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Allen, L. A., et.al., Ed. / MANAGEMENT AND RESTORATION OF FLUVIAL SYSTEMS WITH BROAD HISTORICAL CHANGES AND HUMAN IMPACTS, GSA SP 451, Boulder, 2009, pb, 244 pages, - 1 -, $ 10

Axelsson, V. / THE LAITAURE DELTA: A STUDY OF DELTAIC MORPHOLOGY AND PROCESSES, Reprint from Geografiska Annaler, Volume 49, Ser. A, 1967, pb, 127 pages, 2 plates (in pocket), 99 figs., - 3 -, $ 45

Benke, A. C. and Cushing, C. E. / RIVERS OF NORTH AMERICA, Amsterdam, 2005, cl, 1144 pages, - 1 -, $ 100

Berendsen, H. J. A. and Stouthamer, E. / PALAEOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE RHINE-MEUSE DELTA, Assen, 2001, pb, 268 pages, 3 maps, a CD is noted, but not in the box containing the book and maps (a website is provided in the package where you can download this material and more), - 2 -, $ 75

Born, S. M. / LATE QUATERNARY HISTORY, DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION, AND MUDLUMP FORMATION AT PYRAMID LAKE, NEVADA, Reno, 1972, pb, 97 pages, - 2 -, $ 29

Bridge, J. L. / RIVERS AND FLOODPLAINS, Oxford, 2003, pb, 491 pages, - 1 -, $ 75
Broussard, M. L. / DELTAS, Houston, 1975, cl, 555 pages, - 3 -, $ 30


Brizga, S. and Finlayson, B., Ed. / RIVER MANAGEMENT: THE AUSTRALASIAN EXPERIENCE, Chichester, 2000, cl, 301 pages, - 1 -, $ 69

Brush, L. M., Wolman, M. G., and Bing-Wei, H., Ed. / TAMING THE YELLOW RIVER: SILT AND FLOODS, Dordrecht, 1989, cl, 690 pages, - 1 -, $ 295

Bureau of Reclamation / DESIGN OF SMALL DAMS, A Water Resources Technical Bulletin, 2nd Edition, Washington, D. C., 1973, cl, 816 pages, 37 tables (additional tables in appendices), 343 figs., (additional figs. in appendices), - 3 -, $ 40 [contents: planning, flood studies, selection of types of dam, foundations and construction materials, earthfill dams, rockfill dams, concrete gravity dams, spillway outlet works, diversion under construction, maintenance and operation, 9 appendices, more]

Chang, H. H. / FLUVIAL PROCESSES IN RIVER ENGINEERING, New York, 1988, cl, 432 pages, - 3 -, $ 80

Chow, V. T. / OPEN-CHANNEL HYDRAULICS, New York, 1959, cl, 680 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

Darby, S. E. and Simon, A., Ed. / INCISED RIVER CHANNELS: PROCESSES, FORMS, ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT, Chichester, 1999, cl, 442 pages, - 2 -, $ 249

Dury, G. H., Ed. / RIVERS AND RIVER TERRACES, Edinburgh, 1970, cl, 283 pages, - 2 -, $ 29

Dury, G. H., Ed. / RIVERS AND RIVER TERRACES, Edinburgh, 1970, cl, 283 pages, - 3 -, $ 19

Fradkin, P. L. / A RIVER NO MORE: THE COLORADO RIVER AND THE WEST, Expaned and Updated, Berkeley, 1996, pb, 360 pages, -2 -, slight crease in cover, ovg, $ 29

Friedkin, J. F. / A LABORATORY STUDY OF THE MEANDERING OF ALLUVIAL RIVERS, War Department, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, 1945, pb, 40 pages, 45 plates, - 1 -, $ 33

Glueck, N. / RIVERS IN THE DESERT: A HISTORY OF THE NEGEV, New York, 1960, pb, 303 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Gregory, K. J., Ed. / RIVER CHANNEL CHANGES, Chichester, 1977, cl, 448 pages, - 3 -, $ 129

Gupta, A., Ed. / LARGE RIVERS: GEOMORPHOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, Chichester, 2007, cl, 689 pages, -1 -, $ 139

Hey, R. P., et.al., Ed. / GRAVEL-BED RIVERS: FLUVIAL PROCESSES, ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT, Chichester, 1982, cl, 875 pages, - 3 -, $ 145 [wear to corners of boards, contents fine; name on top edge of book]

James, N. P. and Dalrymple, R. W., Ed. / FACIES MODELS 4, Geological Association of Canada, St. Johns, 2010, pb, 586 pages, - 1 -, $ 100

Johnson, L. R. / MEN, MOUNTAINS, AND RIVERS: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE HUNTINGTON DISTRICT, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1954 - 1974, Washington, 1977, pb, 322 pages, - 3 -, $ 60

Jones, S. J. and Frostick, L. E. / SEDIMENT FLUX TO BASINS: CAUSES, CONT
ROLS AND CONSEQUENCES, Geological Society SP 191, London, 2002, cl, 284 pages, - 1 -, $ 189 [Contains 18 sections on various topics including the impact of periodicity; river-capture-induced base-level changes; tracer pebble entrainment; more....][locations include Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana; Mediterranean Sea; Borneo; Spain; Italy; England, more...

Kay, R. / DELTAS OF THE WORLD, Volumes of the Coastlines of the World Series, ASCE, New York, 1993, pb, 138 pages, - 3 -, $ 29

Keller, G. R. and Cather, S. M., Ed. / BASINS OF THE RIO GRANDE RIFT: STRUCTURE, STRATIGRAPHY, AND TECTONIC SETTING, GSA SP 291, Boulder, 1994, pb, 304 pages, - 2 -, $ 129

Lamb, H. / HYDRODYNAMICS, New York, 1945, pb, 738 pages, - 5 -, $18 [book is considered a 6th edition of a Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of the Motion of Fluids, first published in 1879]


Leopold, L. B. / WATER, RIVERS AND CREEKS, Sausalito, 1997, cl, 185 pages, - 2 -, $ 35

Leopold, L. B. / A VIEW OF THE RIVER, Cambridge, 1994, cl, 298 pages, - 2 -, $ 27

Lewin, J., Macklin, M. G., and Woodward, J. C., Ed. / MEDITERRANEAN QUATERNARY RIVER ENVIRONMENTS, Rotterdam. 1995, cl, 292 pages, - 2 -, $ 155

Makaske, B. / ANASTOMOSING RIVERS: FORMS, PROCESSES AND SEDIMENTS, Utrecht, 1998, pb, 287 pages, 3 appendices with 3 sheets in pocket, - 3 -, $ 95

Marutani, T., et.al., Ed. / SOURCE-TO-SINK SEDIMENTARY CASCADES IN PACIFIC RIM GEO-SYSTEMS, Nagano, 2001, cl, 183 pages, - 2 -, $ 49  [Case studies and comparisons of rivers and creeks of Japan,Thailand, Indonesia, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States with colored photographs]

Miller, J. R. and Miller, S. M. / CONTAMINATED RIVERS: A GEOMORPHOLOGICAL - GEOCHEMICAL APPROACH TO SITE ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION, Dordrecht, 2007, cl, 418 pages, - 1 -, $ 99

Morgan, J. P. / DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION: MODERN AND ANCIENT, SEPM SP 15, Tulsa, 1970, cl, 3
12 pages, - 2 -, $ 10

Mosley, M. P. / GRAVEL-BED RIVERS V, Edited for the New Zealand Hydrological Society, Christchurch, 2001, cl, 642 pages, - 1 -, $ 225

Mount, J. F. / CALIFORNIA RIVERS AND STREAMS: THE CONFLICT BETWEEN FLUVIAL PROCESS AND LAND USE, Berkeley, 1995, pb, 359 pages, - 1 -, $ 45

Petts, G. E., et.al., Ed. / HISTORICAL CHANGE OF LARGE ALLUVIAL RIVERS - WESTERN EUROPE, Chichester, 1989, cl, 355 pages, -1 -, $ 119

Richards, K. / RIVERS: FORM AND PROCESS IN ALLUVIAL CHANNELS, London, 1982, pb, 358 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Richards, K., Ed. / RIVER CHANNELS, ENVIRONMENT AND PROCESS, New York, 1987, cl, 391 pages, - 3 -, $ 65

Richardson, E. V. and Largasse, P. F. / STREAM STABILITY AND SCOUR AT HIGHWAY BRIDGES, ASCE WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING CONFERENCE PAPERS, 1991 TO 1998, Reston, 1999, 1040 pages, - 2 -, $ 75


Rodríguez-Iturbe, I. and Rinaldo, A. / FRACTAL RIVER BASINS: CHANCE AND SELF-ORGANIZATION, New York, 1997, cl, 547 pages, - 2 -, $ 129

Said, R. / THE GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF THE RIVER NILE, New York, 1981, cl, 151 pages, - 3 -, $ 115

Schumm, S. A., Dumont, J. F., and Holbrook, J. M. / ACTIVE TECTONICS AND ALLUVIAL RIVERS, Cambridge, 2000, cl, 276 pages, - 1 -, $ 79

Schumm, S. A., Ed. / RIVER MORPHOLOGY, Benchmark Papers in Geology, Stroudsburg, 1972, cl, 429 pages, - 2 -, $ 65 [Book includes a number of important classic works on rivers reprinted here in one volume]


Schumm, S. A., Harvey, M. D., and Watson, C. C. / INCISED CHANNELS: MORPHOLOGY, DYNAMICS AND CONTROL, Littleton, 2001, pb, 200 pages, - 1 -, $ 79

Schumm, S. A. and Winkley, B. R., Ed. / THE VARIABILITY OF LARGE ALLUVIAL RIVERS, New York, 1994, pb, 467 pages, - 1 -, $ 85

Schumm, S. A. and Winkley, B. R. / THE VARIABILITY OF LARGE ALLUVIAL RIVERS, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, 1994, pb, 467 pages, - 1 -, $ 85

Schumm, S. A. / RIVER VARIABILITY AND COMPLEXITY, Cambridge, 2005, cl, 220 pages, - 1 -, $ 95

Schumm, S. A., Ed. / RIVER MORPHOLOGY, Stroudsburg, 1972, cl, 429 pages, - 3 -, $ 59


Schwartz, M. C. / SPITS AND BARS, Benchmark Papers in Geology, Stroudsburg, 1972, cl, 452 pages, - 3 -, $ 30


Shen, H. W., Ed. / RIVER MECHANICS, VOLUME I AND II, Ft. Collins, 1971, cl, approximately 800 pages total, - 2 -, $ 75 [Contents: 32 chapters and 2 appendices; topics include hydraulics, fluvial geomorphology, alluvial sand channels, sediment load, diversion structures, river and canal morphology, much more....]

Shen, H. W., Ed. / ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON RIVERS (RIVER MECHANICS III), Ft. Collins, 1973, cl, 20 chapters, 3 appendices, - 2 -, $ 59

Shiyang, G. and Zhiyao, W. / FLOOD PREVENTION ON THE LOWER REACHES OF THE YELLOW RIVER, Zhengzhou, 1980, cl 94 pages, - 2 -, $ 125 [Entirely in English]

Strarkel, L. and Kalicki, T., Ed. / EVOLUTION OF THE VISTULA RIVER VALLEY (POLAND) DURING THE LAST 15000 YEARS, Part VI: Hydrological Changes of Valley Floor in the Upper Vistula Basin during Late Vistulian and Holocene, Wroclaw, 1966, pb, 158 pages, - 3 -, $ 90

Sykes, G. / THE COLORADO DELTA, Port Washington, 1970, cl, 193 pages, - 1 -, $ 25


Walker, R. G., Ed. / FACIES MODELS, 1st Edition, St. Johns, 1979, pb, 211 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Walker, R. G., Ed. / FACIES MODELS, 2nd Edition, St. Johns, 1984, pb, 317 pages, - 3 -, $ 38  
Looking for Facies Models 4?  Scroll up the page to James, N. P.

Walker, R. G. and James, N. P., Ed. / FACIES MODELS, RESPONSE TO SEA LEVEL CHANGE, St. Johns, 1992, pb, 454 pages, - 2 -, $ 79

Warburton, J. / A BRIEF REVIEW OF HYDRAULIC MODELLING (SEDIMENT DISPERSION, STAGE DISCHARGE, HYDRAULIC MODELS) OF BRAIDED GRAVEL-BED RIVERS IN NEW ZEALAND, Journal of Hydrology, New Zealand, Special Issue, Volume 35 # 2, 1996, pb, 303 pages, - 3 -, $ 26


Wohl, E. E. / VIRTUAL RIVERS: LESSONS FROM THE MOUNTAIN RIVERS OF THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE, New Haven, 2001, cl, 210 pages, - 2 -, $ 45

Wohl, E. E. / VIRTUAL RIVERS: LESSONS FROM THE MOUNTAIN RIVERS OF THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE, New Haven, 2001, cl, 210 pages, - 3 -, $ 40

Wohl, E. E., Ed. / INLAND FLOOD HAZARDS: HUMAN, RIPARIAN AND AQUATIC COMMUNITIES, Cambridge, 2000, cl, 498 pages, - 2 -, $ 49

Wohl, E. / MOUNTAIN RIVERS, AGU Water Resources Monograph 14, Washington, 2000, pb, 320 pages, - 3 -, ink marks on two pages,, $ 100

Wohl, E. / DISCONNECTED RIVERS: LINKING RIVERS TO LANDSCAPES, New Haven, 2004, cl, 301 pages, - 2 -, $ 39

Yiliang, Z., et.al. / SELECTED PAPERS OF RESEARCHES ON THE YELLOW RIVER AND PRESENT PRACTICE, Beijing, 1987, cl, 262 pages, numerous figures and tables, 1 folded map of China, - 3 -, $ 100

Zarbin, E. A. / ROOSEVELT DAM: A History to 1911, Salt River Valley, Arizona, Phoenix, 1984, cl 250 pages, - 2 -, $ 25



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