Category: Climate

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London from November 15, 1883 to April 24, 1884

By: Baird, A.W., Darwin, George, Huxley, T.H., Owen, Richard, Scott, R.H. and Vereker, F.C.P.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: London, Harrison and Sons : 1884

Seller ID: 281

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS OF KRATATOA ERUPTION AND GLOBAL CONSEQUENCES WITH LARGE FOLD-OUT PLATES; RIPPLE WAVES IN SAND AND SHAPE OF THE EARTH BY GEORGE DARWIN. 8 1/2 inches tall hardcover, 3/4 leather with marbled boards, spine with raised bands, marbled endpapers, cover edges rubbed, institutional library handstamp (withdrawn) to title page, bookplate to rear paste-down, overall very good. Contains descriptions of famous volcanic eruption of Krakatoa in August, 1883, with two 20 inch-long foldout plates; Report on the tidal disturbances caused by the volcanic eruptions at Java, August 27 and 28,...
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Studies of Mean Sea-Level. Report of the Committee on Shoreline Investigations. National Research Council

By: Johnson, Douglas

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Washington, National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences : 1929

Seller ID: 1050

1929 PRESCIENT STUDY OF VARIATION OF MEAN SEA LEVEL SURROUNDING NEW YORK CITY BEFORE AWARENESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. 10 inches tall paperbound volume, handstamp of R. Harry Jr. to cover, 50 pp, 9 tables, 14 figures, including map of area used for New York City tide studies and map of Jamaica Bay tide stations. Sunning to cover edges, otherwise very good. DOUGLAS WILSON JOHNSON (1878 - 1944) was an American geographer and geomorphologist known for his contributions to the understanding of coastal processes and landforms. He was a descendant of a slave-holding American family of English roots. John...
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The Prairies

By: Shimek, B.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Iowa City, : 1911

Seller ID: 391

1911 TREATISE ON THE PRAIRIES OF THE MIDWEST, INSCRIBED BY BOTANIST AND ECOLOGIST, PRESENTED TO NOTED PALEONTOLOGIST. 9 1/2 inches tall printed paper covered boards, offprint from The Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State Univesity of Iowa, textured paper tape to spine, Author's inscription to Professor S. W. Willioston top of cover, with handstamp of S.W. Williston/ University of Chicago. Text is folowed by bibliography spanning 1818 to 1910, 11 plates of photographs of the prairies, graphs, folding map, and errata. BOHUMIL SHIMEK (1861 – 1937) was an American natural...
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Proceedings of the First International Scientific Meeting on the Polar Bear at Fiarbanks, Alaska, 6-10 September, 1965

By: Slater, James A.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Washington D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office : 1966

Seller ID: 280

SCARCE SUMMARY OF FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE POLAR BEAR IN ALASKA 50 YEARS AGO. 10 1/2 inches hardcover, blue buckram binding, gilt title to spine, original printed paper covers bound in, black & white photographs, tables, charts, maps, very good. Handstamp of Library of Congress surplus/duplicate front endpaper. FOREWORD Scientists and conservationists from Canada, Denmark, Norway, the U.S.S.R., and the United States gathered at Fairbanks, Alaska, 6-10 September 1965, in the First International Scientific Meeting on the Polar Bear. The meeting was held to permit scientists and cons...
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Category: Climate

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London from November 15, 1883 to April 24, 1884

Studies of Mean Sea-Level. Report of the Committee on Shoreline Investigations. National Research Council

The Prairies

Proceedings of the First International Scientific Meeting on the Polar Bear at Fiarbanks, Alaska, 6-10 September, 1965