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1982GE-234Amsterdam The Netherlands: Elsevier 1982. Classic revised and updated text translated from the original Romanian presents a comprehensive theoretical and practical treatise comprising six parts: physical geodesy; ellipsoidal geodesy; astro-geodetic triangulation; three-dimensional geodesy; methods for determining the terrestrial ellipsoid and the geoid; determination of the movements of the earth's crust. 694 pgs. Illustrated. Prior owner's small stamps blacked out on front endpaper lower title pg. outer edge; and lower spine label. Spine slightly faded. Minimal shelfwear. . Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Professional Library. Elsevier Hardcover
1975BI-69BaltimoreMD.: University Park Press 1975. Classic comprehensive study on sea snakes includes detailed topics on adaptations and geographic distribution of sea snakes; serological relationships of sea snakes and their evolutionary implication; natural history of Australian species; Pelamis; ecological relationships; diving physiology; salt and water balance in sea snakes; venomous nature of sea snakes; sea snake antivenin and experimental envenomation therapy; relationships to man; etc. 530 pgs. Illustrated. Gilt spine. Small stamps to endpapers and outer edges; pocket removed from front endpaper; label removal mark on lower spine. Minor shelfwear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex- Professional Library. University Park Press Hardcover
1979GE-2Quetta Pakistan: Geological Survey of Pakistan 1979. Classic comprehensive text presents detailed topics covering geological and geophysical concepts and applications to the geodynamics of Pakistan including geologic framework; paleomagnetic data; tectonic and geologic evolution; ophiolite occurrence; active tectonics and fault systems; Paleozoic-Mesozoic biostratigraphy; arcs oroclines and syntaxes; geological reconnaissance; etc. 361 pgs. Illustrated. Decorative endpapers. Dustjacket has average rubbing to edges and a few closed edge tears taped on the inside. In mylar. Minimal shelfwear to text. Scarce. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Geological Survey of Pakistan Hardcover
1987BO-42HertsU.K.: Research Studies Press 1987. Comprehensive text presents a detailed monograph on biochemical mechanisms of virus infections in plants including topics covering virus multiplication; effects of viruses on host nucleic acid and protein metabolism respiration and photosynthesis; biochemistry of resistance mechanisms; control of plant growth and development; etc. 259 pgs. Illustrated. Minimal shelfwear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Research Studies Press Hardcover
1985GE-94Colorado: Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists & Denver Geophysical Society 1985. Comprehensive detailed seismic atlas for the exploration provinces of the Rockies. Includes structural styles seismic stratigraphy and regional basin configuration. The Seismic Correlation Charts includes a large scale strip of the seismic line with the stratigraphic chart and a synthetic seismogram. 300 pgs. Illustrated. Heavyweight plastic coated binding. NOTE: Oversize and Heavy Item. Second Printing. Pictorial Spiral Binding. Excellent. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists & Denver Geophysical Society unknown
1968BI-60Oxford U.K.: Pergamon Press Ltd. 1968. Comprehensive classic text presents topics dealing with the species Zaglossus and subspecies Tachyglossus echidnas including external anatomy taxonomy and natural history; intake of food digestion and bodily functions; central nervous system; skeleton; special senses; reproductive organs; endocrine and immunological glands; embryology; mammary glands; circulatory system and blood; affinities of the prototheria; etc. 282 pgs. Illustrated. Stamped on endpapers lower copyright pg. and outer edges. Label removal mark on front cover. Gilt spine. Minimal shelfwear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by SlaterE. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex- Professional Library. Pergamon Press Ltd. Hardcover
1965GE-120Washington D.C.: American Geophysical Union of the National Academy of Sciences 1965. Comprehensive reference text contains detailed sections on the bedrock geology of Antarctica; stratigraphy of the Ohio range; basement complex in the Queen Maud mountains; lower Devonian fauna of the Horlick formation; stratigraphy and petrography of the Mount Gran area Southern Victoria Land; anatomy of the axis in Vertebraria; general geology of the Mount Weaver area; etc. 281 pgs. Illustrated. 18 plates. Several accompanying maps in rear map pocket. Minimal shelfwear; a few minor scuff marks on rear cover. Prior owner's name on front endpaper. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/ . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. . American Geophysical Union of the National Academy of Sciences Hardcover
1990GE-231London England: Geological Society of America 1990. Comprehensive text presents 19 detailed technical papers by leading geologists and scientists on various topics covering the various tectonic phases which have contributed to the complex geological evolution of the British Isles and surrounding territorial waters and traces their impact upon the development of the hydrocarbon habitat. 404 pgs. 266 Illustrations 28 in full-color. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper; small stamp on lower title pg. clean pocket remnant on rear endpaper; tiny numerals stenciled to lower front cover.Very minimal shelfwear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Professional Library. Geological Society of America Hardcover
1994EN-44Portland OR.: Timber Press 1994. Comprehensive text presents "a global view of the insect groups that are of major significance to human resources." Many other volumes on insects restrict coverage to a single country or region or to the tropics or temperate zones. Adopting a global approach the author emphasizes the similarities and important differences among pests of the major continents thus "bringing attention to insect species that might spread as pests to new geographical areas." The objective of the book is "to look at the Class Insecta and some Arachnida systematically and to indicate which are pest species and which are beneficial." The major emphasis is on crop pests but some veterinary forestry ornamental plant and selected medical pests are included. 635 pgs. Illustrated. Dustjacket in mylar. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Timber Press Hardcover
1987GE-252Boulder CO.: Geological Society of America 1987. Comprehensive reference text deals with the sections of California Nevada southern Arizona Oregon Washington Alaska Hawaii and the Canadian Province of British Columbia. Includes major geologic features of regional significance and 100 of the best and most accessible geologic localities in the area of the section. Some of the regions covered include Haleakala Crater; Waimea Canyon; Sugauaro National Monument; Fossil Creek Canyon; Virgin River Gorge; Frenchman Mountain; Spring Mountains; Adobe Range; Death Valley; Owens Lake; Red Cinder Mountain; Elsinore Mountains; San Andreas fault; San Gabriel Mountains; Potrero Canyon; Table Mountain; Marin Headlands; Klamath Mountains; Wallowa Mountains; Medicine Lake Volcano; Columbia River Gorge; Mount St. Helens; Cascade Range; John Day Fossil Beds National Monument; Olympic Mountains; Nanaimo Basin; Channeled Scabland; Depoe Bay; Garibaldi area; Katmai National Park; Montague Island; Brooks Range; Alaska Tatonduk River; etc. Includes topical cross-references for field guide sites. 490 pgs. Illustrated. Frontispiece of Owens Valley. Minimal shelfwear. . First Edition. Pictorial Hard Cover. Fine/ . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Geological Society of America Hardcover
1992BO-25Konigstein Germany: Koeltz Scientific Books 1992. Comprehensive reference text provides access to research and geographic specialties of staff members of institutions listed in section 8 of Index Herarriorum. Text is organized into six sections: taxonomic index geographic index subject index Herbarium address index scientific names index and specialist index. Subjects include paleobotany cytology and genetics aquatic plants medicinal plants economic botany ethnobotany rare and toxic plants etc. 394 pgs. Small stamp on front and rear endpaper and lower title pg. small black label on lower front cover. Minor small scuff marks to front cover. Minimal shelfwear. Eighth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Technical Library. Koeltz Scientific Books Hardcover
1984PH-279Washington D.C.: American Geophysical Union 1984. Classic comprehensive text contains detailed technical papers from leading international scientists and field experts on topics dealing with concepts of the magnetic reconnection phenomenon. Provides observational and theoretical evidence for the occurrence of reconnection in space plasmas including topics on the theory of magnetic reconnection; reconnection in astronomical objects; reconnection in Earth's magnetotail; computer modeling; laboratory plasmas; astrophysical implications of reconnection; solar flares; etc. 386 pgs. Illustrated. Minimal shelfwear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. American Geophysical Union Hardcover
1974BO-40Albuquerque N.M.: Charles R. Hutchins 1974. Comprehensive reference text presents a detailed five-year study by the author initiated in Aug. 1968 of the entire flora of the White Mountain area in New Mexico. Data recorded for each specimen were augmented by additional information and specimens were deposited in the herbarium of the University of New Mexico where they were examined and researched. Families are treated according to a modified Engler & Prantl system; genera within the family and species within the genus are treated alphabetically. Includes a brief summary of regional geology topography and climatic conditions. Includes a summary listing of all the flora index references and a map of the White Mountain area. 583 pgs. Prior owner's name-stamp on front cover and outer edge. Minor small crease totop front corner. Minimal shelfwear. . First Edition. Spiral Comb Binding. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Privately Printed. Charles R. Hutchins unknown
1988EN-36Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1988. Comprehensive text contains detailed technical papers by leading entomologists and scientists which address the phenomena of individual idiosyncracy and plasticity within castes of social insects; focusing on the basic physiological and social mechanisms. 456 pp. Illustrated. Table of contents has a couple of tiny checkmarks in the margin. Virtually no shelfwear. . . First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Westview Press Paperback
1925GE-293Houston TX.: Gulf Publishing 1925. Classic comprehensive revised text presents detailed topics covering systems of drilling; bit dressing; rigging; rotary and cable drilling; diamond core drilling; casing methods and equipment; use of packers; electrical drilling and pumping methods; shooting wells; completing and shutting in oil wells; strength of materials; electrical well equipment; operation and properties of oil and gas wells; etc. 662 pgs. Illustrated with numerous figures photographs and fold-ot plates. Gilt spine and front cover. Minor rubbing to corners and edges. . Second Edition. Leatherette Flex Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gulf Publishing hardcover
1982MN-17New York: Society of Mining Engineers 1982. Comprehensive reference text presents detailed topics covering computer modeling of engineering systems; computer applications in mineral processing; geostatistical applications; maintenance equipment replacement and mine valuation; computer modeling in rock mechanics; mine planning and scheduling; applications of interactive graphics and mini computers; applications of mathematical programming; geostatistical modeling; applications of computer simulation; modeling mineral processes; management applications of computers and explorations; the variogram cloud; progressive kriging; the indicator approach to to estimation and spatial distributions; etc. 806 pgs. Illustrated. Dustjacket slightly rubbed on edges; in mylar. Minimal shelfwear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Society of Mining Engineers Hardcover
1990GE-257Jiddah Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources 1990. Comprehensive detailed interdisciplinary study assesses the metallic-mineral-resource potential in the Aban Al Ahmar Quadrangle of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia located in the eastern margin of the northeastern Arabian Shield utilizing techniques of geophysics geologic mapping remote sensing and geochemistry. The landscape of the study area is characterized by isolatedmountain groups inselbergs and local tracts of dissected hills separated by broad low-relief peneplain. Topics covered include mining and exploration history; geological setting; interpretation of geophysical anomalies; limonitic hydrothermally altered and mineralized rocks; geochemical interpretation; mineral resource potential; skarn deposiits associated with intermediate igneous rocks; gold deposits; tin/tungsten skarn deposits; etc. 69 pgs. Illustrated with 7 tables 8 figures and 7 fold-out plates in accompanying map pocket. Prior owner/author's name-stamp on top front cover. Minimal shelfwear. First Edition. Stiff Wrappers. Very Good/ . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources unknown
1981EN-9Wroclaw Poland: WroclawTechnical University Press 1981. Comprehensive two-volume reference text contains detailed biochemical technical papers delivered at the conference in Karpacz Poland June 23-28 1980 and includes all aspects of communication both within the insect hormones and between insects pheromones. Topics included in Part I: insect neurohormones; chemistry and biochemistry of ecdysteroids and juvenile hormones; chemistry of juvenoids; etc. Topics included in Part II: chemistry of insect pheromones; hormone receptors and interactions of hormones with the genome; chemical host-plant interactions; mechanism of action of agents controlling insect behavior; etc. 1146 pgs. collectively. Illustrated. Average shelfwear and rubbing to edges. Heavy item. Pictorial Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. . WroclawTechnical University Press paperback
1985OR-8Hyderabad India: Raptor Research Center 1985. Comprehensive text presents a scholarly monograph dealing with a wide-range of phenomena pertaining to the Spotted Owlet's life cycle including detailed topics covering studies on eggs nestlings reproductive cycle analyses of food and basic behaviour pattern; feeding ecology habitat ethology and predatory nature of the Spotted Owlet. 241 pgs. Illustrated with over 120 original photographs 50 figures and 55 tables. Dustjacket has a tiny closed top edge tear; in mylar. Inside mylar edge flaps taped by prior owner. Scarce. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Raptor Research Center Hardcover
1994GE-289New York: Chapman & Hall 1994. Comprehensive reference text presents a scope that ranges from fieldwork through laboratory analytical procedures to downhole geological techniques including a step-by-step guide which considers the advantages and limitations of different procedures discusses safety and troubleshooting and explains the importance of such support skills as mapping photography and report writing. Topics cover borehole sedimentology; chemical composition; mineralogy; textures; analysis of sediemntary structures; filedwork and sampling; etc. 197 pgs. Illustrated. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper; small stamp to lower title pg. and clean pocket remnant on rear endpaper. Minimal shelfwear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Professional Library. Chapman & Hall Hardcover
1982GE-270Chichester U.K.: Ellis Horwood 1982. Classic comprehensive text presents the stratigraphic knowledge of calcerous nannofossils in the Mezozoic and from fossil shelf environments. Includes coverage of sample preparation techniques light and electron microscope techniques; Paleozoic Triassic and Jurassic calcerous nannofossils; Lower and Upper Cretaceous calcerous nannofossils; Cenozoic calcerous nannofossils; etc. 192 pgs. Illustrated with numerous quality electron micrographs. Prior owner's name on front endpaper. Minimal shelfwear. First Edition. Pictorial Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ellis Horwood Hardcover
1993GE-242WashingtonD.C.: American Geophysical Union 1993. Comprehensive text presents detailed topics covering advances in auroral research including global auroral morphology; particle acceleration; parallel electric fields substorms and auriora; magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling; waves and turbulence; optical ultraviolet and x-ray observations of the aurora; auroral currents convection and fields; etc. 291 pgs. Illustrated with color and black/white plates and figures.Very minimal shelfwear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. . American Geophysical Union Hardcover
1968BO-52Pittsburgh PA.: Hunt Botanical Library 1968. Scholarly text presents a detailed bibliography of selected bryological publications of the early nineteenth century predominantly 1822-1825. Includes a brief history of bryology prior to 1800 and between 1800-1830; a descriptive bibliography applied to botany; special bibliography; chronology; indexes of plant names artists engravers botanists printers publishers subjects and exsiccata. Text in English and Dutch. 278 pgs. Presentation label pastedown on front endpaper. Prior owner's name in small print on the spine edge. Minor age discoloration to spine and cover edges. Minimal shelfwear. Scarce. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hunt Botanical Library Paperback
1989GE-191New York: Springer-Verlag 1989. Classic comprehensive text contains detailed technical monographs presented by leading scientists and field experts dealing with the fundamental aspects and theory of geoelectrical and thermometric measurements including topics on measurements of self-potential; special and engineering applications of geoelectrical measurements; geoelectrical resistivity; etc. 514 pgs. Illustrated. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper; clean pocket on rear endpaper. Very minimal shelfwear. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex- Professional Library. Springer-Verlag Paperback
1991MB-10Barrigada Territory of Guam: Coral Graphics 1991. Comprehensive text presents a detailed guide which covers all fishes known to inhabit Micronesian coral reefs at depths of 60 m 200 ft. or less. Ommissions are limited to a few species of fishes that spend virtually all their adult lives deep within the infrastructure of the reef or buried in sand and to a few newly discovered or unidentified species most of which are small inconspicuous rare or known only by collecting with poisons. 298 pgs. Illustrated with numerous color plates. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title page. Minimal shelfwear. . Signed by Author. Second Edition. Pictorial Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Coral Graphics paperback