British Geological Survey : Annual reports : $1 each or all 8 for $5

British Geological Survey : 11x8", Very nice publications with color photos. 50-75p. each.
Available issues : 1989-90, 1994-5, 1995-6, 1996-7, 1998-9, 1999-2000 (once bent).

Summary of Progress of Geological Survey of Great Britain and the museum of practical geology : 9x6", 90p. each. Bumped corners.
Available years : 1962, 1963.

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British Geological Survey : Bulletins (DSIR : NERC)
For issues with multiple articles, subjects span range of geology, paleontology and more.
Size through # 54 is 9.5x6", after that size is 11x8.5", 30-200p. 100-200 common.
(larger format has page counts at the lower end of range) Illustrated, some maps and fold-outs.
Through #32 : Very good condition : Lightly bumped edges, corners and spine ends. Owner's stamp.
After 32, Good to VG. Stamp, bumped edges and corners, covers/spines color rubbed (esp. smaller format).
For bulletins with more than 3 articles, I have listed only some locations. Please ask if you need more.

Available bulletins: Single topic issues $5 each, Multi-topic issues $3.
(Bulletin # : #'s of articles if more than 1 : partial titles or locations)

BGS Bulletin 33 : 5 articles : Trial boreholes in coal measures at Dudley, Worcestershire. Glacial geology of West Inverness-shire. Brachiopod genus Crania. British Carboniferous Isogrammidae. Petrographical review of sections of stone axes. (1970) 100p.

BGS Bulletin 34 : Purbeck beds of the Weald (England). 1971.

BGS Bulletin 35 : Pre-Westphalian geology of the Warwickshire coalfield. 1971. Color frontispiece.

BGS Bulletin 39 : 3 articles : Palynology of concealed Devonian rocks of S. England AND Some British carboniferous psecies of the brachiopod genus Leptagonia AND Note on the type specimen of Orbiculoidea bulla. 1972.

BGS Bulletin 40 : 3 articles : Carboniferous rocks of the Muirkirk, Gass water and Glenmuir areas of Ayrshire AND Tuffisitic breccias, tuffisites and associated carbonate-sulphide mineralization in SE Shetland AND Principal component analysis of lithological variables from some Namurian paralic sediments in central Scotland. 1972

BGS Bulletin 43 : 2 articles : Tremadoc faunas from boreholes in Central England AND Graptolite fauna of the Great Paxton Borehole, Huntingdonshire. 1973.

BGS Bulletin 48 : 4 : York, Humber estuary, Derbyshire, Cromarty firth Scotland. 1974. This issue is mostly about glacial events and sea-levels.

BGS Bulletin 49 : 4 : Scottish bryozoa, Slide rocks Loch Shin Scotland, Clava Scotland, Glaciers N. Scotland. 1975.

BGS Bulletin 53 : Conodont zonation of the late Visean - early Westphalian strata of the south and central Pennines of northern England. 1975.

BGS Bulletin 54 : 2 articles : Geological Survey boreholes in S. Brecknockshire and their bearing on the stratigraphy of Upper old red sandstone and the carboniferous-Old red standstone boundary east of the Afon hepste AND Kellaways beds of the area between Chippenham and Malmesbury, Wiltshire. 1975.

BGS Bulletin 56 : Aquifer preperties of Permo-Triassic sandstones in the United Kingdom. 1977.

BGS Bulletin 57 : Stratigraphy of the Steeple Aston Borehole, Oxfordshire. 1977.

BGS Bulletin 58 : Mesozoic stratigraphy of two boreholes near Worlaby, Humberside. 1979.

BGS Bulletin 59 : 2 : Institute of Geological Sciences borehole at Duffield, Derbyshire AND Petrology of the intrusive igneous rocks in the Duffiled borehole, Derbyshire. 1977.

BGS Bulletin 62 : 4 : Rutland, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, King collection of Permian fossils. 1977.

BGS Bulletin 63 : Hanginghill Farm (1970) borehole, South Derbyshire Coalfield. 1977.

BGS Bulletin 66 : Pleistocene succession at Kenn, Somerset. 1978.

BGS Bulletin 67 : Recent boreholes in the attenuated Carboniferous strata of Blaenavon - Pontypool area, Gwent. 1978. (bumped corner)

BGS Bulletin 68 : Stratigraphy of Withycombe Farm borehole, near Banbury, Oxfordshire. 1978.

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British Geological Survey : Reports (NERC : IGS, changing to BGS with a different numbering system in 1984.)
11.5x8", Illustrated, some color, plates. These reports are comparable to USGS Professional Papers.
Very good condition : Covers lightly rubbed, edges and corners lightly bumped, owner's stamp.
Some spines rubbed or lightly crinkled. Some have lengthwise bend from being stored in a slump - should flatten.
Please ask if you need more information on any item.
(Unless otherwise noted, first number is also the year the report was published).

Available Reports : $2 each unless otherwise noted.

BGS Report 69-1 : Geochemistry of sedimentary rocks : 1. Petrography and chemistry of arenaceous rocks. 68p

BGS Report 69-3 : Cruise report, Humber Investigations 1968. 23p. (has been bent)

BGS Report 69-7 : Lower Old Red Sandstone ignimbrites from Dunkeld, Perthshire. 7p.

BGS Report 69-9 : Sand and gravel resources of inner Moray Firth. 19p.

BGS Report 70-1 : Preliminary report on marine geological and geophysical work off the east coast of Scotland 1966-1968. 31p. (bumped corner).

BGS Report 70-4 : Sands and gravels of southern counties of Scotland. 81p.

BGS Report 70-6 : Petrological - mineralogical code for computer use. 134p. A few small punctures through last few pages.

BGS Report 70-9 : Drift sequence and subglacial topography in parts of the Ouse and Nene basin. 30p.

BGS Report 70-10 : Regional magnetic anomalies : An analysis of the smoothed aeromagnetic map of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.8p. plus large 1st ed. map in pocket.

BGS Report 70-11 : Perlitic obsidian at Sandy Braes, Co. Antrim : its devitrification and volumetric relationships. 8p.

BGS Report 70-12 : Lower Old Red Sandstone of the Strathmore Region. 24p. plus color map and four large figures of vertical sections in pocket.

BGS Report 70-16 : Geology of the East Atlantic Continenetal Margin : 4. Africa. (ICSU/SCOR Working Party 31 Symposium, Cambridge 1970). 209p.

BGS Report 71-1 : Synthesis of International geomagnetic reference field values. 21p.

BGS Report 71-3 : Stratigraphy of the upeer Magnesian Limestone in Durham : a revision based on the Institute's Seaham Borehole. 12p.

BGS Report 71-5 : Organic geochemistry of some Carboniferous shales from the South Wales coalfield. 6p.

BGS Report 71-6 : The Rb : Sr age and K / Rb ratios of samples from the St. Austell Granite, Cornwall. 10p.

BGS Report 71-8 : Structural and stratigraphical geology of a portion of the eastern English Channel. 24p. Plate in pocket. (bumped corners) $6

BGS Report 71-11 : Geological results of Channel Tunnel site investigation 1964-5. 12p., Plate in pocket.

BGS Report 71-13 : Pilot project on storage and retrieval by computer of geological information from cored boredholes in central Scotland. 30p. $1

BGS Report 71-14 : Quantitative comparison, using cross-association, of vertical sections of Namurian (E1) paralic sediments in Kincardine basin, Scotland. 21p.

BGS Report 71-15 : Data banking of drift borehole records for Edinburgh area. 19p. $1

BGS Report 71-20 : Sand and gravel resources of the country SE of Norwich, Norfolk - description of 1:25,000 resource sheet TG 20. (Assessment of British sand and gravel resources #1) 94p. Color plate in pocket. $4

BGS Report 72-2 : Pleistocene history of Barnstaple area. 11p.

BGS Report 72-3 : Intra-Liassic structures in Severn Basin area. 5p.

BGS Report 72-4 : Interglacial deposit near Austerfield, southern Yorkshire. 13p. (bumped corners)

BGS Report 72-5 : Diatomaceous deposits in Snowdonia. 8p. (bumped corner)

BGS Report 72-6 : Sand and gravel resources of the country around Witham, Essex - description of 1:25,000 resource sheet TL 81. (Assessment of British sand and gravel resources #2) 90p. Color plate in pocket. $4

BGS Report 72-7 : Reservoir principle of mass movement. 13p. (bumped corner)

BGS Report 72-9 : Sand and gravel resources of the area S and W of Woodbridge, Suffolk - Description of 1:25,000 resource sheet TM 24. (Assessment of British sand and gravel resources #3) 128p. Color plate in pocket. (bumped corner) $4

BGS Report 73-1 : Sand and gravel resources of the country around Maldon, Essex - description of 1:25,000 resource sheet TL 80. (Assessment of British sand and gravel resources #4) 60p. Color plate in pocket. $4

BGS Report 73-4 : Sand and gravel resources of the country around Hethersett, Norfolk - description of 1:25,000 resource sheet TG 10. (Assessment of British sand and gravel resources #5) 80p. Color plate in pocket. (bumped corners, lower spine end rough)

BGS Report 73-5 : Sand and gravel resources of the country around Terling, Essex - description of 1:25,000 resource sheet TL 71. (Assessment of British sand and gravel resources #6) 120p. Color plate in pocket. $4

BGS Report 73-6 : Computer mapping of drift lithology from borehole records. 12p. Plate in pocket. (bumped edge) $1

BGS Report 73-7 : Mode of intrusion of Cornish elvans. 8p.

BGS Report 73-8 : Sand and gravel resources of the country around Layer Breton and Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex - description of 1:25,000 resource sheet TL 91 and part of TL 90. (Assessment of British sand and gravel resources #7) 34p. Color plate in pocket. $4

BGS Report 73-12 : Geology of Peterborough. 86p. Plates in pocket, including large full-color geologic map. (bumped corner) $8

BGS Report 73-13 : Sand and gravel resources of the country around Shotley and Felixstowe, Suffolk - description of 1:25,000 resource sheet TM 23. (Assessment of British sand and gravel resources #8) 71p. Color plate in pocket. $4

BGS Report 73-15 : Sand and gravel resources of the country around Attlebridge, Norfolk - description of 1:25,000 resource sheet TG 11. (Assessment of British sand and gravel resources #9). 129p. Color plate in pocket. (spine slightly rough) $4

BGS Report 73-17 : New look at river capture and at denudation history of the Weald. 21p. (Bumped corners)

BGS Report 73-18 : Computer system for storage and retrieval of hydrogeological data from well records. 34p. (bumped corners) $1

BGS Report 74-1 : Analysis of geological data using ROKDOC, a Fortran IV package for the IBM 360-65 computer. 131p. (bumped corner)

BGS Report 74-2 : Sedimentary sequence of Wealden beds in boreholes near Cuckfield, Sussex. 60p. Plate in pocket. (bumped corner)

BGS Report 74-3 : Black Ven landslip, Charmouth, Dorset. 16p. Plate in pocket. Neat photos!

BGS Report 74-6 : Sand and gravel resources of the country west of Colchester, Essex - description of 1:25,000 resource sheet TL 92. (Assessment of British sand and gravel resources #10) 68p. Color plate in pocket. (bumped corners) $4

BGS Report 74-7 : Institute of Geological Sciences boreholes 1973. 23p.

BGS Report 74-9 : Sand and gravel resources of the country around Tattingstone, Suffolk - description of 1:25,000 resource sheet TM 13. (Assessment of British sand and gravel resources #11) 86p. Color plate in pocket. $4

BGS Report 74-10 : Infiltration studies on the Lower Greensand outcrop near Liss, Hampshire. 16p.

BGS Report 74-11 : Sequence of Pleistocene deposits proved during the construction of Birmingham motorways. 21p.

BGS Report 74-13 : Classification of the Carboniferous rocks of SW England. 7p. Plate in pocket.

BGS Report 74-14 : Sand and gravel resources of the country around Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire - description of parts of 1:25,000 resource sheets SU 98, SU 99, TQ 08 and TQ 09. (Assessment of British sand and gravel resources #12) 169p. Large color plate in pocket. (bumped corner) $4

BGS Report 74-15 : Gravity survey of Malawi : fieldwork and processing. 36p. 2 large plates in pocket. (bumped corner) $5

BGS Report 74-16 : Geology of the new town of Milton Keynes - Explanation of 1:25,000 Special Geological Sheet SP 83 with parts of SP 73, 74, 84, 93, 94. 104p. Plate in pocket. $12

BGS Report 75-2 : Mathematical model of Akrotiri Plio-Pleistocene gravel aquifer, Cyprus. 32p. $1

BGS Report 75-3 : Feasibility studies for a petrographical data bank. 31p. $1

BGS Report 75-4 : Engineering geology of the Pleistocene deposits of Birmingham district. 20p.

BGS Report 75-5 : System for computer storage and retrieval of Petrographical and related data. 42p. $1

BGS Report 75-6 : Geochemical survey of stream waters and stream sediments from the Cheviot area. 29p.

BGS Report 75-7 : Institute of Geological Sciences boreholes 1974. 26p.

BGS Report 75-9 : Automatic data handling system for quantitative X-ray microprobe analysis. 14p. $1

BGS Report 75-10 : Chart of the magnetic declination for the British Isles, epoch 1975.0. 8p.

BGS Report 75-12 : Stratigraphy of Cooden borehole, near Bexhill, Sussex. 23p. Plate in pocket.

BGS Report 75-13 : The type Wenlock series. 19p. Plate in pocket.

BGS Report 76-2 : Trias of Worcestershire and Warwickshire. 211p. Plates in pocket. (bumped corners) $7

BGS Report 76-3 : Hydrological basis for large-scale development of groundwater storage capacity in East Yorkshire chalk. 71p. $4

BGS Report 76-4 : Groundwater resource development and saline water intrusion in the Chalk aquifer of North Humberside. 34p.

BGS Report 76-5 : Estimation of induced recharge of river water into Chalk boreholes at Taplow using hydraulic analysis, geophysical logging and geochemical methods. 38p.

BGS Report 76-9 : Groundwater storage in Fife and Kinross - its potential as a regional resource. 21p.

BGS Report 76-10 : Institute of Geological Sciences boreholes 1975. 47p. (bumped corner)

BGS Report 76-11 : Rapid method for analysis of trace elements in rocks, stream sediments and soils by photographic emission spectrography using a semi-automated method of plate evaluation. 30p. $1

BGS Report 76-12 : Disposal of highly-active, solid radioactive wastes into geological formations - relevant geological criteria for the United Kingdom. 4p.

BGS Report 77-2 : Sand and gravel resources of the Grampian region. 24p.

BGS Report 77-3 : Analysis of limestone survey samples by direct electron excitation X-ray spectrometry. 7p.

BGS Report 77-4 : Electrical prospecting on the continental shelf. 41p.

BGS Report 77-5 : Sand and gravel resources of the Fife region. 14p.

BGS Report 77-6 : Sand and gravel resources of the Tayside region. 30p.

BGS Report 77-10 : Institute of Geological Sciences boreholes 1976. 46p. (noticeably bumped corner)

BGS Report 77-11 : Quaternary deposits of the central North Sea, 1 and 2. 22p. (bumped corner)

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BGS Report 77-12 : Quaternary deposits of the central North Sea, 3. 18p. (bumped corner)

BGS Report 77-13 : Quaternary deposits of the central North Sea, 4. 15p.

BGS Report 77-14 : Quaternary deposits of the central North Sea, 5. 50p. (entire paper bent from crooked storage - should flatten with time).

BGS Report 77-15 : Quaternary deposits of the central North Sea, 6. 18p. (entire paper bent from crooked storage - should flatten with time).

BGS Report 77-17 : Institute of Geological Sciences studies of the geology of the Firth of Forth and its approaches. 56p. Plates in pocket, two are full-color. (bumped corners) $15

BGS Report 77-25 : Standard lithostratigraphic nomenclature for the Central and Northern North Sea (Norwegian petroleum directorate Bulletin 1). 35p. plus a large packet of plates. (cardboard container flattened, with some rough/torn sport. Contents excellent).). $15

BGS Report 78-1 : Sand and gravel resources of Lothian region of Scotland. 18p. (bumped corners)

BGS Report 78-2 : Old Red Sandstone intrusive complex of N. Northmaven, Shetland. 60p. Plates in pocket. (bumped corners) $7

BGS Report 78-3 : Broadoak borehole, Sussex. 38p. Plate in pocket. (noticeably bumped corner) $5

BGS Report 78-4 : Geochemical survey of the Cheviot area in Northumberland and Roxburghshire using panned mineral concentrates. 37p. (bumped corner)

BGS Report 78-5 : Detailed investigation of a late- Glacial faunal succession at Ardyne, Argyll, Scotland. 17p. (bumped corner)

BGS Report 78-6 : Stratigraphy of Silurian and Oil Red Sandstone of Cennen valley and adjacent areas, SE Dyfed, Wales. 45p. Plates in pocket. $4

BGS Report 78-9 : Solid geology of the Clyde sheet (55 degrees North / 6 degrees West). 114p. Multiple plates in pocket. (bumped corner)

BGS Report 78-10 : Lower London tertiary (Palaeocene) succession of Herne Bay, Kent. 12p. Plate in pocket.

BGS Report 78-11 : Stratigraphy of the Weald Clay. 23p.

BGS Report 78-14 : Upper Permian palaeontology of the Aiskew Bank Farm borehole, north Yorkshire. 6p.

BGS Report 78-18 : Geological and geophysical survey of The Wash. 32p. 6 large plates in special packet. (cardboard container flattened) $8

BGS Report 78-19 : Geological investigations for the Wash Water Storage Scheme. 74p. Plates in pocket.

BGS Report 78-21 : Institute of Geological Sciences boreholes 1977. 24p.

BGS Report 78-23 : Boreholes in the Wealden beds of the Hailsham area, Sussex. 22p.

BGS Report 78-25 : Ellisina and Periporosella (superfamily Membraniporacea) from the Upper Cretaceous of Europe. 29p. (noticeably bumped corner).

BGS Report 78-26 : Pleistocene deposits of the Channel Islands. 14p.

BGS Report 78-27 : Preparation of polished sections. 20p.

BGS Report 78-29 : Lower part of the Limestone coal group in the Glasgow district. 19p.

BGS Report 78-31 : Geology and underground storage : a review with reference to Scotland. 17p. (bumped corner)

BGS Report 79-1 : Petrology and geochronology of hypersthene granites in the Mchinji area, Malawi. 18p.

BGS Report 79-2 : Composition of Holocene sands of Mull and adjacent offshore areas: a study of provenance. 9p.

BGS Report 79-3 : Inferior Oolite (Bajocian) sequence from a borehole in Lyme Bay, Dorset. 27p. Plate in pocket. (bumped corner)

BGS Report 79-4 : Lower coal measures of central Glasgow. 12p.

BGS Report 79-5 : Rb - Sr age determinations in the Bangweulu Block, Luapula province, Zambia. 11p.

BGS Report 79-6 : Two day meeting on lysimeters. 50p. (bumped corner) $4

BGS Report 79-8 : Institute of Geological Sciences boreholes drilled from MV Whitethorn in the English Channel 1973-5. 45p.

BGS Report 79-9 : Offshore micropalaeontological biostratigraphy of southern and western Britain. 65p. (bumped corner)

BGS Report 79-10 : Geological and geophysical investigations in Lyme Bay. 24p. Plate in pocket. (bumped corner)

BGS Report 79-12 : Institute of Geological Sciences Boreholes 1978. 18p. (bumped corner)

BGS Report 79-13 : Mesozoic rocks proved by IGS boreholes in the Humber and Acklam areas. 34p.

BGS Report 79-14 : Geochemical considerations in the choice of host rock for disposal of high-level radioactive wastes. 36p.

BGS Report 79-16 : Lingula bands in the upper part of the Limestone coal group (E1 stage of the Namurian) in the Glasgow district. 15p.

BGS Report 80-1 : Institute of Geological Sciences short communications. 48p.

BGS Report 80-2 : Intrusive and pneumatolytic breccias in SW England. 23p.

BGS Report 80-3 : Distribution of coelenterate order Heterocorallia in the Carboniferous of the British Isles. 18p. (bumped corner)

BGS Report 80-5 : Methods for the chemical analysis of groundwater. 55p. (bumped corner)

BGS Report 80-7 : Late and post-glacial marine environments in part of the Inner Cromarty Firth, Scotland. 11p.

BGS Report 80-8 : Aptain-Cenomanian stratigraphy in boreholes from offshore SW England. 12p.

BGS Report 80-10 : Conodont zonation and correlation of the Dinantian and early Namurian strata of the Craven Lowlands of N. England. 70p. $5

BGS Report 80-11 : Institute of Geological Sciences boreholes 1979. 10p.

BGS Report 80-12 : 1977-79 geological and hydrogeological investigations at the Windscale works, Sellafield, Cumbria. 27p.

BGS Report 81-2 : Keuper saliferous beds of the Droitwich area. 19p.

BGS Report 81-3 : Winterborne Kingston borehole, Dorset, England. * * * 196p. Plates in pocket. $16

BGS Report 81-4 : Petrology of the Great Whin sill in the Throckley borehole, Northumberland. 32p.

BGS Report 81-5 : Detailed hydrogeochemical study of groundwaters from the Triassic sandstone aquifer of SW England. 43p. (bumped corner)

BGS Report 81-6 : Investigation of groundwater potential of the Calciferous sandstone measures at Haddington, East Lothian. 13p.

BGS Report 81-7 : Quaternary estuarine deposits in the Tay-Earn area, Scotland. 35p.

BGS Report 81-9 : Stratigraphical distribution of gigantoproductoid brachiopods in the Visean and Namurian rocks of some areas in northern England. 30p.

BGS Report 81-10 : Holocene deposits of the Channel islands. 13p.

BGS Report 81-11 : Institute of Geological Sciences boreholes 1980. 12p. (bumped corner)

BGS Report 81-13 : Investigation of the landfill at Eastfield Quarry, Fauldhouse, west Lothian, Scotland. 20p.

BGS Report 81-14 : Standard nomenclature for the Triasic formations of the Ashbourne district. 18p.

BGS Report 82-2 : User's guide to core-storage facilities in the British Isles and republic of Ireland. 10p. (bumped corner) $1

BGS Report 82-3 : Wide-angle seismic reflection profiling on inland waterways. 15p.

BGS Report 82-4 : Stratigraphy of the Upper Limestone group (E1 and E2 stages of the Namurian) in the Glasgow district. 22p.

BGS Report 82-5 : Geology of the IGS deep borehole (Devonian-Carboniferous) at Knap farm, Cannington Park, Somerset. 37p. (edges bumped)

BGS Report 82-6 : Recent advances in hydrogeological research in France. 90p. $3

BGS Report 82-7 : Cainozoic micropalaeontological biostratigraphy of the North Sea. 40p. (bumped corner)

BGS Report 82-8 : Standard nomenclature for the Dinantian formations of the Peak district of Derbyshire and Staffordshire. 18p.

BGS Report 82-10 : Regional gravity anomalies. 1. Northern Britain. 44p. Two large color maps in pocket. (bumped corner) $5

BGS Report 82-11 : Institute of Geological Sciences boreholes 1981. 12p. (bumped corner)

BGS Report 82-13 : Old Red Sandstone east of Loch Ness, Inverness-shire. 26p. Color plate in pocket. (bumped corners) $3

BGS Report 82-15 : Environmental geology of the Glenrothes district, Fife region. Description of 1:25,000 sheet NO 20. 54p. Large color plates in pocket.

BGS Report 83-2 : Dinoflagellate cyst zonation of the English Jurassic. 42p. Plate in pocket.

BGS Report 83-3 : Nitrate pollution problem in groundwater supplies from Jurassic limestones in central Lincolnshire. 22p.

BGS Report 83-7 : Old Red Sandstone of the Mealfuarvonie Outlier, west of Loch Ness, Inverness-shire. 17p. (bumped corners)

BGS Report 83-9 : Stratigraphy of Palaeogene sediments in a cored borehole off the coast of NE Yorkshire. 10p. Plate in pocket.

This is where the name and numbering change occurred. Format is the same.
Change from Institute of Geological Sciences TO British Geological Survey.
The first report here would have been 84-1, but is now Vol. 16 #1.
Volume 16 : 1984-85. Volume 17 : 1986. Volume 18 : 1986. Volume 19 : 1987-8.

BGS Report 16(6) : 1:1,000,000 northern North Sea Bouguer anomaly gravity map. 6p. Color plate in pocket. (bumped corner)

BGS Report 16(8) : Engineering geology of the upper Forth Estuary. 56p. Includes large packet of 8 full-color maps 1:50,000 sheets. Plate pocket has detached, but plates themselves like new. Back cover a bit crumpled because of thick plate packet. $51

BGS Report 16(11) : British Geological Survey boreholes 1983. 15p.

BGS Report 17(2) : Revised Quaternary stratigraphy for the central North Sea. 35p. Color plate in pocket. $9

BGS Report 17(3) : Investigation of the geology of the low-level radioactive waste burial site at Drigg, Cumbria. 24p.$5

BGS Report 17(4) : Classification of volcanic rocks of the British Isles on the total alkali oxide - silica diagram, and the significance of alteration. 9p.

BGS Report 17(5) : Difuse pollution and groundwater quality of the Triassic sandstone aquifer in southern Yorkshire. 27p. $5

BGS Report 17(6) : Petrology of Lower Permian volcanic rocks from the Larne No. 2 (geothermal) borehole, County Antrim, N. Ireland. 11p. (bumped corner)

BGS Report 17(8) : Correlation of electrical resistivity marker bands in the Cenomanian and Turonian Chalk from the London basin to east Yorkshire. 18p. Plate in pocket.

BGS Report 18(3) : Lithostratigraphy of the late Devonian and early Carboniferous rocks in the Midland Valley of Scotland. 14p.

BGS Report 18(5) : Geology of the late Ordovician and Silurian rocks (Windermere Group) in the area around Kentmore and Crook. 32p. Plate in pocket. (bumped corner) $11

BGS Report 19(1) : British Geological Survey boreholes 1984-6. 17p. (bumped corner)

BGS Report 19(3) : Croft borehole in the Lilleshall Inlier of north Shropshire. 14p. (bumped corner)

 

Geological Society of London : Quarterly Journal
There are some lovely plates in these old journals! Content listed includes most of the bigger pieces.
* * * See also Misc. section below, which includes offprints from this journal.

Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society Vol. 24(2), No. 94. 1868 London. Softcover, 9x5.5”, illus. , plates, fold-outs. Pages 83-198, plus. (Content generally VG. Front cover has chipped edge, paper rough over spine. Slightly cupped, edge of page block bumped. Partly uncut) $75

Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society Vol. 24(3), No. 95. 1868 London. Softcover, 9x5.5”, illus., plates. Pages 199-350. (Content generally VG, front cover loose, back cover missing, paper over spine missing. Partly uncut, partly disbound.) $75

Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society Vol. 24(4), No. 96. 1868 London. Softcover, 9x5.5”, illus., plates, some excellent color plates. Pages 351-574. (Content generally VG. Front cover missing, a couple pages there are loose. Back cover loose. Partly disbound. Paper over spine missing) $75

Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society Vol. 29(1), No. 113. 1873 London. Softcover, 9x5.5”, illus., Plates. Pages 1-98. (Content generally VG. Covers loose, front cover and first couple pages have rough edges, paper missing over spine. Edge of page block bumped. Owner’s name). $75

Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society Vol. 29(2), No. 114. 1873 London. Softcover, 9x5.5”, illus. , plates. Pages 99-316. (Content generally VG, partly Uncut. Back cover loose, paper missing over spine. $95

Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society Vol. 29(3), No. 115. 1873 London. Softcover, 9x5.5”, illus., plates. Pages 317-492. (Very good, spine ends slightly rough) $95

Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society Vol. 29(4), No. 116. 1873 London. Softcover, 9x5.5”, illus., plates Pages 493-584. (Content generally VG, one plate margin has soil. Partly Uncut. Back cover missing, spine ends rough, edge of page block bumped. $75

Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society Vol. 96(1), No. 381. 1940 London. Softcover, 9x5.5”, illus. , plates, fold-outs. Pages 1-130. (Very Good) $30

Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society Vol. 96(2), No. 382. 1940 London. Softcover, 9x5.5”, illus., plates, fold-outs. Pages 131-269, plus. (Good, few pages have creased corners at back) $30

 

Institution of Mining and Metallurgy : Transactions
Hardbound, Half leather with green or blue cloth, 8.5x6”. Content listed is a sample.
Good for age. Bindings solid, leather abraded at edges and corners.

Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 11th session : 1901-1902 : Vol. 11, Part 2. 79 finely detailed fold-out plates – an extremely SCARCE book. The text volume is not here. (Plates are in excellent condition, supple and white. Edge of page block is darkened, leather abraded over spine and at corners) $135

Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 20th session : 1910-1911 : Vol. 20. 572p., illus., photos., some fold-outs. Marbled end papers. (Content VG, clean and bright. Front hinge shaken, leather cracked over it. Corner tips bumped, leather rubbed at edges and ridges. Cover lightly rubbed overall). $75

Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 38th session : 1928-1929 : Vol. 38. 502p., illus., some fold-outs. Marbled end papers. (Content VG, clean and bright. Leather dry and abraded at edges. Covers slightly cupped, page block is flat and square.). $75

Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 39th session : 1929-1930 : Vol. 39. 718p.., illus., photos, some fold-outs. Marbled end papers. (Content VG, clean and bright. Leather abraded at edges. Corners bumped.). $75

Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 40th session : 1930-1931 : Vol. 40. 467p.., illus., photos, some fold-outs. Marbled end papers. (Content VG, clean and bright. Leather abraded at edges. Corners bumped.). $75

 

The journal of the Linnean Society : BOTANY
This is a continuous run from 1890 - 1895, plus some issues from 1908 - 1918. Linnean Society, London.
Volumes complete from Issue 181 - 211, scattered from 265 to 297.
This is a real value, act now!! - Enitre group of 33 volumes : $485
(The few issues I found for sale elsewhere are listed at $50-$90 EACH)

This is a hard-to-find early group of this respected and valuable journal in the field of Botany, Plant biology. Each number or issue has 1-5 individual technical articles, illustrated, lovely plates. The issues are numbered individually and as part of volumes - I have given the individual issue numbers below. Topics include current and fossil plants, paleontology. Among other wonderful topics, I saw pieces on Tibet, Persia, Eastern Tropical Africa, West Indies, Tonga Isles, Sierra Leone, China, New Zealand, England, Iceland, Xerophilous (desert) plants, much, much more. You will recognize many of the authors as persons of importance in the history of their field.

CONDITION: Generally Good, clean, many uncut. Covers tend to be lightly soiled, spine ends rough, edges bumped. Older spines are darkened. See also individual condition notes below.

The following 25 issues measure 9x5.5", illustrated.
181 - 1890 (Covers loose, marks from string used to bind bundle)
182 - 1890 (Single article : Monograph of the Thelephoreae, part 2)
183-4 - 1890
185-6 - 1890 (Single article : Revision of the British Willows)
187-8 - 1891 (partly disbound)
189-191 - 1890 (Single article : Plants from upper Burma and the Shan states) (spine cracked)
192 - 1890
193 - 1891
194 - 1891
195 - 1891
196 - 1891
197 - 1891 (Single article : New and little-known Madagascar plants)
198 - 1892
199-200 - 1892
201 - 1892
202 - 1892
203 - 1893 (Single article : Monograph of the Genus Dianthus) (Missing first couple pages, none from article)
204 - 1893 (apparently complete, but with loose and damaged covers)
205 - 1893 (creases from string that tied bundle)
206 - 1894
207 - 1894
208 - 1894
209 - 1894
210 - 1895
211 - 1896

The following 8 issues measure 11x7", illustrated.
265 - 1908
266 - 1908
275 - 1911 (Single article : Flora of Gazaland (Mozambique and Zimbabwe), 243p, 7 plates) (back cover loose)
277 - 1912
278 - 1912
295 - 1917
296 - 1918
297 - 1918

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Palaeontographical Society of London : Monographs
Softcover, 11x8.5”, illus. In alphabetical order by title. These are originals, not copies.

Articulate brachiopods from the Wenlock series of the welsh borderland and South Wales. All Four Parts. By Michael G. Bassett. 1970, 1972, 1973 Palaeontolographical Society Monograph, London. 176 pages of text plus 47 excellent plates. (very good condition with lightly bumped corners) $65

Monograph of the British fossil brachiopoda : Bibliography of the brachiopoda. Listed as Volume 4, which was the bibliography - complete as such. By Thomas Davidson. and W.H. Dalton. 1886 Palaeontolographical Society, London. 163p., not illustrated. (Good. The spine has been covered with a neat band of cloth tape, which is now loosening, binding threads a bit loose in one place. Cover edges chipped. Corners bumped. Partly uncut). $35

Survey of the Mollusca of the British Great Oolite series : Parts 1 and 2. By L.R. Cox and W.J. Arkell. 1948, 1950 Palaeontographical Society, London. This is primarily a nomenclatorial revision of the monographs by Morris and Lycett, Lycett and Bake. 105 pages plus revised explanations of 53 plates in total. (Owner’s name, very good) $42

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Regional : Misc. geology publications for Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales and such.
Unless otherwise noted : Softcover, about 9x6". Most are illustrated, many are offprints. Ask if you need more information.
Very good, unless noted. Lightly rubbed covers, lightly bumped edges. Owner's stamp.

Additional notes on the tarns of Lakeland. 1896 Quarterly journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 52, pages 12-16, illus. (chipped corners) $2

Arundian (Lower Carboniferous) conodonts from South Wales. by Jeremy Stone. 1991. Palaeontological Association, London. Special papers in Palaeontology # 46. 10x7.5", 63p., exc. illustrations. $7

Carboniferous pteridosperm frond Neuropteris heterophylla (20p.); Tertiary Ostracoda from Tanzania (95p.). 1991. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology series 46(2). 11x8" EXC illustrations. $8

Catalogue of the rock collections in the British Museum (Natural History). 1971. 12x8" 115p. (slightly curved, spine slightly rough) $6

Central and southwest Highland epidiorites : a study in progressive metamorphism. By J.D.H. Wiseman. 1934 Quarterly Journal of the geological Society of London, vol. 90, pages 354-417, illus. $6

Changing Sea Level. By Henri Baulig. 1935, 1956 George Philip & son, London. This is Publication 3 of the Institute of British Geographers. Stiff dark brown cardboard covers, 10x7”, 46p., illus. It looks like the 1956 issue is a reprint of the 1933 issue, not a new edition. This is an interesting vintage look at an important current topic. (Very Good. Slight wear to spine, cover edges lightly bumped) $10

Conodonts from the Crug limestone (Ordovician, Wales) by Maurits Lindstrom. 1959. Reprint of article from Micropaleontology vol. 5(4). 12x8", 25p. (bumped corners) $3

Deposition of the Upper Dalradian rocks of the Banffshire coast. 1955. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, vol. 66 (1-2), pages 101-133, illus., fold-outs. (bumped corner) $7

Devonian greenstones and chlorite scihsts of South Devon. 1889 Geological magazine, vol. 6, no. 300, pages 265-269. $1

Early Palaeozoic Starfish by W.K. Spencer. 1951 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, No. 623, Vol. 235, pages 87-129, beautifully illustrated plus 8 plates. Large format 12x9” (bumped corner) $30

Fossil birds. By W.E. Swinton. 1975 British Museum (Natural History), 3rd edition. Softcover book, 8.5x5.5”, 81p., index., beautifully illustrated. $10

Geology in museums : a bibliography and index. By T. Sharpe. 1983 National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. Softcover book, 12x8”, 128p., (bumped corner) $5

Geology of the Nuanetsi Igneous province, southern Rhodesia. 1965. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical sciences. No. 1078 Vol. 257. 12x9" 146p. Illus. Large full color plate in pocket. Condition is fair : spine needs tape. Spine ends and corners noticeably bumped. $15

Geomorphologische probleme aus Nordwest-Schottland. By Albrecht Penck in Wien. 1897 Sonder-Abdruck aus d. Zeitschr. de Gesellsch. Vol. 32. 45p. plus nice fold-out with sections. In German. (bumped corner) $4

Gypsum and Anhydrite. By A.W. Groves. 1958 Overseas Geological Surveys, Mineral Resources Division, London. Softcover book, 9.5x6”, 108p., detailed world wide summary of production and uses. (cover has minimal soil) $8

Interpretation of certain Reversed Faults at Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire. 1939 Geological Magazine, Vol. 76, pages 314-316, illus. $1

Jade axe from the Somerset levels by John Coles. About 1974 Antiquity. 10x7”, 216-220 plus plate. (bumped corner) $2

Llandovery conodonts from the Welsh Borderland by R.J. Aldridge. 1972. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) - Geology vol. 22(2). 9.5x7",100p. plus 9 plates. $11

Loch Borolan laccolith, Northwest Scotland. By S.J. Shand. 1939 Journal of Geology, vol. 47(4), pages 408-420, illus. (one margin note) $4

Metalliferous mining region of South-West England, volume 2. 1956 London. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. This is a hardback book, 9x6”, pages 509-795, illus., 16 folded maps in pocket. This book stands alone (Volume 1 isn’t needed) and covers “Details of the mines in east Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset : St. Austell district; Wadebridge district; Liskeard district; Callington and Tavistock district; Dartmoor and Teign Valley district; Okehampton district; North Devon and Somerset district. (Very Good condition. Minimal library marks, bumped corners and spine ends). $60

Metamorphic processes at high temperature and low pressure : the petrogenesis of the metasomatized and assimilated rocks of Carneal, County Antrim. By P.A. Sabine. 1975 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London : Vol. 280, number 1294, pages 225-269, illus. (Faintly rumpled) $5

Moine thrust zone in the Assynt region, Northwest Scotland. By John M. Christie. 1963 University of California Press, Berkeley. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences vol. 40(6), pages 345-440, 9 plates, 19 figures in text, 6 figures in pocket. Softcover book, 10x6.5”. (lightly bumped corner) $14

Notes on the Glaciation of the Coniston Fells. By J.E. Marr. 1924 Geological Magazine vol. 61, number 720, pages 264-269. (noticeable owners stamps on cover, a bit rumpled) $1

Notes on the Igneous rocks of the English Lake district – 1. The Ordovician volcanic series. By Alfred Harker. 1902 Proceddings of the Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society, vol. 14(3). Pages 487-496. $2

Notes on the Metamorphic rocks of South Devon. By Catherine A. Raisin. 1887 Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. Vol. 40(1), pages 715-733, illus. $4

On an intrusion of granite into diabase at Sorel Point (Northern Jersey). 1899 Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. Vol. 55., pages 430-446 plus plate. $4

On an ultrabasic epidiorite from St. Catherine’s, Loch Fyne. By John D.H. Wiseman. 1934 Geological Magazine, vol. 71, pages 425-427. $1

On Greenstones associated with Radiolarian cherts. By J.J. H. Teall. 1894 Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Pages 3-8 plus plate. (Covers darkened and beginning to separate at spine fold, back cover chipped. Has been bent). $3

On some new Palaeozoic star fishes. By J.W. Salter. 1857 Annals and Magazine of Natural History (second series) No. 119. Pages 321-334 plus plate (cover has noticeable owner’s marks. Plate lightly foxed). $5

On the lake basins of Lakeland. By J.E. Marr. 1896 Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, vol. 6(1), pages 273-286. $3

On the Pyromerides of Boulay Bay (Jersey). By John Parkinson. 1898 Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. Vol. 54, pages 101-117, illus., plus plate. (author’s name crudely printed on cover).$4

Pitchstone and andesite from Tertiary dykes in Donegal. By W.J. Sollas. 1893 Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, vol. 8(1), number 7. Pages 87-93, illus. (Bumped/chipped corner) $1

Pitting of flint surfaces. By Cecil Carus-Wilson. 1909 Geological Society of London. 9 pages plus 2 plates. $3

Pleistocene deposits of the lower part of the Great Ouse basin. By J.E. Marr. 1926 Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. Vol. 82(2), pages 101-141, illus. plus plate – a fold-out map. (Has been folded, back cover rough). $8

Programme for field excursion to North Yorkshire, 18th – 21st of March, 1976. Based at Scarborough. 1976 Roberton Research International Limited. Softcover, comb-bound, 12x8”, about 10 pages of text plus many fold-out maps and charts. This is a geology field trip guidebook for a tour given for a group of petroleum scientists, probably for the ESSO Expo Norway. (Good. Hand written title on front cover, notes on one blank interior page). $35

Prospector's handbook to radioactive mineral deposits. 1949. Department of scientific and industrial research - geological survey and museum. 9x6" 28p. (edge of page block darkened, back cover edge chipped). $2

Pyroxenes from the Dawros peridotite and some comments on their nature. By A.T.V. Rothstein. 1958 Geological Magazine, Vol. 95(6). Pages 456-462, illus. $1

Recent glacial discoveries in England. Popular Science Monthly. Pages 169-171 plus nice fold-out map with color. No date or author listed, but it is clearly old. Based on the death date of Prof. Carvill Lewis in 1888, this paper was probably published in the early 1890s. $2

Regional gravity anomalies in the western Midland valley of Scotland. 1966. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66(11). 12x9"15p. illus. (bumped corners). $3

Regional metasomatism and the geochemistry of the Dalradian metasediments of Connemara, Western Ireland. By Antony Senior and Bernard E. Leake. 1978 Journal of Petrology vol. 19(3), pages 585-625, illus. $5

Spinels from the Dawros peridotite, Connemara, Ireland. By A.T.V. Rothstein. 1972 Mineralogical magazine vol. 38, pages 957-960. illus. $1

Stratigraphical index of Conodonts by A.C. Higgins and R.L. Austin. 1985. British Micropalaeontological Society Series. HARDBACK book. 9.5x6.5", 263p., illus. Bright glossy cover. $37

Structure and origin of the Malvern Hills. By Frank Raw. 1952 Proceedings of the geologists’ association. vol. 63(3), pages 227-239, nicely illus. (Bumped corner) $4

Supplementary notes on the Metamorphic rocks around the Shap Granite. By Alfred Harker. 1893 Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. Vol. 49, pages 359-371 plus plate. $4

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Volume 57, Part I – session 1931-1932. 1932 Robert Grant & son, Edinburgh. HARDBACK, Brown cloth, 13x10”, 308p., nicely illustrated, contains 10 scientific papers (listed below). (Library marks, cover rubbed, spine faded, corners and spine ends bumped. Table of contents page has light soil. Other pages are clean with light tanning. Binding is solid, hinges have been reinforced inside with library quality cloth tape.) SCARCE. $75

Tufaceous rhyolitic rocks from Dufton Pike (Westmorland). By F. Rutley. 1901 Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. Vol. 57, pages 31-37 plus plate. (has been folded) $2

Variolite of the Lleyn, and associated volcanic rocks. By Catherine A. Raisin. 1893 Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. Vol. 49, pages 145-165 plus plate. $5

Variolite and associated igneous rocks of Roundwood, County Wicklow. By W.J. Sollas. 1893 Scientific proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society vol. 8 (1), number 8. Pages 94-115, illus. $5

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