Search Results: Geology from Mike Park Ltd

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993. Small quarto, pp xviii, 166, illustrated with a few photographs maps and charts, extremely clean internally, blue cloth in very good condition, with the original cellophane dustwrapper. [The origins of the present-day faunas and floras of Africa and South America have been a fascinating puzzle for hundreds of years, and have provided a remarkable example of the catalytic effect of one scientific discipline upon another. It is now the turn of the biologists to explain how the present faunas and floras have arisen, and this volume brings together the latest information and theories about the interrelations between plate tectonics, palaeontology, and the present distribution of plants and animals.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

Wallingford: CAB International, 1989. A few illustrations, octavo, pp viii, 276, paperback, an extremely bright copy. . First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Chinchina: Federacion Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia, 1962. Octavo, pp viii, 238, very slightly worn, paperback, covers a little creased. SCARCE. [Spanish text]. Paperback. Good.

London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1967. Large quarto, pp xii, 68 + 15 plates, an exceedinly good copy in very good dustwrapper which is now protected in a removable cover. [The original price on the dustwrapper is neatly crossed out, and there are the remains of a small circular price sticker on the front endpaper.]. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Methuen & Co, 1974. Illustrated, large very thick octavo, pp xviii, 999, pictorial cloth, a very good copy on a very slightly worn dustwrapper.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

Dehiwala: Arjuna Consulting Co Ltd, 1997. Very well illustrated with maps, quarto, pp viii, 220, with the tiny signature of Brian O'Shea on the title page, otherwise very clean internally, paperback, a very good copy with just the slightest signs of use. VERY SCARCE. [Includes extensive sections on agriculture, the people and the physical environment.]. Paperback. Very Good.

Utrecht: LPP Foundation, 1998. Illustrated with charts and diagrams, large octavo, pp 240, paperback, a very good copy indeed. EXTREMELY SCARCE. . First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1890. Illustrated, large octavo, pp xx, 344, foxing to the frontispiece flimsy has transferred to the title page, a little foxing to the endpapers, otherwise an impressively clean and sound copy. [Shaler was an American paleontologist and geologist who wrote extensively on the theological and scientific implications of the theory of evolution. Early in his professional career Shaler was broadly a creationist and anti-Darwinist. This was largely out of deference to the brilliant but old-fashioned Agassiz, whose patronage served Shaler well in ascending the Harvard ladder. When his own position at Harvard was secure, Shaler gradually accepted Darwinism in principle but viewed it through a neo-Lamarckian lens. Shaler extended Charles Darwin's work of the importance of earthworm soil bioturbation to soil formation to other animals, such as ants. Like many other evolutionists of the time, Shaler incorporated basic tenets of natural selection - chance, contingency,… Read More

Zurich, 1986. A few illustrations, small octavo, pp 387, fore-edge very slightly foxed, upper corners very faintly bruised, otherwise extremely clean and sound internally, paperback, covers slightly faded and very slightly worn. [Articles mainly in English and German.]. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997. Very well illustrated, quarto, pp (12), 352, very clean internally, blue cloth in good condition, the dustwrapper is slightly worn and slightly wrinkled round the edges. [A heavy book - extra postage may be needed]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn.

Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1999. Illustrated, quarto, pp viii, 344, vey clean internally, paperback, the coves with very slight signs of use.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1989. Illustrated with a few black-and-white photos, 8vo, pp xvi, 377, navy cloth with gilt titles on spine, fine copy in similar dustwrapper.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Zurich [1982 - 1987]. Octavo, c. 150 pages per issue, very clean internally, paperbacks, covers very slightly faded.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: George Philip & Son, 1964. Small octavo, pp x, 211, clean internally, covers slightly worn and marked. . First Edition. Cloth. Good.

Amsterdam, Oxford & New York: Elsevier, 1987. Illustrated with a few line drawings of maps, octavo, pp xii, 204, very clean internally, grey printed cloth, very good. [One needs to look at only a small portion of the enormous literature on plate tectonics published in the last 15 years to realize that there are many differences between the various reconstructions that have been presented. It becomes obvious that, although there is a general agreement about the presence of an assembly of continents (a Pangaea) in the early Mesozoic, there is considerable disagreement among earth scientists as to the configurement of the assembly and the manner and timing of the subsequent dispersal. While the revolution in geophysics was taking place, systematic work in paleontology and neontology was being carried out. This book is an attempt to incorporate the biological evidence into the theory of plate tectonics. The author traces the changing relationships among the various biogeographic regions and… Read More

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987. Illustrated with maps, charts and a few line drawings, large octavo, pp x, 214, clean internally, blue cloth in good condition. [With extensive sections and contributions on neotropical plants, butterflies and birds.]. {The once accepted theory that the Amazonian forests have remained stable for millions of years can no longer be held in the light of contemporary information. This is a critical appraisal of the available evidence on the history of Amazonia during the last 1.8 million years, reviewing the geology, geomorphology, palaeoclimatology, pedology, botany and zoology. There is special emphasis on neotropical birds, butterflies and plants. Much new material is introduced, along with background information and alternative hypotheses from other sources. The significance of the biogeographical studies for human activities is also discussed.}. First British edition. Cloth. Good.

The Hague: W. Junk, 1978. Two volumes, large octavo, pp xvi, 1439, a slight mark to one fore-edge, otherwise very clean internally, brown cloth in excellent condition, the dustwrappers are slightly rubbed and age-toned. SCARCE. [A heavy set - extra postage may be needed.]. {Southern Africa is certainly not a naturally bounded area so that there are several possibilities for delineating it and concepts about its extent. Wellington discussed the various possibilities for delineation and suggested that one line stands out more clearly and definitely as a physical boundary than any other, namely the South Equatorial Divide, the watershed between the ZaIre, Cuanza and Rufiji Rivers on the one hand and the Zambezi, Cunene and Rovuma Rivers on the other. This South Equatorial Divide is indeed a major line of separation for some organisms and is also applicable in a certain geographical sense, though it does not possess the slightest significance for many other groups of organisms, ecosystems or geographical… Read More

Warsaw, Poland: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu, 1975. Large octavo, illustrated, pp 239, paperback, slightly worn. From the library of Dr Peter Moore, with his signature on the upper cover. [With many papers in English : Evolution of Man's Environment in the Holocene in Poland; Palaeogeography of the Holocene in the Polish Carpathians; Channel Processes and Valley Floor Changes of Lowland Rivers; Changes of Climate and Vegetation Belts in the Mountains of the mediterranean during the Holocene; Dendrochronological Observations on the Postglacial River Aggradation in the Southern Part of Central Europe; Tree Pollen Rain and the Vegetation of the Bialowieza National Park etc.). First Edition. Paperback. Good.

London: John Murray, 2002. Illustrated, 8vo, pp xiv, 270, a very good hardback copy in dustwrapper.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

Lund: C.W.K. Gleerup, 1952. Large octavo, pp 209, uncut and partly unopened, very clean internally, paperback, very slight signs of wear to the covers, but a really good copy.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.