Author: Chief Commissioner of Her Majesty's Woods, Works, and Land Revenues
Title: Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Economic Geology in London
Description: London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846-1848. Cloth. A nice copy of the geological survey of Great Britain, with folding maps and colour plates Three volumes of the Geological Survey of Great Britain published between 1846 and 1848. With nine folding plates to the rear of volume I, thirty plates to part 1 of volume II, and thirty six plates, thirteen of which are folding to the second part of volume II, collated and complete. Whilst geological surveys were previously published on a county by county basis, these three volumes collect the memoirs of different geologists involved in the survey of Great Britain. Includes a comparison of British mining with that of Saxony, Hungary, and France. With geological maps, and engravings of British fossils. With a small pocket for a library index card to the front pastedown of all three volumes. Volume I lacks the ticket, but it is present in both parts of Volume II. With institutional stamps from Richmond Public Library, and Southwark Public Library to verso of the title page in volume I, and both parts of volume II. With library renewal sticker to recto of front endpapers in both parts of volume II. Sticker from London Special Collection, part of the London Borough of Southward Adult Libraries. Prior owner's ink inscription to title page in each volume, 'Mr Farley&apos. Stamp from Special Collection, Southwark Library to the bottom edge of the of the text block on all three volumes. Rebound in a blue cloth library binding. Externally, very smart with some light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and some marginal wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned, and a little foxed to the front and rear of some of the volumes, but otherwise pages are generally clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain Museum of Economic Geology in London Geology Geological Survey Museum of Economic Geology in London None
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Title: Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Economic Geology in London
Description: London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846-1848. Cloth. A nice copy of the geological survey of Great Britain, with folding maps and colour plates Three volumes of the Geological Survey of Great Britain published between 1846 and 1848. With nine folding plates to the rear of volume I, thirty plates to part 1 of volume II, and thirty six plates, thirteen of which are folding to the second part of volume II, collated and complete. Whilst geological surveys were previously published on a county by county basis, these three volumes collect the memoirs of different geologists involved in the survey of Great Britain. Includes a comparison of British mining with that of Saxony, Hungary, and France. With geological maps, and engravings of British fossils. With a small pocket for a library index card to the front pastedown of all three volumes. Volume I lacks the ticket, but it is present in both parts of Volume II. With institutional stamps from Richmond Public Library, and Southwark Public Library to verso of the title page in volume I, and both parts of volume II. With library renewal sticker to recto of front endpapers in both parts of volume II. Sticker from London Special Collection, part of the London Borough of Southward Adult Libraries. Prior owner's ink inscription to title page in each volume, 'Mr Farley&apos. Stamp from Special Collection, Southwark Library to the bottom edge of the of the text block on all three volumes. Rebound in a blue cloth library binding. Externally, very smart with some light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and some marginal wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned, and a little foxed to the front and rear of some of the volumes, but otherwise pages are generally clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain Museum of Economic Geology in London Geology Geological Survey Museum of Economic Geology in London None
Price: GBP 250.00 = appr. US$ 357.00 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 848N14
- Book number: 848N14
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