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THE ROCKS OF WORCESTERSHIRE: THEIR MINERAL CHARACTER AND FOSSIL CONTENTS
Written by George E. Roberts.
Stock no. 1809249
Published by Joseph Masters. 1st 1860. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Fold-out map of Bird's Eye View of Worcestershire and fold-out plan of descending order of sedimentary rocks. 247 pages including index plus 36 page publisher adverts to rear. Spine slightly cocked. Corners bumped. Bookplate and inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some pencil annotation present. Map and plan lightly foxed and damp stained with a small closed tear but complete and very good. A few margin marks.

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DEMISE OF THE DECAPOLIS
Written by Bernhard Lucke.
Stock no. 1710887
Published by Vdm Verlag. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Past and Present Desertification in the Context of Soil Development, Land use, and Climate. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 231 pages. Printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd (a print-on-demand company). ISBN: 9783639006131. A lovely copy.

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GLOBAL CLIMATES SINCE THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM
Written by H.E. Wright; J.E. Kutzbach; et al.
Stock no. 1710881
Published by University Of Minnesota Press. 1st 1993. Very good condition.

This book summarizes the geologic, paleoecologic, and oceanographic evidence for environmental and climatic changes during the past 18,000 years. An indispensable resource for all professionals and students interested in Quaternary environmental and climatic history. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w diagrams and maps. viii and 569 pages including index. ISBN: 0816621454. Light rubbing to corners and top & tail of spine. Text block slightly grubby. Small set of initials in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean.

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QUATERNARY PALAEOECOLOGY
Written by H.J. Birks; Hilary H. Birks.
Stock no. 1710879
Published by Edward Arnold. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w charts and diagrams. viii and 289 pages including index. ISBN: 0713127813. Red initials in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else contents clean.

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GENETIC CLASSIFICATION OF GLACIGENIC DEPOSITS
Written by R.P. Goldthwait; C.L. Matsch.
Stock no. 1710874
Published by A.A. Balkema. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial Boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9061916941. Tape marks to endpapers.

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QUATERNARY LANDSCAPES
Written by Linda C.K. Shane; Edward J. Cushing.
Stock no. 1710855
Published by Belhaven Press. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An interdisciplinary examination of the development of glaciated terrain, peat lands, lakes, vegetation, climate, and early agriculture that helps us understand our landscapes, model their changes and predict their future. Green cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w diagrams. xiv and 229 pages. ISBN: 1852932074. Small initials in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper spine faded to blue.

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BACKGROUND TO PALAEOHYDROLOGY: A PERSPECTIVE
Written by K.J. Gregory.
Stock no. 1710854
Published by John Wiley & Sons. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

This book is the first to concentrate solely on palaeohydrology, which is the study devoted to the movement of water and sediment in environments before the time of continuous hydrological records. The content of the book relates to research under the International Geological Correlation Programme Project 158 on the palaeohydrology of the temperate zone in the last 15000 years. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w diagrams. B/w photos. xvi and 486 pages including index. ISBN: 0471901792. Tape marks to endpapers. Small set of initials in ink to top of front endpaper. Else contents clean.

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THE SCIENTIFIC PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY SERIES A VOL. 2 No. 15
Written by D. Naylor.
Stock no. 1605326
Circa 1966. Very good condition.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. The Upper Devonian and Carboniferous Geology of the Old Head of Kinsale, Co. York by D. Naylor. Read 24th May, 1966. Published 23rd September 1966. Pages 229-249 of journal bound in blue boards, with folding b/w plate. 32 blank pages at rear. A few minor marks to contents.

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THE SCIENTIFIC PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY SERIES A VOL. 2 No. 8
Written by John S. Jackson.
Stock no. 1605325
c. 1965. Very good condition.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. The Upper Carboniferous (Namurian and Westphalian) of Kingscourt, Ireland by John S. Jackson. Read January 23, 1965. Published June 1, 1965. Pages 131-152 of journal bound in blue boards, library binding, with folding b/w plate. 32 blank pages at rear. A few minor marks to contents.

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LOWER CARBONIFEROUS FORAMINIFERAL FAUNAS OF THE BORING ORSLEV No. 1, ISLAND OF FALSTER, DENMARK
Written by Olaf Michelsen.
Stock no. 1807792
Published by C.A. Reitzels. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition.

Geological Survey of Denmark II Series No. 98. Text in English and Danish. Green boards. 86 pages + 22 b/w plates. ISBN: 8742106176. SIGNED by author. Corners bumped. Contents fine.

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THE HISTORIC TAF VALLEYS VOLUME TWO
Written by John Perkins; Jack Evans; Mary E. Gillham.
Stock no. 1709063
Published by Merthyr Tydfil and District Naturalists' Society. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition.

Illustrated glazed boards. Maps, b/w text illustrations and b/w photographs. Looking at the geology, social and natural history of the Taf Valleys within the Brecon Beacons National Park. ISBN: 0905928210.

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QUATERNARY GEOLOGY: A STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY WORK
Written by D.Q. Bowen.
Stock no. 1605251
Published by Pergamon Press. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

The discoveries of recent years have revolutionized the study of the Quarternary Period. To the student these merely compound an already bewildering situation. The volume of often seemingly contradictory literature continues to grow, and its terminology to multiply. This book attempts to clarify the issues. The basis of existing classsical models is critically examined. The data on which the new stratigraphic framework relies is considered. The subject is placed in perspective overview, with the stratigraphic framework extended by selective correlation. Green cardwraps. B/w charts. xi and 221 pages including index. ISBN: 0080204090. Light creasing to front cover. Slight page browning.

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