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Igneous Rocks and Intrusions, Volcanism, Volcanology, Lava, Magma, Laccoliths, Plutonism, Igneous Petrology

This page was updated on 08 February 2010

When ordering from this catalog please refer to this catalog number:

Catalog:  # 1 / Igneous / 2010

 


> for other igneous titles, also see these catalogs: / USGS   Mineralogy  /  Petrology  /  Space  / 


Books:

Anonymous / HERCULANEUM AND THE VESUVIUS, Plurigraf Edition, Tern, 1977, 64 pages, 86 plates, - 3 -, $ 18

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

Atherton, M. P. and Tarney, J., Ed. / ORIGIN OF GRANITE BATHOLITHS, GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE, Ft. Collins, 1979, pb, 148 pages, - 3 -, $ 18

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

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

Barker, D. S. / IGNEOUS ROCKS, Englewood Cliffs, 1983, cl, 417 pages, - 3 -, a copy with a few ink marks at beginning of text, $ 25

Boettcher, A. L., et.al. / EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM: INCEPTION, EVOLUTION, AND HAZARDS, Studies in Geophysics, Washington, 1984, cl, 176 pages, 3 maps, - 3 -, $ 25

Boly, W., et.al. / FIRE MOUNTAINN, THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT ST. HELENS, Portland, 1980, pb, 74 pages, - 3 -, $ 9

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

Bonney, T. G. / VOLCANOES, THEIR STRUCTURE AND SIGNIFICANCE, New York, 1899, cl, 379 pages, 13 plates, 1 fold-out map, - 3 -, $ 40

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

Boyd, F. R. and Meyer, H. O. A., Ed. / KIMBERLITES, DIATREMES AND DIAMONDS: Their Geology Petrology, and Geochemistry, 2nd International Kimberlite Conference, Volume 1, Washington, D. C., 1979, cl, 399 pages, - 3 -, $ 125

Boyd, F. R. and Meyer, H. O. A., Ed. / THE MANTLE SAMPLE: INCLUSIONS IN KIMBERLITES AND OTHER VOLCANICS, 2nd International Kimberlite Conference, Volume 2, Washington, D. C., 1979, cl, 423 pages, - 3 -, $ 125

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

Bridges, L. W. D. / OUR EXPANDING EARTH: THE ULTIMATE CAUSE, Denver, 2002, cl, 103 pages, one page (in pocket), - 3 -, $ 180 [Book advances the hypothesis that magmatic assimilation is the cause of multi-ring basins and not cosmic impact]

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, 2nd Edition, cl, 629 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

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

Castro, E. R. / PINATUBO: THE ERUPTION OF THE CENTURY, Quezon City, 1991, cl, 113 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

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

Chester, D. K., et.al. / MOUNT ETNA - THE ANATOMY OF A VOLCANO, Stanford, 1985, cl, 404 pages, - 1 -, $ 130

Christiansen, E. H., et.al. / THE GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF CENOZOIC TOPAZ RHYOLITES FROM THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, GSA SP 205, 1986, pb, 82 pages, 48 figs, 16 tables, - 1 -, $ 25

Coats, R. R., et.al. / STUDIES IN VOLCANISM, A MEMOIR IN HONOR OF HOWEL WILLIAMS, GSA M 116, Boulder, 1968, cl, 678 pages, - 2 -, $ 36 [Contents cover the Bodie Hills, California; Hot Creek Range, Nevada; Boulder Batholith, Montana, much more]

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

Colton, H. S. / CINDER CONES AND LAVA FLOWS, Revised Edition, Flagstaff, 1967, 58 pages, - 2 -, $ 22

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

Cotton, C. A. / VOLCANOES AS LANDSCAPE FORMS, Chistchurch, 1944, cl, 416 pages, front end-plate replaced, ovg, - 3 -, $ 48

Cox, K. G., McKenzie, D., and White, R. S., Ed. / MELTING AND MELT MOVEMENT IN THE EARTH, Oxford, 1993, cl, 222 pages, - 3 -, $ 80

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. / IGNEOUS ROCKS AND THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH, New York, 1914, cl, 563 pages, - 2 -, $ 40

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

Dawson, J. B. / KIMBERLITES AND THEIR XENOLITHS, Berlin, 1980, cl, 252 pages, - 3 -, $ 150

Dawson, J. B. / KIMBERLITES AND THEIR XENOLITHS, Berlin, 1980, cl, 252 pages, - 5 -, $ 130

de Boer, J. Z. and Sanders, D. T. / VOLCANISM IN HUMAN HISTORY, The Far-Reaching Effects of Major Eruptions, Princeton, 2002, cl 295 pages, - 2 -, $ 38

De Carolis, E. and Patricelli, G. / VESUVIUS, A.D. 79 - THE DESTRUCTION OF POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM, Los Angeles, 2003, cl, 135 pages, - 2 -, $ 48

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

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

Deiss, J. J. / HERCULANEUM: ITALY’S BURIED TREASURE, A VIVID RE-CREATION OF LIFE IN POMPEII’S SISTER CITY, Revised and updated, New York, 1985, cl, 222 pages, - 2 -, $ 22

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

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

Duffield, W. A. / CHASING LAVA: A GEOLOGISTS ADVENTURES AT THE HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY, Missoula, 2003, pb, 171 pages, - 1 -, $ 15

Fedotov, S. A., Ed. / LARGE TOLBACHIK FISSURE ERUPTION, KAMCHATKA 1975-76, Moscow, 1984, cl, 637 pages, 346 figs., 62 tables, 3 enclosures (inside back cover), 485 bibliography entries, - 2 -, $ 175

Fink, J. H. / THE EMPLACEMENT OF SILICIC DOMES AND LAVA FLOWS THE EMPLACEMENT OF SILICIC DOMES AND LAVA FLOWS, GSA SP 212, Boulder, 1987, pb, 145 pages, 118 figs., 18 tables, - 1 -, $ 85

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]

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, - 3 -, $ 25

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

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

Friedrich, W. L. / FIRE IN THE SEA; THE SANTORINI VOLCANO: NATURAL HISTORY AND THE LEGEND OF ATLANTIS, Translated by A. R. McBirney, Cambridge, 2000, cl, 258 pages, - 1 -, $ 80

Frierson, P. / THE BURNING ISLAND, A JOURNEY THROUGH MYTH AND HISTORY IN VOLCANO COUNTRY, HAWAII, San Francisco, 1991, 267 pages, - 2 -, $ 22

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, Boulder, 1959 reprint of 1948 original, Geological Society of America, Memoir 28, 139 pages, cl, - 2 -, $ 20

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

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 -, $ 325

Halstead, M. / THE WORLD ON FIRE, Splendors and Horrors of the Volcanic Eruptions of the Lesser Antilles, the Destroying Volcanoes of Old and the New Classed, a Strange and Awful History, together with a Biographical Sketch of Josephine, Empress of the French, the Fair Daughter of Martinique, and Alexander Hamilton, Stalwart Son of Island of Nevis, and the Father of the American Constitution, City Unknown, 1902, cl, wear and discolored spots on boards, end-plates replaced, gold leaf inscription worn slightly, ovg, - 3 -, $ 45

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

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

Hess, H. H. and Poldervaart, A. / BASALTS, THE POLDERVAART TREATISE ON ROCKS OF BASALTIC COMPOSITION, in two volumes, New York, 1968, cl, 862 pages total, cumulative author and subject indices, - 2 -, $ 150

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

Hull, E. / VOLCANOES: PAST AND PRESENT, London, 1892, cl, 270 pages, 41 illustrations, 4 plates, light foxing throughout, - 3 -, $ 40

Iddings, J. P. / THE PROBLEM OF VOLCANISM, Yale University Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman Memorial Lectures, 1914, cl, 273 pages, 1 plate (in pocket) - 2 -, $ 45

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

Isachsen, Y. W., Ed. / ORIGIN OF ANORTHOSITE RELATED ROCKS, New York State Museum and Science Service Memoir 18, Albany, 1968, cl, 466 pages, - 5 -, $ 55

Jaggar, T. A. / ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF CRATERS, GSA M 21, Baltimore, 1947, cl, 508 pages, 87 pates (14 in pocket), 14 figs., - 2 -, $ 60

Jaggar, T. A. / ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF CRATERS, GSA M 21, Baltimore, 1947, cl, 508 pages, 87 pates (14 in pocket), 14 figs., - 3 -, $ 40

Jaggar, T. A. / ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF CRATERS, GSA M 21, Baltimore, 1947, cl, 508 pages, 87 pates (14 in pocket), 14 figs., - 5 -, $ 24

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, complete set of 4 books, 2nd Edition, Chicago, 1962, cl, - 2 -, $ 225; titles of individual volumes:
Volume 1: Introduction, Textures, Classifications and Glossary, 318 pages
Volume 2: The Quartz-bearing Rocks, 428 pages
Volume 3: The Intermediate Rocks, 300 pages
Volume 4: Part I - The Feldspathoid Rocks, Part II - The Peridotites and Perknites, 523 pages

Johannsen, A. / A DESCRIPTIVE PETROGRAPHY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS, complete set of 4 books, 2nd Edition, Chicago, 1962, cl, - 3 -, $ 175; titles of individual volumes:
Volume 1: Introduction, Textures, Classifications and Glossary, 318 pages
Volume 2: The Quartz-bearing Rocks, 428 pages
Volume 3: The Intermediate Rocks, 300 pages
Volume 4: Part I - The Feldspathoid Rocks, Part II - The Peridotites and Perknites, 523 pages

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]  

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

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

Kornprobst, J., Ed. / KIMBERLITES I: KIMBERLITES AND RELATED ROCKS, Proceedings of the Third Kimberlite Conference; Developments in Petrology 11 A/B, 1984, cl, 466 pages and KIMBERLITES II. THE MANTLE AND CRUST - MANTLE RELATIONSHIPS, Amsterdam, 1984, cl, 393 pages, - 3 -, $ 325 for both volumes

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

Lamb, H. H. / VOLCANIC ACTIVITY AND CLIMATE IN PALEOGEOGRAPHY, PALEOCLIMATOLOGY, PALEOECOLOGY, Volume 10, No. 2/3. Amsterdam, 1971, pages 203 - 230, - 2 -, $ 10 [Other articles in this issue: Fossil Coleoptera as indicators of climatic fluctuations, during the last Glaciation in Britain; A synoptic approach to the Atmospheric Circuation of the Last Glacial Maximum in Southeastern Australia; Climates and circulation regimes developed over the Northern Hemisphere during and since the last Ice Age, more...]

Lipman, P. W., et.al. / CALDERAS AND ASSOCIATE IGNEOUS ROCKS, AGU Reprint of the Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 89, # B 10, 1984, pb, pps. 8219 - 8841, - 3 -, $ 40

Lipman, P. W., et.al., Ed. / CENOZOIC VOLCANISM IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, AGU Volume of Selected Reprints, Washington, D. C., 1989, pb, 730 pages, -2 -, $ 100

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

Maaløe, S. / PRINCIPLES OF IGNEOUS PETROLOGY, Berlin, 1985, cl, 371 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, - 3 -, $ 50

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 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 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

Markbinin, Y. / PLUTO’S CHAIN, Moscow, 1971, cl, 214 pages, - 2 -, $ 45

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

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

Menzies, M. A. and Hawkesworth, C. J., Ed. / MANTLE METASOMATISM, Academic Press Geology Series, London, 1987, cl, 472 pages, - 3 -, $ 165

Mitchell, R. H. and Bergman, S. C. / PETROLOGY OF LAMPROITES, New York, cl, 447 pages, - 2 -, $ 199

Mitchell, R. H. / KIMBERLITES, ORGANGEITES, AND RELATED ROCKS, New York, 1995, cl, 410 pages, - 3 -, $ 225

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, Special Paper No. 8, Toronto, pb, 20 plates, slight wrinkling to several pages, ovg, - 3 -, $ 15 [Photomicrographs arranged comparatively with similarly featured PreCambrian and more modern volcanic rock photographs]

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

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

Noxes, J. R., Ed. / MOUNT ST. HELEN, THE VOLCANO, Portland, 1980, pb, 48 pages, - 3 -, $

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

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

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

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

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

Russell, I. C. / VOLCANOES OF NORTH AMERICA, A READING LESSON FOR STUDENTS OF GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY, New York, 1897, cl, 346 pages, small chip on top of spine, ovg, - 3 -, $ 44

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, pb, 299 pages, - 1 -, $ 16

Scarth, A. / VULCAN’S FURY, MAN AGAINST THE VOLCANO, New Haven, 1999, cl, 299 pages, - 1 -, very slight dust cover wear, ovg, $ 24

Scarth, A. / VULCAN’S FURY, MAN AGAINST THE VOLCANO, New Haven, 1999, cl, 299 pages, - 5 -, $ 15

Shand, S. J. / ERUPTIVE ROCKS: THEIR GENESIS, COMPOSITION, CLASSIFICATION AND THEIR RELATION TO ORE DEPOSITS WITH A CHAPTER ON METEORITES, London, 1949, cl, 488 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

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

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

Sobolev, N. V. / DEEP-SEATED INCLUSIONS IN KIMBERLITES AND THE PROBLEM OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE UPPER MANTLE, Translated by Brown, D. A. and Boyd, F. R., Washington, D.C., 1974, cl, 279 pages, - 3 -, $ 78

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, - 2 -, $ 250

Tilling, R. I., Ed. / SHORT COURSE IN GEOLOGY, VOLUME 1: VOLCANIC HAZARDS, Washington, 1989, pb, 123 pages, - 2 -, $ 16

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

Tilling, R. I. / HOW VOLCANOES WORK, AGU reprint from the Journal of Geophysical Research, Washington, D. C., 1988, pb, 949 pages, - 3 -, $ 26

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, 1st 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, - 2 -, $ 40

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

Winchester, S. / KRAKATOA, THE DAY THE WORLD EXPLODED, August 27, 1883, New York, 2003, cl, 416 pages, - 1 -, $ 22

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Yoder, H. S., Jr., Ed. / THE EVOLUTION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS, Fiftieth Anniversary Perspectives, Princeton, 1979, cl, 588 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Yoder, H. S., Jr. / GENERATION OF BASALTIC MAGMA, Washington, D.C., 1976, 265 pages, pb, - 3 -, $ 20

Yoder, H. S., Jr. / GENERATION OF BASALTIC MAGMA, Washington, D.C., 1976, 265 pages, cl, - 3 -, $ 35

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

Reprints:

Alaska Volcano Observatory / MT. SPURR’S 1992 ERUPTIONS, EOS TRANSACTIONS, AGU, Volume 74, No. 19, 1993, pages, 217, 221-222, - 2 -, $ 4

Barth, T. F. W. / THE LARGE PRECAMBRIAN INTRUSIVE BODIES IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF NORWAY, 16th International Geological Congress, 1936, pages 297 - 309, pb, - 2 -, $ 5

Bowen, N. L. / THE AMOUNT OF ASSIMILATION BY THE SUDBURY NORITE SHEET, Journal of Geology, Volume 33, # 8, 1925, pages 825 - 829, $ 3

Fenner / KATMAI REGION GREAT ERUPTION OF 1912, Journal of Geology, Volume 28, # 7, $ 5

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

Maxson, J. H. / LAVA FLOWS IN THE GRAND CANYON OF THE COLORADO RIVER, ARIZONA, Reprint from the Bulletin of the GSA , New York, 1950, Volume 61, pb, pages 9 - 16, - 3 -, $ 5

Rust, G. W. / PRELIMINARY NOTES ON EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI, Journal of Geology, Volume 45, No. 1, 1937, pb, pages 48 - 75, 15 figs., - 3 -, $ 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


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