A Manual of Elementary Geology [5th edition]
Charles Lyell
From Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since August 9, 1997
From Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since August 9, 1997
About this Item
23 x 15 cm. Octavo. 655 pages 32pp [ads dated November, 1856] 40pp [supplement]. 717 figures in the next. Hand colored frontispiece. 5th edition of the work originally titled "Elements of Geology".In original brown cloth with stamp stamped design and lettering. Bound into the rear is the "Supplement ot the Fifth Edition of a Manual of Elementary Geology", second edition, John Murray 1859. Additional figures in the supplement. The sections in the supplement are "British Pliocene Strata", "Where to Draw the Line between the Miocene and Eocene Tertiary Strata", "Denudation of the Wealden", "Upper trias of the Eastern Alps". Two bookplates on front endpapers. Front and rear gutter are severely cracked and would benefit from professional restoration. Binding is quite shaken. Front fixed endpaper is no longer affixed to front cover. Each edition of this work has new and updated information and figures by the most influential of 19th century geologists. This work was originally intended as a 4th volume to Lyell's monumental "Principles of Geology". Seller Inventory # 77376
Bibliographic Details
Title: A Manual of Elementary Geology [5th edition]
Publisher: John Murray, London
Publication Date: 1855
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Edition: Fifth Edition.
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