1893 xvi, 592 p., 168 figs, 5 col. pls, col. frontispiece, contemporary hcalf with blue marbled covers and end-papers. Top edge gilt. Spine sligtly rubbed. A few pages crudely opened. Stamp and ex libris of the Dr. Behrend Memorial Library. A finely bound copy.
Reference : GG35363
Hermann L. Strack
M. Hermann L. Strack
Porzh Herve
22780 Loguivy Plougras
France
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London, Cassell & Company Limited, MCMII, 1902, gr. in-8vo, frontispice en couleur ‘The Mer the Glace with the grandes Jorasses’ + XV (+ 1 = List of plates) + 592 p. richly illustrated in-text with ca. 170 woodengravings + 5 plates & maps in color. Schoolprize binding from the ‘Grammar School Rotherham’ prize given by H. Hart Esq. Awarded to R. S. Whitaker 1901’, Red morocco binding. Spine richly gilt with five raised bands., first cover with gilt heraldic school emblem, second cover a bit stained (darkened). All edges marbled with marbled endpapers., in all a fine copy.
Reprinted from the first edition of 1893. Plates and maps are showing map contours of the Atlantic Ocean - Contours of Pacific Ocean - Bird’s-eye view of the Canyons of Colorado - Vaagkallen, Lofoten, Islands The Work of Weather and Glacier - A Lava-Stream Flowing into a Lake, Hawaii. Contents: The story, its books and their speech / II: The processes of sculpture and moulding / III: Changes from within / IV The story of past ages / V: On some theoretical questions. Image disp.
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