1. Aalen, F.H.A. / Whelan, Kevin / Stout, Matthew. [Eds].

Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape.

First edition. Cork, Cork University Press, 1997. 24.5 x 30.5cm. 352 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

2. [Agricola, Georgius]. Hoover, Herbert Clark, and Hoover, Lou Henry.[translators].

De Re Metallica – Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556.

New York, Dover Publications, 1950. 18 cm x 28 cm. XXXI, 638 pages. Original Hardcover. Endpaper and pastedown with staining !! Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very slight foxing to paper edges and discoloration to inside of Hardcover. Title page folded and with minor tear.

3. [Bolivia] Naylor, David (Dave).

Collection of Printed Materials on “Areas de Exploracion y Operacion Petrolera (Pan Andian)” – Maps and Charts and offprints, copied articles and scientific publications on area which were either reserved, agreed or negotiated to be permitted for exploration for oil. / Includes for example a perfectly marked “Mapa de la Republica de Bolivia” with all areas colour-coded for exploration or negotiation to be explored (YPFB) / Includes further maps and also “Detalle de la Informacion Tecnica Propriedad de YPFB Entregada a Bishop Petroleum Inc.” etc.

Bolivia, c.1990. Quarto. c. 60 pages plus five large, folded maps of Bolivia with Geological Character. Hardcover Box / Bespoke made Box for the private library of Prof.David (Dave) Naylor. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

4. Crookes, William.

Diamonds [Kimberley and Its Diamond Mines]. With 24 Illustrations.

London and New York, Harper & Brothers, 1909. 11 cm x 17.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 145 pages. 24 monchrome photographs on 24 plates, including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine. Blindstamped design to front board. Blind stamp of ‘Harper’s Library of Living Thought’ embossed on back board. Deckled edging. Gilt top-edge. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Staining to front board. Interior bright and clean. [Harper’s Library of Living Thought].

5. Dadlez, Ryszard / Marek, Sylwester / Pokorski, Jedrzej.

Palaeogeographical Atlas of the Epicontinental Permian and Mesozoic in Poland / Atlas Paleogeograficzny Epikontynentalnego Permu i Mezozoiku w Polsce. [1 : 2 500 000].

Bilingual Edition (Polish / English) Warszawa, 1998. Oblong Folio (44.3 cm wide x 31 cm high 75 Maps in original Ring-Folder. Hardcover / Original 19th century full-leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

6. Davis, Raymond E. & Wallace Kelly, Joe.

Short Course in Surveying.

First Edition. New York & London, McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc, 1942. 12.5cm x 19.5cm. XII, 330 pages. Original Hardcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7. Ehrenberg, Christian Gottfried.

Über das Massenverhältnifs der jetzt lebenden Kiesel-Infusorien und über ein neues Infusorien-Conglomerat als Polirschiefer von Jastraba in Ungarn.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 8 Seiten plus extra-grosse Falttafel zu Funden von fossilen Organismen aus dem Jahre 1837 sowie zwei wunderbare, farbige, lithographische Tafeln mit Abbildungen von Fossilien (Seiten 109 – 135 des Jahrgangsbandes 1836). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

8. [English History Collection] – Anonymous [Frederick Corbin Lukis] [Naturalist / Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge].

Rambles among the Channel Islands. By a Naturalist.

[First Edition]. London, Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, no year [c. 1855]. 18 cm. Frontispiece – engraving of the Rocks at Moulin Huet (Guernsey), VIII, 386 pages with many illustrations (wood engravings) of Harbour at St.Peter Port, Guernsey / St.Sampson’s Harbour / St.Helier Harbour, Jersey / Rocks at Greve de Lecq, Jersey, St.Brelade’s Bay etc. etc. Hardcover / Original decorative cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good and firm condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed wiith a private giftinscription on endpaper: “To my Darling Agnes on her Birthday from her loving Father [?], 5th August 1869”.

9. Fortey, Richard.

The Earth – An Intimate History. With a new introduction by the author.

London, The Folio Society, 2011. 20 cm x 25.5 cm. XI, 416 pages. With over 100 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original slipcase. Quarter-cloth bound with gilt decoration. Excellent condition.

10. [Gill, William Daniel (W.D.) / Naylor, David (Dave).

Collection of Printed Materials / Offprints / Publications / Papers, Essays by english geologist, William Daniel Gill (1916 – 1922). This extensive collection of materials, authored by this eminent geologist, was part of the Reference-library of his colleague David (Dave) Naylor. You find a detailed account of the publications at the end of this description. The collection also includes the original offprint of his landmark-publication “Sand Volcanoes on Slumps in the Carboniferous of County Clare, Ireland”, which he authored together with P.H.Kuehnen in 1957.

England / Ireland, c.1950 – 1990. Octavo / Quarto. Hardcover Box / Bespoke made Box, labelled “General Gill” , for the private library of Prof.David (Dave) Naylor. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.