Mineral Library – Looking out for my books
Edited by Spencer Titley, Department of Geology, University of Arizona, and Carol Hicks, United States Geological Survey. Hardback, 287 pages. Published by the University of Arizona Press in 1966. Includes 23 papers on porphyry copper deposits in Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and one over the border in Mexico, and […]
Robert Mackenzie Johnston, 1921, The R. M. Johnston Memorial Volume. Being a Selection of the Principal Writings in connection with Geology and the Economic and Social Problems of the Day. Hardback. 470 pages. Brown leather with gilt letters. This is a commonly available book published after the death of the […]
F. B. Kyngdon and Prof. Warren (Hon Secretaries), 1891, Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales for 1890. Hardback. Green leather with gild letters. Journal 290 pages. Interesting content: C. W. Marsh, Geological Notes on the Barrier Ranges Silverfield, pages 177-195. T. W. Edgeworth David, The […]
Josiah Edward Spurr, 1923, The Ore Magmas. A Series of Essays on Ore Deposition. Hardback, in two volumes. Green cloth with gilt letters. Volume 1, 430 pages. Volume 2, 485 pages.
W. Baldwin Spencer (Ed.), 1890, Report of the Second Meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. Hardback. 757 pages plus reports and appendix. Green cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine. 220mm tall. Interesting content: Mineral Census of Australasia, Report of Committee No. 7, pages 205-282. Report […]
John Lee Comstock, 1840, Outlines of Geology. Available as an electronic file here. Hardback. 384 pages. 190mm tall. Greenish-brown cloth cover with gilt lettering. Foxing on most pages. Small amount of damage to spine. Not bad though for a book almost 180 years’ old!
Charles Lyell, 1874, The Students Elements of Geology. Hardback. Second Edition. A systematic factual description of geological formations of the different ages by the foremost geologist of his day. A one volume summary of his much longer works, intended for students. 672 pages. Green cloth cover with gilt lettering. 190mm […]