The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain

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VG 2 Volumes, First edition, with an important dedication by the author. In the publishers embossed green cloth, corners rubbed. Spines, bright gilt titles & tooling, edges rubbed. Internally, Vol 1, 1897, half title, [7], (viii-xxiv), [1], 2-477 pp, [1], [2] adverts, 4 maps (large folding, coloured), numerous illustrations (some full page). Vol 2, 1897, half title, [5], (vi-xv), [1], [1], 2-492 pp, [4] adverts, 3 maps (folding & coloured), lower gutter cracked. Almost 400 illustrations, some full page. The blind stamp of Walter R Jones to half title. Stamp of Walcott to TP and 1st text page of both volumes upper & lower text block edges, repaired margin paper tear to 2 pages, ugly evidence of bookplate removal. (256*172 mm). Dedicated to CD Walcott by the author in Washington 1897. Probably, WALCOTT Charles Doolittle, March 31, 1850 - February 9, 1927, was an American paleontologist, administrator of the Smithsonian Institution from 1907 to 1927, and geologist. He is famous for his discovery in 1909 of well-preserved fossils, including some of the oldest soft-part imprints, in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada.