[Rockhounds] AD: Used Geoscience Books for sale

Wed Aug 29 12:59:00 PDT 2007

Hello Group: 

Well, it is almost Labor Day weekend so I have put together another used geoscience book offering for members of the Internet newsgroups to which I belong. If you don't want to read this ADVERTISEMENT, then please delete now. Some of these books are coming out of my personal library, others are duplicates or "extras" recently acquired when I purchased from estates, box-lots containing something I did need for my own library.  All of them are very reasonably priced!  If you are interested or have a question please email me off list at MillsGeological at hughes.net and I will reserve requested titles for the first person to claim them. If you see something you want, don't delay - our previous sales seemed to go remarkably fast and some folks were disappointed. I will be posting this advertisement to several lists and apologize to those who receive this email more than once because they also belong to several lists.  I have arranged the titles by the general categories of  MINERALS, MINES AND MINING; FOSSILS; and GEOLOGY. They are bargain priced and the price quoted includes media rate postage to USA domestic addresses as well as applicable California Sales Tax. If you are located in another country than USA please inquire about postal rates to your area which would be added.  So, take a look and see if any of these need to be in your own library: 

1.  MINERALS, MINES AND MINING - "Standard Mineralogical Catalogue - 8th edition" by Brazeau and Brazeau.  A fun trip down memory lane when mineral specimens were much less in price than today.  this catalog gives price data for all minerals available on the market in 1987 and covers sizes of 1/2, 1, 2, 3,and 4 inches.  Good explanation of methods used to derive the price listings.  94 pages, original card wraps, in mint condition.  Price - $5 

2. MINERALS, MINES AND MINING - "The Ore Bin Sept 1972" with articles on "The Geology of Some Zeolite Deposits in Southern Willamette County Oregon" and another on "Zeolites in Sedimentary Rocks".  The Ore Bin was a publication of the Oregon State Dept of Geology and Mineral Industries.  15 pages, original card wraps, in mint condition.  Price $5

3. MINERALS, MINES AND MINING "The Ore Bin Dec. 1971" with articles on "Oregon Roads in 1910" (with some great photographs) and another on "A Description of the Ferruginous Bauxite Ore Profile in Columbia County Oregon".  The Ore Bin was a publication of the Oregon State Dept of Geology and Mineral Industries.  15 pages, original card wraps, in mint condition.  Price $5

4. MINERALS, MINES AND MINING Two issues of "The National Amateur 
Mineralogist" dated December 1941 and May, 1947.  An interesting look into some of the early origins of the rockhounding hobby.  This publication was around for about 10 years or so.  Published by O.B. 
Brown in Seattle, Washington.  The ads are at least as interesting as the short articles themselves.  Small format magazines of around 35 to 40 pages each.  Good condition.  Price - $10 (includes both issues)

5.  MINERALS, MINES AND MINING - "Western Australia Atlas of Mineral Deposits and Petroleum Fields - 2005" by Cooper and Flint and published by Western Australia Dept of Industry and Resources.  Map atlas showing location and compilation listing of all mines and  significant deposits in the state.  36 pages (A-10 size).  Price $10

6.  MINERALS, MINES AND MINING - "The Story of Barytes" by Clark and Berninghaus and published in 1920 by the De Lore Baryte Company and Finck Mineral Milling Company.  Mostly illustrations - many in color.  All are drawings, not photos.  A terrific collectible for the Barite enthusiast.  Fair to poor condition.  Page edges tattered throughout at top of publication.  Binding is tied cording.  20 pages in original cardstock wraps (with color illustration on cover).  Price - $12

7.  MINERALS, MINES AND MINING - Two publications as follows: A."Gem and Lithium Bearing Pegmatites of the Pala District, San Diego County, CA" by Jahns and Wright, California Division of Mines and Geology Special Report 7A, published in June, 1951. Large format (8.5 x 11 inches); 72 pages with 13 plates (8 in color)and 5 folding pocket maps. In original green wrappers as issued. A very good copy.  B."Economic Geology of the Rincon Pegmatites, San Diego County, California" by Hanley, California Division of Mines and Geology Special Report 7B, published in July, 1951. Large format (8.5 x 11 inches); 24 pages with B&W illustrations and 1 folding bound-in map of the district. In original green wrappers as issued. A very good copy.  If you are a collector of gem tourmaline, gem spodumene, gem kunzite, and other minerals (lepidolite, etc) from this world famous district THIS SET OF SCARCE PUBLICATIONS should be on your library shelf. Both books contain tremendous locality information as well as easy to read geologic description of mines, There is very minor sunning of the spine of 7B and slight soiling of the cardboard wraps. These are some of the most sought after publications dealing with this district and the two books are collectible in their own right! Price - $150 for the set.

8. MINERALS, MINES AND MINING - "Wild Bill the Driller" by W.B. Wells and published (and signed) by the author in 1977.  Wells was a oil well driller in Oklahoma in the early days.  An engaging history of early days in the oil patch plus a biography of the man.  139 pages, hard cover with good dustjacket, in very good condition.  Price $12

9. FOSSILS; CRUSTACEANS - "A Pennsylvania Lepadomorph Barnacle from the Mazon Creek Area, Illinois" by Frederick R. Schram and published in the Journal of Paleontology Volume 49 #5 in September 1975. This copy is extracted from the original copy of that issue of the Journal (i.e. not a reprint or an offprint). 3 pages on the Journal's glossy paper. Illustrated with holotype specimen photograph and line drawing.  No wraps. Price - $7 

10. FOSSILS; COTYLOSAURS - "An Explanatory Model of the Evolution of Multiple Rows of Teeth in Captorhinus aguti" by Bolt and DeMar and published in the Journal of Paleontology Volume 49 #5 in September 1975. This copy is extracted from the original copy of that issue of the Journal (i.e. not a reprint or an offprint). 17 pages on the Journal's glossy paper. Illustrated with numerous line drawings and photos.  No wraps. Price - $7

11. FOSSILS; THERAPSIDA - "A Possible Mammalian Ancestor From the Middle Triassic of Brazil(Therapsida-Cynodontia)" by Bonaparte and Barberena and published in the Journal of Paleontology Volume 49 #5 in September 1975. This copy is extracted from the original copy of that issue of the Journal (i.e. not a reprint or an offprint). 6 pages on the Journal's glossy paper. Illustrated with numerous line drawings.  No wraps. Price - $7

12. FOSSILS; DINOSAURS - "The Riddle of the Dinosaurs" by John Wilford, 1986.  A succinct history of research into dinosauria and the clever posits of hypotheses and exploits to prove them.  Wilford is a Pulitzer Prize winner and his writing reflects it.  Well indexed.  303 pages, hardback with good dustjacket.  $12

13.  FOSSILS - "Atlas of Life on Earth - the earth, its landscape and life forms" by Dixon, Jenkins, Moody & Zhuravlev.  2002.  Fantastic summary of the fossil record, worldwide, age by age.  Profusely illustrated with maps, line drawings in color, photos, etc.  Clear text.  Large format hardback book published by Barnes and Noble in near pristine condition.  This is a VERY WELL DONE BOOK, not just a coffee table puff piece!  Well indexed.  368 pages - dust jacket in very good condition as well.  Price - $23

14. FOSSILS - "Marine Molluscan Genera of Western North America: An Illustrated Key" by Keen and Coan, Stanford University Press 1974.  Well, not really fossils but a darn useful book for helping fossil collectors identify the genera of their molluscan finds!  An extensive dichotomous key profusely illustrated with line drawings of the genera.  208 pages, hardback in excellent condition with a fairly good dustjacket.  Price - $12

15. GEOLOGY - "Ice Ages, Solving the Mystery" by Imbrie and Imbrie published in Manchester, England, 1986.  If you have any interest at all in global warming, this book should be on your "must-read" list.  This book tells the story of the Pleistocene ice ages, what they were like, why they happened and when the next one is due.  It truly puts things in perspective and gives you a much better understanding of potentials regarding global warming.  Trade paperback, 224 pages, very good condition.  Price - $12

16.  GEOLOGY "Marine Geology of the Gulf of California" edited by van Andel and Shor, published as Memoir 3 of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists in 1974.  This is 16 separate papers, abstracts of which were delivered at a 1974 Symposium.  It is NOT about petroleum but about general geology of the Gulf of California.  If you travel to Baja, Mexico often and want to know more about the eastern shoreline, this book is for you.  It is not a "roadside guide" - it is serious geology!  408 pages in hardback in good condition.   Lots of bound-in foldout maps and charts.  Price - $23

17.  GEOLOGY "Our Changing Earth Through the Ages" by Wyckoff.  A very nice elementary look at geology and all of its facets.  Perfect for the beginning rockhound who wants to know a little more about why the rocks occur where they do.  Loads of well done color illustrations.  288 well indexed pages in good condition trade paperback.  Price - $8

18.  GEOLOGY "The Earth for Sam" by Reed, published 1930 by Harcourt Brace.  This is a beginning geology book for youngsters.  It covers all aspects of geology and seems to me to be written principally for kids in the 9 to 12 age group.  Nicely illustrated.  It is actually a series of letters that the author sent to her young nephew.  390 pages in hardback of good condition (some wear on the covers but clean and bright inside.)  Price - $12

19.  GEOLOGY - "Out of the Crater - Chronicles of a Volcanologist" by Richard Fisher.  Memoirs of Dr Fisher of University of California Santa Barbara, one of the most prominent volcanologists of the last half of the 20th century.  Not a technical book but more of a remembrance of places, people and theories over the years.  Quite an engaging book.  179 pages in hardback - pristine condition and pristine dustjacket in Mylar protecting sleeve.  Price $15

20.   GEOLOGY "Stratigraphy of Reference Sections in the Popotosa Formation, Socorro County, New Mexico" by Sigrid Asher-Bolinder.  This is USGS Bulletin 1800 published in 1988.  Includes a nice reference section diagram in the map pocket.  22 pages in very good condition.  Price - $7 

21.  GEOLOGY "The Correlation of the Quaternary Deposits of the British Isles With Those of the Continent of Europe" by Charles Brooks.  This is an extract(not a reprint or an offprint)from the 1917 Annual Report of the Smithsonian and is 98 pages long with an excellent bibliography.  Price - $7

22.  GEOLOGY - "Geology of Carbonate Porosity" published as 
Continuing Education Course Note Series #11 by the American 
Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) in 1979. Five different 
authors contributed to this coarse material in the following five 
categories: Porosity in carbonate rock sequences, Secondary carbonate porosity, Dolomite Reservoir Rocks: Processes Controls, Porosity development, Porosity Prediction in shallow versus Deep Water Limestones, Pore Systems in carbonate rocks and their Influence on Hydrocarbon Recovery Efficiency. Price - $18

THANKS FOR LOOKING!  HAVE A GREAT DAY
JIM MILLS

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