For Sale : geology publications pertaining to China, Taiwan, Korea and Hong Kong

For Sale : Chinese geology publications and more
(the following publications are in Chinese unless otherwise noted)
A listing like "24 plates (3 in pocket)" means 24 total plates with 21 plates bound in text and 3 folded in pocket.

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All items on this page are in good to very good condition unless otherwise noted.
Most have an Owner's stamp and light signs of use such as lightly bumped edges.

CHINA : Acta Stratigraphica Sinica : 1976-77, 1984-1989. 28 issues for $18
10x7", around 100p. each plus plates. 5-10 articles each. All seem to have lengthy English summary.
Spine ends a bit rough. 1989 issues have noticeably bent ends.

CHINA : Bulletin of the Central Geological Survey : Taipei, Taiwan, China.
10x7.5", Illustrated. Very good condition with lightly bumped edges, owner's stamp.
In Chinese and English (some articles of each). Articles have a (usually lengthy) abstract in other language.
I've listed only some of the articles (In Chinese unless otherwise noted).

Special Publications:
China Special Publication 5 : 1991 : Papers for the symposium on Rocks of Taiwan held at Taipei, Nov. 20-1, 1990. 290p. 14 articles, 6 in English. Illus, some color photos. Most have English abstracts. (Edge of page block lightly soiled) $5

REGIONAL : Misc. geology publications
Unless otherwise noted, these are Illustrated softcovers in good to very good condition, In English.

Bibliography of Chinese geological literature (trial publication). 1984 National Geological Library of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing. 10x7”, 69p., In English. By author and subject. Covers publications from the first half of 1984. (bumped edge) $1

Bibliography of Taiwan geology : 1946 through 1972. 1973 Geological Survey of Taiwan. 10x6”, 137p. In English and Chinese. By author and subject. $21

Cretaceous and Cenozoic charophytes from Jiangsu. 1982 Geological Pub. House, Peking, China. 10x7", 66p. plus 28 pages of nice plates. $2

Geographic setting of Chengtu. (China) By George D. Hubbard. 1923 Oberlin College Laboratory Bulletin No. 34. 10x7”, 31p. plus wonderful photos, map. A great historical publication with plan of city and photos of buildings and inhabitants. In English. $12

Geology of the Panxi region, Sichuan province, southwest China. 1986 Co-operative geological group of Japan and China in the Panxi region. HARDBACK, blue cloth, in cardboard slip case. 10x7”, 340p., nicely illustrated, figures and plates numbered by section. (includes folded plate in pocket at back). In English. $88

Hunan : papers on the Devonian - Carboniferous transition beds of central Hunan, South China. 1996 Belgian Geological Survey and Chinese Academy of Geol. Sci (and others). 12x8", 229p., very nicely illustrated, some color. ALL in English. 13 different articles on various aspects of geology and paleontology. (edges faintly bumped, one cover tip bent). $22

New forms of seed-bearing fronds from the Cathaysia flora in Henan, China. 1979 Nanjing Institute of geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica, China. Paper for the 9th International congress of Carboniferous stratigraphy and geology. 10x7”, 5p., plus 3 plates. In English. $2

Petroleum resources of China and related subjects. 1988 Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, Volume 10. 11x8.5”, 909p., illus., plus folded map. In English. Content consists of 56 technical articles pertaining to petroleum, oil, on- and off-shore resources of China, tectonic and stratigraphy studies, Geophysical methods and applications, Sedimentological studies, Geochemical studies and more. This is a massive book. (lightly rubbed cover) $125

Physiography and igneous geology of Hong Kong and the New Territories. By M.Y. Williams, R.W. Brock, S.J. Schofield and T.C. Phemister. 1945 Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Third Series, Section 4, vol. 39. Pages 91-119, not illus. 10x6.5”. In English. (noticeably bumped corners). $5

Preliminary petrographic study of Miocene coals in Taiwan. 1971 Proceedings of Geol Soc of China. 10x7", 13p., illus. In English. (bumped corner). $1

Quaternary geology in the Beijing area : Excursion Guidebook 19. 1991 International Union for Quaternary Research, 13 INQUA International Congress, Beijing Chna. Softcover, 9.5x6.5”, 41p., illus. In English. $5

Structural geology of the Southern Hsuehshan range, Taiwan. 1971. Proceedings of Geol Soc of China. 10x7", 13p. fold-out, illus. In English. (bumped corner, edge of cover darkened). $1