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Rare geology book: Viollet-Le-Duc, Eugene Emmanuel; Mont Blanc. A Treastise on its Geodesical and Geological Constitution.
Viollet-Le-Duc, Eugene Emmanuel; Mont Blanc. A Treastise on its Geodesical and Geological Constitution; its Transformations; and the Ancient and Recent State of its Glaciers. Translated by Benjamin Bucknell. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1877. Large octavo, pp. xvi, 378, 2 pages ads, 112 woodcuts. The work is complete and in the original blue cloth with gilt spine titles, gilt cover vignette within black borders ad black cover titles. The binding is tight and clean with light smudge mark on spine. X-lib, Kummel Geology Lib. with stamp on verso of title page, book plate removed from paste down, stamp inked out on text block edges. Text is clean, in very good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL BOOKS.
PRICE: $370.00 
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Rare Geology Book: Warren, Erasmus; Geologia: or, a Discourse Concerning the Earth before the Deluge. 1690
Warren, Erasmus; Geologia: or, a Discourse Concerning the Earth before the Deluge. Wherein the Form and Properties ascribed to it, in a Book intituled The Theory of the Earth, are Excepted against; And it is made appear, That the Dissolution of that Earth was not the Cause of the Universal Flood. Also a New Explication of that Flood is attempted. London, R. Chiswell for J. Southby, 1690-92. Quarto, pp. 14, 359, woodcut, 2nd title page, pp. 232, 1, 3rd title page, pp. 6, 53, 1 page of ads. The work is complete and in a 19th century calf and marbled boards with gilt titles. The binding is clean, text is lightly trimmed, archival restoration to tattered outer margin of title page, toning and light soiling to outer margins of first pages. In very good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL BOOKS
PRICE: $2,100.00 
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Rare geology book: Webster, John W.; A Description of the Island of St. Michael, Comprising an Account of its Geological Structure; with Remarks on the other Azores or Western Islands. 1821
Webster, John W.; A Description of the Island of St. Michael, Comprising an Account of its Geological Structure; with Remarks on the other Azores or Western Islands. Boston, R. P. & C. Williams, 1821. Octavo, pp. viii, 243, 2 folded engraved maps, folded chart, 3 engraved plates. The book is complete and in a contemporary calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and panels. Binding is scuffed, inner hinges nicely re-enforced. Light to moderate foxing with light damp staining to text, map and plates. Map repaired at verso of folds. In good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL BOOKS
PRICE: $900.00 
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Rare Geology Book: Wheeler, George M. & Stevenson, John. J.; Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian in 1872, Part IV, Vol. III. Geology of a Portion of Colorado Explored in 1873.
Wheeler, George M. & Stevenson, John. J.; Report Upon Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian in 1872, Part IV, Vol. III. Geology of a Portion of Colorado Explored in 1873. Washington, 1875. Quarto, pp. 300-508, text illustrations. The text is complete and in the original brown cloth with gilt titles. The binding is tight and clean, titles are bright. Light foxing to end sheets, text is very clean. In very good condition. Rare in this format. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL BOOKS
PRICE: $550.00 
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Rare Geology Book: Wheeler, George M.; Progress-Report Upon Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian in 1872
Wheeler, George M.; Progress-Report Upon Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian in 1872, under the Direction of Brig. Gen. A. A. Humphreys. Washington, 1874. Quarto, pp. 56, folded map, 5 plates. The text is complete and in the original brown cloth with gilt titles. The binding is tight and clean, professionally re-cased with evidence of the work not visible. X-lib. Carnegie Library with stamp on title page, edge of last page, verso of map and plate edge. Clear archival repair to the back of a fold on the map, light dust soiling to outer margin of a plate. In very good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL BOOKS
PRICE: $650.00 
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Rare Geology Book: Whiston, William; A New Theory of the Earth...1696.
Whiston, William; A New Theory of the Earth, From its Original to the Consummation of all Things. Wherein the Creation of the World in Six Days, The Universal Deluge, And the General Conflagration, As laid down in the Holy Scriptures, Are shewn to be perfectly agreeable to Reason and Philosophy. With a large Introductory Discourse concerning the genuine Nature, Stile and Extent of the Mosaick History of the Creation. 1st edition, London. R. Roberts, 1696. Large octavo, pp. 6, 95, 1, 388, 4. With the advertisement, and errata leaf. With an engraved frontispiece of the solar system, seven full page engraved plates, one being a large folding plate, and five half page plates depicting the earth and the cosmos. The work is complete and in contemporary stamped calf boards with a later calf spine with raised bands and gilt titles. The binding is tight and clean, the text is clean with a marginal penned notation on one page and owners book plate on paste down. Early penned signature of Thomas Green on rear end sheet. In very good condition. The first edition is rare. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL BOOKS
PRICE: $2,900.00 
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Rare Geology Book: White, Henry & Newton, Thomas W.; A Catalogue of the Library of the Museum of Practical Geology and Geological Survey. 1878.
White, Henry & Newton, Thomas W.; A Catalogue of the Library of the Museum of Practical Geology and Geological Survey. London, G. E. Eyre & W. Spottiswoode, 1878. Quarto, pp. 4, 602.
The work is complete and has been re-cased with the original wine colored cloth with a later matching spine. Gilt coat of arms on cover, gilt spine titles. Light discoloration on inner part of covers from old spine. The binding is tight, owner's book plate on front paste down with presentation inscription to the New York Nat. History Soc. and canceled A.M.N.H. stamp. N.Y. Academy Sciences stamp on title page. Text is very clean. In very good condition. A rare catalogue of works in the geological sciences.
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PRICE: $250.00 
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Rare Geology Book: Whitehurst, John; An Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth; Before the Deluge. 1778.
Whitehurst, John; An Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth before the Deluge; deduced from facts and the Laws of Nature. To which is added an appendix, containing some general observations on the Strata in Derbyshire. With sections of them, representing their Arrangement, Affinities, and the Mutations they have suffered at different periods of time. Intended to illustrate the preceding inquiries, and as a Specimen of Subterraneous Geography. By John Whitehurst. London: Printed for the author, and W. Bent, by J. Cooper in Drury-Lane; and sold at G. Robinson's in Pater-Noster Row, 1778. Quarto, pp. half-title, title, 11 page list of subscribers, ii, 2, 199, 6 engraved plates on 4 sheets (one folding).
The work is complete and in a contemporary calf and marbled boards with gilt titles. spine edges and corners nicely restored, text and plates are very clean. In very good condition.
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PRICE: $1,300.00 
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