Size11x8.5", nicely illustrated. Very good.
Lightly bumped edges and corners. Covers lightly rubbed and faintly soiled. Stamps.
These are substantial : each paper is an in-depth scientific report. Please ask if you need more information.
* * * In earlier bulletins, the many pages of plates are in addition to page numbers listed below.
Publisher's binding quality increases over the years : #'s 47 and up are mainly HARDBACK.

NZ GS Paleo 17 : 1952 : Permian fossils from Southland (3 articles) (upper end of spine bumped). 30p. $6

NZ GS Paleo 20 : 1952 : Early Tertiary Penguins of New Zealand (cover rough with some tears, one corner noticeably bumped). 66p. $14

NZ GS Paleo 35 : 1964 : Permian brachiopods of New Zealand. (cover lightly soiled, upper inch of spine covering off). 212p. $23

NZ GS Paleo 40 : 1965 : Descriptive index of genera of fossil Dinophyceae and Acritarcha. 72p. No illus. $5

NZ GS Paleo 48 : 1980 : New Zealand Permian brachiopod systematics, zonation, and Paleoecology. 158p. $19

NZ GS Paleo 51 : 1984 : Late Oligocene-early Miocene spores and pollen from Southland, New Zealand. 66p. $8

NZ GS Paleo 52 : 1984 : Triassic foraminifera from Southland syncline, New Zealand. 37p. $4

NZ GS Paleo 57 : 1988 : Paleocene and Eocene dinoflagellate cysts from Waipawa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. 96p. $12

 

Royal Society of New Zealand : Transactions
Papers were published individually, then placed as a loose bundle inside a paper wrap.
1 volume/year. Size10x7", illustrated, a few plates in pockets. Please ask if you need more.
Lightly bumped edges and corners. Stamp. Very good condition. Edges sunned. 4-100p, most around 15-30p.
Any aspect of geology, paleontology, and biology in N.Z., Pacific region and Antarctica.
Name change to "Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand." Click here to go to Journals.

RS of NZ Trans Vol 1 (1961-2) # 3 : Upper boundary of Hawera Series $2
RS of NZ Trans 1 (4) : Occurrence of Fructification carnoconites in New Zealand $2
RS of NZ Trans 1 (6) : Terms for real and apparent height changes of sea level and of parts of lithosphere $1
RS of NZ Trans 1 (7) : Teschenites from Acheron river, Mid-canterbury New Zealand with notes on surrounding geology $3
RS of NZ Trans 1 (12) : Biostratigraphy and paleoecology of Mauriceville district, New Zealand $2
RS of NZ Trans 1 (16) : Low sea levels in the Late Pleistocene $1
RS of NZ Trans 1 (18) : Plains and inselbergs of Humid tropics $1
RS of NZ Trans 1 (20) : Late tertiary Nonionid foraminifera from Wairarapa, New Zealand $1

RS of NZ Trans Vol. 2 (1963-1965) # 1 : Some foraminifera from Upper miocene and pliocene of Wairarapa, New Zealand $1
RS of NZ Trans 2 (2) : Plio-Pleistocene cyclothems, Wairarapa, New Zealand $3
RS of NZ Trans 2 (3) : Question of high Pleistocene shorlines $1
RS of NZ Trans 2 (4) : Upper Pleistocene succession in Inland part of Wairarapa valley, New Zealand $1
RS of NZ Trans 2 (7) : The alpine fault $2
RS of NZ Trans 2 (9) : Archaeocyatha from Shackleton limestone of Ross system, Nimrod Glacier area, Antararctica $2
RS of NZ Trans 2 (13) : Tectonic relief in south Kanto Japan $2

RS of NZ Trans Vol. 3 (1965-1966) #1 : Sedimentary cycles, correlation, and stratigraphic classification $1
RS of NZ Trans 3 (2) : Some characteristics of Pleistocene cold climates in New Zealand $1
RS of NZ Trans 3 (3) : New species of Pliobothrus, a Hydrocoral from Oligocene of New Zealand $1
RS of NZ Trans 3 (5) : A Permian fauna from NW Nelson, New Zealand $3
RS of NZ Trans 3 (13) : Age of Croisilles volcanics, eastern Nelson $1
RS of NZ Trans 3 (14) : Hackel syncline and neighbouring folds of Upper Tasman glacier $3
RS of NZ Trans 3 (15) : Faunal succession in two upper Miocene-lower Pliocene sections, Marlborough, New Zealand $2
RS of NZ Trans 3 (16) : Contributions to volcanic succession and petrology of the Auckland Islands, New Zealand Part I - West coast section through the Ross volcano. $2
RS of NZ Trans 3 (17) : Descriptions of new species and notes on taxonomy of foraminifera from Upper Eocene and Lower Oligocene of New Zealand $1

RS of NZ Trans Vol. 4 (1966) # 1 : Stratigraphy and fauna of the type section and neighbouring sections of Kapitean stage, Greymouth, New Zealand $12
RS of NZ Trans 4 (3) : Biostratigraphy and paleoecology in upper Miocene-lower Pliocene sections in Wairarapa and southern Hawke's Bay $2
RS of NZ Trans 4 (4) : Stratigraphy and structure of the Mount Adams area, Eastern Wairarapa $2
RS of NZ Trans 4 (5) : Cretaceous stratigraphy and structure of Lookout area, Awatere valley $2
RS of NZ Trans 4 (6) : Discovery of Permian fossils in Eglinton volcanics, Southland $1
RS of NZ Trans 4 (7) : Petrology, sedimentation, and paleontology of middle Miocene graded sandstones and mudstones, Kaiti beach, Gisborne $2

RS of NZ Trans Vol. 5 (1967-1968) # 2 : Contributions to volcanic succession and petrology of the Auckland Islands, New Zealand Part II - Upper parts of the Ross volcano. Nice photos. (bumped corner) $3
RS of NZ Trans 5 (6) : Proposal of series and stages for the Permian in New Zealand $1
RS of NZ Trans 5 (10) : Redescription of the Permian brachiopod Anidanthus springsurensis. $1
RS of NZ Trans 5 (11) : Tertiary fossils from the Auckland Islands $1

RS of NZ Trans Vol. 6 (1968-1969)
RS of NZ Trans 6 (3) : Rastelligera (Brachiopoda) of Upper Triassic of New Zealand $1
RS of NZ Trans 6 (6) : Low grade regional metamorphism in Waipapa group of Whangarei coastal region, Northland $1
RS of NZ Trans 6 (8) : Comparison of some Permian rocks on opposite sides of Alpine fault, south island, New Zealand $4
RS of NZ Trans 6 (9) : Note on a fossil fruit found near Lyell $1
RS of NZ Trans 6 (11) : Whatarangi formation (lower Cretaceous), Aorangi range, Wairarapa, New Zealand $1
RS of NZ Trans 6 (12) : Lower cretaceous marine fossils, including Maccoyells sp., from Whatarangi formation, east side of Palliser bay, New Zealand $1
RS of NZ Trans 6 (14) : Marine cliffing according to Darwin's theory $2
RS of NZ Trans 6 (15) : Comments on series and stages in Permian of New Zealand $1
RS of NZ Trans 6 (16) : On the supposed occurrence of Triograptus in New Zealand $1
RS of NZ Trans 6 (17) : Stratigraphy and structure of Pakaurangi point, Kaipara, New Zealand $2
RS of NZ Trans 6 (18) : Upper Triassic fossils from Oroua valley, Ruahine range, New Zealand $1

RS of NZ Trans Vol. 7 (1969-1970) #1 : Trace fossils from the Turbidite facies of Waitemata group, Whangaparaoa peninsula, Auckland $1
RS of NZ Trans 7 (6) : Humus in soil development - Basaltic soils in Bay of Islands, New Zealand and New England, NSW. $1
RS of NZ Trans 7 (7) : World significance of New Zealand Permian stages $2
RS of NZ Trans 7 (10) : Petrological study of Kaiwhata sill, Agahape, Wairarapa, New Zealand $1
RS of NZ Trans 7 (11) : Radiocarbon dating and pollen analyses from Otiran Periglacial fans in western Wellington. $1
RS of NZ Trans 7 (13) : Age of Hawks Crag Breccia $1

RS of NZ Trans Vol. 8 (1970)
RS of NZ Trans 8 (2) : Seismic regions of south Island of New Zealand $1
RS of NZ Trans 8 (4) : Contributions to the Geology of northernmost New Zealand Part II - Stratigraphy of North Cape district. $2
RS of NZ Trans 8 (6) : Checklist of valid and invalid plant macrofossils from New Zealand $3
RS of NZ Trans 8 (10) : Quaternary geology of AW Auckland coastal region $2

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Misc. New Zealand geology and natural history publications
Unless otherwise noted, these are offprints, about 9x6" to 10x7". Most are illus. Owner's stamp, lightly bumped corners.
In alphabetical order by title. Please also if you need more information on any title.

Additional data on the volcanic argillites from Red Rock Point, Wellington. 1958 NZ Jour of Geol. and Geophysics. Vol 1(4), pages 635-50. $1

Apatite and scapolite as petrogenetic indicators in granolites of Milford sound, New Zealand. 1980 Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. vol. 74, pages 339-348. 11x8.5". (bumped edges) $1

Aspects of Australasian biogeography - Cirripedia : Thoracica. Late 1970s. Geology Department, University of Auckland, Private Bag. Pages 485-490. $1

Bouguer anomaly map of New Zealand. 1958. NZ Jour of Geol. and Geophysics. Vol. 1(3), pages 560-564. Includes small fold-out map of the country. $3

Cretaceous-recent plate tectonic history and paleoceanographic development of the southern hemisphere. 1980. NZ DSIR Information Series 137, vol. 1. Pages 27-42. $3

Crustal structure across the Tasman sea. 1971 NZ Jour of Geol. and Geophysics.vol. 14(1), pages 39-45. $1

Eruptive rocks of New Zealand by F.W. Hutton. 1889 Royal Society of New South Wales. Pages 102-156 plus a plate. (Has been folded, one closed margin tear). $9

Geological reconnaissance of district between Franz Josef Glacier and Copland valley. 1955 Trans. Royal Soc. of NZ, vol. 82(5), pages 1123-1128. (Bumped edge) $1

Geology of the Urewera Greywacke in Waioeka Gorge, Raukumara Peninsula, New Zealand. 1979. NZ Jour of Geol. and Geophysics. vol. 22(6), pages 693-708. $2

Gravity and custal thickness in New Zealand. 1962 NZ Jour of Geol. and Geophysics. Vol. 5(2), pages 228-233. $1

Great Barrier Island silver - gold deposits, Hauraki province, New Zealand. 1974 Mineral. Deposita (Berl.) vol. 9, pages 143-153. $3

Hydrogeology of Metropolitan Christchurch. 1976 Journal of Hydrology (NZ). Vol. 15(2), pages 101-120. $2

Interpretation of gravity and magnetic anomalies at Hokianga, Northland. 1970 NZ Jour of Geol. and Geophysics. Vol. 13(2), pages 364-369. $1

Late Cainozoic sedimentaiton and tectonics of the east coast deformed belt, in Marlborough, New Zealand. 1980 Spec. Publ. Int. Ass. Adeiment. vol. 4, pages 217-228. $1

Makara basin : a Miocene slope-basin along the New Zealand sector of the Australian-Pacific obliquely convergent plate boundary. 1980 Spec. Publ. Int. Ass. Seiment. vol. 4, pages 191-215. $3

Marshall Paraconformity (Note). 1980 NZ Jour of Geol. and Geophysics. Vol. 23(1), pages 125-133. $1

Models of sediment distribution in non-marine and shallow marine environments in oblique-slip fault zones. 1980 Spec. Publ. Inst. Ass. Sediment. vol. 4, pages 229-236. Includes examples from San Andreas Fault zone California and Alpine Fault zone of New Zealand. $2

New Zealand and oblique-slip margins : tectonic development up to and during the Cainozoic. 1980 Spec. Publ. Int. Ass. Sediment. vol. 4, 147-170. $4

Notes on the rhyolites of the Hauraki goldfields (New Zealand). Part I : Characteristics of the Rhyolites in the Field. By J. Park and F. Rutley, with chemical analyses by Philip Holland. 1899 Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, No. 219, vol. 55. Pages 451-469, includes 3 plates and a fold-out map of the gold fields. (has been folded, multiple owner stamps on wraps). $12

Paleostress axes from mineral striations in faulted Mesozoic basement, Auckland, New Zealand. 1980. NZ Jour of Geol. and Geophysics. Vol. 23(2), pages 155-166. $1

Patterns of Quaternary basaltic volcanism in the northern North Island, New Zealand. 1980 NZ Jour of Geol. and Geophysics. vol. 23, pages 335-344. $1

Petrography of the youngest known Murihiku Supergroup, New Zealand : Latest Jurassic arc volcanism on the southern margin of Gondwana. 1980 Proceedings of the Fifth International Gondwana Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand. Pages 161-166. Gondwana Five. $1

Petrography of Ti Point group, Northland, New Zealand. 1980 NZ Jour of Geol. and Geophysics., Vol. 23, pages 345-351. $1

Potassium-Argon age of some New Zealand Lamprophyre dikes near the Alpine fault. 1971 NZ Jour of Geol. and Geophysics. Vol. 14(2), pages 341-350. $1

Round Hill Goldfield, Southland. by E.O. MacPherson. 1938 New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 19 (12), pages 743-749. Includes fold-out map. (bumped edge) $6

Scheelite deposits at Glenorchy, New Zealand. 1945 Trans. Royal Scoiety of New Zealand, vol. 75(3), pages 371-393. $3

Seismic refraction studies in the northern Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. 1980 NZ Jour of Geol. and Geophysics. Vol. 23(1), pages 17-25. $1

Significance of carbonate concretionary growths on a Moa bone in Holocene tidal flat deposits beneath Auckland city, New Zealand. 1980 Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus. vol. 17, pages 105-112. $1

Significance of geology in some current water resource problems, Canterbury Plains, New Zealand. 1973 Journal of Hydrology (NZ). Vol. 12(2), pages 103-118. $2

Significance of Tethyan fusulinid limestones of New Zealand. 1980 Proceedings of the Fifth International Gondwana Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand. Pages 223-229. Gondwana Five. $1

Spilites, serpentinites and associated rocks of the Mossburn district, Southland. 1950 Trans. Royal Soc. of NZ., vol. 78 (1), pages 106-126. $4

Steeply plunging folds in the Sealy range, southern alps. 1964 NZ Jour of Geol. and Geophysics. Vol. 7(3), pages 403-423. Includes nice fold-out plate. $4

Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Coalgate area, Canterbury, New Zealand. 1980 NZ Jour of Geol. and Geophysics. Vol. 23(2)., pages 179-192, fold-out plate. $2

Structural geology in high mountains, especially the New Zealand alps. By A.R. Lillie. 1963 New Zealand Alpine Journal, vol. 20 (50), pages 1-18, fold-out plate. $4

Taupo pumice : product of the most powerful known (Ultraplinian ) eruption? 1980 Journal of volcanology and geothermal research vol. 8, pages 69-94. $3

Tholeiitic basalt from the Monowai seamount, Tonga-Kermadec ridge (Note). 1980 NZ Jour of Geol. and Geophysics. Vol. 23, pages 537-539. $1

Volcanic geology of the Waipoua area, Northland, New Zealand. 1980 NZ Jour of Geol. and Geophysics. Vol. 23(1), pages 83-91. $1