Mexico: n.p., 1958. Hardcover. Large octavo in duo-tone blue cloth boards and pale beige-green illus DJ; 353 p. illus. 22 cm. B/w illus as well as color photo plates and color maps to endpapers. In Spanish. Scarce. Uranium ores -- Mexico. Prospecting. || At head of title: Comisión Nacional de..... More
New York: F. Watts, 1971. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Small quarto in color-illus boards; 129 p. illus. in b/w and color; maps; 26 cm; Bibliography: p. 128. A very well illustrated introduction to caves. Uncommon. More
Moskva: Gosgeoltekhizdat, 1962. Paperback. Octavo in printed beige and blue perfect-bound paper wraps; 124 p., several leaves of folded maps in black & white. In Russian. Uncommon. Survey of minerals and mining in Europe, with three separate folding mineral maps of France, Italy and the UK. More
(Padova): CLEUP, 1989. First edition. Paperback. Octavo in maroon illus glossy paper wraps; 154pp., numerous b/w illus and tables. In Italian. Geologia e scienze della terra. Scarce work on the setting up and use of a geology and earth science laboratory. No copies in WorldCat. More
México: Grupo Noriega ed. ; Ed. Limusa, 1992. Primera ed. Hardcover. Quarto in pale orange illustrated paper baords; vol. (258 p.) ; 28 cm. In Spanish. Scarce, only 1,000 copies printed and only one holding listed in WorldCat. Detailed catalog and study of the earthquakes that have affected Mexico from..... More
Moskva: Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, 1959. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Small octavo in pale grey-blue illus wraps; 141 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm. In Russian. Uncommon. // Uranium ores. Uranium -- Minerais. More
Moskva: Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, 1959. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Octavo in pale blue illus wraps; 141 p. : ill., maps, bibliographical references (p. 117-[118]) and index ; 20 cm. In Russian. Uncommon Russian work on uranium from the 1950s, by Gerasimovskii, V. I. 1907-1979. (Vasilii..... More
Reading, Mass. Addison-Wesley, 1997. First edition, first printing (stated). Hardcover. Large ovtavo in brown-black illus DJ; xix, 355 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm; index. Astronomy ; extraterrestrial geology ; planetary studies. || Planetas (estados fisicos) Geographic: Venus (Planet). More
Moskva: Nauka, 1966. Hardcover. Quarto in dark blue polished cloth-backed boards; 486 p., [21] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps (some col.), bibliographical references (p. 456-[481]); 27 cm. Large color folding map attached to rear board paste-down. Scarce. In Russian with added title page, table of contents and summary..... More
New York University: Institute of Fine Arts, 1959. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Small folio is a white DJ ; illus, maps, plates 31 cm. This is part two of the five "Plates" volumes // Excavations (Archaeology) -- Greece -- Samothrace Island. More
1959: Library of Congress. Paperback. Quarto in pale grey printed paper wraps; vi, 30 p. ; 28 cm. Bibliography, p. 30. "This glossary includes the Soviet classification for types of ice found at sea (with an English translation) and a list of Russian terms with the English equivalent, with a...... More
Houston, Texas: McMurry Oil Tool Specialties, Inc., No date given. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Quarto in stapled and printed white/pale blue wraps; approx 50 pages in various sections, witha few folding charts, and numerous b/w technical illustrations. Looks to have been pronted circa 1950s-60s. Rare. No..... More
The Hague: M. Nijhoff, 1952. Hardcover. Large octavo in polished dark blue cloth with gilt ornaments; xi, 367 p. maps. 25 cm. Bibliography: p. [335]-350. Large folding map. Continental shelf. Oceanography. Maritime history. Fishing. Marin geology. Geography. Droit. Droit maritime. Production. Pêche. Continentaal plat. Plateau continental -- Droit. Fonds marins..... More
Austin: Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas, 1954. Offprint. Paperback. Large octavo in pale blue printed waps; pages 709-786 p., 17 p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.; bib. "Reprinted from Journal of paleontology, vol. 28, no. 6, November 1954." Series: Report of investigations, Bureau of Economic..... More
Milano: Rivista italiana di paleontologia e stratigrafia, 1965. Paperback. 228 p., [18] p. of plates (some folded) : ill., bibliographical references (p. [209]-215) and index ; 24 cm. Folding map at rear. In Italian. Uncommon. // Geology, Stratigraphic -- Jurassic. Geology -- Italy -- Lombardy. Italie. Lombardie. Géologie. More
[Grand Canyon, Arizona]: Grand Canyon Natural History Association, 1982. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Red-orange quarto; 64 p, b&w illus ; 28 cm. Geology -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon; History. || The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States..... More
Antwerp, Belgium: BooQs, 2009. Paperback. Think white octavo ; 619 p : illus (chiefly color), plans ; 22 cm. In English; Text in English, French, German, and Dutch // Dwellings -- Energy conservation -- Popular works -- Sustainable living. More
Leningrad: "Nauka" 1969-2009. Hardcover. Large quarto in pale grey-blue cloth boards; 127p + 46p of b/w plates, illus., maps, bibliographical references; 30 cm. Uncommon. In Russian with summary also in English. Volume one only (of two). Contents: t. 1. Paleozoiskie i mezozoiskie flory Zapadnogo Shpitsbergena, Zemli Frantsa-Iosifa i ostrova Novaia..... More