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Found 82 books for Rare Mineralogy and Gemology Books (33-40 of 82)

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Gem and Mineral Books

Rare Mineralogy and Gemology Books
Mineralogy Book by Whitlock, Herbert P.; Calcites of New York.
Whitlock, Herbert P.; Calcites of New York. New York State Museum Memoir 13, Albany, 1910. Quarto, pp. 190, 27 plates (including folded plate in rear pocket).
PRICE: $200.00
Petrology and Mineralogy Text, Alan R. Woolley, Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World Parts 1-3.
Woolley, Alan R., et.al.; Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. Parts 1 through 3. British Museum Natural History, London, 1987 and Chapman & Hall, London, 1995, and Geological Society of London, 2001. Large quarto, volume 1, North and South America, pp., 216 numerous text figures, maps, tables, volume 2, Former USSR, pp., 226 numerous text figures, maps, tables, volume 3, Africa, pp., 372 numerous text figures, maps, tables.
All three volumes are in the original hard binding. Bindings are tight and very clean. Owners name on first end sheet of each volume, text is pristine in each volume. A near fine set.
PRICE: $750.00
Rare Australia Book with Map, David, T.W. Edgeworth; Geology Commonwealth Australia
David, Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth; The Geology of the Commonwealth of Australia in three volumes. London, Edward Arnold & Co., 1950. Quarto, volume 1, pp. xx, 747, frontispiece portrait of David, 58 plates. Volume 2, pp. iv, 618, plates 59-84. Volume 3, atlas slipcase with Geological Map of Australia with 11 sections in four sheets and Geological Map of Australian New Guinea with one section.

The set is complete with the two text volumes in the original cloth with gilt titles and dust jackets and atlas in original stiff paper boards. Light wear to atlas case edges, bindings on text volumes tight and pristine with clear acetate sleeves over dust jackets. Private ownership stamp of E. DeGolyer on title pages, and verso of maps and later signature of noted geolist John Dewey on end sheets. The text maps and plates are very clean. A very good complete set with the rare maps present.
PRICE: $1,000.00
Rare Book by Otter, William; The Life and Remains of the Rev. Edward Daniel Clarke, LL.D. Professor of Mineralogy in the University of Cambridge. 1st printing by subscription only.
Otter, William; The Life and Remains of the Rev. Edward Daniel Clarke, LL.D. Professor of Mineralogy in the University of Cambridge. 1st edition by subscription only, London, for George Cowie & Co. 1824. Large quarto, pp. xii, 670, frontispiece portrait of Clarke.
PRICE: $750.00
Rare Book by Torbern Bergman ; Sciagraphia Regni Mineralis, secundum Principia Proxima Digesti. Londini, 1783
Bergman, Torbern ; Sciagraphia Regni Mineralis, secundum Principia Proxima Digesti. Londini, 1783. Octavo, pp. 163.
PRICE: $700.00
Rare Chemistry Book by Benjamin Silliman; Introductory Lecture Delivered in the Laboratory of Yale in 1828
Silliman, Benjamin; An Introductory Lecture Delivered in the Laboratory of Yale College, October 1828. New Haven, Hezekiah Howe, 1828. Octavo, pp. 48.

The work is complete and in a modern linen binding with gilt spine titles. The binding is tight and clean, the text is very clean. In very good condition.
PRICE: $200.00
Rare chemistry book by Robert Dossie; Les Secrets et les Fraudes de la Chymie et de la Pharmacie Modernes Devoiles
Dossie, Robert; Les Secrets et les Fraudes de la Chymie et de la Pharmacie Modernes Devoiles....A la Hate, chez Pierre Gosse Junior, Paris, 1759. Octavo, pp. xii, 370, 10 (index).
The text is in full calf with gilt spine titles and panels and red text block edges. Outer hinge wear and corner wear has been nicely restored. Toning to end sheets, title and first and last pages. Over all in very good condition.
PRICE: $550.00
Rare Chemistry book, James Parkinson, The Chemical Pocket-Book; or Memoranda Chemica
Parkinson, James; The Chemical Pocket-Book; or Memoranda Chemica . . . . embellished with Copperplates. First American edition, Philadelphia, 1802. Octavo, pp. xii, 215, engraved frontispiece of Guyton laboratory and folded plate of Woodhouse laboratory.

The work is complete and in a contemporary tree calf with red/gold spine title. The binding is tight with light scuffing to boards. Book plate on pastedown of Barnes Woodhouse, light foxing to text, moderate to end sheets. In very good condition.
PRICE: $320.00

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