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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Jack, R. Logan; Geological report on the properties of the Stannary Hills Mines and Tramway Company, limited, at Stannary Hills and Watsonville, North Queensland; Queensland, 1907
Call number B6, S2

Jack, Robert L.; The mineral wealth of Queensland (Geological Survey Publication no. 48); Brisbane: Warwick and Sapsford, 1888
Call number B1, S3

Jack, Robert L. & Etheridge, Robert; Geology of Queensland; 9 maps in a case (no publication details recorded)
Call number B1, S3

Jack, Robert L. & Etheridge, Robert; The geology and palaeontology of Queensland and New Guinea; Brisbane: James Charles Beal, Government Printer, 1892
Call number B1, S3

Jackson, Robert Tracy; Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History, vol. 7: Phylogeny of the Echini, with a revision of the palaeozoic species; Boston, 1912
Call number B7, S2

Jenkin, J.; Department of Mines, Victoria: Some aspects of the hydrogeology of Victoria; n.d. (bundle 1);
Call number B6, S3

Jobert, A.C.G.; The philosophy of geology; London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1846
Call number B2, S5

Jobert, A.C.G.; The philosophy of geology; London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1847
Call number B2, S5

Johnston, Robert M.; Systematic account of the geology of Tasmania; Hobart: J. Walch & Sons, 1888
Call number B2, S3

Jones, T. Rupert; Catalogue of the fossil foraminifera in the collection of the British Museum (natural history); London: British Museum, 1882
Call number B7, S3

Judd, John W., Volcanoes : what they are and what they teach, London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1903.
Call number: 551.21 JUDD. (B9, S3-5)

Judd, John W., Volcanoes : what they are and what they teach.With 96 illustrations. London : K. Paul, Trench, Tr{u00FC}bner, 1888.
Call number: 552.2 JUD. (B9, S3-5)

Jukes, J. Beete; A sketch of the physical structure of Australia, so far as it is at present known; London: T. & W. Boone, 1850
Call number B5, S3

Jukes-Browne, A.J.; The students handbook of historical geology; London: George Bell & Sons, 1886
Call number B3, S2

Jukes-Browne, A.J.; The students handbook of physical geology; London: George Bell & Sons, 1884
Call number B3, S2

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