Brattleboro, VT: The Stephen Greene Press, 1980. Quarto; pp 184; G/paperback; black spine with ivory text; odd volume; covers show moderate rubbing to exterior; some wear to edges; intact panels; text block has beige coloring to exterior edges as well as interior; profusely illustrated;. More

Baltimore: John Hopkins Press, 1918. Octavo. VG/no DJ - hardback. Green spine with gold text/title; Volume 10; boards are strong and mostly clean; stamp on the front free end page and title page; foxing on the front pastedown, front free end page, back pastedown, and back free end page; binding is strong; foxing on the fore-edge; textblock is age-toned but clean. Pp. 553. More

Washington, D.C. U.S. Department of the Interior, 1976. Quarto; pp 194; G-/paperback; beige spine with black text; covers have light wear to exterior; text block has slight wear to exterior edges; profusely illustrated; lightly toned interior; mild cracking to front gutter; maps to rear pastedown; frontispiece;. More

Culver City: Center for Land Use Interpretation, 1998. First Edition. 12mo; VG; Paperback; Stapled spine; Cover is black with yellow print, clean and bright; Textblock clean and tight; unpaged, illustrated. Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Box J. More

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819. Second Edition. Quarto, xvi, 420, [1] pages; VG; bound in contemporary straight-grain morocco, gilt and blind border rolls, rebacked with majority of spine preserved, missing part of head of spine; some rubbing to boards, primarily corners; bookplate to front and rear pastedown; illustrated with 10 black and white lithograph plates, 7 hand colored aquatint plates (including frontispiece), 4 maps (of which 3 are folding); with errata leaf in rear; VG consignment; shelved case 9. More

Italy: ICCROM, 1980. Reprint. Reprint; Quarto; VG-/no-DJ(paperback); Spine is black with red text; Covers have edge wear, general marks and scratches, rubbing to corners, joints are strong; Text block has signs of handling, some subtle age-toning, binding is strong, content is clear; pp 65; Additional shipping cost may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions. More

Yokohama. First Edition. 8vo., 11 pages; VG-; pink cover with black print, soiling at top and bottom of front cover, some smudges, pencil notation top right, slight spotting, creasing, corners slightly bumped, bump to center of outside edge throughout; back cover has some smudging, slight spotting, and creasing; inside first prelim. page has some foxing, pencil notation top right corner, otherwise clean interior; "Read before the Asiatic Society of Japan, on the 25th April, 1877." More

Boston: International Human Resources Development Corporation, 1983. Octavo; G/no DJ; Ex-library; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine, brown with white print; Boards in brown cloth with white print, small tear at front top corner, light wear to spine caps, slight shelfwear; Text block has peripheral tanning to endpapers, library stamps on front flyleaf and verso of title page, else clean and tight; v, 90 pages, illustrated (b&w). More

Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA: Wuerz Publishing Ltd., 1991. Second Edition. 8vo. VG/ - no DJ. off white wraps, spine smooth wit small dark blue title, edition, author and small black publisher at tail. softcovers smooth, edgewear minimal and lightly skimmed textblock with tables and figures within the chapters. above averaga condition, unblemished with minor wear only. 292 pp. ISBN# 0920063357. More

Paris: C. Lambin, 1661. First Edition, First Issue. Octavo, [12] 112 pages; VG; 1/4 bound with contemporary brown leather spine, green label with gilt lettering on spine, brown marbled boards; moderate wear and rubbing to boards and spine, including chipping to head and tail of spine, significant rubbing to spine, causing parts to have been worn of entirely; bookplate of Charles Hugh Stevenson on front pastedown, along with a small sticker reading '14-25-23'; title page has a piece cut out of it, to the right of the printers mark, not impacting any text; very slight staining to rear of portrait; Sig. 2 *4 A-O4, with C2 marked as B2, F2 marked as F1, K2 and L3 not marked, M3 marked M2; no writing or marginalia; fingerprint ink stains to top margin of page 112; With engraved portrait frontispiece of Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans and numerous woodcut initials and tailpieces; To our knowledge, the only copies are held by the New York Public Library, New York, John Carter Brown Library, Rhode Island, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, U. S. Library of Congress, District of Columbia, University of Michigan, William L. Clements Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, British Library, London, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, plus any copies currently for sale or in private collections. This is an incredibly scarce book.; [JCB(3) III:51-52], [Grasse I:348], [Alden & Landis 661], [Sabin 4957]; "The first chapter attempts to reconcile differing views of various writers, as cited by Berquen, on the origin of gemstones and precious metals, with following chapters taking up the principal gemstones, and some minor ones, as diamond, sapphire, topaz, ruby, spinel, emerald, amethyst, aquamarine, hyacinth, opal, chrysolite, iris, vermeille, garnets, carnelian, turquoise, quartz varieties, pearl, coral and amber, and lastly, a chapter on gold and silver" (Sinkankas, p. 97f.) SS consignment; shelved case 3. More

New York: Random House, Inc., 1981. Second Edition. Large Quarto; pp 608; G-/paperback; black spine with multicolored text; covers show modest wear to exterior; some creases to front and back as well as edges; minor rubbing to edges; intact panels; text block has slight toning to exterior edges, due to handling; profusely illustrated; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. More

Dordrecht, Boston, London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1988. Reprint. Octavo. Good with no dust jacket. Blue spine with white lettering. Large bumping dent to lower corner of front cover. Binding, book block edges, and text pages generally very good. 501pp. More

London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., n.d. [1880s]. 4tos.; 384 pp., each volume; VG-/no dust jacket; brown cloth-covered spines and boards with dark brown endpapers; gilt lettering to spine and front board with illustrations in black; bumping, chipping, and fraying to head and tail of spines; rubbing to back board of Vol. 5; dark-colored top of text-block (faded); age-toning to fore-edge of text-block; light scratching to bottom edge of text-block, Vols. 1 and 3; interiors clean, age-toning throughout; staining to middle of fore-edge of text-block, Vol. 4; shelfwear to endpapers, including slight tear to back free endpaper, Vol. 3; shelved above Hardcover Fiction/Literary Criticism. More

Rome: I.C.E. -Italian Institute for Foreign Trade, 1982. Large octavo; G/no-DJ; gray spines with black text; slipcase has slight staining to rear; cracking rear head edge; 2 volumes, 78+146; cloths have moderate wear to edges; some spotting to spine; lightly sunned boards; one volume is in 2 ring binder, second volume is hardbound book; text blocks show moderate wear due to handling; lightly sunned spines; interiors clean; illustrated with many photographs; Italian, German, French, Arabic and English text. More

Washington, D. C. Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1908. Thin octavo; good/none; dark blue cloth spine with gilt lettering; boards, minor shelf wear and bumping; binding, tight; Ex Library markings; shadow browning to endpapers; text block, clean; toning at the edges; illus.: tables; 80pp. More

Carnegie Institution of Washington. First Edition. 8vo., paged 372-387; VG; gray cover with black print, slight pencil notation in upper right corner of front cover, ink notation below title "Gift of Prof. R. Daly, 1957", slight peripheral tanning, minor smudge on right edge; back cover has library stamp at upper left corner; clean interior; title on first page "Study of fundamental problems of geology"; "Reprinted from Year Book No. 25, 1925-26, pp. 372 to 387." More

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier, 1973. Dutch Printing. 8vo. VG-/VG-. light gray DJ spine with bold black titling, clear protective cover over moderately worn DJ, with an affixed library code labe past mid-spine. light gray marbling, leatherette HB with stamped black spine title. DJ was secured to fep/ffep and its aged residue stains the inside boards. library markings include the tipped in borrower sleeve on left ffep. the head and tail-edge is stamped. main textblock is clear and contents include many figures and tables throughout. EX-LIBRIS, as is. 304 pp. ISBN# 0444411178. More

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1916. Large octavo; G-/no-DJ; dark green spine with gilt text; cloth has some wear on exterior due to age; front has dark soiling w/ dark spotting at tail edge; rear has moisture staining along gutter toward center of panel & tail edge; head & tail edges are moderately rubbed w/ some wear at corners; text block shows darkened exterior edges w/ foxing on fore edge; previous owner's name stamped on ffep; however, text pages are generally unmarked with good, secure binding; pp 578. Additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. More

Boulder, CO: The Geological Society of America, Inc., 1968. Octavo; pp 678; G-/Fair; ivory spine with black text; dust jacket has slight foxing to exterior; some chipping to edges; foxing to flaps; cloth has light sunning to boards; slight rubbing wear to edges; text block shows slight soiling to exterior edges; cocked spine; light foxing to first few pages, interior clean; frontispiece; map tipped in; errata slip tipped in at front. More

London, Great Britain: Unwin Hyman Ltd., 1989. Sixth Impression. 8vo. VG/ - no DJ. dark navy wraps volume with reading crease and whitish edges from excessive rubbing, to ends mainly. wraps softcover corners are thumbed lightly and front panel has very bold white title centered above smaller white authors. extensive chapter figures, all numbered with text of various charts, plotted graphs, planes, photos and more. title and numbered tables, 35 listed after table of contents. rear finished with appendices. neatly white stock and 450 pp. ISBN # 004552016X. More

New York: Romance of American Petroleum and Gas Co., 1911. Large Octavo; G-/no-DJ; black spines with gilt text; 2 volumes: vol. 1, pp 363; vol. 2, pp 423; cloths have moderate shelf wear to exteriors; slightly worn edges; text blocks have some foxing to exterior edges; patterned endpapers; interiors show lightly tone toward edges; frontispieces; profusely illustrated; slightly cracked rear gutters; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders;. More

Amsterdam: Chez George Gallet, 1703. First Illustrated French Edition. folio, [8], 556 pages, [3]; VG; 3/4 bound with brown leather spine, black leather label with gilt lettering, marbled boards; newly repaired, with new spine, previous marbled boards preserved; rubbing and shelfwear to boards, edges worn; mild foxing throughout; half-title and engraved frontispiece; small pen writing in upper fore corner of title page; complete collation, A4-Z4, Aa4-Zz4, Aaa4-Zzz4, Aaaa4; with 16 folding plates, 16 single plates, 39 black and white plates embedded within text, and 3 color plates embedded within text; plate 1 is folded in such a way that it slightly sticks out the fore edge, and as such the vertical crease is torn along the lower half; full title continues: et de quelques autres adjacentes ; dont les principales sont Chypre, Rhodes, Candie, Samos, Chio, Negrepont, Lemnos, Paros, Delos, Patmos, avec un grand nombre d'autres. Comprenant leurs noms, leur situation, leurs villes, leurs châteaux, l'histoire tant ancienne que moderne de leurs habitants ; leur gouvernement, les révolutions qui y sont arrivés, les plantes, animaux, &c. qui s'y trouvent.; shelved case 4. More

Philadelphia, PA: The University Museum of University of Pennsylvania, 1992. US Printing. Qto. VG+/ - no DJ. light tan clothbound HB , gilt spine titling on 3.75" black segment just above mid-spine and between small gilt editors and publisher. minimal exterior wear, thick, sturdy, clear panels in solid light tan. gray/black drawing illustrates both fep/ffep. within the interior, sheets neat, no writing or marks. includes figures and charts. smooth, clear outer edges. # 0924171073. More

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000. Large Octavo; pp 141; VG/G; black spine with black and yellow text; dust jacket has moderate wear to exterior; minor chips to fore corners; cloth has minimal wear to exterior; minor rubbing to edges; strong boards; text block shows slight wear to exterior edges; pictorial endpapers; frontispiece; profusely illustrated; interior clean. More

Washington: National Academy Press, 1997. Large octavo; VG/no-DJ; purple spine with white text; cover has slight shelfwear; textblock is clean; pp 214. SHELVED IN ANNEX C ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. More