The Colorado School of Mines used to have an annual book sale with declining prices: On Monday, hardbacks were $10, paperbacks $5, and maps $2. On Friday hardbacks were a dollar, paperbacks 50 cents, maps a dime. I once walked out of there with $10 worth of maps on Friday - yeah, 100 huge maps, so heavy I could hardly carry the roll. And a complete run of the Journal of Geology, Vol 1, 1893, to Vol. 60, for $30 for the set. It was a very addictive event!
2. At this point I guess mostly rocks and minerals and books. You’re making me feel old with those “vintage” texts that I used in classes when they were NEW! 😊
3. Recently finished Mighty Bad Land: A Perilous Expedition to Antarctica by geologist Bruce Luyendyk. Now Arabian Sands by explorer Wilfred Thesiger.
Yep, love me some pocket guides and topos. 😊
Drooooling over the topography map on the cover of book 2. Such a neat collection!
The Colorado School of Mines used to have an annual book sale with declining prices: On Monday, hardbacks were $10, paperbacks $5, and maps $2. On Friday hardbacks were a dollar, paperbacks 50 cents, maps a dime. I once walked out of there with $10 worth of maps on Friday - yeah, 100 huge maps, so heavy I could hardly carry the roll. And a complete run of the Journal of Geology, Vol 1, 1893, to Vol. 60, for $30 for the set. It was a very addictive event!
1. Yes. 29 USGS Annual Reports, 9 monographs, most of the Bulletins from #1-800; Lyell 5th ed. 1837, two volumes of the Hayden surveys, Colorado and Montana …. Lots more. Including a copy of Monograph 43 formerly owned by Florence Bascom - https://www.facebook.com/richard.gibson.7547/posts/pfbid05Heh2KdxVXwziruAPpFSBaBuuYe81692Nx5Kdh3TJcZocbcyzhFayxXvimeGo5p9l
2. At this point I guess mostly rocks and minerals and books. You’re making me feel old with those “vintage” texts that I used in classes when they were NEW! 😊
3. Recently finished Mighty Bad Land: A Perilous Expedition to Antarctica by geologist Bruce Luyendyk. Now Arabian Sands by explorer Wilfred Thesiger.
If you might be interested in a compilation of posts on the History of Geology based on things in my collection, it’s linked (PDF) here on my Substack: https://richardigibson.substack.com/p/posts-on-the-history-of-geology