Search Results: Science / Geology from Sweet Beagle Books

Praha. Praha: Academia. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1984. 1st English Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket has an oval 1-inch x 2-inch hole in upper left corner and an associated taped horizontal tear that proceeds nearly to the front flap. Light edgewear and rubbing as well. Jacket photo of Poseiden is not affected by the hole, nor are the spine titles. Jacket is now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Back cover of book has a mild corner bump. The book itself is in excellent condition. Gray cloth binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Near Fine book in Good dust jacket. . Author brings geological knowledge to play in his study of the lost continent. He was an eminent geologist with the Central Geological Survey, Prague, where he published several scholarly books and nearly two hundred scientific papers. He studied the problem of Atlantis for more than 20 years. This Academia edition is in English, and is the first English edition. Scarce, thus. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall.… Read More

International Association of Hydrological Sciences. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1987. 1st Edition. Softcover. Faint spine crease. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . A major collection of 61 papers on various aspects of the general subject. Proceedings of a Symposium organized by the Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research held 14-19 September, 1986. A major contribution to the research literature. . Trade PB. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 686 pages. K7 .

San Francisco CA. San Francisco CA: California Division of Mines. Very Good. 1961. Softcover. Special Report 69. Illus. , 21p. Neatly typed library call number on corner of front wrapper. Wrappers are a little rubbed.. 4to 11" - 13" tall. K0 .

Indianapolis. Indianapolis: Wm. B. Burford. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1886. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Cover surfaces show signs of minor surface insect nibbling, rubbing, and staining. Binding is tight, pages are clean and slightly yellowed. . Author was somewhat of a Leonardo da Vinci. He was a successful soldier, civil engineer, naturalist, geologist, lawyer, legislator, poet, novelist, editor, and literary critic. His most famous work is probably the historical novel Alice of Old Vincennes. He was also state geologist for Indiana for a five year period, during which this volume was produced. Thompson wrote several of the articles himself. Relatively long articles deal with the geology of Tippecanoe County, Henry County, Washington County, Clinton County and Benton County, The Wabash Arch, the Origin of the Indiana Flora, The Pre-Historic Race in Indiana, and Natural Gas. Includes an index. Laid in is a typwritten poem by Jim Harned entitled "A Soliloquy of the Ohio River"… Read More

Geological Survey. Very Good. 1976. Softcover. Geological Survey Professional Paper 883. Illus. , 35p.. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 35 pages. K0 .

Bloomington. Bloomington: Indiana Dept. of Conservation, Division of Geology, State of Indiana. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1948. 1st Edition. Softcover. A few light stains to tan card covers, owner name written on title page, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Illustrated with photos, maps, and figures. Book includes five folded maps in back pocket as called for in the Table of Contents. . Indiana. Dept. of Conservation. Division of Geology. Bulletin Series. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 47 pages. A1 .

Hafner Publishing Company. Fine. 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Tiny bump to tope corner of front cover, no other defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. Lacking the dust jacket. . Classic work, translated from the French. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 377 pages. K4 .

Geological Society of America. Near Fine. 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Owner name inked to front pastedown, no other defects. Book and maps are in excellent condition. . Volume 1 provides a text which includes drawings and small maps. Volume 2 is a map slipcase providing three very large folded maps: a geological map in two parts and a tectonic map, all stored in a VG slipcase. All maps are present. Book and map slipcase are bound in handsome maroon cloth with bright gilt titles to slipcase. This is NOT an ex-library book. . Parts 1,2 And 3 Series. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. I3 .

Tulsa, OK. Tulsa, OK: American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Spine is a bit faded, some fading and light stains to blue cloth covers. Unobtrusive owner name stamp to top edge of first endpaper. . Proceedings of a Symposium, mostly presented before the Association at its forty-fifth annual meeting, Atlantic City, NJ, April 25-28, 1960. Includes 14 scholarly papers, illustrated with drawings, photos, maps and diagrams. Printed on coated paper. Pages are crisp and tight, book appears unread. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 240 pages. M2 .

MacMillan/St. Martins. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1970. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket is rubbed and worn at extremities, especially at extremities of spine area, vertical crease down the center of the spine, jacket now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has owner name on first endpaper, minor bumps to green cloth covers, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Classic work on the subject, translated from the French. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 320 pages. T5 .

Hafner Publishing Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Glossy pictorial boards are a bit dinged and rubbed, owner name written on first endpaper, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Printed on coated paper. Better read this before there are no more glaciers to observe! . Geomorphology texts Series. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 242 pages. L7 .

Bowling Green, KY. Bowling Green, KY: Western Kentucky University. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket is rubbed and lightly soiled. Book has owner name written on first endpaper, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Approximately 45 papers on aspects of the general problem. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the first author to former owner on title page. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 481 pages. Signed by Author. M3 .

Indianapolis. Indianapolis: Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Fine with no dust jacket. 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. No defects. Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. . Report of the Governor's Water Resource Study. "The Report contains an assessment of water availability and quality in Indiana and of the nature, extent, and magnitude of excess water conditions; an inventory of existing water resource development and uses and projections of future uses and needs for all purposes; and a summary of existing laws (including water rights) , policies, and progams." Includes 259 figures, Glossary, appendices. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 508 pages. U6 .

Tulsa, OK. Tulsa, OK: American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1974. Softcover. Spine area of paper covers is lightly faded and rubbed. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Selected papers reprinted from the AAPG Bulletin. . Trade PB. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 214 pages. G4 .

Tulsa, OK. Tulsa, OK: American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1974. Softcover. Spine area of paper covers is lightly faded and rubbed. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Selected papers reprinted from AAPG Bulletin. . Trade PB. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 214 pages. G4 .

Indiana Department of Conservation. Fine. 2013. 1st Edition. Paperback. No defects, As New. Side-stapled card covers. This is the first edition, published in 1960. It is not a reprint. 73p. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 73 pages. U4 .

NY & Indianapolis. NY & Indianapolis: Geo. H. Adams & Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1871. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with red leather corners and spine. Covers are heavily worn, stained, lacking top inch of backstrip. Book is shaken, but binding is still fairly firm except at the top three or four inches where it is loosening. Pages are all present and attached, but soiled, varmint-gnawed at extremities of first several pages, small chips and tears. The pastedowns are loosening from the boards, and the last endpaper has a long tear. Some pages have owners' names and other marks and doodling, foxing, some creasing. Most of the soil, staining, and foxing is at the margins of pages. All pages are present and all text and illustrations are easily readable. Page 30 has been clumsily removed by someone and pasted to p. 13 (the blank verso of p. 12). . The title continues: "Gazetteer, giving a concise description and the location of cities, villages, post offices,… Read More

The American Scientist. Fine with no dust jacket. 1950. Reprint. Softcover. No defects. This is a side-stapled booklet with card covers, paginated as 85-104.. The geology of Palestine. Includes several photos, graphs, and maps. 20p. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 20 pages. T3 .

American Geophysical Union. Very Good. 1980. Softcover. Date stamps on two pages, some short tears with associated creasing to last few pages. Two short tears to the back cover are taped. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Thirty-two papers address aspects of the data produced by the Pioneer II spacecraft (later named Pioneer Saturn). Analyses and interpretation of the data. Includes graphs, charts, figures. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 307 pages. E7 .

York University. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1974. 1st Edition. Softcover. Glossy paper covers are a bit rubbed with spine creasing, owner name inked to title page. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Symposium Proceedings, with sixteen papers on aspects of the general topic. . Geographical Monographs Series. Trade PB. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 318 pages. T5 .