Sprigg Reg (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Covers & Spine: front and back showing light scuffing & signs of handling otherwise undamaged, minimal wear along edges and at corners, two-staple spine is intact and solid. Binding: firm throughout. Pages & Markings: unstained, only marking is surname of previous owner top of opening page otherwise clean throughout. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the size and lighter weight of this item, standard postage cost will be less than what is quoted here. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Covers & Spine: both front and back glossy picture-boards are undamaged with minimal wear along the edges and corners, spine is intact with only slight bumping at ends. Binding: firm throughout, both hinges strong. Pages & Markings: unstained, no markings, clean throughout. No dust jacket as issued. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks.

HARDCOVER. Condition: VG. Personalized author signature and inscription on half title page. Binding solid, pages crisp and clean, no other markings found. Covers bright and shiny with light scuffs and dents. Extremities lightly bumped with minimal tip wear.

Hardback. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 18x25cm]. Very Good+ condition in pictorial laminated boards. An excellent copy. Black & white cartoons and photographs. Cartoons by Stephen Stanley ("Lafferty"). Previous owners details and cataloging information to preliminary pages. Signmed and inscribed by author to previous owners and signed again on title page. 349 pages. Reg Sprigg worked for the South Australian Geological Survey, which sent him to reopen the Radium Hill Uranium Field in 1944, and to map the Mount Painter uranium field. When he discovered the fossils, apparently while eating his lunch, he realised that these fossils were very ancient, either of Early Cambrian, or possibly even of Precambrian age. He submitted a paper to Nature, but it was turned down. He travelled to London and presented his findings to the 1948 International Geological Congress, but failed to excite either interest or belief. Subsequent work by the University of Adelaide demonstrated that they were indeed of latest Precambrian age. Although Precambrian animal fossils had been reported before, they had not been universally accepted as organic. This discovery led ultimately to the erection in 2004 of the Ediacaran Period, the first new geological period created in more than one hundred years. In 1968, he purchased the pastoral lease of Arkaroola, a property and important uranium exploration field of 610 square kilometres in the Flinders Ranges, and turned it into a wildlife refuge and tourist attraction.

1st edition softback with stiff wrappers Nice copy octavo. 64pp., col. & b/w pls., text ills., maps, Neat ownership signature o/w nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Covers & Spine: both front and back glossy picture-boards are undamaged with minimal wear along the edges and corners, spine showing slight sun-fading but remains intact with only minor bumping at ends. Binding: firm throughout, both hinges strong. Pages & Markings: unstained, only markings are name of previous owner (crossed out) and name sticker (scratched over) both top of opening page otherwise clean throughout. No dust jacket as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Due to this item weighing more than 1 kg with packaging, postage cost for international orders (i.e. not Australian) may be more than what is shown here. Please email me if you would like a quote. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks.

Large 8vo. 295pp. Black & white illustrations. A very good hardback copy. Signed by the author.

Stapled Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good With A Small Rust Stain On The Top Rear Corner Pp 64, Endpaper Maps Illustrations .

1st edition laminated boards As New octavo. 295pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps, diags.,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Please contact O'Connell's Bookshop Adelaide (est. 1957) to check availability etc. We have many thousands more books in our shop than appear on line. 298 pages. (SA Hist. A, blue, brown with red title, A4. Signed by Author(s).

1st edition pictorial boards Nice copy octavo. 295pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps, diags., Signed by Reg Sprigg on the half-title page. Piece clipped from front end paper o/w a nice copy.

1st edition pictorial boards As New octavo. 294pp., colour plates, text ills., maps, diags.,

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

First Edition. Pp. 298, 20 coloured plates, numerous black & white text illustrations, text and endpaper maps, references, corrigenda; small cr. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Arkaroola, Adelaide, 1984. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. Reg Sprigg (1919-1994) was an Australian geologist and conservationist. In 1968 he purchased the pastoral lease of Arkaroola, in the Flinders Ranges, and converted it into a wildlife refuge and tourist attraction. Signed.