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Published by Dover Publications, 1964
ISBN 10: 048661168XISBN 13: 9780486611686
Seller: Early Republic Books, Hopatcong, NJ, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: G+. GOOD-PLUS TRADE-PAPERBACK. VERY-GOOD EXCEPT MODERATE READING WEAR.
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Published by Alpha Edition, 2022
ISBN 10: 9356311137ISBN 13: 9789356311138
Seller: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Condition: New.
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Published by Cambridge University Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 1108072313ISBN 13: 9781108072311
Seller: The Dawn Treader Book Shop, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Book is VG+. Pages are clean and unmarked. Spine is uncracked. There is a light crease to the lower right corner and some soiling to the block.
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Published by NY: Dover Publ. 1964., 1964
Seller: de Wit Books, HUTCHINSON, KS, U.S.A.
G, unmarked, 5" x 8" Paperback; cover corner crease & hinge. wear. xix + 528 pp.
Published by HardPress Publishing, 2021
ISBN 10: 0371569796ISBN 13: 9780371569795
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.
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Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from , edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 627.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from , edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 633.
Published by HardPress Publishing, 2021
ISBN 10: 0461273799ISBN 13: 9780461273793
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United Kingdom
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Published by HardPress Publishing, 2021
ISBN 10: 0461911140ISBN 13: 9780461911145
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United Kingdom
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Published by University of Illinois Press, 1956
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1956 facsimile reprint of the original edition of 1802, 8vo, i-xix being an Introduction by George W White followed by the reprint, i-xx, 528 pp. Two toned cloth, oval stamp on the front paste down and neat removal of a book plate, light toning to the closed edges but a good to very good copy.
Published by Legare Street Press 2022-10, 2022
ISBN 10: 1017153086ISBN 13: 9781017153088
Seller: Chiron Media, Wallingford, United Kingdom
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PF. Condition: New.
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Published by Dover
Seller: GridFreed, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Good condition with wear and markings.
Published by Legare Street Press, 2022
ISBN 10: 1017148627ISBN 13: 9781017148626
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.
Published by Dover Publications, New York, 1964
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Scarce. 528 pages, plus advertising. Pages are clean and in very good condition. Pink/white card covers with illustration and black titles. Corners and edges show very light wear. VG+.
Published by LIGHTNING SOURCE INC, 2015
ISBN 10: 129602508XISBN 13: 9781296025083
Seller: moluna, Greven, Germany
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Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New.
Published by British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011
ISBN 10: 1241494037ISBN 13: 9781241494032
Seller: Collectors' Bookstore, Antwerpen, Belgium
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition thus. Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth by John Playfair; James Hutton. Published by British Library, Historical Print Editions in 2011. Paperback ISBN:9781241494032. Collectible item in very fine condition.
Published by Edinburgh Caddell & Davies; William Creech, 1802
First Edition
FIRST EDITION 1802. 8vo, approximately 210 x 130 mm, 8 x 5 inches, pages: xx, 1-528, bound in full modern speckled calf, gilt lettered maroon label to spine, gilt decoration to spine, double black rules to edges of covers, modern cream endpapers before original endpaper at front and rear, marbled edges, housed in a marbled slip case. Pale browning and foxing to title page, pale age-browning throughout, occasional fox spot, 2 corner tips missing, not near text, tiny neat repair to top of inner margin on blank side of title page and tiny repair to inner margin of last page, not near text, otherwise a very good copy. John Playfair was a Scottish mathematician and geologist best known for his defence of James Hutton's geological theories. This highly influential book, first published in 1802, contains Playfair's clarification and summary of Hutton's geological concepts. Playfair explains Hutton's theories on erosion and geothermal heat in rock formation and the concept of uniformitarianism in geology, illustrating these theories with his own observations on types of rock strata. Playfair's explanation was instrumental in popularising Hutton's geological theories, many of which are now recognised as key principles of modern geology. See: The History of British Geology by John Challinor, page 16; The Christie's sale catalogue of the Haskell F. Norman Library of Science and Medicine, Volume 2, page 370, No. 727; Diana Hook & Jeremy Norman Haskell F. Norman Library of Science and Medicine, Volume 2, page 621, No. 1717; Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Volume XI, pages 34-36. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Published by 'printed for Cadell and Davies, London and William Creech, Edinburgh', Edinburgh, 1802
Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Edinburgh, 'printed for Cadell and Davies, London and William Creech, Edinburgh', 1802. Octavo, xx, 528 pages. Relatively recent antique-style half calf and marbled papered boards; old marbling to the edges; leather very slightly rubbed and a little sunned on the spine; leather turnover has stained the corners of the endpapers, binder's blanks and first and last few leaves; short tear to the top right-hand corner of the title leaf repaired on the verso with a small piece of tape; small light tidemark to the outer bottom corner of most of the first 40 leaves, the inner margin (into the text) and top margin of the last 50 leaves, and the outer margin of the last 30 leaves (in all places, this is essentially inoffensive); scattered pale foxing and the occasional light mark or stain; trifling signs of age and use; overall, a very good copy. John Playfair (1748-1819), mathematician and geologist. 'Following the death in 1797 of his friend James Hutton, Playfair proceeded to make a careful analysis, clarification, and amplification of Hutton's "Theory of the Earth" [1785 and 1795, the essence of which is the concept of the geological cycle] . The publication of the "Illustrations" is indeed one of the most conspicuous landmarks in the progress of British geology. It ended the early period in the history of that science' ('Dictionary of Scientific Biography', Volume 11). Provenance: C.R. Twidale, with his signature (Adelaide, 1977) on the front free endpaper. Dr Rowl Twidale has been associated with the University of Adelaide since 1958: his publications include 18 books (with another 11 co-edited), and more than 400 essays and papers in refereed monographs and journals. His research interests are eclectic, but he is 'known for work on structural geomorphology, particularly the development of granite forms; on desert landscapes; on weathering processes, especially the effects of groundwaters; on palaeosurfaces and models of landscape evolution, particularly the antiquity of landscapes in shield lands; on problems related to the dating of land surfaces; and increasingly the history of geomorphological ideas' (University of Adelaide Researcher Profiles).
Published by London Cadell and Davies 1802, 1802
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Book First Edition
Condition: very good. 1st Edition. 528pp. Octavo. Bound in an attractive modern full tree calf with speckled calf spine. Old marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Title page a bit soiled. Old ownership name on title page. Old stamp removed from the back of the title page. Text block very clean. very good A landmark book in the history and progress of science and geology in the 19th century, which summarized and advanced the Huttonian concept of Uniformitarianism. Uniformitarianism, the principle that natural laws operating today have always operated at roughly the same rates, including into the distant past, has informed the ideas of many scientists, including Charles Lyell and Charles Darwin. The vastly long time scales required by Uniformitarianism were essential to the success of Darwin's theory of Decent by Modification, the cornerstone to his Theory of Evolution. Rare especially in this nice condition.
Published by William Creech / Cadell and Davies, Edinburgh / London, 1802
Seller: Milestones of Science Books, Ritterhude, Germany
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo (210 x 130 mm). xx, 528 pp. Contemporary calf, rebacked with the original spine preserved, red morocco lettering piece. Text little age toned, occasional very minor spotting, brown offsetting from silk bookmark to pp. 411/12. Provenance: Cranstoun of Corehouse (armorial bookplate to front pastedown). A very good, clean copy. ---- Horblit 52b; Norman 1717. FIRST EDITION. Landmark book in the development of the science of geology. "Playfair, a professor of mathematics at the University of Edinburgh and a friend of James Hutton, revised Hutton's Theory of the Earth to present his case more precisely, with additional evidence and without Hutton's religious ideas. Although Playfair's primary works were in mathematics and physics, he added substantially to the sum of geological knowledge of his time." (Norman). - Visit our website to see more images!.
Published by [Neill & Co. for] Caddell and Davies; William Creech, Edinburgh, 1802
EVANS 66 - "OF THIS GREAT CLASSIC IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SPEAK TOO HIGHLY" First edition of "one of the most conspicuous landmarks in the progress of British geology" (DSB). "Of this great classic it is impossible to speak too highly. For precision of statement and felicity of language it has no superior in English scientific literature." (Evans). Playfair (1748-1819) was Professor of Mathematics at Edinburgh from 1785 to 1805. In 1795 he published an important edition of Euclid, containing an original formulation of the fifth postulate. "Playfair's fame as a scientist, however, rests almost entirely on his work in geology -hardly a "professional" study at the time - in presenting Hutton's momentous theory in a clear and palatable form (which Hutton himself had failed to do), and in adding materially to the geological knowledge of the time" (DSB). "Playfair's exposition and development of James Hutton's Uniformitarian theory of the earth was largely responsible for the theory's acceptance. Playfair believed Hutton's theory to be a qualitative revolution in thought - the geologic equivalent of Newton's Principia - but felt that its scientific principles were too much obscured by Hutton's difficult prose and preoccupation with natural theology. Divorcing Hutton's science from his religious ideas, Playfair presented the essential elements of Uniformitarianism in a clear, elegant and readable manner, reinforcing them with many original observations and reflections of his own. He recognized the importance of unconformity (lack of continuity between strata in contact) as a manifestation of the geological cycle, a concept at the heart of Hutton's theory. He provided many descriptions of unconformities in England and Scotland, and made several important miscellaneous observations as well. Playfair also gave many terms their modern geological meaning, and introduced important new phrases, such as "geological cycle," into scientific literature" (Norman). "The world is so complex, and the skills needed to apprehend it so varied, that even the greatest of intellects often needs a partner to supply an absent skill . James Hutton, whose Theory of the Earth (1795) marks the conventional discovery of deep time in British Geological thought, might have occupied but a footnote to history if his unreadable treatise had not been epitomized by his friend, and brilliant prose stylist, John Playfair, in Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth (1802)" (Gould, Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle, p. 61). "Hutton's theory . postulated a cyclical history of the earth in four stages, consisting of erosion, deposition of the eroded land as strata at the bottom of the ocean, compression of the strata under the heat which lies beneath the earth's crust, and the fracturing and re-emersion of the fused sediments to form new continents. The revolutionary nature of Hutton's system lay in its cyclical view of geologic processes, in its rejection of the catastrophic view of the processes of geological evolution, and in its focus on the materials of the earth itself as adequate testimony to a continuous and uniform process of change" (DSB, under Hutton). Hutton's theory was first made public at two meetings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, early in 1785, and first appeared in print in condensed form as a thirty-page pamphlet entitled Abstract of a Dissertation . Concerning the System of the Earth, which Hutton circulated privately in 1785. The society published Hutton's theory in full in "Though Playfair had probably met Hutton by 1769 (both were then in Edinburgh, enjoying the same friends) and had presumably developed some kind of rapport by 1781, the most meaningful part of their association took place during the last decade of Hutton's life. We know, for example, that Playfair had not been privy to the details of Hutton's theory before its presentation in 1785. On hearing that theory, moreover, he failed to see how it could explain the oblate shape of the ear.