About this title: The definitive guide to rocks and minerals, completely updated for the fifth edition, includes 385 color photographs showing rocks, minerals, and geologic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structures.
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Edition: 3rd. ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780395081068ISBN:0395081068
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Price clipped. xix, 349 p., [49] leaves of plates: ill.; 19 cm. The Peterson field guide series; 7. Includes: Illustrations, Plates. Dust jacket has a few small tears and wear. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good in Good jacket. 3rd edition. Used hardcover with dust jacket. Both are in good condition with some signs of wear to the dust jacket. read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1953
Description: Fair with no dust jacket. Fair. No dust jacket as issued.; Xv, 333 p. Illus. (part col. ) map (on lining paper) 19 cm. The Peterson field guide series. Includes: Illustrations, Maps. Great Value. Prompt delivery with tracking. Satisfaction guaranteed.; Bibliography: p. 323-324. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Co
Date Published: 1960
Description: Acceptable. 1960, library copy. Photos: We now have a scanner in-shop and can provide you with a picture of this item if you do not currently see one. read more
Edition: Second Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1955
Description: Good+ with no dust jacket. No dust jacket, some wear to boards; Clean, tight, unmarked pages, not ex-lib; The Peterson Field Guide Series; .75 x 7.5 x 4.75 inches; 349 pages. read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1955
Description: Color, b/w Plates. Very Good-/No Jacket. 8vo-over 73/4"-93/4" tall Very minor wear to extremities; front inner hinge cracking. Series: Peterson Field Guide Series. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 3d ed.; 3rd Printing.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Front cover has started to loosen from spine but is holding. Light shelf wear to spine ends & corners. Hard cover. The Peterson field guide series. Includes bibliography. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1953
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. Clean boards with light corner bumps. Tight binding. Map liners. lots of color and B&W illustrations. xv, 333 p. illus. (part col. ) map (on lining paper) 19 cm. The Peterson field guide series. Includes: Illustrations, Maps. Bibliography: p. 323-324. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin. (c.1953)
Date Published: 1955
Description: Good. Second Edition 1955. Hardcover, cloth binding. 4 x 7 inch. [xv], 349pp, index. b/w and color illustrations. **faults: Hinge paper split at title page and at end of index. Hinges still threaded, but rear hinge slightly weak. Edge at spine ends no longer crisp. One corner tip frayed. Spine is sloped. Good working copy / no dj. read more
Edition: Third Edition; Seventh Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Co, Boston, MA
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good+ with no DJ. Book is Good + (plus). Appears book lightly read. Strong and sturdy binding a weak at hinges but intact and sturdy. Bottom corner tips of cover have small 1/8 inch tip wear with light tears at tip. Clean and unmarked text. Previous owner's name on front paste-down paper. Thin 1/2 inch pen mark to few front page ends. Very slight top spine end crimps.; The Peterson Field Guide; Color Photographs and b&W illustrations; 349 pages. read more
Edition: Second Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
Date Published: 1955
Description: Good in Poor jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" Tall. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ D.J. not price clipped; numerious small tears, chips and creases; scuffed and soiled; heavy edge wear/ corners and spine bumped/ a few pages slightly discolored. read more
Edition: Unknown printi
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1953
Description: Good in Fair dust jacket. Ex-Library. 333 pp. , ex-library, with all usual marks, DJ taped to covers, label on DJ, no label on spine read more
Edition: Fourth Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton and Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1955
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. Light general wear, but a nice copy with clean bright interior pages. Previous owner's name on flyleaf.; Peterson Field Guide Series; 8vo; 333 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1953
Description: Fair. No dust jacket. xv, 333 p. illus. (part col. ) map (on lining paper) 19 cm. The Peterson field guide series. Includes: Illustrations, Maps. Bibliography: p. 323-324. read more
Edition: Second Edition; Third Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton and Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1957
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket; Book shows shelf wear with corners lightly bumped. Spine has very small tears at top and bottom of spine. Previous owners name on fly leaf. Text clean, binding tight.; B&W & Color Photographs; 12mo 7"-7½" tall; 340 pages. read more
Edition: 4th ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780395240472ISBN:0395240476
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Hardcover; Good condition; ex-library with usual stamps & markings; shelfwear; (shelf b43); "A complete and authoritative guide; 270 minerals covered"; read more
Description: Very good. HARDBACK. Excellent Condition Ex-Library Copy! Boards and pages are in great shape with no tears, etc. Normal library markings. ALL possible library stickers removed. NO other names, writing, underlining, bookplates, notations, tears, remainder marks, price stickers, creases, prior owner names, etc. When your order is shipped you will receive an email (with delivery confirmation number) confirming exactly when it was mailed if we are provided your email address. We ship every day ... read more
"This book follows the disappointing Peterson paradigm. There are pictures in the middle section of the book, but half of them are in black and white, and the photos are small and unclear. Opt for Simon and Schuster's book."
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