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Byerly, Perry PhD . PACIFIC COAST EARTHQUAKES
Eugene 1952 Condon Lectures Oregon State. Octavo, 38pp., photo illustrations, wraps bound in institution folder. Blind stamp on titlepage. Good. (a16736)
$22.00Klein, Dr. Hermann J.. JAHRBUCH DER ASTRONOMIE UND GEOPHYSIK 1893
Leipzig 1894 Mayer. In German. Articles on Japanese earthquake (2 photo illustrations); Swifts Comet of 1892 (photo plate of comet), etc. 8vo., 360pp., stiff wraps. VG. (a17595)
$39.00 Birtill, J.W. and F.E. Whiteway . THE APPLICATION OF PHASED ARRAYS TO THE ANALYSIS OF SEISMIC BODY WAVES
London 1965. 4to., pp. 421-493, diagrams, wraps. Includes two transparent overlays in rear pocket. VG. (a17692)
$55.00 (earthquakes) . ANALYSIS OF SMALL REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS FOR EARTHQUAKE FORCES
Chicago n.d. (c.1957) first edition. Portland Cement Association. Octavo, 58pp., diagrams, wraps. Vg. (a23788)
$22.00 Holden, Edward S. . A CATALOGUE OF EARTHQUAKES ON THE PACIFIC COAST 1769 TO 1897
Washington 1898 Smithsonian. 8vo., 253pp., frontis map, rebound in later wraps. Good. (a25276)
$85.00 Omori, F. . MACRO-SEISMIC MEASUREMENTS IN TOKYO II AND III
Tokyo 1902. Publications of the Earthquake Investigation Committee in Foreign Languages No. 11. In English. Sm.4to., 95pp., folding map, charts, wraps. Part II covers earhquakes between September 1887 and July 1889 in Japan. Part III has miscellaneous notes on the period 1884-1898. No illustrations. Good, front wrap a bit soiled, slightly chipped, rear plain wrap chipped and detaching. (a27210)
$125.00Koto, B.. THE IWATSUKI SEISMIC ZONE AS A FACTOR OF THE HABITUAL TOKYO EARTHQUAKE; THE PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF PACIFIC NORTH AMERICA
Tokyo 1929. 2 articles in the Journal of Faculty of Science Imperial University of Tokyo Vol. III Part 1 December 5, 1929. In English. This is the complete issue. 4to., 28pp., 3 maps, one photo plates, original wraps. Good , cover worn and chipped, pages a bit worn. (a31752)
$39.00 Nasu, N. . A STEREOMETRICAL STUDY OF THE AFTERSHOCKS OF THE GREAT TANGO EARTHQUAKE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE MECHANISM OF THEIR OCCURRENCE
Tokyo 1929. In the Journal of Faculty of Science Imperial University of Tokyo Vol. III Part 2, December 4, 1929 at pp. 29-129, charts, maps in text. In English. Lg.octavo, original printed wraps. This is the complete issue. 4to., wraps. VG. (a31753)
$89.00 Morita, M. . ON SEISMIC WAVES AT LARGE DISTANCES. A STUDY OF THE NORTH CHILEAN EARTHQUAKE OF FEBRUARY 23, 1933 PART II WAVES OF P' GROUP
Tokyo 1948 Central Meteorological Observatory. The Geophysical Magazine Vol. XVII no. 3-4. Lg.8vo., pp. 37-63, illustrations, wraps. VG, pages browned but legible and not brittle. (a36879)
$36.00 Takahasi, K. . TYPHOON IN JAPAN
Tokyo 1948 Central Meteorological Observatory. The Geophysical Magazine Vol. XVII No. 1-2. Lg.8vo., 35pp., illustrations, wraps. VG. (a36880)
$50.00 Bullard, E.C., T.F. Gaskell, W.B. Harland and G. Kerr-Grant . SEISMIC INVESTIGATIONS ON THE PALAEOZIC FLOOR OF ENGLAND
London 1940. Offprint from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, No. 800, Vol. 239. Lg.4to., pp.29-94, foldout charts, wraps. Good, owner name stamp on front (Henry Norris Russell), spine worn, closed tear at top of front wrap, light soiling. (a39278)
$50.00 Ambraseys, N. N. , C. P. Melville and R. D. Adams . THE SEISMICITY OF EGYPT, ARABIA AND THE RED SEA A HISTORICAL REVIEW
1994 Cambridge University Press. 4to., 181pp., illustrated boards. VG, slight bumping to top outer edge of cover and some text pages. (a39713)
$85.00 (earthquakes) . THE AGADIR, MOROCCO EARTHQUAKE FEBRUARY 29, 1960
NY 1962 American Iron and Steel. Earthquake resistant design. 4to., 112pp., photo illus., cloth. VG, no DJ. (a45630)
$37.00 John A. Blume and Associates, Engineers . RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SHAPE OF EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE SPECTRA
Washington 1973. WASH-12554, UC-11. 4to., about 20pp., wraps. A few ink numbers on front cover. VG. (a49118)
$50.00von Hake, Carl A. and William K. Cloud. UNITED STATES EARTHQUAKES 1966
Rockville 1971. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Lg.8vo., 80pp., photo illustrations, wraps. Non-circulating depository library stamp and a few numbers on front. VG. (a49225)
$29.00Harding, Samuel T. and Wilbur Rinehart; Cloud, William K.. THE PARKFIELD, CALIFORNIA, EARTHQUAKE OF JUNE 27, 1966: PRELIMINARY SEISMOLOGICAL REPORT; PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING SEISMOLOGICAL REPORT
Washington 1966. Environmental Science Services Administration, Coast and Geodetic Survey. Lg.8vo., 65pp., photo illustrations, wraps. Non-circulating depository Library stamp and a few numbers on front. VG. (a49226)
$29.00(geodetics). REPORTS ON GEODETIC MEASUREMENTS OF CRUSTAL MOVEMENT, 1906-1971
Rockville 1973. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 4to., about 450pp., diagrams, wraps. Depository Library stamp on title page, residue of label on front. VG. (a49228)
$150.00 Lew, H.S.; E.V. Leyendecker and R.D. Dikkers . ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF THE 1971 SAN FERNANDO EARTHQUAKE
Washington 1971. National Bureau of Standards Building Science Series 40. 4to., 412pp., photo illustrations, wraps. Depository Library stamp and a few ink numbers on front and on title page. VG. (a49245)
$60.00 Algermissen, S.T. and Samuel T. Harding; Steinbrugge, Karl V. and William K. Clud . THE PUGET SOUND WASHINGTON EARTHQUAKE OF APRIL 29, 1965: PRELIMINARY SEISMOLOGICAL REPORT; PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT
Rockville 1965. U.S. Department of Commerce, Coast and Geodetic Survey. Large octavo, 51pp., photo illustrations, errata slip, wraps. A few ink numbers on front. VG. (a49246)
$39.00 Steinbrugge, Karl V., William Cloud and Nina Scott . THE SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA, EARTHQUAKES OF OCTOBER 1, 1969
Rockville 1970. U.S. Department of Commerce. Lg.8vo., 99pp., photo illustrations, maps, errata slip, wraps. Depository Library name on title and cover; ink numbers on cover. VG. (a49265)
$50.00Kanasewich, Ernest R.. SEISMIC NOISE ATTENUATION
Oxford 1990 1st edition. Pergamon. Hardcover octavo. 234pp. VG, extreme cover tips lightly worn. no owner marks. no DJ (likely as issued) . (a50262)
$125.00 Bird, John M. (editor) . PLATE TECTONICS SELECTED PAPERS FROM PUBLICATIONS OF THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION.
Washington 1980 2nd enlarged edition, American Geophysical Union. Lg.4to., 986pp., illustrations, wraps. Good, light rubbing. (a52075)
$35.00Sellevoll, Markvard A.. EARTHQUAKES IN THE NORWEGIAN CHANNEL ON THE 7TH AND THE 10TH OF JULY 1954
Bergen 1957 Griegs. 4to., 28pp., 6 figures, 8 tables and 1 plate, later wraps. VG. (a55389)
$37.00 Havens, George R. . THE CONCLUSION OF VOLTAIRE'S POEME SUR DE DESASTRE DE LISBONNE
1941. Offprint from Modern Language Notes. 8vo., pp.423-426, original printed wraps. Inscribed and initialedby GRH on the front. VG. (a56790)
$25.00Lew, H. S. (editor). WIND AND SEISMIC EFFECTS - PROCEEDINGS OF THE EIGHTH JOINT PANEL CONFERENCE OF THE U.S.- JAPAN COOPERATIVE PROGRAM IN NATURAL RESOURCES
Washington 1977. National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 477. 4to., about 500pp., photo illustrations, original printed wraps. A few Depository Library stamps and numbers. VG. (a57554)
$45.00 Oliver, Jack . RECENT EARHTQUAKE PREDICTION RESEARCH IN THE U.S.A.
1970. Reprinted from Technophysics 9. Octavo, pp.283-290, wraps with new paper spine. VG. (a60710)
$25.00 Oliver, Jack . STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF THE MOBILE SEISMIC BELTS
1970. Reprinted from Phy. Earth Planet, Interiors 2. Sm.4to., pp.350-362, illustrations, wraps with new paper spine. VG. (a60711)
$35.00 Munoz Lumbier, Manuel . LA SEISMOLOGIA EN MEXICO HASTA 1917
Mexico 1918 Instituto Geologico de Mexco Boletin No. 36. In Spanish. 4to., 100pp., illustrations, many foldout charts, several color foldout maps, original wraps. Good, cover worn, some chipping on backstrip, corners bumped. (a63191)
$75.00Tchalenko, J. S. et al. MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF SEISMOTECTONICS OF IRAN: NORTH-CENTRAL IRAN
1974. Ministry of Economy Geological Survey of Iran Report No. 29. In English with summary in Farsi. Sm.4to., 155pp., two large foldout maps in rear pocket, original printed wraps. VG plus. Scarce. (a63723)
$165.00 Bumpus, S. E.; Johnson, J. J. and P. D. Smith . BEST ESTIMATE METHOD VS EVALUATION METHOD A COMPARISON OF TWO TECHNIQUES IN EVALUATING SEISMIC ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
1978 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratoty. Prepared for the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 4to., about 100pp., illustrations, original printed wraps. .A few Depository Library stamps. VG. (a66045)
$75.00 Ellingwood, Bruce R. (editor) . AN INVESTIGATION OF THE MIYAGI-KEN-OKI, JAPAN, EARTHQUAKE OF JUNE 12, 1978
1980 U.S Department of Commerce. 4to., 225pp., photo illustrations, wraps. Depository library stamps and numbers on cover and title page. VG. (a67022)
$150.00 Perkins, David M. et al . PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATES OF MAXIMUM SEISMIC HORIZONTAL GROUND MOTION ON ROCK IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND THE ADJACENT OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
Denver 1980. Open-File Report 80-471. 4to., 39pp., foldout plates, original printed wraps. Ink number and Depository Library stamp on front and on title page. Near Fine. (a73770)
$75.00Cohn, Gregory S.. STUDISE RELATED TO THE CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, EARTHQUAKE OF 1886 - TECTONICS AND SEISMICITY
1983 1st. Geological Survey Paper 1313. Hardcover. Lg.4to., about 300pp., 8 large foldout maps, illustrated boards. The text and maps are in separate pockets included in the hardcover folder. Folder has a few depository library names and numbers. Near Fine. (a75076)
$55.00 Gagnon, Alphonse . LE TREMBLEMENT DE TERRE DE 1663 DANS LA NOUVELLE-FRANCE
Montreal 1892. Lg.4to., pp.41-52, removed from the Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada and rebound in later wraps. In French. VG. (a77485)
$29.00 Franchi, S. . SULLA TETTONICA DELLE ALPI COZIE FRANCO-ITALIANE
Roma 1929. Cuggiani. Estratto dalle Memorie Descrittive della Carta Geological d'Italia . Original printed wraps. 4to. Signed by "Autore". 63p in Italian with charts, photo illustrations and one large color foldout geological chart. VG some cover wear. Scarce. (a77816)
$85.00 Knott, C. G. . THE PROPAGATION OF EARTHQUAKE VIBRATIONS THROUGH THE EARTH
1899. Article at pp. 573-585, removed from The Proceedings of Royal Society of Edinburgh and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a77826)
$40.00 Etzold, M. . VIERTER BERICHT DER ERDBEBENSTATION LEIPZIG. DIE IN LEIPZIG VOM 1. JULI 1903 BIS 30. APRIL 1904 VON WIECHERTS PENDELSEISMOMETER REGISTRIERTEN ERDBEBEN UND PULSATIONEM
Leipzig 1904. Octavo, pp. 289-295, 3 tables, one foldout plate, removed from Berichte �ber die Verhandlungen der K�niglich S�chsischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig Mathematische-Physische Klasse and rebound in later wraps. Uncut. VG. (a84405)
$33.00Scholtz, Hermann. DAS VARISTISCHE BEWEGUNGSBILD ENTWICKELT AUS DER INNEREN TEKTONIK EINES PROFILS VON DER BOHMISCHEN MASSE BIS ZUM MASSIV VON BRABANT
Berlin 1930 first edition Fortschritt der Geologie band VIII Helft 25. In German. Octavo, pp. 235-316 (complete), 31 Textfiguren und 7 Tafeln ( cover and title page say 8 Tafeln but that is clearly erroneous as Appendix lists and describes only 7 Tafeln), rebound with original printed orange wraps remounted on later wraps. **Cover signed by the "Verfessor" (Scholtz). VG. (a84944)
$60.00 Culver, Charles G. and H. S. Lew; Gary C. Hart and Clarkson W. Pinkham . NATURAL HAZARDS EVALUATION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS
1975 U. S. Department of Commerce. Building Science Series 61. Evaluation of architecture from natural hazards as earthquakes, hurricanes and tornadoes - much on seismicity. 4to., about 600pp., photo illustrations, many charts, original printed wraps. Ex-depository library. VG. (a85819)
$75.00Geiger, L. ( Ludwig ). SEISMISCHE REGISTRIERUNGEN IN GOTTINGEN IM JAHRE 1910
Berlin 1914. first edition. Weidmannsche. Article in German on p. 245-271 in single complete issue of Nachrichten von der Koniglichen Gesellschaft, 1914, Heft 3. Several additional articles in issue as well by Rausch, Traubenberg, Hilbert, Halbersadt, Bernstein, Tammann. Sm.4to., original printed wraps with later paper spine. Good plus. No ownership marks. (a87169)
$65.00 Fouque . RAPPORT SUR LES TREMBLEMENTS DE TERRE DE CEPHALONIE ET METELIN EN 1867 (with 2 plates)
Paris. 1868 first edition. Archives des Missions Scientifiques, deuxieme serie, tome IV. Later plain wraps. octavo. pp. 445-482 with two lithographic plates of homes destroyed by the earthquake. Good , some light foxing ; no ownership marks. (a89782)
$65.00Gwyther, R F. ON THE CONDITIONS WHICH RENDER DEFINITE THE RATE OF PROPAGATION OF AN EARTH-TREMOR
Article on p. 1-12 in single complete issue of Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 1901-1902. vol 46 part VI. VG, original front cover remounted on later wraps. ownership marks. (a89916)
$29.00 Milne, John . ON CONSTRUCTION IN EARTHQUAKE COUNTRIES
London 1885. first edition. Octavo, pp. 278-320 plus appendix "Observations on Earthquakes at Tokio", discussion, correspondence, 1 engraved foldout plate. Removed from Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Vol. LXXXIII and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. no ownership marks. (a90428)
$45.00Mercalli, G. I TERREMOTI DELLA CALABRIA MERIDIONALE E DEL MESSINESE (in Memoire di Matematica e Di Fisica della Societa Italiana, SERIE TERZA, Tomo XI)
Roma 1898 first edition. Reale Accademia dei LIncei. Large 4to . original blue printed wraps. Mercalli article on pp. 117-266. Other articles in issue as well. VG , light toning of backstrip, light toning of text; light cover wear; no ownership marks. Text clean. Binding very secure. (a92705b)
$50.00Eckel, Edwin B; Kachadoorian, Reuben; David S McCulloch and Manuel G Bonilla. THE ALASKA EARTHQUAKE MARCH 27, 1964 EFFECTS ON TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES VOLUMES B, C, D (3 separate volumes)
Washington DC 1970 first edition. Geological Survey Professional Paper 545 . Three 4to wraps volumes. Volumes B, C, D, (lacks A). 27p. 66p. 161p. Photo illustrations; 4 large foldout maps and diagrams in volume D. VG light depository library markings. Set of 3: (a93455)
$47.00 Kendrick, T D . THE LISBON EARTHQUAKE
Philadelphia . no date c. 1957 Lippincott. Hardcover. octavo Red cloth. 255p. VG in Good plus dj. "The destruction of the city of Lisbon by earthquake in 1755 changed the mind of Europe" (dj) (a94119)
$22.00. ACTIVE TECTONICS OF THE DEVILS MOUNTAIN FAULT AND RELATED STRUCTURES, NORTHERN PUGET LOWLAND AND EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA REGION, PACIFIC NORTHWEST
20001 first edition. US Geological papaer 1643. 4to. Printed Cardboard box 45p. text plus 2 very large foldout maps (complete - T of C calls for just 2). Book and plates are fine, like new. Box is VG plus with very light library markings. (a94402)
$35.00Klein, Fred W and Thomas L Wright. CATALOG OF HAWAIIAN EARTHQUAKES 1823 - 1959
US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1623. 4to wraps. 90p. With original (still in original sealed sleeve) CD in rear pocket. VG plus, slight depository library marks. (a94417)
$55.00Wolfe, Edward W et al. THE GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF MAUNA KEA VOLCANO, HAWAII - A STUDY OF POSTSHIELD VOLCANISM
US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1557. 4to wraps. 129p. With 4 very large color foldout charts. Book and charts housed in folding cardboard cover and all fits into matching cardboard folding box. Light depository library marks. VG outer box lightly flattened; book and charts Fine. (a94438)
$35.00stover, Carl W and Jerry L. Coffman. SEISMICITY OF THE UNITED STATES 1568-1989 (REVISED)
Washington. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527. large 4to wraps. 418p. Maps and photo illustrations. Light depository library marks. Good plus. (a94473)
$39.00Powars, David S and T. Scott Bruce. EFFECTS OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT CRATER ON THE GEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK AND CORRELATION OF HYDROGEOLOGIC UNITS OF THE LOWER YORK-JAMES PENINSULA, VIRGINIA
Washington. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1612. 4to wraps. Book of 82p. plus 9 very large color foldout maps. Book and maps in cardboard folder which is then housed in matching cardboard box. Box a bit flattened but book and maps are Fine. (a94474)
$39.00Stevenson, Charles Alexander. THE EARTHQUAKE OF 28TH NOVEMBER 1880 IN SCOTLAND AND IRELAND - article in one issue of Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1880-81
1881 first edition. original printed octavo wraps. Stevenson article pp. 176-186 with one map plate. Good. Issue also contains work by Lord Moncrieff, William Thomason, Thomas Muir, P. Geddes and others. (a96848)
$35.00Barstow, N L et al. AN APPROACH TO SEISMIC ZONATION FOR SITING NUCLEAR ELECTRIC POWER GENERATING FACILITIES IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES
May 1981 first edition. US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. NUREG/CR-1577. 4to wraps. Light ex-depository library markings. not paginated consecutively. Some photo illustrations. Four large colored foldout maps in rear pocket. (a96866)
$90.00Fisher, Michael A et al. MARINE GEOLOGY AND EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS OF THE SAN PEDRO SHELF REGION, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Reston, VA 2004 first edition. USGS prof paper 1687. 4to wraps. 33p. plus 2 foldout maps in rear pocket (complete.) VG light depository library marks. (a97347)
$45.00MacCrory, Patricia A et al . CRUSTAL DEFORMATION AT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE OREGON COAST RANGE BLOCK, OFFSHORE WASHINGTON (COLUMBIA RIVER TO HOH RIVER)
2002 first edition. US GPO. Survey Professional paper 1661-a. 4to wraps. 47p. plus pocket with 2 very large plates (complete). Some color photo illustrations. VG light non-circulating depository library markings ; almost no wear. (a97473)
$65.00Loma Prieta, Caliornia. THE LOMA PRIETA, CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE OF OCTOBER 17, 1989 - AFTERSCHOCKS AND POSTSEISMIC EFFECTS; STRONG GROUND MOTION; LIFELINES (3 separate volumes)
All 3 volumes are 4to wraps and first editions. (1) US Geological Survey 1550-D ,1997, 312p. (2) 1551-A, 1994, 272p. (3) 1552-A, 1998, 133p. some photo illus. All 3 volumes are in excellent VG condition with light non-circulating depository library stamps and numbers. Three journals: (a97474)
$65.00Nokleberg, Warren J et al. PHANEROZOIC TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE CIRCUM-NORTH PACIFIC
2000 first edition. US Geological Survey 1626. 4to wraps. 122p. excellent VG condition with light non-circulating depository library stamps and numbers. (a97475)
$45.00Parsons, Tom (ed). CRUSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE COASTAL AND MARINE SAN FRANCISCO BAY REGION, CALIFORNIA
2002 first edition. US Geological Society Prof Paper 1658. 4to wraps. 145p. Maps. Two large color foldout charts in rear pocket as called for. VG light non-circulating depository library marks. (a97481)
$45.00Rizzo, G B. NUOVO CONTRIBUTO ALLO STUDIO DELLA PROPAGAZIONE DEI MOVIMENTI SISMICI
Torino. 1908 first edition. extracted from Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino Serie II Tom. LIX. 4to . Later plain wraps. pp. 375-419 (some yet unopened) with 1 doubplepage plate. Near Fine, no owner marks. (a99032)
$35.00