Geological and topographical maps. Their interpretation and use. A. handbook for the geologist and civil engineer.

Publisher's gilt-stamped green cloth, very fine. Provenance: Swedish artist and writer Roland Svensson (1910-2003). London, Edward Arnold & Co., 1924. 8vo. [viii] + 136 pp. + 8 pp. (publisher's advertisements). Richly illustrated with drawings. With index. Second edition. Second impresson. Contents: "Some structural features of the earth's crust", "Denudation and the relation of outcrops to contour lines", "Inclined and folded strata in plan and section", "Dislocations", "Igneous and metamorphic rocks in plan and section", "Geological history from maps", "Geometrical solutions of some problems relating to dips", "Methods of Conducting a geological reconnaissance", "Appendix 1. Table to show variation of dips", "Appendix 2. Table of natural sines, tangents, and cotangents".