Lectures on Geology.
by Walker, John; edited by Harold W. Scott
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, 1966. Papers & lectures by Walker, among whose students at the University of Edinburgh were scholars generally credited with the birth of geological sciences; the editor here hopes to restore Walker's role, previously neglected. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, corners bumped; jacket partly faded with some creases & chips, short tears. Text clean; xlvi, 280 pages; index, bibliography, appendix on Walker's terminology, some still in use; a few letters, frontispiece, 4 b/w plates, as called for. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Large Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- v0684
- Title
- Lectures on Geology.
- Author
- Walker, John; edited by Harold W. Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago & London
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Geology, Scotland, Hydrography, Mineralogy, Meteorology, History of Science
- Size
- Large Octavo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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