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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Sandberger, Fridolin; Utersuchungen uber ergange Wiesbaden: C.W. Wiedal's Verlag, 1882
Call Number B1, S4

Sander, Bruno; Gefugekunde der gesteine mit besonderer berucksichtigung der tektonite; Wien: Verlag von Julius Springer, 1930
Call Number B3, S5

Schimper, W. Ph. & Zittel, Karl A.; Handbuch der palaeontologie; Munchen: Druck und verlag von R. Oldenbourg, 1880 (also contains: I. Band: Palaeozoologie: protozoa, coelenerata, echinoderma und mollusca, by Karl Zittel)
Call Number B7, S1

Schimper, W. Ph., et al; Handbuch der palaeontologie; Munchen: Druck und verlag von R. Oldenbourg, 1880
Call number B3, S6

Schlagintweit, Herman and Adolph; Neue untersuchungen uber die physicalische geographie und die geologie der Alpen; Leipzig: Verlag von T.O. Weigel, 1854
Call number B1, S2

Schlagintweit, Herman and Adolph; Untersuchungen uber die physicalische geographie der Alpen in Ihren beziegen zu den phoenomenem der gletscher, sur geologie, meteorologie und pflanzen geographie, Part I & II; Leipzip: Verlag von Johann Ambos aus Barth, 1850
Call Number B1, S2

Schrauf, Albrecht; Lehrbuch der physikalischen mineralogy; Wien: Wilhelm Braumuller, 1866
Call Number B4, S3

Schuchert, Charles & Dunbar, Carl O.; A textbook of geology, part II - historical geology; New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1933
Call Number B7, S4

Schwarz, Ernest Hubert Lewis, Causal geology, London : Blackie, 1910.
Call number: 551.1 SCHW. (B9, S3-5)
Note: includes bookplate indicating copy was donated by Professor Skeats.

Scott, R.F. (Captain); Scott's Last Expedition, vol. I Journals & vol. II Scientific reports; London: MacMillan & Co. Ltd., 1913
Call Number B2, S1

Scrope, George Poulett, The geology and extinct volcanoes of central France, London : J. Murray, 1858.
Call number: 551.21 SCRO. (B9, S3-5)

Scrope, G. Poulett; The geology and extinct volcanoes of Central France; London: John Murray, 1858 (2nd edition, enlarged and improved)
Call Number B1, S1

Scrope, G. Poulett; Volcanoes: the character of their phenomena, their share in the structure and composition of the surface of the globe and their relation to its internal forces, with a descriptive catalogue of all known volcanoes and volcanic formations; London: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1872 (2nd edition, revised and enlarged);
Call Number B1, S1

Scudder, Samuel Hubbard; Department of the Interior, Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, vol. XL: Adephagous and clavicorn coleoptera from the tertiary deposits at Florissant, Colorado, with descriptions of a few other forms and a systematic list of the non-rhynchophorous tertiary coleoptera of North America; Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900
Call Number B7, S6

Scudder, Samuel Hubbard; Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, vol. XXI: Tertiary rhynchophorous coleopteran; Washington: Government Printer, 1893
Call Number B5, S6

Secretary for Mines (various); The goldfields of Victoria: Monthly return, No. 1 (1898) - 99 (1915); Publication details not listed;
Call Number B4, S1

Secretary for Mines, & Murray, Reginald A.F. et.al (second report); Geological Survey of Victoria, reports of progress, reports on the geology, mineralogy, and physical structure of various parts of the colony; Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, 1877-1884 5 volumes
Call Number B4, S6

Sedgewick, Adam (Rev.); A synopsis of the classification of the British palaeozoic rocks; London: John W. Parker & Son, 1855 (with a systematic description of the British palaeozoic fossils in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge, by Frederick McCoy)
Call Number B4, S1

Selwyn, A.R.; Mining and Geological Survey of Victoria: reports and papers relative to the Mining and Geological Survey of Victoria, 1863; also geological sketch map to accompany same.; Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, 1862-3
Call Number B5, S2

Selwyn, Alfred R. C.; Notes and observations on the gold fields of Quebec and Novia Scotia; Publication details not listed
Call Number B1, S4

Selwyn, Alfred R.C.; A descriptive catalogue of the rock specimens and minerals in National Museum, collected by the Geological Survey of Victoria, with explanatory notes on their nature and mode of occurrence in place; Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, 1868
Call Number B2, S1

Selwyn, Alfred R.C.; Victoria: first report of the Mineralogical Surveyor; Melbourne, 1853
Call Number B5, S2

Selwyn, Alfred R.C. & Dawson, G.M.; Descriptive sketch of the physical geography and geology of the Dominion of Canada; Montreal: Dawson Brothers, 1884
Call Number B1, S2

Selwyn, Alfred R.C. & Ulrich, George H.F.; Notes on the physical geography, and mineralogy of Victoria; Melbourne: Blundell & Ford, 1866 (9th edition, entirely revised)
Call Number B4, S2

Selwyn, Alfred R.C. (director); Report of progress for 1879-80: Geological and natural history survey of Canada; Montreal: Dawson Brothers, 1881
Call Number B1, S2

Sexe, S.A.; Boiumbraeen; Christiania: Chr. Johnsens Bogtrykkeri, 1869
Call Number B2, S3

Shaler, N.S. et.al.; Department of the Interior, Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, vol. XXXIII: Geology of the Narragansett Basin; Washington: Government Printing Office, 1899
Call Number B7, S5

Shaw, Eugene Wesley; United States Department of the Interior, Professional Paper 108-H: The Pleicene history of northern and central Mississippi; Washington: Government Printing Office, 1918 (unbound paper);
Call Number B5, S2

Sherborn, Charles Davies, An index to the generic and trivial names of animals : described by Linnaeus, in the 10th and 12th editions of his "Systema naturae" London : Dulau & co., 1899.
Call number: 590.12 SHER. (B9, S3-5)

Sherborn, Charles Davies; A bibliography of the foraminifera, recent and fossil, from 1565-1888; London: Dulau & Co., 1888
Call Number B7, S3

Shirley, John (ed.); Report of the sixth meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Brisbane, Queensland, January, 1895; Sydney: the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 1896
Call Number B3, S1

Sinclair, S; List of Publications; Sydney: Australian Museum, 1916 (Miscellaneous Publication No. X)
Call Number B1, S3

Skeats, Ernest W.; Victoria: Department of Mines, Bulletins of the Geological Society of Victoria, No. 36, Mineral springs at and near Hepburn; Melbourne: Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer, 1914
Call Number B4, S6

Skertchly, Sydney J.; Report on the mining properties belonging to the Queensland Mining, Prospecting and Investment Company; Melbourne, n.d.;
Call Number B6, S1

Smith, Henry G., Minerals and the microscope. London : Murby, [1919].
Call number: 548.9 Smi. (B9, S3-5)
Note: includes bookplate indicating copy was donated by Professor Skeats.

Smith, James Perrin; Department of the Interior, Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, vol. XLII: The carboniferous ammonoids of America; Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903
Call Number B7, S6

Smith, Percy S.; The eruptions of Tarawera: a report to the Surveyor-General; New Zealand: Government Publications, 1886 (beautiful lithographs produced by the Survey Department, 1886)
Call Number B1, S1

Smith, R. Brough (ed.), Howitt, Alfred W. et.al (second report); Geological Survey of Victoria, reports of progress, reports on the geology, mineralogy, and physical structure of various parts of the colony; Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, n.d.
Call Number B4, S6

Smith, R. Brough (ed.), Murray, A.F. (Ballarat report); Geological Survey of Victoria, reports of progress, report on the mineral resources of Ballarat, and reports on the coalfields of Loutit Bay, Apollo Bay and Wannon; Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, 1874
Call Number B4, S6

Smyth, R. Brough; Geological Survey of Victoria: Reports of progress; Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, 1874
Call Number B3, S5

Smyth, R. Brough; Geological Survey of Victoria: Reports of progress: reports on the geology, mineralogy, and physical structure of various parts of the colony; Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, 1876
Call Number B3, S5

Smyth, R. Brough; The gold fields and mineral districts of Victoria, with notes on the modes of occurrence of gold and other metals and minerals; Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, 1869
Call Number B3, S3

Sollas, F.R.S.; The rocks of Cape Colville Peninsula, Auckland, New Zealand; Wellington: John McKay, Government Printer, 1905
Call Number B1, S3

Somerville, Mary; Physical geography; London: John Murray, 1862 (5th edition, thoroughly revised)
Call Number B1, S2

Sowerby, G.B.; A conchological manual; London: G. Bohn, 1842 (?), 2nd edition;
Call Number B7, S3

Spencer, Baldwin (ed.); Handbook of Melbourne, for the use of members of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Melbourne meeting, 1890; Melbourne: Spectator Publishing Co. Ltd., 1890
Call Number B3, S1

Spencer, Baldwin (ed.); Handbook of Melbourne, for the use of members of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Melbourne meeting, 1900; Melbourne: Ford & Son, 1900
Call Number B3, S1

Spencer, J. W., The falls of Niagara, their evolution and varying relations to the Great Lakes :characteristics of the power and the effects of its diversion / by Joseph William Winthrop Spencer. Ottawa : Dept. of Mines, Geological Survey Branch, 1907.
Call number: 557.1 CANA.

Spurr, Josiah Edward., Geology applied to mining : a concise summary of the chief geological principles,a knowledge of which is necessary to the understanding and proper exploitation of ore deposits, for mining men and students, New York ; London : Hill, 1904.
Call number: 553.1 SPUR. (B9, S3-5)
Note: includes bookplate indicating copy was donated by Professor Skeats.

Spurr, J. Edward; The iron-bearing rocks of the Mesabi Range in Minnesota; Minneapolis: Harrison & Smith, 1894 (Bulletin no. X)
Call Number B1, S4

Spurr, Josiah Edward; Department of the Interior, Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, vol. XXXI: Geology of the Apen mining district, Colorado, with atlas; Washington: Government Printing Office, 1898;
Call Number B7, S5

Stanton, Timothy W. & Vaughan, Thomas Wayland; United States Department of the Interior, Professional Paper 128-A: The fauna of the cannonball marine member of the lance formation; Washington: Government Printing Office, 1920 (unbound paper)
Call Number B5, S2

State coal mines, annual report of Manager; Victoria, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1950/51
Call Number B6, S4

Stebbing, Thomas (Rev.); Scientific results of the trawling expedition of HMCS Thetis off the coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898 (Memoir IV, Part 10); Sydney: Australian Museum, 1910 (Subtitle: Crustacea Part V, Amphipoda);
Call Number B1, S3

Steinnman, Gustav; Einfuhrung in die palaeontologie; Leipzig: Verlag von William Englemann, 1907
Call Number B2, S2

Stephenson, Lloyd William; United States Department of the Interior, Professional Paper 186-A: New upper cretaceous ostreidae from the Gulf region; Washington: Government Printing Office, 1936 (unbound paper)
Call Number B5, S2

Stirling, James; The mineral structure of some Victorian rocks: Presidential address, October 5th, 1903: Geological Society of Australasia; Melbourne: Geological Society of Australasia, 1904
Call Number B1, S1

Stone, George H.; Department of the Interior, Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, vol. XXXIV: The glacial gravels of Maine and their associated deposits; Washington: Government Printing Office, 1899
Call Number B7, S5

Streeter, Edwin W.; Precious stones and gems, their history, sources and characteristics; London: George Bell & Sons, 1892 (5th edition)
Call Number B1, S4

Strickland, H.E.; Rules for zoological nomenclature; London: John Murray, 1878
Call Number B2, S4

Suess, Eduard, The face of the earth (Das Antlitz der Erde) Tr. by Hertha B. C. Sollas under the direction of W. J. Sollas. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1904-24. Hold v.1-5
Call Number: 551.1 SUES. (B9, S3-5)
Note: v.1 & v.4 include bookplates indicating that they were donated by Sir W.Baldwin Spencer.

Sussmilch, C.A.; An introduction to the geology of New South Wales; Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1922;
Call Number B1, S4

Suter, Henry; Alphabetical hand-list of New Zealand Tertiary Mollusca; Wellington: John MacKay, Government Printer, 1915;
Call Number B6, S2

Symmonds, R. S., Our artesian waters : observations in the laboratory and in the field, Sydney : W.A. Gullick, Govt. Printer, 1912.
Call Number: 551.49 SYMM (B9, S3-5)

Systematic list of the Frederick E. Edwards collection of British oligocene and eocene Mollusca in the British museum (Natural history), with references to the typespecimens from similar horizons contained in other collections belonging to the Geological department of the Museum, London : Printed by order of the Trustees, 1891.
Call Number: 564 BRIT. (B9, S3-5)

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