Search Results: Geology & Geodesy from OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

London: GSL, 1971. Illustrated by 11 b/w plates; 3 are fold-outs (complete and collated). First edition. blue printed wraps. 4to (29,5cm). pp. 100. Near Fine. Taped caps, technical stamps..

Ottawa: Printed for J. De L. Tach, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1913. Illustrated by 17 maps in color and 2 of the fold-out plates (72 and 73), eratta slip and pastedown key index and map. First edition. Department of the Interior. Burgundy cloth, gilt print spine folder with cotton tie ribbon, map and index on each paste down. 8vo. Very Good/No jacket. Faint rubber stamps of the Dudley Observatory. Original box missing side piece and walls but adapted to a folder binding with cord ties in side holding the maps in a plastic storage bag. Light wear to folder, maps near fine (unopened)..

Washington, DC: GPO, 1912. Illustrated by 15 folding plates (collated), text tables. First edition. Department of the Interior. United States Geological Survey. George Otis Smith, Director. Printed gray speckled stitched wraps. 8vo. pp. 360. About Very Good/Ex-Lib. Withdrawn and embossed stamps of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) Library, Harvard to cover with large chip matching title page (no significant text loss). Archival repairs to spine and cover. Plates near fine, rear pocket torn, one page repair p.71-2, beginning and end pages are a bit edge chipped (facing chipped covers). Brooks served on six major Alaskan expeditions 1899-1911, was Chief geologist Alaska (1903-24) then Alaskan branch head USGS. He wrote detailed reports on Alaskan minerals every year from 1904-16, [3 years as geologist with AEF in France, WWI], then from 1919-23. [Brooks Range was discovered by and named for him]..

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1929. Illustrated by two rear folding plates. First thus edition. No. 2811 from the Proceedings of the US National Museum Vol. 76, Art. 14, pp. 1-34, pls. 1, 2. Stitched wraps, green printed cover, untrimmed. Inscribed by "To A. S. Romen with the compliments of E. R. Pohl" on cover. 8vo. pp. 34, [2 plates]. Very Good. Date stamp on cover with old tape repairs, internally unopened signatures and plates fine..

Kobenhavn: Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri, 1926. First thus edition. Jubilaeumsekspeditionen Nord om Gronland 1920-23, Nr.1. Saertryk Af Meddelelser om Gronland, LXXI. Stitched wraps, gray card cover. Signed by "with the compliments of Gustaf T. Troedssen" front cover. Cr.4to (28cm). pp. 157. Very Good/Ex-Lib. Copy of William E. Schevill (his collection "388" number and ink last name front cover, W.E. Schevill signature to title). Cover and overall page toning, small head chip. Descriptions of faunas in this volume with explanation of the 65 plates (Note: No Plates which were published separately as Part II in 1928)..

Montreal: Dawson Brothers, 1865. Illustrated by 399 figures. First edition. Geological Survey of Canada. Printed wraps in rebound library black buckram, gilt print spine. 8vo. pp. 426. Appendix, Index. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued/Ex-Lib. Gift of J.D. Whitney to Sturgis Library, Harvard University bookplate stamped withdrawn on front pastedown only flaw..

Mexico: Sociedad de Ex-Allumnos de la Facultad de Ingeneria, 1979. Limited first thus facsimile edition. c.1774. Se termino de imprimir en la ciudad de Mexico el 5 de dicienbre de 1979 en Edimex, S.A. Edicion de mil ejemplares. Three quarter calf on marbled board, matching marbled eps, leather spine title. 4to. pp. 51, 98, 10, [2], [1] colophon. Near Fine. Beautiful copy. [See Sabin 39135 for 1774 edition] Introduccion por Roberto Moreno..

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1923. Illustrated by b&w text photos line drawings, maps, charts and cross-sections. Reprint edition. Illustrated tan wraps. Super Royal 8vo. pp. 10. Good. From the library of William E. Schevill (signature ffep) and "87" near spine on toned cover with short joint tears, one chip to last page near joint tear..

Springfield, VA: NTIS (reproduction service), April 1972. Illustrated by E.I. Kopelyan b/w line drawings, other photos and maps. First US edition. (c.1971 Lenigrad). Yellow side-stapled wraps printed black. 4to. pp. c, 235. Bibliography, Glossary. VG/No jacket, as issued/Ex-Lib. Technical markings: rubber stamps, rear envelope and index lettering, internal offset marks. Multidisciplinary analysis of television images and original photos of the earth from various space vehicles..

Washington, DC: GPO, 1910. Illustrated by 6 folding maps (1 in text, 2-6 in rear pocket), text charts and tables. First edition. Department of Commerce and Labor Coast and Geodetic Survey. Burgundy cloth. 4to. pp. 80. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued/Ex-Lib. Bookplate remnant stamped withdrawn only flaw, internally fine with folding maps as new. This separately published title followed the 1909 "The Figure of the Earth and Isostasy from Measurements Taken in the United States"..

Paris: Les Presses Universitaires de France, 1931. Illustrated by b/w port frontis, tipped-in pull-out and fold-out maps, photographs, line drawings, charts. First edition. Bulletin No.8, Union GŽodŽsique et GŽophysique Internationale. Original stitched wraps, uncut & unopened. 8vo. pp. x, 479. About VG. Some page discoloration at section folds from old glue, spine repaired. Many sections unopened..

Washington, DC: GPO, 1964. Illustrated by twenty text figures and five folded inserts in rear envelope: Plate 2 (3 of 3 color maps), Plate 2 and Profile 5 South of Bishop. First edition. Stapled gray printed pamphlet. 4to. pp. 68. Index. Very Good/As New inserts. Light cover soil and toning; text has depressed to rear envelope (corrected with storage inserts); no ownership..

Washington, DC: GPO, 1903. Illustrated by Color fold-out map, 3 plates, figures. First edition. Series C, Systematic Geology and Paleontology, 60. Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey. Two-staple section report. 8vo. pp. 112, iii. Very Good. Ink owner, spotty foxing to printed top, original brown printed cover matching title page missing. Data gathered summer 1899 and May 1901..

: Litbra, Reykjavik (Myndabokautgafan), 1965. Illustrated by colour photographs by Andresson, Benediktsson, Helgason, Magnusason, Einarsson, Johannesson, Palsson and author. First thus edition. Stapled wraps. 8vo. pp. [16]. Near Fine. Traces of rub at edges and fold. Interlinear. Scarce..

Watertown, MA: Geopublishing Company, 1949. First edition. Red cloth. 8vo. pp. 374. VG/No jacket. Some discoloring back board and spine..

Charlottesville: University of Virginia, 1918. Illustrated by 3 figures (maps). First edition. Prepared in cooperation with USGS. Grey stapled card wraps. Short Imperial 8vo (25,5cm). pp. 19. Good+. Cover curiously sunned around a bookend, with two chips, a dampstain and faint stamp, internally very good with overall page toning..