REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL, DEVON, And West Somerset. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans 1839.
1st Ed. Thick 8vo. xxviii + 648pp. 12 plates and maps mainly folding, folding facsimile (frontis. map repaired to recto at hinge). Some light browning, neat inscription to head of t.p., rebound in modern leather backed marbled boards, gilt motifs and lettering to spine.
Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche (1796–1855), geologist. ODNB ‘... In 1839 he published an official Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset, which summed up his findings and included substantial discussions of mining and economic geology ...’
£250.00 [ref: 195168]
GEOLOGICAL FRAGMENTS For Furniss and Cartmel. With a new gazetteer prepared expressly for this edition by Harry Kellett. Michael Moon, Beckermet, Cumbria ... 1978.
Reprint. [iv] + [xii] + 272pp. 6 plates. Very good in d/w.
One of a Limited Edition of 600 Copies.
£22.00 [ref: 194837]
COMPTE RENDU de la XI:E SESSION, STOCKHOLM 1910. Stockholm ... 1912.
Royal 8vo. 2 vols. v + 1413pp. 3 folding maps, profusely ills. Text in French/English. Ex.-lib. with ink stamps to verso of t.p., some light marginal browning, original wrapps., accession nos. to sl. chipped backstrips.
£35.00 [ref: 184003]
COMPTE-RENDU DE LA XIIe SESSIONS, CANADA 1913. Ottawa Imprimerie du Gouvernement 1914.
Royal 8vo. xv + 1034pp. Numerous ills. maps and plates including many folding. Text in English/French. Ex.-lib. with ink stamps, original wrapps. bound in, rebound in gilt lettered lib. cloth, spine very sl. faded.
£30.00 [ref: 183407]
COMPTES RENDUS DE LA DIX-NEUVIÈME SESSION ALGER 1952. 1953-6.
Complete in 22 parts. Royal 8vo. Numerous maps and charts including some folding. Text in French/English. Ex.-lib. with ink stamps to t.ps., original wrapps., minor signs of wear.
Complete listing available on request.
£200.00 [ref: 183996]
COMPTES RENDUS DE LA XIIIe SESSION, EN BELGIQUE 1922. Liége 1924.
3 vols. Royal 8vo. Numerous ills. and maps including many folding, 56 plates. Text in French/English. Ex.-lib. with ink stamps, original wrapps. bound in, rebound in gilt lettered lib. cloth, spines very sl. faded.
£65.00 [ref: 183408]
COMPTES RENDUS DE LA XIVe SESSION, EN ESPAGNE 1926. Madrid 1927.
4 vols. + Summaries 5 vols. in all. Royal 8vo. Numerous ills. and maps including many folding, 56 plates. Text in French/English. Ex.-lib. with ink stamps, original wrapps. bound in, rebound in gilt lettered lib. cloth, spines very sl. faded.
£125.00 [ref: 183409]
THE GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh 1970.
Reprinted with corrections. Royal 8vo. [xvi] + 556pp. Numerous figures throughout including many folding and many from photos., with cold. folding geological map at rear. Some minor spotting to t.p. and first few leaves, original gilt lettered cloth very sl. bumped to fore-edge of upper board.
£35.00 [ref: 195074]
THE GEOLOGY OF SUSSEX; Or the Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex. Brighton William J. Smith 1878.
New Ed. Revised and Augmented by T. Rupert Jones. 4to. xxiv + 469pp. 64 litho. plates including 2 chromolithos. and tinted frontis., 1 section, text figures. Very light marginal browning, ex.-lib. with ink stamps to verso of frontis. and t.p., nicely rebound in half speckled calf with marbled boards, gilt motifs and gilt lettered labels to spine.
Includes geological papers by R.A.C. Godwin-Austen, A. Bell, J.S. Bowerbank, O. Fisher, J. Prestwich, E.H. Willett, T.R. Jones, W. Topley; and palaeontological papers by W. Carruthers, H.B. Brady, T.R. Jones, J. de C. Sowerby, W.W. Lonsdale, G.P. Deshayes, C.J.A. Meyer, Sir Richard Owen, E. Forbes, T. Bell, H. Woodward, Sir P. de M. Grey-Egerton, E.T. Newton, W.J. Sollas.
With bibliographical references and index.
£200.00 [ref: 171100]
REPORT OF PROGRESS For 1879-80. Montreal Dawson Brothers 1881.
Thick 8vo. 19 plates, folding map, 2 folding maps in four sheets in end pocket. Some light browning, ex.-lib. with bookplate, several discreet ink stamps, original wrapps. bound in at rear, gilt lettered cloth with gilt accession stamp to sl. bumped spine.
£48.00 [ref: 190597]
