The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex
by Dixon, Frederick
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans. Very Good. 1850. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition published posthumously and edited by the British biologist and palaeontologist Richard Owen. Quarto. Very good and sound half leather paper covered boards with gilt titles. Top edge gilt. Coloured frontispiece of funereal vessels. 44 lithographic plates showing approximately 1,000 items. No inscriptions. A heavy volume. ; Engravings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; xvi 422 pages .
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- Title
- The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex
- Author
- Dixon, Frederick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1850
- Keywords
- Geology, Fossils, Tertiary Period, Cretaceous, Sussex, Palaeontology
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Quarto
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