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Found 263 books for Rare Geology and Volcanology Books (129-136 of 263)Click on the Book Title for large photos and detailed book description.

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Rare Geology and Volcanology Books
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Rare geology book: Daubeny, Charles G. B.; A Description of Active and Extinct Volcanos. 1826
Daubeny, Charles G. B.; A Description of Active and Extinct Volcanos; with remarks on Their Oigin, Their Chemical Phenomena, and the Character of their Products, as Determined by the the Condition of the Earth During the Period of their Formation.... 1st edition, London, W. Phillips, 1826. Quarto, pp. xx, 466, errata, frontispiece and two maps (one folding). This rare work is complete and in a contemporary calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and spine panels. The binding is tight and clean with scuffing to the boards. Text is clean with light foxing. In very good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL BOOKS
PRICE: $2,800.00 
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Rare geology book: Daubeny, Charles; On the Site of the ancient City of the Aurunci, and on the volcanic Phenomena which it exhibits...
Daubeny, Charles; On the Site of the ancient City of the Aurunci, and on the volcanic Phenomena which it exhibits; with some remarks on craters of elevation, on the distinction between plutonic and volcanic rocks, and on the theories of volcanic action which are at present most in repute. Oxford, The Ashimolean Society, 1846. Large octavo, pp. 59, 1 plate and 1 map. The work is complete and in the original title wraps. Binding is tight with minor cover edge wear, ink stamp of the Glasgow Andersonian Soc. on front and rear of wrap and title page. The text and plates are very clean. The work is housed in a leatherette box with a paper spine label. In very good condition. Rare. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL BOOKS
PRICE: $550.00 
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Rare geology book: Duperron De Castera, Louis Adrien; Histoire du Mont Vésuve. 1741
Duperron De Castera, Louis Adrien; Histoire du Mont Vésuve. Paris: Despilly, 1741. Octavo, pp. xx, 361, 3, 2 folding engraved plates, folding printed table. The work is complete and in a period calf with gilt titles and spine panels, marbled end sheets. The binding is tight and clean with light rubbing to boards. The text is clean, early ownership signature penned on end sheet, short tear repair to printed table. In very good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL BOOKS
PRICE: $1,000.00 
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Rare Geology Book: Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvar; Die Dolomit-Riffe von Sudtirol und Venetien..1879.
Mojsisovics von Mojsvar, Johann August Georg Edmund; Die Dolomit-Riffe von Sudtirol und Venetien. Beitrage zur Bildungsgeschichte der Alpen. Wien, Alfred Holder, 1879. Quarto, pp. xiv, 552, frontispiece, 32 plates, 110 illustrations. (A MAP WAS PUBLISHED A YEAR EARLIER AND DID NOT ACCOMPANY THE TEXT. IT IS REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT). The work is complete and in a modern calf and cloth binding with gilt title label. The binding is tight and clean. Text is clean, with light chipping to margin of an end sheet and signature of owner on end sheet. In very good condition. The work is quite rare. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL BOOKS
PRICE: $1,100.00 
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Rare Geology Book: George Hoggart Toulmin; The Antiquity and Duration of the World. London, T. Cadell, 1780.
Toulmin, George Hoggart; The Antiquity and Duration of the World. London, T. Cadell, 1780. Octavo, pp. ix, 12, 200.
The work is complete and in a contemporary calf over marbled boards. Restoration to binding corners and hinges, modern gilt spine label. Owners book plate on paste down, earlier label removed from end sheet, no library markings present. Some early penciled notations in text margins, text is clean. In very good condition. Very rare. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS
PRICE: $3,400.00 
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Rare Geology Book: Héricart de Thury, Louis Etienne François; Instruction sur la Marne, avec son gisement, ses caracteres. 1805.
Héricart de Thury, Louis Etienne François; Instruction sur la Marne, avec son gisement, ses caracteres, ses diverses especes, leurs proprietes, la maniere de les employer dans les differentes natures de terres, et la notice des valles du departement des Hautes-Alpes qu renferment cette substance. J. Allier, 1805. Octavo, pp. 46, 4 (index).
The work is complete and in the original blue binders wraps. Light wear and soiling to wraps, moderate toning to half title and text margins. In good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS
PRICE: $200.00 
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Rare geology book: John Rooke,; Geology as a Science applied to the Reclamation of Land from the Sea, the Construction of Harbours, the Formation of Railroads...1838
Rooke, John; Geology as a Science applied to the Reclamation of Land from the Sea, the Construction of Harbours, the Formation of Railroads and the Discovery of Coal with an outline map of the granitic formations of the earth. London, Ridgway, Piccadilly, 1838. Octavo, pp. xiii, 356, map. This rare work is complete and in a 20th century linen, with gilt spine titles. The binding is tight and pristine, the text is exceptionally clean. In very good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS
PRICE: $600.00 
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Rare Geology Book: John Whitehurst, Original State and Formation of the Earth, 1786
Whitehurst, John; An Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth; Deduced from Facts and the Laws of Nature. 2nd ed., London, Printed for W. Bent, 1786. Quarto, pp. 12, 283, copper-engraved frontispiece portrait, 7 (5 folded) copper-engraved plates. The work is complete and in a contemporary calf over marbled boards with red/gilt spine titles. The binding is tight, light scuffing to binding, light foxing to frontispiece and offset of image to title page. In very good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS
PRICE: $1,000.00 
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