Rare Books Collection

The Earth Sciences Rare Book Collection is held at the Earth Sciences Library. It is an important research collection of rare and early geological and palaeontological texts. The collection includes many seminal works from the 19th and early 20th centuries. It includes over 1,000 volumes and approximately two thirds of the items in the collection are the only known copy available in Australia.

Apart from a small number of items, the collection is not catalogued on the University of Melbourne Library Catalogue. This list is organised alphabetically by author and title. Volumes are not available for loan but can be used in the library.

Books may be viewed in the Special Collections Reading Room in the Baillieu Library, by arrangement in advance with staff in the Earth Sciences Library. Please note that it takes 72 hours to process requests. Contact the Earth Sciences Library to request items.

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Edge, A.B. Broughton & Laby, T.H. (eds.); The principles and practice of geophysical prospecting: being the report of the Imperial Geophysical Experimental Survey; Cambridge: Cambbridge University Press, 1931
Call number B6, S2

Edwards, Alphonse Milne; Histoire des crustaces podophthalmaires fossils; Paris, Victor Masson et Fils, 1861,
Call number B5, S2

Ellis, R.W.; A history of the New Brunswick geology; Montreal: Gazette Printing Company, 1887
Call number B1, S2

Elsden, J. V., Applied geology, London, "The Quarry" Pub. Co., ltd., 1898-99.
Call number: 553 El. (B9, S3-5)
Note: includes bookplate indicating copy was donated by Professor Skeats

Emerson, Benjamin Kendall; Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, vol. XXIX: Geology of Old Hampshire county, Massachusetts, comprising Franklin, Hampshire and Hamden counties; Washington: Government Printer, 1898
Call number B7, S1

Emmons, Samuel Franklin; Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, vol. XII: Geology and mining industry of Leadville, Colorado, with atlas; Washington: Government Printer, 1886
Call number B5, S6

Emmons, Samuel Franklin et.al.; Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, vol. XXVII: Geology of the Denver basin in Colorado; Washington: Government Printer, 1896
Call number B7, S1

Escher, B.G.; Grondslagen der Algemene geologie; Amsterdam: Werelbibliotheek, MCMLI
Call number B7, S5

Etheridge, Robert; A catalogue of Australian fossils (including Tasmania and the island of Timor) stratigraphically and zoologically arranged; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1878
Call number B7, S2

Etheridge, Robert; Fossils of the British Islands, stratigraphically and zoologically arranged, vol. 1: Palaeozoic comprising the cambrian, silurian, devonian, carboniferous, and permian species; Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1888
Call number B3, S6

Etheridge, Robert; The Physical and Geological structure of Lord Howe Island; (publication details available upon request)
Call number B1, S3

Etheridge, Robert & Carpenter, P. Herbert; Catalogue of the Blastoidea in the Geological Department of the British Museum; London: British Museum, 1886
Call number B5, S2

Etheridge, Robert & Jack, Robert Logan; Catalogue of works, papers, reports, and maps on the geology, palaeontology, mining and metallurgy, etc. of the Australian continent and Tasmania; London: Edward Stanford, 1891
Call number B1, S4

Eudes-Deslongchamps, J.F.E.; Paleontologie Francaise: Terrain Jurassique: Tome VI, Brachiopodes; Paris: 1862-85
Call number B5, S5

Evans, John (Sir); The ancient stone implements, weapons and ornaments of Great Britain; London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1897 (2nd edition, revised)
Call number B7, S3

Extracts and reports on the Lucknow, or Wentworth gold-field, near Orange, New South Wales; Orange: Western Advocate Office, 1888
Call Number B1, S3

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