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Earthquakes and Geological Discovery (Scientific American Library)

By: Bolt, Bruce A.

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, Scientific American Library: 1993

Seller ID: 2295387

ISBN: 0716750406

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

A very nice copy. 1993 Large Hardcover. 229 pp. Explores the origins and history of seismology, advancements in earthquake prediction and risk reduction, and seismic geology.
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Soil and Water Conservation (Merit Badge Series)

By: Boy Scouts of America; Roth, Bernhard A.

Price: $4.00

Publisher: New York, Boy Scouts of America: 1952

Seller ID: 2308798

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Front wrapper rubbed, ink marks on requirements pages. 1952 Stapled Binding. 93 pp. A Boy Scouts of American Merit Badge pamphlet on soil and water conservation. Get the dirt on soil and water! Using this pamphlet to earn the Soil and Water Conservation Merit Badge, you'll be prepared to spread the word on how to conserve these precious natural resources.
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Geology of the Northern Appalachian Basin Western New York (Field Trips Guidebook for New York State Geological Association 54th Annual Meeting)

By: Buehler, Edward J.; Calkin, Parker E.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, New York State Geological Association: 1982

Seller ID: 2266349

Binding: Spiral-Bound Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Light smudge, minor tear and ink name on front wrapper. 1982 Spiral-Bound Softcover. vi, 385 pp. New York State Geological Association, 54th Annual Meeting, October 8-10, 1982, Amherst, New York. Guidebook for field trips in Western New York, Northern Pennsylvania and adjacent, Southern Ontario. Edward J. Buehler and Parker E. Calkin, Editors. Department of Geological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo. Held in conjunction with 11th Annual Meeting, Eastern Section American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
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Cosmic Debris: Meteorites in History

By: Burke, John G.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Berkeley, University of California Press: 1986

Seller ID: 2308376

ISBN: 0520056515

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Top edge of jacket bumped. Top page ridge lightly foxed, address label on front free endpaper. 1986 Large Hardcover. X, 445 pp. ...describes the folklore and mythology surrounding meteorites and the background of eighteenth-century skepticism about them. It gives an account of the scientific study of meteors and meteorites and of the growth of major meteorite collections.--jacket
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Image for Reports of Wm. A. Burt and Bela Hubbard, Esqs. on the Geography, Topography and Geology of the U.S. Surveys of the Mineral Region of the South Shore of Lake Superior, for 1845; Accompanied by a List of Working and Organized Mining Companies; a List of Mineral Locations; by Whom Made, and a Correct Map of the Mineral Region, Delineating the Township and Section Lines, and Their Connection with the Location Lines; and also, a Chart of Lake Superior, Reduced from the British Admiralty Survey.

Reports of Wm. A. Burt and Bela Hubbard, Esqs. on the Geography, Topography and Geology of the U.S. Surveys of the Mineral Region of the South Shore of Lake Superior, for 1845; Accompanied by a List of Working and Organized Mining Companies; a List of Mineral Locations; by Whom Made, and a Correct Map of the Mineral Region, Delineating the Township and Section Lines, and Their Connection with the Location Lines; and also, a Chart of Lake Superior, Reduced from the British Admiralty Survey.

By: Burt, Wm. A.; Hubbard, Bela; Houghton, J.; Bristol, T.W.

Price: $500.00

Publisher: Detroit, Charles Willcox: 1846

Seller ID: 2289843

Binding: Small Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First edition. Presentation copy ('Silas H. Douglass, from the authors' in pencil on front endpaper). Lacks fold-out map. Binding loosening, 1 inch tear to spine head, custom spine label added by a previous owner, Western Reserve Historical Society bookplate on front endpaper. 1846 Small Hard Cover. 109, [1] pp. Howes B-1027: First investigation into Michigan's mineral wealth. Sabin 38676.
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Image for New York State Museum Bulletin Nos. 207, 208, March-April 1918: Fourteenth Report of the Director of the State Museum and Science Department, Including the Seventy-First Report of the State Museum, the Thirty-Seventh Report of the State Geologist and the Report of the State Paleontologist for 1917

New York State Museum Bulletin Nos. 207, 208, March-April 1918: Fourteenth Report of the Director of the State Museum and Science Department, Including the Seventy-First Report of the State Museum, the Thirty-Seventh Report of the State Geologist and the Report of the State Paleontologist for 1917

By: Clarke, John M.; Dale, Nelson C.; Buddington, A.F.; Alling, Harold L.; Whitlock, H.P.; Parker, Arthur C.; Smyth, C.H.; Penrose, R.A.F.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, The University of the State of New-York: 1918

Seller ID: 2104139

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Top of front board lightly spotted. 1918 Hard Cover. 211, [13] pp. 8vo. Includes four fold-outs and several photographs. CONTENTS: Introduction; Legal Status and Scope of the State Museum; Codification of the State Museum Law; Present Condition and Activities of the Museum; The Scientific Reservations Belonging to the State Museum; Department Publications; Report on the Geological Survey; Report of the State Botanist; Report of the State Entomologist; Report of the Zoologist; Report of the Archeologist and Ethnologist; Staff of the Department of Science; Accessions to the Collections; Scientif...
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Stratigraphic and Paleontologic Map of Canandaigua and Naples Quadrangles (New York State Museum Bulletin 63, Paleontology 7)

By: Clarke, John M.; Luther, D. Dana

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Albany, University of the State of New York: 1904

Seller ID: 2299118

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Good

Lacks map, light small stains, small tear to spine head. 1904 Stapled Binding. CONTENTS: Introduction; Formations: Siluric, Devonic; Succession of Fossil Faunas; Index; Map.
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Story of Howe Caverns

By: Clymer, Virgil H.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Cobleskill, New York, Howe Caverns, Inc.: 1941

Seller ID: 2276020

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Second edition. Faint stain on rear board. 1941 Hard Cover. 72 pp. Fold-out map follows text. This book has been published to meet the constant requests from historians, textbook writers, librarians, teachers and visitors for data pertaining to the history and development of Howe Caverns. Howe Caverns are thirty-eight miles west of Albany, New York, and about two miles on a paved road from N.Y. 7. Beautifully illustrated in both B/W and color lithographs. Foldout map on back cover.
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Flood Plain Information, Red Creek and Genesee River in the Towns of Brighton and Henrietta, Monroe County, New York

By: Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Genesee River Basin Regional Water Resources Planning Board: 1972

Seller ID: 2005577

Binding: Spiral-Bound Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Lightly toned. 1972 Spiral-Bound Softcover. iv, 48 pp. 8 plates. A government study of flood plains in western New York, with numerous photographs, fold-out maps and plates.
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Guidebook to Karst and Caves of Tennessee and Missouri, Emphasis on the Cumberland Plateau Escarpment Region and Guidebook to Karst and Caves of the Ozark Region of Missouri and Arkansas (Eighth International Congress of Speleology

By: Crawford, Nicholas; Vineyard, Jerry D.; Beck, Barry F.; Lipp, Astrid; Williams, Carolyn G.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Kentucky, National Speleological Society: 1981

Seller ID: 2309472

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Rear wrapper creased, wrappers lightly rubbed, lightly foxed. 1981 Trade Paperback. 176 pp. Two fold-out maps in rear pocket. A guidebook to karst and caves of Tennessee and Missouri, with emphasis on the Cumberland Plateau Escarpment Region, with guides to karst and caves of the Ozark Region of Missouri and Arkansas. Includes black-and-white illustrations.
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Shenandoah Co. (The Virginia Cave Locator Series, Book 3)

By: Felter, Brian

Price: $15.00

Publisher: ., Brian Felter: 1980

Seller ID: 2309623

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

Limited edition. Light general wear. 1980 Stapled Binding. We have more books available by this author!. iv, 53 pp. The information is laid out in three parts: 1. The county map is first, with the caves generally located by numbers, which corresponds to the cave index listed on the next age. Listed behind each cave in the index are the page numbers for the location map and description. The cave maps are listed in the index at the bottom of the page, with their number. 2. The location and cave maps are next, showing the exact location of the caves and the cave maps of certain caves. 3. The desc...
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Page Co. (The Virginia Cave Locator Series, Book 4)

By: Felter, Brian

Price: $15.00

Publisher: ., Brian Felter: 1980

Seller ID: 2309624

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

Limited edition. Minor general wear. 1980 Stapled Binding. We have more books available by this author!. iv, 35 pp. The information is laid out in three parts: 1. The county map is first, with the caves generally located by numbers, which corresponds to the cave index listed on the next age. Listed behind each cave in the index are the page numbers for the location map and description. The cave maps are listed in the index at the bottom of the page, with their number. 2. The location and cave maps are next, showing the exact location of the caves and the cave maps of certain caves. 3. The desc...
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Climber's Guide to Carderock

By: Gregory, John Forrest

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Vermont, John Forrest Greogory: 1980

Seller ID: 2309643

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Wrappers lightly soiled, ink stamp on title page. 1980 Stapled Binding. 56 pp. CONTENTS: Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Environment; Top Roping; Selection and Rating of Climbs; List of Climbs; Description of Climbs; Climb Index; Rating Index.
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Minerals (A Firefly Guide)

By: Guastoni, Alessandro; Appiani, Roberto

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, Buffalo: 2005

Seller ID: 2308954

ISBN: 1554070562

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

1st printing. Faint edge wear. 2005 Soft Cover. Mineralogy is the science of minerals. To the uninitiated, mineralogy can appear to be a very complicated subject. Many of the disciplines that form its core, such as chemistry, crystallography, physics and mathematics, can constitute forbidding barriers to understanding this fascinating natural science.
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Yellowstone National Park, Set of 50 Colored Post Cards

By: Haynes

Price: $30.00

Publisher: St. Paul, Minn., Haynes:

Seller ID: 2302793

Binding: Postcard

Condition: Near Fine

Near fine postcards in a very good box. 42 or 50 color postcards included. Box included.
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A Review of the Report upon the Physics and Hydraulics of the Mississippi River; upon the Protection of the Alluvial Region against Overflow; and upon the Deepening of the Mouths; Based upon Surveys and Investigations Made Under Acts of Congress

By: Humphreys, A.A.; Abbot, H.L.; Abbot, Edwin Hale

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston, Crosby and Nichols: 1862

Seller ID: 2007202

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

First edition - a paperback original. Wrappers lightly toned. 1862 Trade Paperback. 42 pp. Printed wrappers, sewn binding. A study of characteristics of the Mississippi River related to flooding and flood protection, printed during the American Civil War.
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Gems and Gem Materials

By: Kraus, Edward Henry; Slawson, Chester Baker

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.: 1947

Seller ID: 2208367

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Fifth edition. No jacket, edges rubbed, spine-head and spine-base lightly toned. 1947 Hard Cover. ix, 332 pp. From the dawn of time to the present day, gemstones have had a major role in the development and progress of the human race. This fascinating book provides a wealth of gemological information, including historical analyses and scientific methodologies that conduce to make this a veritably encyclopedicstudy of all aspects of the field. Both accessible and scientific at the same time, this fascinating book is perfect for anyone with an interest in gemology and constitutes a great additio...
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The Incomparable Valley: A Geologic Interpretation of the Yosemite, Including Twenty-Four Photographs by Ansel Adams

By: Matthes, Fancois E.; Fryxell, Fritiof

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Berkeley, University of California Press: 1966

Seller ID: 2267103

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

Wrappers rubbed and creased, faint stain on rear wrapper. 1966 Trade Paperback. xiii, 160 pp. A geological study of Yosemite, with 24 black-and-white photographs by Ansel Adams.
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Tide Pools (A Harpercollins Nature Study Book)

By: Rood, Ronald

Price: $4.00

Publisher: New York, Harper Trophy: 1993

Seller ID: 2296339

ISBN: 0064461513

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First printing. Very minor general wear. 1993 Soft Cover. 48 pp. Introduces the many kinds of sea creatures that can be found in tide pools, including starfish, mollusks, crustaceans, and jellyfish.
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Earth in Upheaval

By: Velikovsky, Immanuel

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1955

Seller ID: 2301636

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Early reprint (no edition statement on copyright page, $8.95 jacket price). Jacket very lightly toned, page ridges lightly foxed. 1955 Hard Cover. xvi, 314 pp. In this epochal book, Immanuel Velikovsky, one of the great scientists of modern times, puts the complete histories of our Earth and of humanity on a new basis. He presents the results of his 10-year-long interdisciplinary research in an easily understandable, even entertaining manner. Inspite - or even because - of the disgraceful hostility, provoked by his theories, this book keeps being of ardent topicality, which in the light of rec...
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The Finger Lakes Region: Its Origin and Nature

By: von Engeln, O.D.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Ithaca, Cornell University Press: 1999

Seller ID: 2307102

ISBN: 0801404371

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Third printing. No jacket. 1999 Hard Cover. x, 156 pp. The extraordinary beauty of the Finger Lakes region is well known to its residents and to the many tourists who explore it each year. What is not so well known is the region's unique geology. Its distinctive features are the results of a singular combination of structural units and forces that operated thousands of years ago, when successive advances of the Ice Age continental glaciers thrust their fronts against escarpments extending across their path and into pre-glacial valleys. How these escarpments affected the flow of ice and how the...
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Elementary Geology: Applied to Prospecting

By: Walker, John F.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Victoria, B.C., Department of Mines: 1965

Seller ID: 2266785

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Light stain on front wrapper, a few faint creases to wrappers. 1965 Soft Cover. 185 pp. CONTENTS: Preface; History of Geology and Mining; History of the Formation of the Earth's Crust; Mineralogy; The Work of Agencies Modifying the Earth's Surface; Igneous Rocks; Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks; Faults, Fractures, Mountain-building; Origin and Classification of Mineral Deposits; Maps; Prospecting; Development of Prospects; Physiography and Geology of British Columbia; Glossary; Weights; Safety Hints.
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