Geologia e paleontologia

Solnhofen: A Study in Mesozoic Palaeontology

Barthel, K.W.; Swinburne, N.H.M.; Morris, S.C. · 1990 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Cambridge University Press ix, 235, b/w photos, maps, text figs. . HB. Fine.. The celebrated Solnhofen limestone is among the most important fossil deposits because of its astonishing diversity of organisms, many exquisitely preserved. This book illustrates many of the marine ...

Amber: The Golden Gem of the Ages

Rice, Patty C. · 1987 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

The Kosciuszko Foundation New York xii, 289, 55 col photos, b/w illus. . HB. 8vo, orig. pictorial boards, lightly rubbed to extremities. Vg.. Revised second edition. A comprehensive reference work covering the history, geological formation, chemical properties, and artistic/co...

Paleogene Fossil Birds

Mayr, G. · 2009 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Springer xiii, 262, b/w text figs. . PB. Vg.. First edition. The Paleogene fossil record of birds is detailed for the first time on a worldwide scale.. [9783540896272]

The Life and Scientific Work of Othniel Charles Marsh

Cohen, I.B. (Ed.) · 1980 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

ARNO Press New York , plates. . HB. 4to, orig. buckram, gilt. Edges of text block foxed, occasional foxing internally. Vg.. Reprint edition. Contents: Fossil horses in America (Reprinted from <i>American Naturalist</i>, vol. 8, 1874); Odontornithes: A Monograph on the Extinct ...

Fossils: The Key to the Past

Fortey, Richard · 2005 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

The Natural History Museum London 232, col + b/w illus. . PB. Fine.. Third edition (2002), reprinted with corrections.. [9780565091637]

Geology Explained in South Wales

Owen, T.R. · 1984 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

David & Charles 210, 89 text figs. . HB. Fine in dw.. 2nd impression.. [9780715358603]

Fossil Crinoids

Hess, H.; Ausich, W.I.; Brett, C.E.; Simms, M.J. · 1999 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

Cambridge University Press xv, 275, 8 col plates, 105 halftones, 132 line drawings. . HB. Fine.. Among the most attractive fossils, crinoids had a key role in the ecology of marine communities through much of the fossil record, and their remains are prominent rock forming cons...

Siluria: A History of the Oldest Rocks in the British Isles and other countries

Murchison, R.I. · 1872 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

John Murray London xvii, 566; [46], col frontis, folding table, text figs; 41 plates (7 double-page). . HB. 2 vols, orig. cloth, Text volume inner hinges reinforced with paper tape; one gathering standing proud. Endpapers and prelims foxed. Lacks the folding geological map. Ow...

The Origin and Early Diversification of Land Plants: A Cladistic Story

Kenrick, Paul; Crane, Peter R. · 1997 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Smithsonian Institution Press xiv, 441, text figs. . PB. As new.. The appearance of land vegetation on Earth 450 million years ago marked a period of unparalleled innovation in plant evolution. The transition from algae to the first land plants - the transition from water to a...

The Continental Drift Controversy. Vol. II: Paleomagnetism and Continental Drift

Frankel, Henry R. · 2012 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Cambridge University Press xviii, 525, text figs. . HB. As new.. The resolution of the sixty-year debate over continental drift, culminating in the triumph of plate tectonics, changed the very fabric of Earth science. This is the second of a four-volume treatise on the contine...

Forever Brilliant: The Aurora Collection of Colored Diamonds

Bronstein, A.; Hofer, Stephen C. · 2000 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Ashland Press New York xiv, 89, col illus. . HB. Fine in d/w.. A collection of cut natural diamonds in a wide variety of colors, known as "the most comprehensive natural color diamond collection in the world".. [9780965941020]

Eocene and Oligocene Ostracoda of Belgium

Keij, A.J. · 1957 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

210, 23 plates. . PB. Small library stamp on cover. Unopened.. Mem. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belgique no.136. Text English.

Magnetic Anomalies Over Oceanic Ridges

Vine, F.J.; Matthews, D.H. · 1963 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

MacMillan & Co , . . PB. Orig. wrappers. Fine.. <i>Nature</i> Vol. 199, No.4897, pp. 947–949. This paper by the British marine geologist and geophysicists, Frederick Vine (1939-2024) and Drummond Matthews (1931-1997) is considered one of the most important works in Earth scien...

A Popular Guide to the Geology of the Isle of Wight. With a note on its relation to that of the Isle of Purbeck

Norman, M.W. · 0 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Published for the author at Knight's Library Ventnor vii, 240, map, 22 plates, text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gilt, minor wear, spine slightly faded. First and final leaf browned. Title page and tissue guard to frontispiece foxed. Good.. First edition. Plates include attra...

Geology in Museums: A Bibliography and Index

Sharpe, T. · 1983 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

National Museum of Wales Cardiff 128, . . PB. Vg. A few light pencil marks to text.. Geological Series No. 6. Contains over one thousand references relating to geological curation..

Complete Mineral Catalog

Foote, W.M. · 1909 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Foote Mineral Company Philadelphia, PA 320, 7 b/w photos, text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. grey cloth, title in black to spine and front board. Vg. Loosely inserted are four pieces of Foote Company ephemera: a small poster offering a mineral collection for schools in exchange for q...

Old Red Sandstone or New Walks in an Old Field

Miller, H. · 1911 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

J.M. Dent & Sons London 363, 52 text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Vg.. Everyman's Library..

Roadside Geology of Colorado

Chronic, H. · 1989 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Mountain Press Publishing Missoula, MT xiv, 335, b/w photos, text figs, maps. . PB. Vg.. 7th reprint (first published 1980).. [9780878421053]

Roadside Geology of Arizona

Chronic, H. · 1995 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Mountain Press Publishing Missoula, MT xiv, 322, b/w photos, text figs, maps. . PB. Vg.. 13th printing (first published in 1983).. [9780878421473]

A Monograph on the British Fossil Echinodermata of the Oolitic Formations. [Vol. I: Echinoidea] Part First: The Cidaridae, Hemicidaridae, and Diademadae

Wright, T. · 0 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Palaeontographical Society London x, 155, 10 lithographic plates. . HB. 4to, cloth-backed card wrappers. Some foxing and marginal browning to plates, final plate with minor chipping to edge. From a natural history society library with a few ink stamps.. Vol. I (Pt 1) of 4 part...