NATUURKUNDIGE EN OPHELDERENDE AANMERKINGEN over het Eerste en Tweede Deel /Derde en Vierde Deel VAN J. F. MARTINET'S KATECHISMUS DER NATUUR, door J. DE VRIES. (ENLIGHTENING COMMENTS on the First, Second, Third and Fourth Part of J.F. MARTINET'S CATECHISM OF NATURE, by J. DE VRIES. FOUR PARTS IN TWO OCTAVO VOLUMES. AMSTERDAM: Joannes van Selm, MDCCLXXIX (1779). TEXT in DUTCH. A Critical and Expansive Study by J. De Vries of JOHANNES FLORENTIUS MARTINET'S work KATECHISMUS DER NATUUR (CATECHISM OF NATURE). Two Volumes, hardcovers, leather spines and corners with marbled paper covered boards, the spines have five raised bands and are decorated in gilt, black leather title labels on spines, 5x9 inches. Pagination: Volume I: XIV, [2], 198, [2]. Volume II: [VI], 192. GOOD condition. The covers have scrapes and rubs to the boards and edges, including the loss of the paper covering in various places; the spine title labels are mostly worn away; nonetheless the covers are sturdy, attractive, and are doing their job well. Internally very nice, some light foxing and offsetting to the endpapers, otherwise the pages are lovely, bright, tight, clean and unmarked. A solid, nice, two volume set.

HISTORIA SÍSMICA DE LOS ANDES MERIDIONALES. (HISTORY of SEISMIC ACTIVITY in the SOUTHERN ANDES.) Por (by) FERNAND DE MONTESSUS DE BALLORE (b. 1851, d. 1923). PARTS 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5, published in Santiago, CHILE, 1911-1915 (a sixth and final part was published later). Spanish Texts. Association with (and possible copies of) D. TOMÁS THAYER OJEDA, a noted Chilean scholar, with his signature at top of the title page of Part 3. The FIVE PARTS (in Four Volumes) are: (1) HISTORIA SÍSMICA DE LOS ANDES MERIDIONALES.

PRIMERA PARTE: SÉRIES DE OBSERVACIONES DE TEMBLORES (1810-1905). Published by Imprenta Cervantes, Santiago, Chile, 1911. Bound in Hardcovers (Parts 1 and 2 bound together in this one volume), 6x9.5 inches (15x24 cm), 345 pages. (2) HISTORIA SÍSMICA DE LOS ANDES MERIDIONALES. SEGUNDA PARTE: CHILE SEPTENTRIONAL, PERU MERIDIONAL Y BOLIVIA. Published by Imprenta Cervantes, Santiago, Chile, 1912. Bound in Hardcovers (Parts 1 and 2 bound together in this one volume), 6x9.5 inches (15x24 cm), 236 pages. CONDITION: PARTS 1 AND 2 are in GOOD condition. Both parts are bound together in this 1 hardcover volume (leather spine lettered in gilt and marbled paper covered boards). The covers are worn through at their corner tips but are otherwise solid; internally, Part One is Lacking Its Title Page, otherwise complete from page 1 through 345, the last page. Part Two, paginated separately, is complete including its title page. There is foxing on the first and last few pages, otherwise the pages remain tight, bright, clean and unmarked. (3) HISTORIA SÍSMICA DE LOS ANDES MERIDIONALES. TERCERA PARTE: CHILE MERIDIONAL Y TERRITORIOS MAGALLANICOS, PENDIENTES ARGENTINAS DE LOS ANDES...

Published by Imprenta Cervantes, Santiago, Chile, 1912. Paper covers, side staple bound, 6.5x9.5 inches (16.5x25 cm), 87 pages plus 3 fold open line maps and 1 fold open table at the rear. CONDITION: PART 3 is in GOOD MINUS condition. Lacking its wrappers. The title page is disbound (i.e. laid on loosely), toned / browned, and has some edge wear including small edge chips. The title page has the SIGNATURE of TOMÁS THAYER OJEDA, Chilean Scholar and Author of Los Conquistadores de Chile. The first 20 pages are foxed at their upper front margin area. Latter pages are pulling from the staples. The pages are toned, especially at the margins. The fold open maps and the fold open table all are in solid shape. (4) HISTORIA SÍSMICA DE LOS ANDES MERIDIONALES AL SUR DEL PARALELO XVI. CUARTA PARTE: CHILE CENTRAL. Sociedad Imprenta Litografia Barcelona, Santiago-Valparaiso, 1912. Paper covers, side staple bound, 6.5x10.5 inches (17x26 cm), 213 pages. CONDITION: PART 4 is complete, including its wrappers, but is in only FAIR condition, the wrappers are coming loose, have water staining and shorelining, are soiled, and have edge wear; internally, the staples are rusted, there is water damage and shorelining to the bottom margin and gutter area of the inner pages, there are wormholes to the bottom margin of all pages and the wrappers; nonetheless the pages remain bright, many pages are uncut, and the printing is always bright and clear. (5) HISTORIA SÍSMICA DE LOS ANDES MERIDIONALES AL SUR DEL PARALELO XVI. QUINTA PARTE; El TERREMOTO DEL 16 DE AGOSTO DE 1906. Sociedad Imprenta Litografia Barcelona, Santiago-Valparaiso, 1915. Paper covers, side staple bound, 6.5x10.5 inches (17x26 cm), 213 pages. CONDITION: PART 5 is complete, including its wrappers, but is in only FAIR condition, the wrappers are splitting at the spine folds and coming loose, have water staining and shorelining, are soiled, and have edge wear; internally, there is some waviness / old water damage to the bottom margin and corner area of the inner pages, the bottom front corners are bent, there is red staining to the bottom corner of a few pages, some pages are soiled; nonetheless the pages remain bright, many pages are uncut, and the printing is always clear and fully legible.

SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS : THE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS ON THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT. BAJA CALIFORNIA (MEXICO) SYMPOSIUM that took place in TIJUANA at the Regional Technological Institute from September 5 through September 8, 1979. Published by the Institute, 1979. Transcripts of Papers from Numerous Earthquake Experts. The papers are in the language of the presenter, either English or Spanish. The papers relate to the SAN ANDREAS FAULT and its effects on HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, mostly in the BAJA CALIFORNIA region. Softcovers / Blue Paper Wrappers, 8.5x11 inches, 609 pages. EX LIBRARY from the Library of H.J. DEGENKOLB ASSOCIATES, ENGINEERS (a San Francisco Engineering Firm specializing in EARTHQUAKE and STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING). There are the usual ex lib stamps and attachments, including a card pocket, shelving label, and Degenkolb Associates ink stamps here and there. The card pocket on the inside front cover has DEACCESSIONED written over it. Ex lib aside the bound transcripts are in generally GOOD condition, the covers are sunned at the spine and margin, and have some soiling and creased corners; internally, the pages have light toning, some signs of handling and use, still tight, bright, clean and unmarked. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: This heavy book will require additional shipping charges. After placing your order you will be notified of the additional charges and be able to accept or reject them before your payment is processed. Thanks.

An ENGLISH - CHINESE BOOK of PLANT NAMES / BOTANICAL NOMENCLATURE. Cover titled in Chinese and Pinyin. Inner pages with plant names in English / Latin / Chinese, arranged alphabetically A to Z. Published in Beijing, China, 1979. Hardcover Book, no dustjacket as issued, 5x7.5 inches, 396 pages. GOOD condition, the covers' corners are bumped and worn through, the covers' edges are scraped and worn through at places, there is a small scrape and a couple scotch tape remnants at the bottom of the spine, the front free endpaper has a rectangular red stamp with English and Chinese lettering, there is circular blind embossed stamp on each of the first few pages ("Library of JPA Inc.", a landscaping firm I believe), the pages are lightly toned, otherwise a solid, presentable copy that remains bright, clean, clear and unmarked. Out of Print and Hard to Find.

METAMORPHISM and CRUSTAL EVOLUTION of the WESTERN UNITED STATES. Volume VII in the Rubey Colloquium Series. Edited by W.G. Ernst.

A collection of 40 papers by experts in geology, geophysics, seismology and plate tectonics.

SIGNED by Noted Geologist ROBERT G. COLEMAN on the front free endpaper. R.G. Coleman co-authored of one of the papers in this book, titled: "Tectonic and Regional Metamorphic Framework of the Klamath Mountains and Adjacent Coast Ranges, California and Oregon".

Published by Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1988. First Edition, with the number line starting at 1. ISBN 10: 0135777194; ISBN 13: 978-0135777190.

Hardcover Book, no dustjacket as issued, gilt titling on the front cover and spine, xii, 1153 pages. Illustrated with graphs, tables, charts and maps.

VERY GOOD condition, a few finger smudges to the inner pages, otherwise tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, very presentable copy.

Rare SIGNED copy of an important earth sciences reference work.

About ROBERT G. COLEMAN, who SIGNED this copy (from the National Academy of Sciences website):

******Robert Coleman, b.1923 d.2020, an internationally recognized geologic field mapper and geochemical mineralogist-petrologist, made enormous contributions to scientists knowledge of the geologic evolution of contractional continental-margin subduction zones and to the genesis of the ocean-floor-to-upper-mantle lithosphere (that is, ophiolites-sections of Earth's oceanic crust that have been thrust onto the edges of island arcs and continental margins). During four decades of studying the origin and geologic history of western California and southwestern Oregon, Coleman rose to become a world authority on circumpacific tectonics, petrogenesis of the oceanic lithosphere, and the petrotectonics of Alpine-Tethyan convergent suture zones, chiefly in central and eastern Asia. His Ph.D. thesis on the New Idria (central California) Mineral District was a classic work documenting protrusion, diapiric ascent, of a large, low-density ultramafic complex. Coleman received a Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1957. During his doctoral studies, he also worked for the Atomic Energy Commission and in 1954 joined the staff of the U.S. Geological Survey. Departing the USGS in 1982, he became a professor at Stanford until his retirement from academia in 1993, after which he continued productive research until virtually his dying day.******

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ORAL HISTORIES of NAPA COUNTY'S AGRICULTURAL PRESERVE, by RUE ZIEGLER. Published by the Jack L. Davies Napa Valley Agricultural Land Preservation Fund, 2011. Presumed first, and only, edition. Softcovers, 7.5x10 inches, 340 pages. GOOD condition, the spine is creased, the book has been over opened at a couple places but holding, overall a nice, presentable copy. About the Book and Author (excerpted from the May 17, 2012 St. Helena Star): ******The St. Helena Library's monthly Thursday night author series last week featured Rue Ziegler and local vintner and land use activist Volker Eisele discussing Ziegler's recently published collection of extensive interviews, ORAL HISTORIES OF NAPA COUNTY'S AGRICULTURAL PRESERVE. The Jack L. Davies Napa Valley Agricultural Land Preservation Fund, of which Eisele is president, asked cultural anthropologist Ziegler to record these important first person stories to mark the 40th anniversary of the 2008 adoption in Napa County of the nation's first ever Agricultural Preserve. This historic Ag Preserve deserves both study and celebration, Zeigler said, noting that during the decades when most other Bay Area counties experienced explosive urban growth, paving over farmland, the Ag Preserve successfully safeguarded Napa Valley's historic agrarian identity, allowing farming, especially grape growing, to thrive. Eisele, who provides one of a dozen moving personal narratives included in the book, spoke about the political struggles leading up to the groundbreaking 1968 ordinance, and stressed the need for the community's constant vigilance in resisting current and future development pressures on valuable agricultural land.******

TWENTY-FOUR ISSUES of CARFEL PHILIPPINE SHELL NEWS 1979-1982.

Volumes 1 Number 1 to Volume 4 Number 6. 24 Issues.

BOUND in HARDCOVERS by the CARFEL SEASHELL MUSEUM, Malate, Manila, Philippines.

Black cloth covered boards, gilt titles on the front cover and spine, 8.5x11 inches. Twenty-four complete issues bound in, including covers. Each issue has 12 pages (except 1 issue with 10 pages), for a total of 286 pages.

ILLUSTRATED with color and b&w photographs of Philippine seashells!

GOOD condition: The covers have some light wear to the spine ends and corner tips, there is a previous owner's name, place and date written on the front free endpaper: "Larry (Derr?) / Carfel Museum / 2-25-85", inner pages just lightly used and still tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

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THEORETICAL AND APPLIED SEISMOLOGY, by noted Japanese Seismologist AKITUNE IMAMURA (aka AKITSUNE IMAMURA). Imamura anticipated the theory of Plate Tectonics, and predicted the Great Kanto earthquake that devastated Tokyo and killed over 100,000 people. The work is considered a pre WWII classic in the field. Translated from the Japanese.

Hardcovers, no dustjacket as issued, 6x9 inches, 358 pages.

Illustrated with drawings, graphs, charts, maps and photographs.

Published by Maruzen Co., Tokyo, 1937. There is a small Japanese label on the front free endpaper that indicates this book was originally from a Shirokiya store, perhaps in Edo, Japan (search Shirokiya Wikipedia).

GOOD condition, general light signs of handling and use, overall tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, nice copy.

About AKITSUNE IMAMURA (from Wikipedia):

******Akitsune Imamura, b.1870 d.1948, was a Japanese seismologist. He studied at the Imperial University of Tokyo. In 1899, in anticipation of the later theory of plate tectonics, he argued that the tsunami that struck the Sanriku coast of Honshu island in 1896 (known as the Meiji Sanriku tsunami) had been triggered by movements of the earth's crust under the sea. In a paper written in 1905, he predicted that a major earthquake would hit the Kanto region around Tokyo within 50 years and kill over 100,000 people, and advocated that measures be taken. His worries materialized when the Great Kanto earthquake devastated Tokyo in 1923, claiming more than 100,000 victims. In 1939, while working for the Seismological Observatory of Tokyo University, Imamura made a reconstruction of Zhang Heng's seismoscope (132 CE), considered to have been the first such device ever made.******