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Fragments of Earth Lore: Sketches & Addresses, Geological and Geographical

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Book Description

First edition. “With maps and illustrations”; chiefly six colour folding maps and charts, and several in-text figures. Gilt-titled, dark blue cloth, a bit rubbed; with minor wear at corners and tiny tears at spine ends; small mark near top of joint on front; rear hinge *just* starting, still strong; contents clean and tight.
Dealer Notes
Geikie was Murchison Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at the University of Edinburgh, with a special interest in the affects of glacial activity on the earth’s surface. “Professor Geike’s scattered papers on glaciation and physical geography published during the last few years are here collected in a handsome volumes …” (cf. review in the Geological Journal)
Author James Geikie
Date 1893
Binding Original cloth
Publisher Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Co.
Condition Near fine
Pages [4], 428 p.

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