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19774332897HMSO 1977. Volume 3. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item650grams ISBN:011880765X HMSO hardcover
19769916728John Wiley & Sons Inc 1976. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item850grams ISBN:0471652784 John Wiley & Sons Inc hardcover
19794930204Macmillan 1979. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item400grams ISBN:0333192516 Macmillan paperback
1892499315London: George Philip & Son 1892. Cover slightly worn with small air bubbles under the surface.HardbackEx-Librarywith usual stamps markings in fair to good all-round conditionno dust jacket97pages. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item250grams ISBN: George Philip & Son hardcover
20165766854Brooks Cole 2016. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1900grams ISBN:9781305113589 Brooks Cole hardcover
19827094571W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd 1982. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item600grams ISBN:0716713039 W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd hardcover
19264942158John Wiley and Sons 1926. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1050grams ISBN: John Wiley and Sons hardcover
19919775734American Geophysical Union 1991. Volume 63. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1450grams ISBN:0875900291 American Geophysical Union hardcover
18895791203Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co 1889. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Large cloth 8vo. Attractive blue white and brown mountain illustration wrapped around front board and backstrip. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Green cloth back board. Bumped corners. Small tear in backstrip. Frontispiece with tissue guard Interior secure and clear. Foxing. Multiple plate including a fold out map. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1550grams ISBN: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co hardcover
201070630Tucson AZ: Daily Planet Publishing Earth First! Journal 2010. Very Good. 8pp. Newsletter 28cm x 21.5cm / 11" x 8.5"; saddle-stapled. Green print on white paper stock. Horizontal crease throughout as issued folded for distribution. Hint of foxing along bottom edge of front cover else a nice copy. Sealing stickers for mailing adhered to rear cover. Address label of American anthropologist Eugene Ruyle on rear wrap. Eugene Ruyle b. 1936 is an Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Cal State Long Beach. He is a prominent socialist feminist environmentalist anti-racist and anti-imperialist. Ruyle helped to found the Peace Studies Program at CSULB and he is associated with the Institute for the Critical Study of Society at the Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library in Oakland. He is the brother of the late Berkeley book collector and letterpress printer John Ruyle. The first issue of this newsletter was published in the summer of 2010 around the same time as the movement's main journal "Earth First! The Radical Environmental Journal" moved its production location to Lake Worth Florida and began releasing on a quarterly schedule. This new shorter newsletter was then intended to be released as a regular update in between the main journal's new quarterly release schedule. Announcement at the top of this work states:<br /> <br /> "CHANGES AT THE EARTH FIRST! JOURNAL: Here before you is the first issue of Earth First! News the newsletter of the radical environmental movement. The frontlines of environmental struggles and ecological defense from around the world we bring you a compendium of the most vital direct action resistance and environmental news. The EF! Journal collective is currently compiling and editing the newsletter although we intend to share these responsibilities with other EF! collectives in future editions. If you want to contribute e-mail us at: collective@earthfirstjournal.org and we will plug you in. Forthcoming this November is the 30th Anniversary Edition of the Earth First! Journal!!! Also on the horizon the first quarterly issue of the EF! Journal in March of next year—a bound publication of strategy and analysis. Until then enjoy the introduction of EF! News a developing project to be released on pace with the harvest calendar; and check out daily reports with live links and videos at: www.newswire.earthfirstjournal.org. The newsletter can also be downloaded as a PDF for print and distribution from the newswire. Donations are needed to keep these projects going so please send your contribution of any amount to Earth First! Journal PO Box 3023 Tucson AZ 85702. Thank you to everyone who has sent contributions already! If we can send you future issues via e-mail let us know so that we can reduce our costs. And without further ado."<br /> <br /> Section headings of this newsletter: Frontlines pages 1-2 In the Streets p3 Death Toll of the Energy Empire p4 Greenwashing Expose: Losing the Boreal Forest p5 Eco-Prisoner Birthdates and Updates in Summer/Fall p6 Barebones p7 Updates p7 Earth First! Toolbox p8 Earth First Directory p8 Announcements p8. An announcement in bold at the bottom of page 8 near the mailing address box reads: "Celebrating 30 Years of Earth First! Look out for the November 2010 anniversary issue."<br /> <br /> Earth First! is a group of radical environmentalists that formed in the American Southwest in the spring of 1980. The group set themselves apart from other environmental groups of the time with their focus on non-hierarchical structures organic methods of organization and growth and especially with their utilization of direct action tactics and sabotage or "monkey wrenching" – inspired by Edward Abbey's novel in defense of wilderness. Daily Planet Publishing, [Earth First! Journal] unknown
200970628Tucson AZ: Daily Planet Publishing Earth First! Journal 2009. Magazine. Near Fine. 32pp. Newsprint 43cm x 28cm / 17" x 11". Eight bifolia sheets folded vertically once to form thirty-two pages. Horizontal crease throughout as issued folded for distribution. Printed in color. Some light age toning near edges and folds. Some soft bumps and creases. Else a nice clean and bright copy. "No Compromise in Defense of Mother Earth!" - Earth First! <br /> <br /> Earth First! is a group of radical environmentalists that formed in the American Southwest in the spring of 1980 founded by Dave Foreman Mike Roselle Howie Wolke Bart Koehler and Ron Kezar among others. Earth First! quickly came to national attention with their "cracking" of Glen Canyon Dam activist stunt which was performed and filmed in the spring of 1981. Edward Abbey is considered to be the "literary father" of the group and the monkey wrench is their ever-present emblem and tool. "Earth First! is the beginning of the new bold environmental movement. And 'Earth First! The Radical Environmental Journal' is its voice" Dave Foreman 1980s. The late-1980s and early-1990s were a tumultuous time for Earth First! Law enforcement cracked down on its members and various internal issues and factions began to form within the group. Earth First! embraced non-hierarchical structures and organic methods of organization and growth while continuing to focus on direct action in defense of wilderness as its primary focus. Through the 1990's 2000's and 2010's the journal continued to be published in various forms under the direction of a diverse and rotating collective of voices from within the broad Earth First! movement. Regular print publication of the Earth First! Journal under this title seems to have ceased sometime in the early 2020s though the movement still survives and maintains a presence online and on social media.<br /> <br /> Front cover half-page folded illustration by Hungry Knife shows colorful animal cartoon characters preparing for the "EF! Roadshow" and corresponds with the feature article on page 13 "Gearing Up for the EF! Roadshow." Rear cover photograph by Miranda Gibson is captioned "The banner hang above the Triabunna mill that turns old-growth forests into woodchips." Cover articles: "Defending an Old-Growth Swamp and Fighting Infrastructure in South Florida" by Everglades Earth First! and "Civilian Uprising Against Barrick God in Tanzania" by Sakura Saunders. Other articles include: "Kingston Power Plant: Toxic Waste Spill in Tennessee" by James Jameson "Sprawling Suburban Madness in South Florida!" by Swamp LIlly and Sparkle Berry "No a las Minas!" by Root Force "Mexican Leather Expo Burned" by The MDA "Two Russian Activists Killed by Assassin in Moscow" by Donny "Animal Defense and Earth Defense: Compassionate Bedfellows" by Mike Jaynes "Confronting Liberalism and Privilege in Our Movements" by Michael Novick amongst others. "Armed With Visions" poetry on page 23. Many photographs and illustrations throughout. Advertisements at the rear. Daily Planet Publishing, [Earth First! Journal] unknown
200070592Eugene OR: Daily Planet Publishing Earth First! Journal 2000. Magazine. Near Fine. 112pp. Quarto 27.5cm; perfect-bound in color printed cardstock wraps. Internal contents printed mostly in black and white with the occasional color page. Richly illustrated with photographs and artwork. Just a bit of shelf- and edge-wear. "No Compromise in Defense of Mother Earth!" - Earth First! <br /> <br /> Earth First! is a group of radical environmentalists that formed in the American Southwest in the spring of 1980 founded by Dave Foreman Mike Roselle Howie Wolke Bart Koehler and Ron Kezar among others. Earth First! quickly came to national attention with their "cracking" of Glen Canyon Dam activist stunt which was performed and filmed in the spring of 1981. Edward Abbey is considered to be the "literary father" of the group and the monkey wrench is their ever-present emblem and tool. "Earth First! is the beginning of the new bold environmental movement. And 'Earth First! The Radical Environmental Journal' is its voice" Dave Foreman 1980s. The late-1980s and early-1990s were a tumultuous time for Earth First! Law enforcement cracked down on its members and various internal issues and factions began to form within the group. Earth First! embraced non-hierarchical structures and organic methods of organization and growth while continuing to focus on direct action in defense of wilderness as its primary focus. Through the 1990's 2000's and 2010's the journal continued to be published in various forms under the direction of a diverse and rotating collective of voices from within the broad Earth First! movement. Regular print publication of the Earth First! Journal under this title seems to have ceased sometime in the early 2020s though the movement still survives and maintains a presence online and on social media.<br /> <br /> This is the twentieth anniversary edition/issue of this publication. The front cover artwork by Peggy Sue McRae is a collage of images and portraits from the history of the Earth First! movement. This issue contains a lengthy article on the history of the publication of this journal entitled "Twenty Years of The Radical Environmental Journal: The Life and Times of Our Beloved Journal—A Not-So-Brief History" by Kris Maenz beginning on page 12. A facsimile of the first page of the first issue Samhain Nov 1 1980 Volume 1 Number 1 is reproduced on page 1 "How it all began—The first page of the premier edition of Earth First!". The "Armed with Visions" poetry page appears on pages 59-60 and features a poem entitled "The Earth's Wild Places" by Gary Snyder. Front inner cover artwork in full color entitled "Keeping It Wild for 20yrs" by Slugthang. Rear inner cover artwork in full color is a comic art portrait entitled "John Muir" by John Dolley "No John Uncle Sam won't save the Forests!!". Rear cover color photograph of a forest of aspen trees is by Whirlwind. A rich collection of reflections on the history of the Earth First! movement reprinted articles and essays from the past and other articles on contemporary issues and happenings within the movement flesh out the rest of this anniversary issue. Daily Planet Publishing, [Earth First! Journal] unknown
201470677Maryland Bedford County PA Garrett County MD: Savage Mountain Earth First! 2014. Zine. Very Good. 36 40 pp. Octavo 21.5cm / 8.5" x 5.5"; ten sheets folded once vertically to create forty pages. Unbound/folded-only. Plain paper covers. Photomechanically printed cut-and-paste-and-copy zine. Illustrations photographs maps text. Pages numbered by hand pre-printing process. Complete. Tiny stain on front cover and just a bit of general wear. Presumed rare. "We are Savage Mountain Earth First! We declare ourselves as a contingent of the western counties of the State of Maryland who will not stand for the degradation of our home. We are citizens of Savage Mountain of the Savage River of the Youghiogheny River of Green Ridge State Forest of Savage Run and New Germany State Parks and as such we recognize our collective duties to the defense of these and all communities throughout our bioregion. We oppose fracking. We oppose clear cutting. We oppose the destruction of our mountaintops and ridgelines. We oppose the poisoning of our waters and the fouling of our air. We oppose the wholesale slaughter of our non-human brothers and sisters and it is with them that we stand. Put simply we oppose the destruction of our home. Our position is simply this: .NO COMPROMISE. WHY NOT Many of us are frack fighters. fractivists. whatever you wanna call it that's how we met that's why we came together that's what gave us the idea for SMEF! NO FRACKING. ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT FAUCET FIRES."<br /> <br /> Rear cover reads: "Savage Mountain Earth First! CARPE NOCTEM. Check out our friends at: Chesapeake EF! Marcellus Shale EF! Endless Mountains EF! RAMPS Radical Action for Mountain Peoples Survival Collective really any of the other EF! groups are great but those are some of our besties and we owe them HUGE!"<br /> <br /> Earth First! is a group of radical environmentalists that formed in the American Southwest in the spring of 1980. The group set themselves apart from other environmental groups of the time with their focus on non-hierarchical structures organic methods of organization and growth and especially with their utilization of direct action tactics and sabotage or "monkey wrenching" – inspired by Edward Abbey's novel in defense of wilderness. Savage Mountain Earth First! unknown
1917013307Mexico: Talleres Graficos de la Secretaria de Comunicaciones. 1917. Very Good condition. Original printed wraps. Tiny closed tear to edge of cover pages are not affected. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. First Edition no indication of additional printings. 12cm x 18cm. Bound-in at the end is a large folding full-color map: "Rocas Eruptivas" unfolds to 46cm x 34cm. This book is from the library of scientist and author Robert B. Sosman with his tiny ink stamp. Sosman was Assistant Director of the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Later he was Assistant Director of Research of the United States Steel Corporation and Visiting Professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. . First Edition Primera edición. Softcover. Very Good condition. 20pp. Talleres Graficos de la Secretaria de Comunicaciones. Paperback
19528712-31The University of Chicago Press 1952. Second Edition Fourth Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. In very good clean condition with previous owner's name inked inside front cover. Otherwise unmarked. Dust jacket has a series of small tears along the top of the spine and tanning along outer edges. Textblock tight and square. Lightly tanning. Defines the various rocks of the granite-granodiorite-tonalite families as well as their extrusive and hypabyssal equivalents with a history and explanation of their characteristics. 460 pages 119 illustrations. Size: 7 x 9 1/2 <br/> <br/> The University of Chicago Press hardcover
19528712-32The University of Chicago Press 1952. Second Edition Fourth Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. In very good clean condition with previous owner's name inked inside front cover. Otherwise unmarked. Dust jacket has a series of small tears along the top of the spine and tanning along outer edges. Textblock tight and square. Lightly tanning. Describes the rocks of the syenite-diorite-gabbro series and their extrusive and hypabyssal equivalents. 360 pages 178 illustrations. Size: 7 x 9 1/2 <br/> <br/> The University of Chicago Press hardcover
1909004945Urbana / Champaign: University of Illinois Press 1909. 6.25" wide by 9.25" tall. Original printed wrappers. Vertical crease mild. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE HIGHLANDS IN NEW JERSEY by W. S. Bayley Ph.D. From University of Illinois Bulletin Vol. VI No. 17 February 8 1909 The University Studies Vol. III No. 2 January 1909 Studies from the Geological Department. The 2 other papers by Wegemann and Bagg originally included in this periodical are NOT present. This copy is from the library of scientist and author Robert B. Sosman with his small ink stamp. A physical chemist Robert Browning Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907 at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I his contributions there were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947 he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics." Keywords: New Jersey Geology. Mineralogy. Extract from the first edition. Softcover pamphlet. Very Good condition. pp. 25-39. University of Illinois Press Paperback
19779526Univ of Texas At Austin Bureau Of. Very Good. 1977. Softcover. 0686366115 . Clean and tight. Has former owner's name on cover and title page. Has both maps in back pocket. ; Book is clean and tight. Has former owner's name on cover and title page. Has two maps in the back pocket. Cretaceous Carbonates. Geology. Petroleum Industry. Oil and Gas. ; Report Of The Investigations Ser: Ri89; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 332 pages . Univ of Texas At Austin Bureau Of paperback
197127126Budapest:: Akademiai Kiado:. 1971. Hardcover. Light cover wear very minor ; 24 maps in rear pocket; pgs tight clean unmarked. Hinges sound uncracked; no DJ . Akademiai Kiado: hardcover
1905250711Indianapolis: Wm. B. Burford 1905. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 888 pages black cloth strong hinges rough fore-edge at the article on the Petroleum Industry in Indiana. One folding map is neatly separated at the edge near the fore-edge. <br/><br/>It comprises papers of economic importance relating to the petroleumclay natural gas and convict labor resources of the state of Inidana and also relevance to insect galls From 1894-1910 Blatchley was State Geologist for Indiana. His home in Dunedin Florida is on the National Register of Historic Places. With maps charts photographs. Wm. B. Burford hardcover
19818712-20The Economic Geology Publishing Company 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. In very good clean condition with minor shelfwear including a light scratch on the back board. Previous owners name written across top of textblock. Otherwise unmarked. Textblock beginning to tan. Includes fold-out charts. Contains papers grouped under three general headings: Geology of major classes of mineral deposits; Application of geology geophysics and geochemistry to mineral exploration; and Economic and social factors that affect explorationa nd development of mineral deposits. Size: 8 1/2 x 11 <br/> <br/> The Economic Geology Publishing Company hardcover
1933004941American Journal of Science 1933. 6" wide by 9.25" tall. Original printed wrappers. Staples a little rusty. Text pages are NEAR FINE. No underlining. No highlighting. Illustrated with 2 maps. This copy is from the library of scientist and author Robert B. Sosman with his tiny ink stamp. A physical chemist Robert Browning Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907 at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I his contributions there were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947 he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics." Keywords: New Jersey Geology. Offprint. Softcover pamphlet. Very Good condition. pp. 300-318. American Journal of Science Paperback
FORT953298Canadian Whole Earth Research Foundation. Used - Acceptable. Canadian Whole Earth Research Foundation unknown
197019019Canadian Whole Earth Research Foundation 1970. Paperback. Good. Softcover light foxing to covers. Scattered light foxing throughout heavier to endpapers. 128 pages index b&w photos and illus. Canadian Whole Earth Research Foundation paperback
75-1662Paris FR: Cercle National Des Armees De Terre De Mer Et De l'Air 1934. 12mo. Cardstock. Very good. 4pp.Menu card with embossed seal.En Francais. Paris, FR: Cercle National Des Armees De Terre De Mer Et De l'Air, 1934 unknown
