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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, - 3 -, $ 28

Alvarez, W. and Gohrbandt, K. H. A., Ed. / GEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF SICILY, Tripoli, 1970, cl, 291 pages, - 1 -, $ 25

Bailey, E. B., et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF BEN NEVIS AND GLEN COE AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY, SCOTLAND, 2nd Edition Revised, Edinburgh, 1960, cl, 307 pages, $ 30 [Contents: Economic geology; faults; glacial geology; volcanics; igenous 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, - 3 -, $ 39

Ballantyne, C. K. and Harris, C. / THE PERIGLACIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN, Cambridge, 1994, cl, 330 pages, - 2 -, $ 69

Blainey, G. / THE RUSH THAT NEVER ENDED: A History of Australian Mining, Carlton, 2003, pb, 431 pages, - 2 -, $ 29

Brown, D. A., et.al. / THE GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, Oxford, 1977, pb, 409 pages, - 3 -, $ 49

Cameron, N. / THE SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS, INC., 75 YEARS OF PROGRESS, 1920 - 1995, Littleton, 1997, 128 pages, - 1 -, $ 10

Chester, D. K., et.al. / MOUNT ETNA (SICILY): THE ANATOMY OF A VOLCANO, Stanford, 1985, cl, 404 pages, $ 35

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),
- 3 -, $ 29

Coch, N. K. / GEOHAZARDS: NATURAL AND HUMAN, Englewood Cliffs, 1995, pb, 481 pages, - 2 -, $ 29

Craig, G. Y. / GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND, 2nd Edition, Edinburgh, 1983, cl, 472 pages, - 1 -, $ 45

Craig, W. W. and Kohl, B. / TRANSACTIONS OF THE 47th ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES, New Orleans, 662 pages, - 1 -, $ 20

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., - 3 -, $ 26

Davies, J. L. and Williams, M. A., J., Ed. / LANDFORM EVOLUTION IN AUSTRALASIA, Canberra, 1978, 376 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

De Carolis, E. and Patricelli, G. / VESUVIUS, A.D. 79 - THE DESTRUCTION OF POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM, Los Angeles, 2003, cl, 135 pages, - 3 -, $ 48

De Gortari, C. S. / GEOLOGICAL - MINING MONOGRAPH OF THE STATE OF GUANAJUATO, Publicación 6E, Queretaro, 1992, cl, 136 pages, 3 plates in pocket, Spanish, - 3 -, $ 48

De Gortari, C. S. / GEOLOGICAL - MINING MONOGRAPH OF THE STATE OF GUANAJUATO, Publication 6E, Queretaro, 1992, cl, 136 pages, 3 plates in pocket,
English, - 3 -, $ 48

Delorme Mapping Company / NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND CENTRAL-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ATLAS AND GAXETTER, 1995 edition, 126 pages and 128 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, - 3 -, $ 22

Dixon, D. & Bernor, R. L. / THE PRACTICAL GEOLOGIST, New York, 1992, pb, 160 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Dobbins, J. J. and Foss, P. W., Ed. / THE WORLD OF POMPEII, London, 2009, pb, 662 pages, CD in pocket (sealed), - 2 -, $ 75

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), - 3 -, $ 65

Ernst, W. G., Ed. / THE GEOTECHNIC DEVELOPMENT OF CALIFORNIA, Rubey Volume 1, Englewood Cliffs, 1981, cl, - 3 -, $ 25

Ford, T. D. / LIMESTONES AND CAVES OF WALES, Cambridge, 1989, cl, 254 pages, index, - 3 -, $ 40

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, - 3 -, $ 40

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, - 3 -, $ 20

Holland, C. H., Ed. / A GEOLOGY OF IRELAND, Edinburgh, 1981, cl, 335 pages, - 2 -, $ 30

Jackson, L. A. / BEULAH: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE MINERAL KING VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA, Tucson, 1988, cl, 204 pages, - 3 -, $ 28

Jennings, J. N. and Mabbutt, J. A., Ed. / LANDFORM STUDIES FROM AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA, Canberra, 1967, cl, 434 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Johnson, W. W. / THE OLD WEST: THE FORTY NINERS, Time-Life Books, New York, 1974, cl 240 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Lambert, D. / THE FIELD GUIDE TO GEOLOGY, New York, 1988, pb, 256 pages, - 3 -, $ 19

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, - 3 -, $ 25

Lyell, Charles / PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY with an introduction by M. J. S. Rudwick, in 3 volumes - volume 1, 511 pages, last page of introduction was crunched during printing (repaired with a photocopy insert), volume 2, 330 pages, and volume 3, 398 pages, and two appendices, one with tables on fossil shells, a comparison of species, and a list of fossil shells collected by the author, followed by a glossary and index, Chicago, 1990, cl, - 3 - , $ 49

Lyttle, P. T., Ed. / CENTRAL APPALACHIAN GEOLOGY, GSA 1982 Northeast-Southeast Field Trip Guidebooks, Reston, pb, 266 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

McKee, B. / CASCADIA: THE GEOLOGIC EVOLUTION OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, New York, 1972, cl, 384 pages, - 3 -, $ 10


Mitchell, W. I., Ed. / THE GEOLOGY OF NORTHERN IRELAND, OUR NATURAL FOUNDATION, 2nd Edition, Geological Survey of Northern Ireland, Belfast, 2004, pb, 318 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

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, - 3 -, $ 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, - 2 -. $ 49

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, - 2 -, $ 50

Newell, D. / TECHNOLOGY ON THE FRONTIER: Mining in Old Ontario, 1986, cl, 220 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Nickel, E. H. and Nichols, M. C. / MINERAL REFERENCE MANUAL, New York, 1991, pb, 250 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

O’Brien, R. / CALIFORNIA CALLED THEM: A SAGA OF GOLDEN DAYS AND ROARING CAMPS, New York, 1951, cl, 251 pages, - 3 -, $ 24

Oldroyd, D. / THINKING ABOUT THE EARTH: A HISTORY OF IDEAS IN GEOLOGY, Cambridge, 1996, cl, 410 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Oldroyd, D. R. / THE HIGHLANDS CONTROVERSY: CONSTRUCTING GEOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE THROUGH FIELDWORK IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN, Chicago, 1990, pb, 438 pages, - 3 -, $ 40

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, - 3 -, $ 75

Orozco, R. / LA INDUSTRIA MINERA DE MEXICO, DISTRITO DE GUANAJUATO, MEXICO, 1922, afb, 167 pag, indice, 54 lamina (in Spanish, numerous mine cross sections showing mine structure of early Mexican Mines, also mine claim diagrams, also photographs), - 3 -, $ 25

Place, M. T. / GOLD DOWN UNDER: The Story of the Australian Gold Rush, London, 1969, cl, 169 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Price, R. / YELLOWKNIFE, Toronto, 1967, cl, 303 pages, 3 -, $ 45 [The story of Yellowknife from the early days to the 1960's including the search for gold, discovery, more...]

Prouty, J. S., et.al. / TRANSACTIONS OF THE 48th ANNUAL CONVENTION GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES, Corpus Cristi, 1998, pb, 570 pages, appendix, - 1 -, $ 20

Rahn, P. H. / ENGINEERING GEOLOGY: AN ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACH, New York, 1986, cl 589 pages, - 3 -, $ 39

Rogers, J. W. / A HISTORY OF THE EARTH, Cambridge, 1994, pb, 312 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Scarth, A. / LA CATASTROPHE: THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT PELÉE, THE WORST VOLCANIC DISASTER OF THE 20TH CENTURY, 2002, cl, 246 pages, - 3 -, $ 26

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, - 3 -, $ 75

Schroder, J. F., Jr. / HIMALAYA TO THE SEA: GEOLOGY, GEOMORPHOLOGY AND THE QUARTERNARY, London, 1993, cl, 429 pages, - 3 -, $ 65

Schumm, S. A. / TO INTERPRET THE EARTH, TEN WAYS TO BE WRONG, New York, 1991, cl, 133 pages, - 3 -, $ 29







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, $ 100

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, $ 100

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, $ 100

Van Hise, C. R. and Leith, C. K. / PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA, USGS Bulletin 360, 939 pages, title page missing, table of contents wrinkled, else fine, - 3 -, $ 10

Vernon, R. / BENEATH OUR FEET: THE ROCKS OF PLANET EARTH, Cambridge, 2000, cl, 216 pages, - 2 -, $ 49 [very fine photography, esp. the thin section details, very nice!]

Wolfe, J. A. / MINERAL RESOURCES, A WORLD REVIEW, New York, 1984, pb, 293 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Yoshikawa, T., Kaizuka, S., and Ota, Y / THE LANDFORMS OF JAPAN, Tokyo, 1981, cl, 222 pages, - 2 -, $ 45




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