -, $ 105

Abitz, R. J., et.al. / CONTINENTAL MAGMATISM ASBTRACTS, International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior, NMBMMR B 131, Socorro, 1989, pb, 340 pages, - 5 -, $ 18


Atherton, M. P. and Tarney, J., Ed. / ORIGIN OF GRANITE BATHOLITHS, GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE, Ft. Collins, 1979, pb, 148 pages, - 2 -, $ 18


Atherton, M. P. and Tarney, J., Ed. / ORIGIN OF GRANITE BATHOLITHS, GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE, Ft. Collins, 1979, pb, 148 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Axelrod, D. I. / ROLE OF VOLCANISM IN CLIMATE AND EVOLUTION, GSA SP 185, Boulder, pb, 59 pages, - 3 -, $ 16

Balk, R. / STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR OF IGNEOUS ROCKS, GSA Memoir 5, Boulder, various reprint dates from 1937 to 1977, cl, 177 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Baragar, W. R. A., Coleman, L. C., and Hall, J. M. / VOLCANIC REGIMES IN CANADA, Geological Association of Canada Special Paper $ 16, Waterloo, 1975, cl, 476 pages, - 3 -, $ 70

Barbarin, B., et.al. / FOURTH HUTTON SYMPOSIUM: THE ORIGIN OF GRANITES AND RELATED ROCKS, GSA SPE 350, Boulder, 2001, pb, 319 pages, - 5 -, $ 30

Bardintzeff, J. M. and McBirney, A. R. / VOLCANOLOGY, 2nd Edition, Boston, 2000, pb, 268 pages, - 2 -, $ 65

Barker, D. S. / IGNEOUS ROCKS, Englewood Cliffs, 1983, cl, 417 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

Beccalura, L., et.al., Ed. / VOLCANISM AND EVOLUTION OF THE AFRICAN LITHOSPHERE, GSA SP 478, Boulder, 2011, pb, 331 pages, - 1 -, $ 18

Bloss, F. D. and Barth, T. F. W. / OBSERVATIONS ON SOME YELLOWSTONE GEYSERS, GSA Bulletin, Volume 60, pp. 861 - 886, 1949, pb, - 3 -, $ 6

Boettcher, A. L., et.al. / EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM: INCEPTION, EVOLUTION, AND HAZARDS, Studies in Geophysics, Washington, 1984, cl, 176 pages, 3 maps, - 2 -, $ 35


Bonin, B. / RING COMPLEX GRANITES AND ANOROGENIC MAGMATISM, Translated from French by J. Renouf, London, 1986, cl, 188 pages, - 2 -, $ 175

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

Bullard, F. M. / VOLCANOES OF THE EARTH, 2nd Edition, Austin, 1984, cl, 629 pages, - 2 -, $ 35

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

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 -, $ 27 [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 1: SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION, Socorro, 1989, pb, 486 pages, - 5 -, $ 23 [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 Zidek, J. / FIELD EXCURSIONS TO VOLCANIC TERRANES IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, VOLUME 2: CASCADES AND INTERMOUNTAIN WEST, Socorro, 1989, pb, 285 pages, - 5 -, $ 15 [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, - 2 -, $ 40

Chapin, C. E. and Elston, W. E. / ASH-FLOW TUFFS, Boulder, 1979, pb, 211 pages, - 3 -, $ 29


Clarkson, P. / VOLCANOES, World Life Library, Grantown-on-Spey (Scotland), 2000, pb, 72 pages, - 2 -, $ 12

Coats, R. R., et.al. / STUDIES IN VOLCANISM, A MEMOIR IN HONOR OF HOWEL WILLIAMS, GSA M 116, Boulder, 1968, cl, 678 pages, - 2 -, $ 20 [Contents cover the Bodie Hills, California; Hot Creek Range, Nevada; Boulder Batholith, Montana, much more]

Colton, H. S. / THE BASALTIC CINDER CONES AND LAVA FLOWS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MOUNTAIN VOLCANIC FIELD, Museum of Northern Arizona, Bulletin 10, Flagstaff, 1950, pb, 49 pages, 3 plates, 36 figs., - 3 -, $ 20

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

Cox, K. G., Bell, J. D., and Pankhurst, R. J. / THE INTERPRETATION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS, London, 1979 or 1981, pb, 450 pages, - 3 -, $ 38

Cox, K. G., Bell, J. D., and Pankhurst, R. J. / THE INTERPRETATION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS, London, 1979 or 1981, afb, 450 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

Daly, R. A. / IGENOUS ROCKS AND THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH, New York, 1933, cl, 598 pages, - 3 -, $ 28

Decker, R. W. and Decker, B. B. / MOUNTAINS OF FIRE: The Nature of Volcanoes, Cambridge, 1991, cl, 198 pages, - 1 -, $ 25

Decker, R. W. and Decker, B. B. / MOUNTAINS OF FIRE: The Nature of Volcanoes, Cambridge, 1991, pb, 198 pages, - 3 -, $ 19


Decker, R. W. and Decker, B. B. / VOLCANOES IN AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKS, New York, 2001, pb, 256 pages, - 2 -, $ 24

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

Decker, R. and Decker, B. / VOLCANOES, 3rd Edition, New York, 1998, pb, 321 pages, - 2 -, $ 20

Dick, H. J. B., Ed. / MAGMA GENESIS 1977: PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION, CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON PARTIAL MELTING IN THE EARTH’S UPPER MANTLE, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Bulletin 96, Portland, 1977, pb, 311 pages, illustrated, - 3 -, $ 35

Didier, J. / GRANITES AND THEIR ENCLAVES, Developments in Petrology 3, Amsterdam, 1973, cl, 393 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Dole, H. M., Ed. / ANDESITE CONFERENCE GUIDEBOOK [McKenzie Pass, Crater Lake, Newberry Caldera, Mount Hood, Andesite Petrochemistry], Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Resources B 62, Portland, 1968, pb, 107 pages, colored plates, - 3 - or - 5 -, $ 28


Eklund, O. / Coeval contrasting magmatism and magma mixing in Proterozoic Post- and Anorogenic Granites, Åland, Finland, Academic Dissertation, Åbo Akademi University, Åbo, 1993, pb, 51 pages, also included are 6 separate scientific journal publications related to the thesis, - 3 -, $ 20

Elburg, M. A. / MICROGRANITOID ENCLAVES IN THREE S-TYPE IGNEOUS COMPLEXES, LACHLAN FOLD BELT, AUSTRALIA, PhD Thesis, Monash University, 1995, cl, 196 pages, 56 page appendix, - 2 -, $ 45

Erlank, A. J., Ed. / PETROGENESIS OF THE VOLCANIC ROCKS OF THE KAROO PROVINCE, Geological Society of South Africa SP 13, Johannesburg, 1984, cl, 395 pages, - 3 -, $ 100


Fink, J. H. / THE EMPLACEMENT OF SILICIC DOMES AND LAVA FLOWS, GSA SP 212, Boulder, 1987, pb, 145 pages, 118 figs., 18 tables, - 1 -, $ 40

Firth, C. R. and McGuire, W. J., Ed. / VOLCANOES OF THE QUATERNARY, Geological Society SP 161, London, 1999, cl, 220 pages, - 2 -, $ 180

Fisher, R. V. / OUT OF THE CRATER: Chronicles of a Volcanologist, Princeton, 1999, cl, 179 pages, - 2 -, $ 20

Francis, P. / VOLCANOES: A PLANETARY PERSPECTIVE, Oxford, 1996, pb, 443 pages, - 3 -, $ 28

Francis, P. / VOLCANOES: A PLANETARY PERSPECTIVE, 2nd edition, Oxford, 2004, pb, 521 pages, - 2 -, $ 89

Friedrich, W. L. / FIRE IN THE SEA, THE SANTORINI VOLCANO: NATURAL HISTORY AND THE LEGEND OF ATLANTIS, Cambridge, 2000, cl, 258 pages, - 2 -, $ 49

Gapais, D., et.al., Ed. / DEFORMATION MECHANISMS, RHEOLOGY AND TECTONICS FROM MINERALS TO THE LITHOSPHERE, Geological Society SP No. 243, London, 2005, cl, 320 pages, - 1 -, $ 99

Gilluly, J. / VOLCANISM, TECTONISM, AND PLUTONISM IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, GSA SP 80, New York, 1965, pb, 69 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Gilluly, J. / ORIGIN OF GRANITE, Boulder, 1959 reprint of 1948 original, GSA Memoir 28, 139 pages, cl, - 3 -, $ 5

Gilluly, J. / ORIGIN OF GRANITE, Boulder, 1959 reprint of 1948 original, GSA Memoir 28, 139 pages, cl, - 2 -, $ 10

Greeley, R., Ed. / VOLCANISM OF THE EASTERN SNAKE RIVER PLAIN: A COMPARATIVE PLANETARY GEOLOGY GUIDEBOOK, Washington, 1977, pb, 308 pages, - 3 -, $ 48

Green, J. And Short, N. M. / VOLCANIC LANDFORMS AND SURFACE FEATURES: A Photographic Atlas and Glossary, New York, 1971, cl, 519 pages, 396 plates, - 3 -, dust jacket has one small repair, $ 99

Green, J. And Short, N. M. / VOLCANIC LANDFORMS AND SURFACE FEATURES: A Photographic Atlas and Glossary, New York, 1971, cl, 519 pages, 396 plates, - 2 -, with dust jacket, $ 149

Halls, H. C. and Fahrig, W. F., Ed. / MAFIC DYKE SWARMS, GAC SP 34, St. Johns, 1987, 503 pages, map 1627 A (in pocket), dust jacket, - 3 -, $ 125 [several ink marks in text, ovg]

Hanekom, H. J., et. al. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE PALABORA IGNEOUS COMPLEX, Memoir 54, Pretoria, 1965, pb, 179 pages, 28 figs., 5 plates, 16 folders (in pocket), - 2 -, $ 80

Hanski, E.J. / PETROLOGY OF THE PECHENGA FERROPICRITES AND COGENETIC NI-BEARING GABBRO-WEHRLITE INTRUSIONS, KOLA PENINSULA, RUSSIA, in Geological Survey of Finland Bulletin 367, Espoo, 1992, pb, Academic Dissertation, 367 pages, 103 figs., 26 tables, 2 appendices, - 2 -, $ 26

Hargraves, R. B., Ed. / PHYSICS OF MAGMATIC PROCESSES, Princeton, 1980, pb, 585 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Harker, A. / THE NATURAL HISTORY OF IGNEOUS ROCKS, Facsimile of 1909 Edition, New York, 1965, cl, 384 pages, 112 figs., 2 plates, - 2 -, $ 45

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 -, $ 65

Heiken, G., Ed. / TUFFS: THEIR PROPERTIES, USES, HYDROLOGY, AND RESOURCES, GSA SP 408, Boulder, 2006, pb, 131 pages, - 2 -, $ 40

Heiken, G. and Wohletz, K. / VOLCANIC ASH, Berkeley, 1985, cl, 245 pages, first edition, large format, - 2 -, $ 125


Heiken, G. and Wohletz, K. / VOLCANIC ASH, Berkeley, 1985, cl, 245 pages, second printing, smaller format, - 2 -, $ 100

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

Hill, R. E. T., et.al. / PHYSICAL VOLCANOLOGY OF KOMATIITES, A FIELD GUIDE TO THE KOMATIITES BETWEEN KALGOORLIE AND WILUNA, EASTERN GOLDFIELDS PROVINCE, YILGARN BLOCK, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Excursion Guidebook No. 1, Perth, 1987, pb, 74 pages, - 3 -, some underlining, $ 45

Keller, G. and  Kerr, A. C. /  VOLCANISM, IMPACTS, AND MASS EXTINCTIONS: CAUSES & EFFECTS, GSA SP 505, pb, 2014, 455 pages, - 1 -, $ 30

Rose, W. I., et.al., Ed. / UNDERSTANDING OPEN-VENT VOLCANISM AND RELATED HAZARDS, GSA SP 498, Boulder, 2013, 230 pages, - 1 -, $ 15

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

Johannsen, A. / A DESCRIPTIVE PETROGRAPHY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS, a few single volumes remain; go to the Geology Index and click on the Petrology Catalog to check current availability

Johnson, C. / FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN, THE NATURE OF VOLCANOES, San Francisco, 1994, pb, 132 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Kapustin, Yu. L. / MINERALOG
Y OF CARBONATITES, New Delhi, 1980, translated from Russian, cl, 259 pages, - 3 -, $ 135

Kay, S. M. and Rapela, C. W. / PLUTONISM FROM ANTARCTICA TO ALASKA, Boulder, 1990, pb, 263 pages, GSA SP 241, - 1 -, $ 25


Kay, S. M. and Rapela, C. W. / PLUTONISM FROM ANTARCTICA TO ALASKA, Boulder, 1990, pb, 263 pages, GSA SP 241, - 5 -, $ 15

Keith, T. E. C., Ed. / THE 1992 ERUPTIONS OF CRATER PEAK VENT, MOUNT SPURR VOLCANO, ALASKA, 1995, USGS B 2139, pb, 220 pages, 129 figs., 27 tables, collection of 19 papers, $ 26

Keller, G. and  Kerr, A. C. /  VOLCANISM, IMPACTS, AND MASS EXTINCTIONS: CAUSES & EFFECTS, GSA SP 505, pb, 2014, 455 pages, - 1 -, $ 20

Larsen, L. H., Ed. / IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC GEOLOGY, Boulder, 1969, cl, GSA Memoir 115, 56 1 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

Law, R. D., et.al. / LINKAGES AND FEEDBACKS IN OROGENIC SYSTEMS, GSA Memoir 213, Boulder, 2017, cl, 372 pages, - 1 -, $ 25

Lockley, M. G. and Rice, A. / VOLCANISM AND FOSSIL BIOTAS, GSA SP 244, Boulder, 1990, pb, 125 pages, - 1 -, $ 25

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

Lopes, R. / THE VOLCANO ADVENTURE GUIDE, Cambridge, 2005, cl, 352 pages, - 2 -, $ 79

Luhr, J. F. and Simkin, T., Ed. / PARÍCUTIN, THE VOLCANO BORN IN A MEXICAN CORN FIELD, Phoenix, 1993, pb, 427 pages, - 2 -, $ 69

Maaløe, S. / PRINCIPLES OF IGNEOUS PETROLOGY, Berlin, 1985, cl, 374 pages, 291 figs., - 3 -, $ 109

MacDonald, G. A. / VOLCANOES, Englewood Cliffs, 1972, cl, 510 pages, illustrations throughout, one fold-out map, small chips on dust cover, - 1 -, $ 50

MacDonald, G. A. / VOLCANOES, Englewood Cliffs, 1972, cl, 510 pages, illustrations throughout, one fold-out map, small chips on dust cover, - 3 -, $ 28

Macdougall, J. D., Ed. / CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALTS, Petrology and Structural Geology, Dordrecht, 1988, cl, 341 pages, - 2 -, $ 225

MacKenzie, W. S., Donaldson, C. H. and Guilford, C. / ATLAS OF IGNEOUS ROCKS AND THEIR TEXTURES, New York, various years from 1991 to 1999, pb, 148 pages, - 1 -, retail price, $ 99, our price, $ 75

MacKenzie, W. S., Donaldson, C. H. and Guilford, C. / ATLAS OF IGNEOUS ROCKS AND THEIR TEXTURES, New York, 1982, pb, 148 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Malpas, J., et.al., Ed. / OPHIOLITES: OCEANIC CRUSTAL ANALOGUES, Proceedings of the “TROODOS 1987" Symposium, Nicosia, 1990, cl, 733 pages, - 2 -, $ 175

Marshall, J. R., Ed. / CLASTIC PARTICLES: SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND SHAPE ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENTARY AND VOLCANIC CLASTS, New York, 1987, cl, 346 pages, - 1 -, $ 195 [Sections of book include: Sedimentary materials, volcanic materials from the geological record, products of active volcanoes, laboratory simulations, shape analysis, shape and texture]

Maxwell, A. E. / VOLCANISM: INCEPTION, EVOLUTION, AND HAZARDS, National Academy Press, Washington, 1984, cl, 176 pages, 120 figs., 11 tables, 3 maps in pocket, - 1 -, $ 45

McBirney, A. R. / IGNEOUS PETROLOGY, Boston, 1984, cl, 508 pages, index, - 2 -, $ 20

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

McGretchin, T. R., Pepin, R. O., and Phillips, R. J. / BASALTIC VOLCANISM ON TERRESTRIAL PLANETS, New York, 1981, cl, 1286 pages, 5 microfiche (in pocket), - 3 -. $ 385

McQuire, B. and Kilburn, C. / VOLCANOES OF THE WORLD, 1997, cl, 144 pages - 2 - $ 49

Menzies, M. A. and Hawkesworth, C. J., Ed. / MANTLE METASOMATISM, Academic Press Geology Series, London, 1987, cl, 472 pages, - 3 -, $ 99

Moorbath, S. and Thompson, R. N. / THE RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MANTLE, OCEANIC CRUST, AND CONTINENTAL CRUST TO MAGMA GENESIS, the Royal Society of London, London, 1984, cl, 341 pages, - 2 -, $ 75

Moorhouse, W. W. / A COMPARATIVE ATLAS OF TEXTURES OF ARCHEAN AND YOUNGER VOLCANIC ROCKS, Geological Association of Canada, SP No. 8, Toronto, 1970, pb, introduction, table of contents, 20 plates, - 3 -, $ 16

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

Morton, D. M. and Miller, F. K., Ed. / PENINSULAR RANGES BATHOLITH, BAJA CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, GSA Memoir 211, 2014, cl, 758 pages, - 1 -, $ 30

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

Mysen, B. O. / STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF SILICATE MELTS, Developments in Geochemistry 4, Amsterdam, 1988, cl, 354 pages, - 2 -, $ 195

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: Approach; Data Summary; Conclusions; Details of Unrest; Mediterranean; Africa; Indian Ocean; New Zealand; Melanasia; Indonesia; Philippines; and Japan]

Newhall, C. G. and Dzurisin, D. / HISTORICAL UNREST AT LARGE CALDERAS OF THE WORLD, VOLUME 2, USGS B 1855, 1988, pb, 510 pages, - 3 -, $ 35 [Volume 2 covers the Kurile Islands, Kamchatka, Asia, Alaska, North, Central and South America; Caribbean; Iceland; Atlantic Islands; Antarctic, more...]

Newall, G. and Rast, N. / MECHANISM OF IGNEOUS INTRUSION, Liverpool, 1970, cl, 380 pages, - 3 -, clear tape on edges of dust cover, ovg, $ 120

Olbert, D. / VOLCANOES, POWER AND MAGIC, Cologne, 2001, cl, 160 pages, - 2 -, $ 35

Ollier, C. / VOLCANOES, AN INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMATIC GEOMORPHOLOGY, Volume 6, Cambridge, 1972, cl, 177 pages, - 2 -, $ 20


O’Meara, S. J. and Donovan, O’Meara, D. / VOLCANOES: PASSION AND FURY, Cambridge, 1994, pb, 95 pages, - 2-, $ 10

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


Perchuk, L. L. and Kushiro, I., Ed. / PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY OF MAGMAS, Advances in Physical Geochemistry, Volume 9, New York, cl, 341 pages, - 1 -, $ 80

Perret, F. A. / THE ERUPTION OF MT. PELÉE, 1929 - 1932, 1937, pb, 126 pages, 71 illustrations, 1 diagram. 1 chart, - 2 -, $ 50

Perret, F. A. / VOLCANOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 549, Washington, 1950, pb, 162 pages, - 2 -, $ 135

Pitcher, W. S. and Berger, A. R. / THE GEOLOGY OF DONEGAL, A STUDY OF GRANITE EMPLACEMENT AND UNROOFING, New York, 1972, cl, 435 pages, - 3 -, $ 95 [18 chapters, bibliography, index; topics: Geosynclinal pile and its deformation; dolerite sills; Caledonian regional structure and metamorphism; The Thorr Pluton; The Fanad Pluton; The Appinite Suite; Diapiric Intrusion; Rosses Centered Complex; Barnesmore Pluton, more...]

Pyle, D. / VOLCANOES, Hertfordshire, 2003, pb, 128 pages, heavily illustrated, - 2 -, $ 9


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

Rhodes, J. M. and Lockwood, J. P., Ed. / MAUNA LOA REVEALED: STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION, HISTORY, AND HAZARDS, AGI Geophysical Monograph 92, Washington, 1995, cl, 348 pages, - 2 -, $ 185

Richey, J. E., et.al. / THE TERTIARY VOLCANIC DISTRICTS OF SCOTLAND, 3rd Edition, British Geological Society - British Regional Geology Series, Edinburgh, 1961, pb, 120 pages, -2 -, $ 20

Riecker, R. E., Ed. / RIO GRANDE RIFT: TECTONICS AND MAGMATISM, 1979, cl, 438 pages, - 2 -, $ 20

Rittman, A. / VOLCANOES AND THEIR ACTIVITY, Translated from the Second German Edition by E. A. Vincent, 1962, cl, 305 pages, - 3 -, $ 22


Rose, S. V. and Mercer, I. F. / VOLCANOES, 59 pages, - 2 -, $ 7

Rose, W. I., et.al., Ed. / UNDERSTANDING OPEN-VENT VOLCANISM AND RELATED HAZARDS, GSA SP 498, Boulder, 2013, 230 pages, - 1 -, $ 15

Rosi, M., et.al. / VOLCANOES, A Firefly Guide, Buffalo, 2003, pb, 334 pages, - 1 -, $ 25

Ryan, M. P., et.al. / MAGMATIC SYSTEMS, International Geophysics Series Volume 57, San Diego, 1994, cl, 401 pages, - 3 -, $ 199

Scarth, A. / VULCAN’S FURY - MAN AGAINST THE VOLCANO, New Haven, 1999, cl, 299 pages, - 1 -, $ 20; another copy, cl, slight wear to dust cover, $ 15; another copy, pb, - 3 -, $ 10

Schmicke, H. U. / VOLCANISM, Berlin, 2004, cl, 324 pages, 401 figs. (386 in color), - 2 -, $ 140


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


Simkin, R. and Fiske, R. S. / KRAKATAU 1883, THE VOLCANIC ERUPTION AND ITS EFFECTS, Washington, 1983, 464 pages, - 2 -, $ 20

Simkin, T., et.al. / VOLCANOES OF THE WORLD, A REGIONAL DIRECTORY, GAZETTER, AND CHRONOLOGY OF VOLCANISM DURING THE LAST 10,000 YEARS, Smithsonian Institution, Stroudsburg, 1981, cl, 232 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

Smith, R. L. / ASH-FLOW TUFFS: THEIR ORIGIN, GEOLOGIC RELATIONS AND IDENTIFICATION AND ZONES AND ZONAL VARIATIONS IN WELDED ASH FLOWS, New Mexico, Geological Society SP No. 29, Socorro, 1980, pb, 91 pages, - 2 -, $ 30

Sinha, A. K., Whalen, J. B., and Hogan, J. P. / THE NATURE OF MAGMATISM IN THE APPALACHIAN OROGEN, GSA M 191, Boulder, 1997, cl, 429 pages, - 1 -, $ 20

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


Subbarao, K. V. and Sukheswala, R. N. / DECCAN VOLCANISM AND RELATED BASALT PROVINCES IN OTHER PART OF THE WORLD, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA, Memoir # 3, Bangalore, 1981, cl, 474 pages, - 3 -, $ 150

Sutherland, D. S., Ed. / IGNEOUS ROCKS OF THE BRITISH ISLES, Chichester, 1982, cl, 645 pages, dust cover with repairs, several small marks in text, ovg, - 3 -, $ 125

Sutherland, D. S., Ed. / IGNEOUS ROCKS OF THE BRITISH ISLES, Chichester, 1982, cl, 645 pages, dust cover with faded spine, - 2 -, $ 175

Sutherland, F. L., Ed. / THE NICHOLAS ROCK SYMPOSIUM: ALKALINE ROCKS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED MINERALISATION, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Thematic Issue, Volume 43, # 3, South Perth, 1996, pb, 114 pages, - 2 -, $ 20

Thrope, R. and Brown, G. / THE FIELD DESCRIPTION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS, Geological Society of London, Handbook Series, Milton Keynes, 1986, 154 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Tuttle, O. F. and Gittins, J. / CARBONATITES, New York, 1966, cl, 591 pages, - 3 -, $ 89

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 -, $ 20

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Instituto de Geologia / EL PARICUTIN, ESTADO DE MICHOACAN, Mexico, 1945, pb, 166 pages, - 3 -, $ 65 [in Spanish]

Williams, H. and McBirney, A. R. / AN INVESTIGATION OF VOLCANIC DEPRESSIONS, Part I: GEOLOGIC AND PHYSICAL FEATURES AND CALDERAS, Eugene, 1968, pb, 87 pages, - 2 -, $ 25

Wilson, M. / IGNEOUS PETROGENESIS: A GLOBAL TECTONIC APPROACH, London, 1989, pb, 466 pages, - 3 -, $ 40

Winchester, S. / KRAKATOA, THE DAY THE WORLD EXPLODED, August 27, 1883, New York, 2003, cl, 416 pages, - 1 -, $ 32


Wood, C. A. and Kienle, J., Ed. / VOLCANOES OF NORTH AMERICA, UNITED STATES AND CANADA, Cambridge, 1993, pb, 354 pages, - 1 -, $ 49

Wood, C. A. and Kienle, J., Ed. / VOLCANOES OF NORTH AMERICA, UNITED STATES AND CANADA, Cambridge, 1993, pb, 354 pages, - 3 -, $ 29

Woolley, A. R. / ALKALINE ROCKS AND CARBONATITES OF THE WORLD, part 3: AFRICA, Geological Society SP London MPB 58, London, 2001, 372 pages, - 2 -, small ding in bottom right corner - occurred in trans-Atlantic shipping, ovg, $ 199

Woolley, A. R. / ALKALINE ROCKS AND CARBONATITES OF THE WORLD, part 3: AFRICA, Geological Society SP London MPB 58, London, 2001, 372 pages, - 1-, $ 249

Yoder, H. S. and Tilley, C. E. / ORIGIN OF BASALT MAGMAS: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC ROCK SYSTEMS, 1962, Oxford, Clarendon Press, Reprinted from the Journal of Petrology, Volume 3, Part 3, pages 342 - 532, 10 plates, 50 figs., 53 tables, slight water damage on last several pages of book, ovg, - 3 -, $ 20


Yoder, H. S., Jr., Ed. / THE EVOLUTION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS, Fiftieth Anniversary Perspectives, Princeton, 1979, cl, 588 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Yoder, H. S., Jr., Ed. / THE EVOLUTION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS, Fiftieth Anniversary Perspectives, Princeton, 1979, pb, 588 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Yoder, H. S., Jr. / GENERATION OF BASALTIC MAGMA, Washington, 1976, 265 pages, pb, - 3 -, $ 14

Young, D. A. / N. L. BOWEN AND CRYSTALLIZATION - DIFFERENTIATION: THE EVOLUTION OF A THEORY, Mineralogical Society Monograph Publication 4, Washington, 1998, pb, 276 pages, - 2 -, $ 65

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

Zientek, M. / PETROLOGY AND METALLOGENY OF VOLCANIC AND INTRUSIVE ROCKS OF THE MID-CONTINENT, Proceedings of an International field conference and symposium, Duluth, 1995, pb, 224 pages, - 2 -, $ 30



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