
This is the updated library catalogue. The library books are now placed in a set of boxes in a permanent location in the Central Teaching Hub where the Honorary Librarian can access them.
The library booking system is working. In addition, LGS Members will be able to access the library on one Tuesday evening each month between October and March. Details will be published in the LGS Newsletter.
Books

Geology & Scenery in England & Wales – AE Truman
Oxford Reference: Dictionary of Earth Sciences – (Eds) Ailsa & Michael Allaby
Holmes Principles of Physical Geology (3rd Edition) – Arthur Holmes (Revised by Doris L. Holmes)
Surviving Armageddon: Solutions for a Threatened Planet – Bill Maquire
Fossils in Colour – JF Kirkaldy
Principles of Invertebrate Palaeontology – Shrock & Twenhofel
The Elements of Palaeontology – Rhona M Black
GA ‘Earth Alert’ Brighton – (Eds) Richard Moody et al
Fossils: A Guide to Prehistoric Life – Rhodes & Shaffer
The New Catastrophism-The Importance of the Rare Event in Geological History – D Ager
A Student’s Introduction to Geology – Davies
Optical Mineralogy – Rogers & Kerr
Optical Crystallography – (2nd Edition) EE Wahlstrom
The Old Red Sandstone – Hugh Miller
Harker’s Petrology for Students (8th Edition) – CE Tilley et al
Petrology of the igneous Rocks – (13th Edition) Hatch, Wells & Wells
An Introduction to the Rock Forming Minerals – Deer, Howie & Zussman
On the Rocks: A Geology of Britain – RM Wood
Strata – John L Morton
The Nature of Hidden Worlds – Mary E White
The Geology & Mineral Resources of Yorkshire – Raynor & Hemingway
Palaeogeographical Atlas – LJ Wills
Geology & Scenery in Ireland – JB Whittard
Observer’s Rocks & Minerals – (Eds) R & J Atkinson
A Collector’s Guide to Minerals & Gemstones – (Ed) J Sinkankar
Petrology of the Metamorphic Rocks – Roger & Mason
The Story of the Earth – Geological Museum
The Mapping of Geological Structures – Ken McClay
The Viking Historical Atlas of the Earth – R Osborne & D Tarling
The Highlands Controversy – DR Oldroyd
The Palaeogeography of the Midlands – LJ Wills
Fossils & Climate (Ed) – PJ Brenchley
Sedimentology: Recent Developments & Applied Aspects (Eds) – PJ Brenchley & BPJ Williams
European Dinantian Environments – Miller, Adams & Wright
Evolution of the Lewisian & Comparable Precambrian High Grade Terrains – (Eds) RG Parks & J Tarney
Trace Fossils – Crimes
Mechanism of Igneous Intrusion – Newall & Rast
Challinor’s Dictionary of Geology – (Ed) A Wyatt
Introducing Geology – AV Ager
Elements of Structural Geology – (2nd Edition) E Sherbon Hills
Great Geological Controversies – (2nd Edition) A Hallam
Rutley’s Elements of Mineralogy – (24th Edition) HH Read
The Tracks of Triassic Vertebrates – Tresise & Sarjeant
A Chilling Scientific Forecast of a New Ice Age – F Hoyle
Atlas of Sedimentary Rocks Under the Microscope – Adams, Mackenzie & Guilford
Atlas of Igneous Rocks & their Textures – Adams, Mackenzie & Guilford
Atlas of Rock Forming Minerals in Thin Section – Mackenzie & Guilford
The Great Ice Age – Wilson, Drury & Chapman
The Sedimentary Record of Sea Level Change – Ed) Angela Coe
The Cretaceous World – (Ed) Peter Skelton
Geology of the Country around Lancaster – BGS
The Cheshire Basin – BGS
The exploration for petroleum & the prospective areas of Britain – Peter Hinde
The Geology of the Lake District – F Moseley
The testimony of the rocks (MDCCCLVII) – Hugh Miller
The testimony of the rocks (MDCCCLX) – Hugh Miller
The Invisible Dinosaur – Geoffrey Tresise
British Caenozoic Fossils – British Museum (NH) 1959
British Palaeozoic Fossils – British Museum (NH) 1964
British Mesozoic Fossils – British Museum (NH) 1962
Invertebrate Paleontology and Evolution – ENK Clarkson
Reading Geological Maps – Bradshaw & Jarman
Mount Rainier – National Research Council
The Severn Gorge
Marine palaeoenvironment analysis from fossils – Boscence & Allison
The Scenery of Scotland: the structure beneath – WJ Baird
Geology in Shropshire – Peter Toghill
Geology explained in the Peak District – F. Wolverson Cope
The Ice Age in the Lake District – Alan Smith
Mull, Iona & Ardnamurchan: landscapes in stone – A McKirdy
Edinburgh: landscapes in stone – A McKirdy
Geology explained around Glasgow & SW Scotland including Arran – Lawson & Lawson
Geology explained: Dartmoor & the Tamar Valley – JW Perkins
Geology explained in the Severn Vale & Cotswolds – W Dreghorn
Geology explained in South & East Devon – JW Perkins
Geology explained in the Forst of Dean & the Wye Valley – W Dreghorn
Geology explained in South Wales – TR Owen
Perils of a restless planet – E Zebrowski
A short history of planet Earth J – D Macdougall
Volcanoes & human history de – Boer & Sanders
Volcanoes – A Scarth
The million death earthquake – R Musson
Catastrophe – the violent Earth – T Waltham
La Catastrophe – A Scarth
The control of nature – J McPhee
Geology & scenery in the Lake District – F Moseley
Volcanoes of Europe – Scarth & Tanguy
Inside the Royal Tyrell Museum of palaeontology – Royal Tyrell Museum
Floods in NW England: a history c. 1600-2008 – Watkins & Whyte
Vertebrate palaeontology (3rd Ed) – MJ Benton
Volcanoes – P Clarkson
The big cats & their fossil relatives – A Turner
Apocalypse – B McGuire
Savage planet – L McLeod
The citizen’s guide to geologic hazards – Dalles et al. (Eds)
Nature on the rampage – HJ de Blij
Volcanoes – P Francis
Earth story – Lamb & Sington
Vulcan’s fury – A Scarth
Krakatoa – S Winchester
Teach yourself volcanoes – DA Rothery
Trilobites – R Fortey
Revolutions in the Earth – S Baxter
The great British earthquake – P Haining
The circumnavigators – D Wilson
Jewels: a secret history – V Finlay
Supercontinent – T Neild
Salt – a world history – M Kurbansky
A practical guide to Pompeii – Boneche
The dinosaur coast – A Marshall
Gemstones – Cally Hall
How to record the landscape – R Yarham
The hidden landscape – R Fortey
Geology & landscapes of Scotland – C Gillen
Discovering Landscapes in England & Wales – A Goudie & R Gardiner
The key to Earth history: an introduction to stratigraphy (2nd Edition) – Doyle, Bennett & Baxter
Journey from the centre of the Earth – Iain Stewart
Geology on your doorstep – Bennett et al.
The planet in a pebble – J. Zalasiewicz
Geology & the local museum – Knell & Taylor
Global warming: understanding the forecast – D Archer
Geologic wonders of South West Iceland – B Regan
Iceland from the West to the South – Frederich & Heidari
Geological Society Special Publications
No 15 Engineering geology No 15 Geohazards in engineering geology – Maund & Eddleson
No 89 Non-biostratigraphical methods of dating & correlation – Dunay & Hailwood
No 162 Uplift, erosion & stability: perspectives on long-term landscape
development – Smith et al. (Eds)
No 249 Understanding the micro to macro behaviour of rock fluid systems – RP Shaw
No 280 Rock Physics & Geomechanics in the study of reservoirs & repositories – David & Le Ravalec-Dupin
No 313 Underground gas storage – RA Chadwick

Field Guides
Rock Around Liverpool – Liverpool Geological Society
Rock Around Wirral – Liverpool Geological Society
Rock Around Chester – Liverpool Geological Society
Iceland LGS 2013 Excursion Guide – Hazel Clark
Landscapes of Northern Iceland Excursion Guide LGS 2016 – Hazel Clark
Part II Oslofjord Excursion Guide ?
A Field Guide to the Permo-Triassic Rocks of Cumbria & NW Cheshire – L Macchi
Snowdonia – M F Howels et al
The Lake District – Cumberland Geol Soc
Rocks and Scenery of the Peak District – T D Ford
Walking the Rocks (Glamorgan Coast) S Howe et al; – GA South Wales
Assynt the Geologists Mecca – Edinburgh Geol Soc
Geol Excursion Guide to Assynt District of Sutherland – M MacGregor et al
Geol Excursion Guide to the Assynt District of Sutherland – M R W Johnson et al
Assynt Geology Motor Trail – D R Shelley
Exploring the Landscape of Assynt (Guide and Map) – Earthwise Publications
Classic Landforms of the Lake District – J Boardman
Geological Routes Around Wigan – Wigan and District Geol Soc (1977)
Northumbrian Rocks and Landscape a Field Guide (Ed) – C Scrutton, Yorkshire Geol Soc
The Quaternary of Assynt and Coigach Field Guide (Ed) – T J Lawson (1995)
Anglesey Geology and Field Guide – J Treagus
An Excursion Guide to the Moine Geology of the Scottish Highlands (Ed) – I Allison et al
Field Guide to the Geology of Oman – S S Harina
Mull in the Making – R Jones
Ardnamurchan Field Workshop 2008 (Tribute to J E Richey) – D J Brown & B O’Dricoll, University of Glasgow
Marloes Sands, Cliff Cards in the Rocks – V M Shorrocks
The Rocks, Geology of Pembokeshire Handbook – B S Jan
Glamorgan Heritage Coast – J W Perkins et al
A Pocket Guide to the London Clay Exposed on the North Shore of the Isle of Sheppey, Kent – A Rundle, Rock Watch Guide No 1,
A Building Stones Guide to Central Manchester – M Simpson & F Broadhurst, 2nd Edition, 2008
East Lothian and the Borders a Landscape Fashioned by Geology – BGS
Classic Landforms of the Sussex Coast – R Castleden (1982)
Yorkshire Rocks & Landscape – a Field Guide ?
Lakeland rocks & landscape: a field guide – M Dodd
Field excursions North West England – C Park
Mull in the Shaping – R Jones
An excursion guide to the geology of the Island of Skye – Bell & Harris
Classic geology in Europe 3: Iceland – Thornarson & Hoskuldsson
Classic geology in Europe 5: The North of Ireland – P Lyle
Classic geology in Europe 12: Almeria – Harvey & Mather
Excursion guide to the geology of Arran ?
The Quaternary of Islay & Jura: field guide – Dawson & Dawson
Geology of Arran – MacDonald & Herriot
Yorkshire field studies – GE Bell
The Geology of Cornwall Selwood, – Durrance & Bristow (Eds)
An excursion guide to the Geology of the Aberdeen area – Trewin, Kneller & Gillen (Eds)
A geological excursion guide to the NW Highlands of Scotland – K Goodenough & M Krabbendam (Eds)
Geological excursions around Glasgow & Girvan – Lawson & Weedon
The glorious geology of Iceland’s Golden Circle – A Gudmundsson
Fife & Angus Geology – AR MacGregor
Geology of the Stirling district – HMSO
Derbyshire geology – PR Rogers
Geology of Arran – Macgregor, Heriot & King

British Regional Guides, HMSO & NERC Publications
Geology of the Country around Lancaster – BGS
The Cheshire Basin – BGS
The Geology of the Wenlock Edge Area – B A Hains, Institute of Geol Sciences, HMSO (1970)
The Geology of the Craven Arms Area – B A Hains, Institute of Geol Sciences, HMSO (1969)
The Geology of South Shropshire – Prof W F Whittard, Proc of the Geologists’ Assoc, Vol 63, Pt 2, July 1952
Geology of the County Around Nantwich and Whitchurch – E G Poole & A J Whiteman, HMSO (1966)
Geological Excursion in the Sheffield Region and Peak District National Park (Eds) – R Neves & C Downie, University of Sheffield
The Grampian Highlands (3rd Edition) – British Regional Geology, HMSO (1966)
The Wealden District (4th Edition) – R W Gallois, HMSO (1965)
The Welsh Borderland (3rd Edition) – J R Earp et al, HMSO (1971)
South West England – E A Edmonds et al, HMSO (1975)
Orkney & Shetland – W Mykura, HMSO (1976)
Bristol & Gloucester District – F B A Welch & R Crookhall, HMSO (1948)
Bristol & Gloucester District (3rd Edition)
South Wales (3rd Edition)
The South of Scotland (3rd Edition)
North Wales (3rd Edition)
East Anglia (4th Edition)
The Hampshire Basin (4th Edition)
The Midland Valley (3rd Edition)
The Tertiary volcanic Districts of Scotland (3rd Edition)
The Pennines & adjacent areas (3rd Edition)
The Pennines & adjacent areas (4th Edition)
The Northern Highlands of Scotland (4th Edition)
Eastern England from the Tees to The Wash (2nd Edition)
Northern England (4th Edition)
Northern Ireland
Central England (3rd Edition)
Classical areas of British Geology: Capel Curig & Betwys-y-coed
Classical areas of British Geology: Dolgarrog
Classical areas of British Geology: The Cross Fell area
Classical areas of British Geology: The Church Stretton area
Classical areas of British Geology: Geological excursions in the Harlech Dome
The Geology of the Hebrides & West Shetland shelves & adjacent areas
The Geology of the Moray Firth
The Geology of the country around Aberdaron, including Bardsey Island
Geology of the area around Pwllheli
Geology of the country around Buxton, Leek & Bakewell
Geology of the country around Chapel en le Frith
Geology of the Wolverhampton & Telford district
Geology of the Leicester district
Geology of the country around Preston
Geology of the country around Cockermouth
Geology of the country around Church Stretton, Craven Arms, Wenlock Edge
& Brown Clee
Geologists’ Association short guides
Classic landforms of Assynt & Coigach area
Sussex coast
Lake District
Morecambe Bay
Dark Peak
White Peak
West Dorset coast
East Dorset coast
South Devon coast
North Devon coast
Syke
The late Precambrian Geology of the Scottish Highlands & Islands
Isle of Arran (2nd Edition) – McKerrow & Atkins
Earth Alert: Brighton
BGS Booklets
Scotland
Cairngorms
Northwest Highlands
Loch Lomond to Stirling
Arran & the Clyde Islands
Orkness & Shetlands
Skye
East Lothian & the Border
Edinburgh
Ancient frontiers: exploring the geology of the Hadrian’s wall area – E Pickett et al.
Foundations of a landscape: Isle of Man

Geologists’ Association: Newer Guides
2 The Lake District
7 Geology of the Manchester Area
21 The Lewisian & Torridonian rocks of NW Scotland
22 Geology of the Dorset Coast
26 The Peak District
27 Geology of South Shropshire
31 Geology of West Cornwall
32 Isle of Arran
34 The Yorkshire coast
41 The Geology of Jersey, Channel Islands
42 Island of Mallorca (2-copies)
43 Costa Blanca Spain
45 Onny Valley Shropshire
46 Geology of the Isle of Mann
47 Coastal Landforms of West Dorset
49 Tenerife Canary Island
50 South Cyprus
51 A Geological Field Guide to Island of Bute, Scotland
52 Iceland
54 The Aberystwyth District
55 Early Cretaceous Environments of the Weald
56 The Castleton Area, Derbyshire
57 The Chalk of Sussex and Kent
58 Salthill Quarry Geological Trail
59 Geology of Hadrians Wall
61 Geology of the Western Front
62 Lanzarote, Canary Islands
63 Geology of the East Midlands
64 The Geology of the D-Day Landing in Normandy 1944
66 The Geology of Watchat and its Neighbourhood, Somerset

Geologists’ Association Guides: Older Series (Yellow/Cream Cover)
1 Area around Birmingham
3 The Oxford District
5 The Silurian Inlier of the SE Welsh Borderland
6 Geology Around The University Towns of Liverpool
7 Area Around Manchester
8 Area Around Stoke-on-Trent
9 Area Around Sheffield
10 The North Coast of Cornwall from Bude to Tintagel
11 Geology Around the University Town: Hull
13 The Tertiary Igneous Geology of the Isle of Skye
15 Geology Around University Towns: The Durham Area
16 The Cardiff District
17 Geology Around the University Towns: Swansea, South Wales
18 Geology Around the University Towns: NE Ireland, The Belfast Area
20 The Tertiary Igneous Geology of the Isle of Mull
22 The Dorset Coast from Poole to the Chesil Beach
23 The Coast of South Devon and Dorset between Branscombe and Burton Bradstock
24 Geology of the Central Weald: The Hastings Beds
25 The Isle of Wight
26 The Peak District
27 Geology of some Classic British Areas: Geol Itineraries for South Shropshire
28 Geology of some Classic British Areas: Geol Itineraries for Snowdonia
29 Geology of the Weald
30A The London Region
31 NE Scotland: The Dalradian
32 Isle of Arran
33 Dartmoor (NW Margin and Other Selected Areas)
34 Geology of the Yorkshire coast
35 Guide to the Moine Schists and Lewisian Gneisses Around Mallaig, Inverness-shire)
37 Cheviot Hills
38 The Plymouth Area
39 The Lleyn Peninsula
40 Anglesey
Pamphlets/leaflets
The South Downs Way (Aerofilms Guide, 1992)
Truro Cathedral
The Making of Wales
Geology Trail Newlands Corner-Albury Fountain Paint Pot, Firehole Drive
Glodwick Lows Trail Oldham
Rock Around Liverpool William Brown Street
BGS Holiday Guide: Land’s End
BGS Holiday Guide: St Ives to Cape Cornwall
Hawaii Volcanoes
Introducing the Soil Survey
The rocks & landscapes of the Keswick area
The geology of Jura
Parys Mountain & Amlwch’s port: Copper Kingdom
Royal Engineer Geologists & the geology of Gibraltar
Maps
BGS Index Map to 1:50000 and 1:63360 Series Maps
Ben Nevis, Sheet 053 Solid and Drift
UK North and South Sheets, Solid, IGS (1979)
Journals/magazines
The Amateur Geologist Vol III Pt 1, Vol IV Pt I, Vol V Pt II, Vol VI Pt 1. Vol Vi Pt2,
Vol VII Pt 1, Vol VII Pt 2, Vol VIII Pt 1, Vol VIII Pt 2, Vol IX Pt 1, Vol IX Pt2, Vol X Pt 1,
Vol XI Pt1, Vol XI Pt2, Vol XII Pt1
Northwest Geologist Nos 1 to10
Northwest Geologist No 12, 2005
Northwest Geologist No 13
Northwest Geologist No 14
Northwest Geologist No 15
Northwest Geologist No 16, 2009
Northwest Geologist No 17, 2010
Northwest Geologist No 18
Northwest Geologist No 19
Northwest Geologist No 20, 2017
Northwest Geologist No 21, 2020
Northwest Geologist No 22, 2024
British Mining No 63 Memoirs 1999
Liverpool & Manchester Geological Journal 1960 V2 Part 3 Centenary Issue
Liverpool & Manchester Geological Journal 1961 V2 Part 4
Liverpool Geological Society: A retrospect of 35 years 1910-1944 TA Jones, 1944
Liverpool Geological Society: A retrospect of 50 years’ existence & Work W Hewitt, 1910
Papers
Geology of the Morecambe Gas Field, Ch 44, pp 485-493 J Ebbern
Petroleum Geology of the Continental Shelf of North-west Europe, 1991
The mechanisms of recent vertical crustal movements in Campi Flegrei Dvorak & Mastrolenrenzo
Caldera, S. Italy
Wall charts
OU wallchart ‘Evolution’
OU wallchart ‘World Ocean Floor’
Miscellaneous items
Jigsaw- Geological Map of Britain
Collection of 18 geological postcards