Search Results: Geology from Kate Mitas, Bookseller

Zurich: Zurcher & Furrer, 1879. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very Good-. 18 x 12 cm. 30, [2] pp. Buff self-wrappers, light blue coating (tape?) to spine, possibly original. An about very good copy, small ink notation to front cover, spine split at head, light ink-splatter to last two pages of text, not affecting readablity. Text in German.

Amsterdam: N. V. Noord~Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij, 1940 - 1942. Cloth. Good. Four volume set. Octavos, 9-3/4" x 7-1/8". [8], 348, [16] pp; [4], 395, [3] pp; [12], 380, [8 fold-out maps] pp; [8], 423, [1] pp. All volumes include fold-out maps and b/w plates. Blue cloth lettered in gilt. Ex-libris the Smithsonian Institute, with LOC surplus and withdrawn stamps to front endpapers and title pages, pencil notations and call numbers to contents pages. Spines sunned; joints splitting; hinges cracked to most volumes. Interiors clean. Good reading/study copies only.

Washington D. C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1956. Very Good. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4". [viii], 1-164, [vi], 165-[280], iv, 281-[354], vi, 355-489, [1 (blank), + plates] pp. In four parts (965A - 965D). 51 b/w plates total, of which 13 are fold-out and stored in a large pocket at rear. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Light wear. Internally clean and tight, plates fine.

Kjobenhavn: Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri, 1847. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 9-1/2" x 6". [4], 154, [2] pp, plus nine plates and a loose fold-out map (Plate X). Half leather over maroon marbled boards. A good only copy, front board detached, spine perished, foxing scattered throughout; ownership signatures and minimal ex-libris notations, likely from a private rather than institutional collection (no institutional ownership markings), with penciled notation to verso of title page; one plate reinforced along gutter with tape; ink stain to margin of some leaves; wear to map edges. A scientific monograph on the 1845 eruption of Hekla, illustrated with lithographs from drawings by the author.

Catania, Italy: Borzi Giuseppe da Nicolosi, 1904. Eighth Edition. Wraps. Very Good-. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". 201, [1] pp. Buff wrappers printed in red and black. Spine repaired with archival tape, few chips to extremities, faint damp stain to margin of front cover and beginning two leaves. Most leaves unopened. A history of the eruptions and mythology of Mt. Etna, with an appendix on late 19th-century eruptions in Stromboli. "Corretta ed accresciuta d'un appendice intorno al vulcanismo dello Stromboli nel terribile e tremendo terremoto dell' estrema Italia meridionale dell' anno 1783, e dell' ultimo, spaventevole anch' esso, degli anni 1894 e 1895." Scarce.

Zurich: Zurcher & Furrer, 1880. First Edition. Pamphlet. Good. 18 x 12 cm. 30, [2] pp. Buff self-wrappers, light blue coating (tape?) to spine, possibly original. Edgeworn with several tears to wrappers along spine, not carrying through to leaves; spine split at head. Text clean and unmarked, a good research copy.

London: Walter E. Skinner / Financial Times, [1960]. Cloth. Very Good. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Red cloth stamped in gilt and black, ads printed in red and black throughout. A very good copy, lightly worn and with a few dogeared leaves. Includes five fold-out maps.

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1959. Wraps. Very Good. 9-5/8" x 6". pp. 245-268, plus title page and seven b&w plates, including a large fold-out map at rear. Stapled pale blue wrappers printed in dark blue. A very good copy, faint toning to wrappers, spine bumped, interior clean and bright. Reprinted from Overseas Geology and Mineral Resources, Vol. 7, No. 3.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. Good. 10-1/4" x 7-1/4". xxviii, 202, [2] pp, + 105 plates. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Extremities worn; hinges cracked; short tear to one plate.