Text-Book of Geology GEIKIE Archibald Publisher: Macmillan and Co. Publish Year: 1882 Publish Place: London : Illustrator: Unknown Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 008231 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: 1st Edition Inscription: Unknown £55 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information In modern half morocco over pink marbled boards. Spine, raised bands, gilt titles to brown calf label, some marks. Internally, frontis (folding), [3], (iv-xi), [1], [1], 2-971 pp, 435 text B&W illustrations within text, 2 folding sheets, marbled endpapers, red speckled text block edges, oval stamp of Stonyhurst school to verso of frontis & tp. (218*143 mm). Served as a standard work which carried on the funcions of Lyell's Principles. A storehouse of geological facts, a mine for the extraction of clear definitions and explanations. DSB.
