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Free Stuff Catalog ONE FREE ITEM WITH EVERY $50 ORDER Pick any one of these for free with any $50 order from any catalog on this website, pick any 2 of these for free with any $100 order, etc., Watch this offer as it will change often in the coming days, weeks, and months. None of these items are junk. Most of them are new and most items below have only 1 copy available. Many items listed here were originally priced around $100. This list was last adjusted on 9/3/2023 with new items added and sold items deleted during August, 2023. Abbott, P. L. and Gastill, R. G., Ed. / BAJA CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY, GSA Meeting in San Diego, 1979, Field Trips 10, 12, 13 and 26, San Diego, 1979, pb, 228 pages Alvarez, W. and Gohrbandt, K. H. A., Ed. / GEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF SICILY, Tripoli, 1970, cl, 291 pages Bailey, E. B., et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF BEN NEVIS AND GLEN COE AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY (EXPLANATION OF SHEET 53), 2nd Edition Revised, Edinburgh, 1960, cl, 307 pages, - 2 -, [Contents: Economic geology; faults; glacial geology; volcanics; igneous rocks; petrology, more...] Baker, D. R. and Buddington, A. F. / GEOLOGY AND MAGNETITE DEPOSITS OF THE FRANKLIN QUADRANGLE AND PART OF THE HAMBURG QUADRANGLE, NEW JERSEY, USGS PP 638, 1970, pb, 73 pages, 2 plates, 22 figs., 30 tables Baldwin - Lima - Hamilton / BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVES SERVICE BULLETINS, Philadelphia, 1954, binder containing service bulletins plus additional loose bulletins, correspondence, - Baldwin Locomotive Works / OWNERS AND OPERATORS MANUAL, 0-4-4-0 BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE, Philadelphia, 1947, in binder [This is a thumb indexed manual listing all the component parts to a locomotive purchased in 1947 by the Copper Range Railroad Company from Baldwin; the manual gives excellent detailed diagrams of components parts and cross-sections through the entire locomotive] Ballantyne, C. K. and Harris, C. / THE PERIGLACIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN, Cambridge, 1994, cl, 330 pages Blainey, G. / THE RUSH THAT NEVER ENDED: A History of Australian Mining, Carlton, 2003, pb, 431 pages Brown, D. A., et.al. / THE GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, Oxford, 1977, pb, 409 pages Chester, D. K., et.al. / MOUNT ETNA (SICILY): THE ANATOMY OF A VOLCANO, Stanford, 1985, cl, 404 pages Clark, K. F. and Megaw, P. K. M., and Ruiz, J., Ed. / LEAD-ZINC-SILVER CARBONATE-HOSTED DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN MEXICO, SEG Guidebook for field and mine excursions, 1986, pb, 329 pages, illustrated, travel logs, 2 plates (in pocket) Coch, N. K. / GEOHAZARDS: NATURAL AND HUMAN, Englewood Cliffs, 1995, pb, 481 pages Compton, R. R. / MANUAL OF FIELD GEOLOGY, New York, 1962, cl, 378 pages Craig, G. Y. / GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND, 2nd Edition, Edinburgh, 1983, cl, 472 pages Craig, W. W. and Kohl, B., Ed. / TRANSACTIONS OF THE GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES, Volume XLVII, 47th Annual Convention, New Orleans, 1997, pb, 650 pages, appendix Crowell, J. C. and Sylvester, A. G. T. / TECTONICS OF THE JUNCTURE BETWEEN THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT SYSTEM AND THE SALTON TROUGH, SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA, Guidebook, GSA Annual Meeting - San Diego, 1979, afb, 193 pages, 12 chapters, 33 figs. Davies, J. L. and Williams, M. A., J., Ed. / LANDFORM EVOLUTION IN AUSTRALASIA, Canberra, 1978, 376 pages De Carolis, E. and Patricelli, G. / VESUVIUS, A.D. 79 - THE DESTRUCTION OF POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM, Los Angeles, 2003, cl, 135 pages 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 De Gortari, C. S. / GEOLOGICAL - MINING MONOGRAPH OF THE STATE OF GUANAJUATO, Publicación 6E, Queretaro, 1992, cl, 136 pages, 3 plache (Spanish) De Gortari, C. S. / GEOLOGICAL - MINING MONOGRAPH OF THE STATE OF GUANAJUATO, Publication 6E, Queretaro, 1992, cl, 136 pages, 3 plates (English) Dixon, D. & Bernor, R. L. / THE PRACTICAL GEOLOGIST, New York, 1992, pb, 160 pages Dobbins, J. J. and Foss, P. W., Ed. / THE WORLD OF POMPEII, London, 2009, pb, 662 pages, CD in pocket (sealed) Douglas, J. G. and Ferguson, J. A., Ed. / GEOLOGY OF VICTORIA, Victoria Division of the Geological Society of Australia, Melbourne, 1988, pb, 663 pages, geological map (in pocket) Elliott, W. H., et.al. / ELLIOTT FROG AND SWITCH COMPANY CATALOG K, Works at East St. Louis, Illinois, and Pueblo, Colorado, Manufacturers of Railroad Frogs, Crossings, Switches, and Switch Stands, Manganese Steel for Track Works, 1924, cl, 266 pages, more than 300 illustrations, - 2 -, slight wrinkling to soft leather covers Ernst, W. G., Ed. / THE GEOTECHNIC DEVELOPMENT OF CALIFORNIA, Rubey Volume 1, Englewood Cliffs, 1981, cl, 706 pages Etheridge, R. / THE DENDROGLYPHS, OR “CARVED TREES”, Department of Mines, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of New South Wales, Australia, Ethnological Series No. 3, Sydney, 1918, pb, 104 pages, 39 plates, - 2 -, $ 55 [Includes Taphoglyphs, Teleteglyphs or Bora Trees, Burial Posts, and more...] Fairmont Railway Motors, Inc. / FAIRMONT SERVICE INSTRUCTIONS AND PARTS LISTS, Fairmont, various dates, approximately 1944-1950, 6 catalogs including: B 200E - QBA - E Engine, B 417 - S2 Motor Car F3, B 428 - MT 14G3 Motor Car, B 4441C - S2 - E - 4 Motor Car, SD # 137 - ROB Engine, SD # 417 - M9 - D - 4 Motor Car [These catalogs have numerous illustrations showing internal components in detail with part numbers, Price list 176Y, 1971, is included] Ford, T. D. / LIMESTONES AND CAVES OF WALES, Cambridge, 1989, cl, 254 pages, index Geyne, A. R., et.al. / GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PACHUCA-REAL DEL MONTE DISTRICT, STATE OF HIDALGO, MEXICO, Publication 5E, Mexico, 1963, afb, 203 pages, 20 plates (in pocket), 112 figs., 6 tables Gohau, G. / A HISTORY OF GEOLOGY, Revised and translated from the French by A. V. Carozzi and M. Carozzi, New Brunswick, 1990, pb, 259 pages Hoffman, A. / FREE GOLD, The Story of Canadian Mining, New York, 1958, cl, 420 pages Holland, C. H., Ed. / A GEOLOGY OF IRELAND, Edinburgh, 1981, cl, 335 pages Jackson, L. A. / BEULAH: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE MINERAL KING VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA, Tucson, 1988, cl, 204 pages Jennings, J. N. and Mabbutt, J. A., Ed. / LANDFORM STUDIES FROM AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA, Canberra, 1967, cl, 434 pages Johnson, W. W. / THE OLD WEST: THE FORTY NINERS, Time-Life Books, New York, 1974, cl 240 pages Lahee, F. H. / FIELD GEOLOGY, 6th Edition, International Student Edition, 1959, New York, cl, 926 pages Lambert, D. / THE FIELD GUIDE TO GEOLOGY, New York, 1988, pb, 256 pages Lesley, J.P. / Pennsylvania 2nd Geological Survey Annual Reports, Volume P 4 / A DICTIONARY OF FOSSILS OF PENNSYLVANIA AND NEIGHBORING STATES, VOL. 3, S-Z, 1890, cl, pages 915 to 1283 Lindsley-Griffin, N. and Kramer, J. C. / GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, Sacramento, 1977, afb, 162 pages Low, J. W. / GEOLOGIC FIELD METHODS, New York, 1957, cl, 489 pages Lyell, Charles / PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY with an introduction by M. J. S. Rudwick, in 3 volumesChicago, 1990, cl [volume 1, 511 pages, last page of introduction was crunched during printing (repaired with a fine, professional photocopy), volume 2, 330 pages, and volume 3, 398 pages, with two appendices which include; 1. tables on fossil shells, 2. a comparison of species, and 3. a list of fossil shells collected by the author, followed by a 4. glossary and 5. an index] McCready, H. / ALTERNATING CURRENT SIGNALING, Union Switch & Signal Company, Swissvale, 1915, cl, 548 pages, - 3 -, $ 125 [gold leaf inscriptions on cover, spine and page edges; covers transmission systems, signals, track resistances, and impedances, transformers, electric road track circuits, relays, more...] Mitchell, W. I., Ed. / THE GEOLOGY OF NORTHERN IRELAND, OUR NATURAL FOUNDATION, 2nd Edition, Geological Survey of Northern Ireland, Belfast, 2004, pb, 318 pages Mitchell, G. H., et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF EDINBURGH, 3rd Edition, Memoirs of the Geological Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1962, cl, 159 pages, 4 appendices, 4 plates, - 1 -, $ 60 [Covers mineral resources; geological formations; glacial deposits; paleontology, more...] Morán-Zenteno, D. / GEOLOGY OF THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC, AAPG Studies in Geology # 39, Tulsa, 1994, cl, 160 pages Naqvi, S. M. and Rogers, J. J. W. / PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF INDIA, Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics No. 6, New York, 1987, cl, 223 pages Newell, D. / TECHNOLOGY ON THE FRONTIER: Mining in Old Ontario, 1986, cl, 220 pages Nickel, E. H. and Nichols, M. C. / MINERAL REFERENCE MANUAL, New York, 1991, pb, 250 pages Nixon, G. T. / THE GEOLOGY OF IZTACCIHUATL VOLCANO AND ADJACENT AREAS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA AND VALLEY OF MEXICO, GSA SP 219, 1989, pb, 58 pages, 23 plates, 10 figs., 4 tables, geologic map and cross sections, correlation chart, and diagram showing the evolution of Iztaccihuatl (in pocket) O’Brien, R. / CALIFORNIA CALLED THEM: A SAGA OF GOLDEN DAYS AND ROARING CAMPS, New York, 1951, cl, 251 pages Oldroyd, D. / THINKING ABOUT THE EARTH: A HISTORY OF IDEAS IN GEOLOGY, Cambridge, 1996, cl, 410 pages Oldroyd, D. R. / THE HIGHLANDS CONTROVERSY: CONSTRUCTING GEOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE THROUGH FIELDWORK IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN, Chicago, 1990, pb, 438 pages Olson, J. C., et.al. / RARE-EARTH MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MOUNTAIN PASS DISTRICT, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, USGS 261, 1954, pb, 13 plates (9 in pocket), 19 figs., 14 tables Place, M. T. / GOLD DOWN UNDER: The Story of the Australian Gold Rush, London, 1969, cl, 169 pages Press, F. and Siever, R. / UNDERSTANDING EARTH, 3rd Edition, New York, 2000, pb, 573 pages, 2 appendices, glossary, index, cd (sealed) Price, R. / YELLOWKNIFE, Toronto, 1967, cl, 303 pages [The story of Yellowknife, Northwest Territory, Canada, from the early days to the 1960's including the search for gold, discovery, more...] Prouty, J. S., et.al. / Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, Volume XLVIII, 48th Annual Convention, Corpus Cristi, 1998, pb, 570 pages, appendix Rahn, P. H. / ENGINEERING GEOLOGY: AN ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACH, New York, 1986, cl 589 pages Rogers, J. W. / A HISTORY OF THE EARTH, Cambridge, 1994, pb, 312 pages Scarth, A. / LA CATASTROPHE: THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT PELÉE, THE WORST VOLCANIC DISASTER OF THE 20TH CENTURY, 2002, cl, 246 pages Schmidt, R. G. / GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CUYUNA NORTH RANGE, MINNESOTA, USGS 407, 1963, pb, 96 pages, 11 plates (in separate slipcase), 21 figs., 11 tables Schroder, J. F., Jr. / HIMALAYA TO THE SEA: GEOLOGY, GEOMORPHOLOGY AND THE QUARTERNARY, London, 1993, cl, 429 pages Here are several photos of the three Smyth items just below (this was some fancy binding I refer to as cl[3] that is also used elsewhere on this website. ![]() ![]() Smyth, R. B. / REPORTS ON THE GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COLONY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, Report of Progress II, Melbourne, 1875, cl[3], 141 pages, contents cover the early gold fields at Ballarat, Ararat, Stawell, Sandhurst, 6 lithographs, 28 illustrations Smyth, R. B. / REPORTS ON THE GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COLONY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, Report of Progress III, Melbourne, 1876, cl[3], 307 pages, contents cover the early gold fields at Stawell, Upper Yarra, Eltham, Allandale, 101 illustrations Smyth, R. B. / REPORTS ON THE GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COLONY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, Report of Progress IV, Melbourne, 1877, cl[3], 189 pages, contents cover the early gold fields at Creswick, Stawell, Victoria, 64 illustrations Schumm, S. A. / TO INTERPRET THE EARTH, TEN WAYS TO BE WRONG, New York, 1991, cl, 133 pages Srangeway, D. W., Ed. / THE CONTINENTAL CRUST AND ITS MINERAL DEPOSITS, Geological Association of Canada Special Paper No. 20, Waterloo, 1980, cl, 804 pages Strong, D. F., Ed. / METALLOGENY AND PLATE TECTONICS, Geological Association of Canada Special Paper No. 14, Waterloo, 1976, cl, 660 pages Trewin, N. H., Ed. / THE GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND, 4th Edition, Geological Society of London, London, 2002, pb, 576 pages Vernon, R. / BENEATH OUR FEET: THE ROCKS OF PLANET EARTH, Cambridge, 2000, cl, 216 pages [very fine photography, esp. the thin section details, very nice!] Walker, E., Ed. / METALLOGENY AND GLOBAL TECTONICS, Benchmark Papers in Geology, Volume 29, Stoudsburg, 1976, cl, 413 pages Wolfe, J. A. / MINERAL RESOURCES, A WORLD REVIEW, New York, 1984, pb, 293 pages Wright, J. B., Ed. / MINERAL DEPOSITS, CONTINENTAL DRIFT AND PLATE TECTONICS, Stroudsburg, 1977, cl, 417 pages Yoshikawa, T., Kaizuka, S., and Ota, Y / THE LANDFORMS OF JAPAN, Tokyo, 1981, cl, 222 pages End of the Free Stuff Catalog! Click any link to continue. Home Page Catalogs on this Website Mineral Specimens Mineralogy Books Select Mineral Books Mining History Geology Books U.S. State Geology USBM Publications USGS Publications |