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This page was updated on 14 July 2008 .


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

Catalog:   # 3 / Petrology / 2008


> also see the separate catalogs of metamorphic, sedimentary, and igneous rocks for related titles

Ahrens, T. J., Ed. / AGU REFERENCE SHELF 3: ROCK PHYSICS AND PHASE RELATIONS – A HANDBOOK OF PHYSICAL CONSTANTS, Washington, D. C., 1995, cl, 236 pages, AGU, - 3 -, $ 45

Alling, H. L. / INTERPRETATIVE PETROLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS, New York, 1936, cl, 353 pages, $ 25

Anleitung, E., et.al. / DER GESTEINS-SAMMLER, Stuttgart, 1974, pb, 100 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Ashworth, E., Ed. / RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS IN ROCK MASSES, Volume 1 and 2, Rotterdam, 1985, cl, 1292 pages total, - 4 -, very clean set marked as - 4 - only because of multiple name stamps, $ 85/set

Bard, J. P. / MICROTEXTURES OF IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS, Dordrecht, 1986, pb, 246 pages, - 3 -, small folds on cover, ovg, $ 45

Barth, T. F. W. / THEORETICAL PETROLOGY, New York, 1952, cl, 387 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Barth, T. F. W. / THEORETICAL PETROLOGY, 2nd Edition, New York, 1962, cl, 416 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Bayly, B. / INTRODUCITON TO PETROLOGY, Englewood Cliffs, 1968, cl, 371 pages, - 4 -, some (very neat) underlining, ovg, $ 20

Best, M. G. / IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY, San Francisco, 1982, cl, 630 pages, - 4 -, $ 40

Best, M. G. / IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY, San Francisco, 1982, cl, 630 pages, - 3 -, $ 55

Best, M. G. / IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY, San Francisco, 1982, cl[2], 630 pages, - 3 -, occasional underlining, ovg, $ 65

Best, M. G.  /  IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY, San Francisco, 1982, cl, 630 pages, - 2 -, $ 75

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

Carmichael, I. S. E., Turner, F. J., and Verhoogen, J. / IGNEOUS PETROLOGY, New York, 1974, 739 pages, - 4 -, $ 20

Carneige Institution / ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY, pb, 1960-61: 128 pages, 10 plates, 80 figs.; 1962-63: 203 pages, 101 figs.; 1963-64: 229 pages, 117 figs., - 3 -, $ 45 for the set of 3 [Topics include: melting of silicates; petrographic guides in experimental petrology; ages of rocks and minerals; isotopes; meteorites; analysis of ore minerals; sulphide-silicate reactions; crystallography; biogeochemistry, more...]

Carozzi, A. V. / MICROSCOPIC SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY, New York, 1960, cl, 485 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Carroll, D. / ROCK WEATHERING, New York, 1970, cl, 203 pages, - 3 -, $ 18

Clabaugh, S. E. / LABORATORY MANUAL FOR HAND SPECIMEN PETROLOGY, reprinted from the J. of Sedimentary Petrology, 1951, pb, 55 pages, - 2 -, $ 20

Clark, S. P., Jr. / HANDBOOK OF PHYSICAL CONSTANTS, New York, 1966, cl, 1st Edition revised, GSA Memoir 97, 587 pages, name written inside cover, ovg, $ 25

Cloos, E. / LINEATION: A CRITICAL REVIEW AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, Boulder, 1962 reprint of 1946 original, 122 pages, also has the 14 page supplement, - 3 -, $ 25

Dake, H. C., Fleener, F. L. and Wilson, B. H. / QUARTZ FAMILY MINERALS, New York, 1938, cl, 304 pages, slight foxing on endplates and page margins, - 3 -, $ 30

Daly, R. A. / IGNEOUS ROCKS AND THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH, New York, 1933, 598 pages, vg, $ 45

Doe, B. R. and Smith, D. K. / STUDIES IN MINERALOGY AND PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY, New York, 1972, cl, GSA Memoir 135, 348 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Ehlers, E. G. / THE INTERPRETATION OF GEOLOGICAL PHASE DIAGRAMS, San Francisco, 1972, cl, 280 pages, - 2 -, $ 30

Ehlers, E. G. and Blatt, H. / PETROLOGY: IGNEOUS, SEDIMENTARY AND METAMORPHIC, San Francisco, 1982, cl, 732 pages, - 3-, $ 25

Ehlers, E. G. and Blatt, H. / PETROLOGY: IGNEOUS, SEDIMENTARY AND METAMORPHIC, San Francisco, 1982, cl, 732 pages, - 3 -, $ 28 [Contains written editorial corrections and suggested revisions for publisher]

Emmons, R. C., et.al. / SELECTED PETROGENIC RELATIONSHIPS OF PLAGIOCLASE, Baltimore, 1953, cl, GSA M 52, 142 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Emmons, R. C., et.al. / SELECTED PETROGENIC RELATIONSHIPS OF PLAGIOCLASE, Baltimore, 1953, cl, GSA M 52, 142 pages, - 5 -, $ 20

Erickson, J. ROCK FORMATIONS AND UNUSUAL GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES: Exploring the Earth’s Surface, New York, 1993, cl, 195 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

Ernst, W. G. / PETROLOGIC PHASE EQUILIBRIA, San Francisco, 1976, cl, 333 pages, highlighting and marks in text, - 4 -, $ 35

Fairburn, H. W. / STRUCTURAL PETROLOGY OF DEFORMED ROCKS, 2nd Edition, Cambridge, 1949, cl, 344 pages, - 3 -, $ 35 [foliation, lineation, fractures, folds, etc.]

Fowle, F. E. / SMITHSONIAN PHYSICAL TABLES, Washington, D.C., 1934, 8th Edition, 1st Reprint, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 88, 686 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

Griggs, D. and Handin, J., Ed. / ROCK DEFORMATION, GSA M 79, Baltimore, 1960, cl, 382 pages, - 5 -, $ 65 [Studying rock stress and deformation with rotation, pressure changes, temperature changes, more...]

Grout, F. F. / PETROGRAPHY AND PETROLOGY: A Textbook, 1st Edition, New York, 1932, cl, 522 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Grout, F. F. / A HANDBOOK OF ROCKS for use without the petrographic microscope by J. F. Kemp, Toronto, 1940, cl, 6th Edition, 300 pages, - 3 - or - 5 -, $ 20

Groves, A. W. / SILICATE ANALYSIS, London, 1937, cl, 1st Edition, 230 pages, name written inside cover, ovg, $ 45

Gueguen, Y. and Palciauskas, V. / INTRODUCTION TO THE PHYSICS OF ROCKS, Princeton, 1994, cl, 292 pages, - 1 -, $ 60

Harker, A. / PETROLOGY FOR STUDENTS: An Introduction to the Study of Rocks under the Microscope:
4th Edition, 1908, 336 pages, - 3 -, $ 20
6th Edition, 1923, 302 pages, - 3 -, $ 30
7th Edition, 1935, 300 pages, - 3 -, $ 35
8th Edition, 1960, 283 pages, - 3 -, $ 40

Hatch, F. H. and Rastall, R. H. / THE PETROLOGY OF THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, 3rd Edition, revised by M. Black, London, 1950, cl, 383 pages, - 3 -, $ 22

Hatch, F. H. and Wells, A. K. / THE PETROLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS, 8th Edition, London, 1926, cl, 566 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Hatch, F. H. and Wells, A. K. / THE PETROLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS, 9th Edition, London, 1937, cl, 368 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Heard, H. C., et.al. / FLOW AND FRACTURE OF ROCKS, AGU Geophysical Monograph 16, Washington, D. C., 1972, cl, 352 pages, -3 -, $ 45

Hollister, L. S. and Crawford, M. L. / SHORT COURSE IN FLUID INCLUSIONS: Applications to Petrology, Calgary, 1981, pb, 304 pages, - 3 -, $ 38

Holmes, A. / THE NOMENCLATURE OF PETROLOGY WITH REFERENCE TO SELECTED LITERATURE, Facsimile of the 1920 edition, 1972, cl, 284 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Huang, W. T. / PETROLOGY, New York, 1962, cl, 127 figs., 63 tables, 480 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Hughes, C. J. / IGNEOUS PETROLOGY, Amsterdam, 1982, cl, 551 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Hyndman, D. M. / PETROLOGY OF IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS, New York, 1972, cl, 533 pages, - 4 -, some (but tidy) underlining, ovg, $ 25

Hyndman, D. M. / PETROLOGY OF IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS, New York, 1972, cl, 533 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

Jackson, K. C. / TEXTBOOK OF LITHOLOGY, New York 1970, cl, 552 pages, - 3 -, $ 26

Johannsen, A. / ESSENTIALS FOR THE MICROSCOPICAL DETERMINATION OF ROCK-FORMING MINERALS IN THIN SECTIONS, 1st Edition, Chicago, 1922, cl, 53 pages, - 3 -, wear to corners of boards, one custom insert by previous owner, $ 20

Johannsen, A. / ESSENTIALS FOR THE MICROSCOPICAL DETERMINATION OF ROCK-FORMING MINERALS IN THIN SECTIONS, 2nd Edition, Chicago, 1928, cl, 55 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

Johannsen, A. / MANUAL OF PETROGRAPHIC METHODS, New York, 1914, cl, 649 pages, - 5 -, $ 20

Johannsen, A. / A DESCRIPTIVE PETROGRAPHY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS, sold as single volumes

Volume 1: Introduction, Textures, Classifications and Glossary, 2nd Edition, Chicago, 1962, cl, 318 pages, - 3 -, $ 30
Volume 2: The Quartz-Bearing Rocks, 428 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Additional volumes of this book may be found in the [Igneous Catalog]

Johannsen, A. / A DESCRIPTIVE PETROGRAPHY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS, complete set of 4 books, 2nd Edition, Chicago, 1962, cl, - 3 -, $ 195; 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

Kemp, J. F. / A HANDBOOK OF ROCKS for use without the Petrographic Microscope, with a Glossary of the Names of Rocks and of other Lithological Terms:
3rd Edition, New York, 1906, cl, 238 pages, - 3 -, $ 20
5th Edition, New York, 1922 or 1929, cl, 282 pages, - 3 -, $ 25
6th Edition, Toronto, 1940, 1950, or 1952, cl, 300 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Knopf, E. B. and Ingerson, E. / STRUCTURAL PETROLOGY, GSA M 6, Washington, D. C., 1938, cl, 270 pages, 81 figs., - 3 -, $ 35

Krumbein, W. C. and Pettijohn, F. J. / MANUAL OF SEDIMENTARY PETROGRAPHY, I. SAMPLING, PREPARATION FOR ANALYSIS, MECHANICAL ANALYSIS, AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS <and> II. SHAPE ANALYSIS, CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, AND MASS PROPERTIES, New York, 1938, cl, 549 pages, - 3 -, $ 48

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

McBirney, A. R. / IGNEOUS PETROLOGY, San Francisco, 1984, cl, 504 pages, - 3 -, $ 55

McBirney, A. R. / IGNEOUS PETROLOGY, 2nd Edition, San Francisco, 1993, cl, 508 pages, - 2 -, $ 75

Milner, H. B. / SEDIMENTARY PETROGRAPHY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PETROGRAPHIC METHODS OF CORRELATION OF STRATA, PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER ECONOMIC APPLICATIONS OF GEOLOGY, New York, 1962, cl, 643 pages, - 5 -, $ 20

Morse, S. A. / BASALTS AND PHASE DIAGRAMS, Part 1 and 2, Amherst, part 1: 1976, part 2: 1978, pb, 349 total pages, a few marks in text of volume 1, ovg, $ 60

Mueller, R. F. and Saxena, S. K. / CHEMICAL PETROLOGY WITH APPLICATIONS TO THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS AND METEORITES, New York, 1977, cl, 394 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Niggli, P. / ROCKS AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, English Translation by R. L. Parker, San Francisco, 1954, cl, 559 pages, - 5 -, $ 36

Parkhomenko, E. I. / ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS, New York, 1967, cl, 314 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Pettijohn, F. J., Potter, P. E., and Siever, R. / SAND AND SANDSTONE, New York, 1972, cl, 618 pages, 258 figs., - 2 -, $ 100

Philpotts, A. R. / PETROGRAPHY OF IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS laboratory manual, Englewood Cliffs, 1989, pb, spiral bound, 178 pages, - 3 -, $ 20 

Pirsson, L. V. / ROCKS AND ROCK MINERALS: A Manual of the Elements of Petrology without the use of a Microscope, New York, 1908, 1st Edition, cl, 414 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Pirsson, L. V. / ROCKS AND ROCK MINERALS: A Manual of the Elements of Petrology without the use of a Microscope, New York, 1908, 2nd Edition, cl, 414 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Pirsson, L. V. / ROCKS AND ROCK MINERALS: A Manual of the Elements of Petrology without the use of a Microscope, New York, various dates from 1935 to 1958, 3rd Edition, cl, 349 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Raymond, L. A. / PETROLOGY: The Study of Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic Rocks, Dubuque, 1995, cl, 742 pages, 3 ½" floppy disc included, - 1 -, $ 65

Riecker, R. E. / BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ROCK DEFORMATION, Terrestrial Sciences Laboratory Project, SR 5, Hanscom Field, 1964, pb, 51 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Shrock, R. R. / SEUQENCE IN LAYERED ROCKS: A Study of Features and Structures Useful for Determining Top and Bottom or Order of Succession in Bedded and Tabular Rock Bodies, New York, 1948, cl, 507 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

Spilhaus, A. F. / FLOW AND FRACTURE OF ROCKS, The Griggs Volume, Washington, D. C., 1972, cl, 352 pages, - 3 -, $ 60 [Book was produced by the Geophysical Union]

Spock, L. E. / GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF ROCKS, 1st Edition, New York, 1953, cl, 256 pages, - 4 -, $ 15

Spock, L. E. / GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF ROCKS, 2nd Edition, New York, 1962, cl, 298 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Tickell, F. G. / THE EXAMINATION OF FRAGMENTAL ROCKS, Revised Edition, Stanford, 1950, cl, 154 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Tilley, C. E., Nockolds, S. R., and Black, M. / HARKER’S PETROLOGY FOR STUDENTS, 8th Edition Revised, Cambridge, 1954, pb, 283 pages, - 3 -, $ 6

Travis, R. B. / CLASSIFICATION OF ROCKS, Quarterly of the Colorado School of Mines, Volume 50, # 1, Golden, 1955, pb, 98 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Travis, R. B. / CLASSIFICATION OF ROCKS, Quarterly of the Colorado School of Mines, Volume 50, # 1, Golden, 1955, afb, 98 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Tucker, M. E. / SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY: An Introduction, Geoscience Texts, Volume 3, New York, 1981, pb, 252 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Turner, F. J. and Verhoogen, J. / IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY, 2nd Edition, New York, 1960, cl, 694 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Tyrrell, G. W. / THE PRINCIPLES OF PETROLOGY: An Introduction to the Science of Rocks, 2nd Edition, New York, 1929, cl, 349 pages, signed photograph of author on front endplate, - 3 -, $ 30

Tyrrell, G. W. / THE PRINCIPLES OF PETROLOGY: An Introduction to the Science of Rocks, 2nd Edition, London, 1952, cl, 349 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Tyrrell, G. W. / THE PRINCIPLES OF PETROLOGY: An Introduction to the Science of Rocks, 2nd Edition, London, 1958, cl, 349 pages, - 4 -, some ink underlining, $ 20

Wahlstrom, E. E. / INTRODUCTION TO THEORETICAL IGNEOUS PETROLOGY, 1st Edition, New York, 1958, cl, 365 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Weiss, L. E. / THE MINOR STRUCTURES OF DEFORMED ROCKS: A Photographic Atlas with 203 plates, New York, 1972, cl, 431 pages, $ 100

Williams, H., Turner, F. J., Gilbert, C. M. / PETROGRAPHY: An Introduction to the Study of Rocks in Thin Sections, 1st Edition, San Francisco, 1953 or 1954 or 1958, cl, 406 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Williams, H., Turner, F. J. and Gilbert, C. M. / PETROGRAPHY: An Introduction to the Study of Rocks in Thin Sections, 2nd Edition, San Francisco, 1982, cl, - 3 -, $ 26

Wyllie, P. J., Ed. / ULTRAMAFIC AND RELATED ROCKS, New York, 1967, cl, 464 pages, - 3 -, $ 40

Zubov, V. / GENERAL PETROGRAPHY: A Short Course, 2nd Edition, Moscow, 1972, cl, 228 pages, - 3 -, $ 28


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