william joscelyn arkell (10 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Brown cloth quarto; xv, 77 pages illustrations, folded map, 16 plates 31 cm. The University of Chicago Oriental Institute publications,; v. 10; Prehistoric survey of Egypt and western Asia-- v.1; Prehistoric peoples -- Egypt. Geology -- Fayyum -- Nile River Valley-- Stratigraphic -- Pliocene-- Pleistocene-- From 10 thousand to 10 million years ago **A large book. Extra international shipping charges may apply.**. Very good (+); few very light stains to front boards, slight rubbing to edges; pages and binding clean and tight.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library copy with stamps and stickers. The pages are lightly tanned. The copy shows minor external wear, but is in otherwise clean condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. xv, 77 pages, 11 leaves of plates : illustrations, folded cloth-backed map ; 31 cm. Summary:Study of one of the most perplexing problems of Nile Valley structure; tracing the geologic history of the region back beyond the origin of the Faiyum depression itself. The Nile Valley as a whole has been investigated as a background for this detailed study.

Hardcover. Condizione: Sehr gut. Erste Ausgabe. xv, 806 S. Neuerer Leinenband. "In 1956 Arkell (1904-1958) published Jurassic Geology of the World, designed as a guide to the Jurassic of particular areas and to each individual stage over the whole world. In it he brought together and reviewed critically the information dispersed throughout the enormous literature on the world's Jurassic stratigraphy; for the first time, a comprehensive picture began to emerge, forming the framework for further elaboration" (Dictionary of Scientific Biography, I, 285). Ein schönes, gut erhaltenes Exemplar des Klassikers in einwandfreiem Zustand.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Volume, measuring approximately 6.75" x 10", is bound in dark blue cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book displays light shelfwear. Small paper label is affixed to spine. Binding is cracked at title page, with hinges showing reinforcement. Traces of old bookplate are visible on front pastedown. "Paleontological Laboratory, Cornell Univ." is written on front pastedown. Front endpaper displays other library markings, attachment has been removed from rear pastedown and a number appears written in upper outside corner of title page. Interior is otherwise clean and bright. Numerous illustrations and plates, including three intact fold-out plates. xii/681 pages. W. J. Arkell (1904-1958) was a British geologist and palaeontologist, regarded as the leading authority on the Jurassic Period during the middle part of the 20th century.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. A collection of papers by W J Arkell from 1925-1954 published in various journals bound in one volume, many of the papers are signed or initialled by Arkell. There are 25 papers by Arkell together with 3 tributes to him including his entry reprinted from 'Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society '. The most important papers are as follow . 'Standard of the European Jurassic' reprint from Bulletin of the Geological Society of America initialled by WJA, 'Analysis of the Mesozoic and Cainozoic Folding in England ' reprint from Report of rhe XVI International Geological Congress, Washington 1933, ' The Geology of the Site of the Bodleian Extension in Broad Street ' reprint from Oxoniensia vol 3 (1938), ' The Corallian Beds of Dorset ' reprinted from Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society Proceedings , The Richardson Collection of Lamellibranchs from the Fuller's Earth Rock ' reprinted from Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society Proceedings, 'Dorset Geology 1940-1950', reprinted from Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society Proceedings, initialled presentation copy from Arkell.' Lower Kimeridgian Ammonites from the drift of Lincolnshire' reprinted from Palaeontology ,' Aspects of the Ecology of Certain Fossil Coral Reefs', reprinted from The Journal OF Ecology', 'Three Oxfordshire Paleoliths and their Significance for Pleistocene Correlation', reprinted from The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 'Place-Names and Topography in the Upper Thames Country'- A Regional Essay ', reprinted from Oxoniensia vol 7 (1942) , initialled presentation copy from Arkell . Details of other papers can be supplied on request.

Rare. Oriental Institute Publications 17. University of Chicago, Chicago, 1929. First edition. In-4, xvii & 92 pages, 43 plates, 1 map. Cloth. A near-fine copy. Language: English. This book ships from the USA, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (TXR). Relevant subjects: Egypt: Archaic Period, History, Astronomy & Geography, Nubia & Africa.

Rare set of 6 monographs bound in one volume. Oriental Institute Communications 3, 5, 7, 10, 15 & 18. University of Chicago, Chicago, 1928-1934. First edition. In-8. Later cloth, a fine copy. From the library of Egyptologist Charles Cornell Van Siclen III (VSX). Language: English. This book ships from the USA, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (TXR). Relevant subjects: Egypt: Archaic Period, New Kingdom, Pyramids, Tombs, Temples & Towns.

Very rare complete set of 4 volumes. Oriental Institute Publications 10, 17, 18 & 46. University of Chicago, Chicago, 1929. First edition. In-4. Vol. I: xv & 77 pages, 11 plates, 1 map. Vol. II: xvii & 92 pages, 43 plates, 1 map. Vol. III: xxi & 131 pages, 39 plates, 1 map. Vol. IV: xix & 105 pages, 30 plates, 1 map. Original cloth, a fine set. From the library of Egyptologist Charles Cornell Van Siclen III (VSX). Language: English. This set ships from the USA, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (TXR). Relevant subjects: Egypt: Archaic Period, History, Astronomy & Geography, Nubia & Africa.

Very rare complete set of 4 volumes. Oriental Institute Publications 10, 17, 18 & 46. University of Chicago, Chicago, 1929. First edition. In-4. Vol. I: xv & 77 pages, 11 plates, 1 map. Vol. II: xvii & 92 pages, 43 plates, 1 map. Vol. III: xxi & 131 pages, 39 plates, 1 map. Vol. IV: xix & 105 pages, 30 plates, 1 map. Minimal shelfwear, a splendid set. Small stamp of Eliot Blackwelder, Stanford University, California. Language: English. This set ships from Europe, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (BPF). Relevant subjects: Egypt: Archaic Period, History, Astronomy & Geography, Nubia & Africa.