Principles Of Geology

London: John Murray, 1832. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 2 volumes 8vo. Illustrated. Engraved frontispieces, the frontispiece of volume two hand-colored. Half leather, spines in six compartments with raised bands, gilt. The frontispiece of volume one is foxed else this is a near fine set. In spite of the note on volume one that this is in… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Murray, 1840.. Sixth edition. Three volumes. 12mo. Recent green moiré cloth, gilt lettered red spine labels. 5 full page plates, 1 folding plate, 2 single page maps and 4 folding maps, of which one is hand coloured, plus other illustrations set into the text. Neat tissue repairs to the folds of one of the folding maps, very… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Hilliard, Gray & Co., 1842. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Good. Vol. I only: xxi, 442 p. 21 cm. Frontispiece, 4 plates, incl. fold-out map of Europe. 16 figures. Brown cloth. Small tears in spine end, corners a bit worn, cloth rubbed. Label on front pastedown. Beginning of Preface missing, begins with p. ix.

London: John Murray, 1833. First edition. EVANS 68 - ONE OF THE GREAT CLASSICS OF GEOLOGY. First edition of this "classic by 'the father of modern geology'" (Grolier/Horblit), famous for "establishing a new era in geology" (DSB), presenting the doctrine of uniformitarianism, namely, that the processes of the past must be judged by those of the present. "One of… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1853. Hardcover fully bound in soft tan leather with marbled page block and marbled endpapers. Revised ninth edition with maps, plates and woodcuts. Spine piece is quite worn and has come away from the binding. Board corners and edges also worn. Light foxing to a few internal pages, signatures of two previous owner's to FEP.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Murray, Albermarle Street, 1850 .. Eighth And Entirely Revised Edition." A very good original binding with all engravings. Thick 8vo. 22.9cm x 15.2cm x 5.9cm. pp.16/pp.811/[1p. - Colophon]. + 12 plates (some folding) . Publisher's original green cloth binding. Gilt image to front board and gilt titles to spine. Edges rubbed and bumped. Spine… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Hilliard, Gray & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1842. First American Edition. Hardcover. In the original dark brown cloth. Spots of bug damage, rubbed at the top of the spine. Old damp stains at the gutters inside the covers, which does not harm the text. The text block is near fine. This is only volume… Saber más sobre este artículo

London:: John Murray,, 1835.. Fourth edition.. original cloth-backed boards with printed paper labels on spines (all of the spine labels are defective, and stained).. Spines sunned; one folding plate (black and white) foxed; paper spine labels defective; otherwise very attractive original condition. . 12mo,. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 15 plates (some colored; some folding); engraved text illustrations..… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paperback / softback. New. As important to modern world views as any work of Darwin, Marx, or Freud, Principles of Geology is a landmark in the history of science. In this first of three volumes, Charles Lyell (1797-1875) sets forth his powerful uniformitarian argument: processes now visibly acting in the natural world are essentially the same as those… Saber más sobre este artículo

Penguin Classics, 1997-11-27. Paperback. Very Good. 3.4010 in x 19.7970 in x 12.3858 in.

GEOLOGICAL CLASSIC ATTRACTIVELY BOUND 4 vols. 12mo. xx, 462; [4], 442; [4], 447, [1]; [4]. 448pp., 11 plates (including 8 folding of which 2 are hand-coloured), 6 maps (including 4 folding and 3 hand coloured), nuerous wood-engraved text figures, contemporary Continental (probably German) half dark green morocco, flat spines with broad richly gilt tooled bands at head and foot, pink (paper?)… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Influencing Darwin, Tennyson and Dickens among others, Lyell's "Principles" was an ambitious attempt to forge links between observable causes - volcanoes, earthquakes, rivers, tides and storms - and the current state of the ea

London: John Murray, 1835.. Fourth edition. Four volumes. Small 8vo. Contemporary tan half calf over marbled boards, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered maroon labels to one panel and numbered direct to the compartment below, early owner's initials to the front free endpaper of volume I ("W.L.D."). Frontispiece and 15 plates (including maps), mostly folding and a few with… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia: James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. Hardcover. These two volumes are intact with joints holding, but with very worn bindings with a few spots of stain to covers, bumped corners rubbed through to the boards, splits at the joints down the spines, ragged spine ends, the interior is heavily foxed, edges browned, with signatures just beginning to loosen,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co., 1853. Ninth and Entirely Revised . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 835pp.incl.index; HB greenbeige emboss w/gilt; rubbed w/wear on edges&corners; spine&edges sunned; sticker,bttm.spine; bookplate; PON; hinges cracked; clean,tight pgs. Book I: "Historical sketch of the progress of geology, .... " Book II: "Observed changes… Saber más sobre este artículo

Penguin Books , pp. 528 . Papeback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Adamant Media Corporation, 2001-08-29. Paperback. Used:Good.

University of Chicago Press, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.