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Short List No. 127 — 2014.

Geology

Mostly New Acquisitions

With a section of various works by Hugh Miller.

Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 127 2014.

1 Abelson, Philip H.; Edited by. RESEARCHES IN GEOCHEMISTRY. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 518(last 7 blank); numerous figures (2 folding), numerous tables, references; original cloth (rubbed); a very good copy. New York; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; (1959). ***Including geochronology. #65535 A$30.00


2 Adams, Frank Dawson. THE BIRTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES. Facsimile Edition; pp. [viii], 506, [4](adv.); 14 plates, 79 figures, index; original wrappers (a little worn). New York; Dover Publications; (1954). ***First published in 1938. From classical times to the end of the nineteenth century. #65556 A$25.00


3 Baxter, Stephen. AGES IN CHAOS. James Hutton and the Discovery of Deep Time. Cr. 8vo, First U.S. Edition; pp. [x], 246; 2 full-page illustrations, references, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Forge, A Thomas Doherty Associates Book; (2004). ***First published in 2003 by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. #54970 A$45.00


4 Bonney, Prof. T. G. The Century Science Series. CHARLES LYELL AND MODERN GEOLOGY. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 224, [16](adv.); portrait frontispiece, index; original cloth, gilt; (some foxing); a very good copy. London; Cassell and Company, Limited; 1895. ***Edited by Sir Henry E. Roscoe. #65579 A$50.00


5 Cadbury, Deborah. THE DINOSAUR HUNTERS. A Story of Scientific Rivalry And the Discovery of the Prehistoric World. First Paperback Edition; pp. x, 374; numerous illustrations, notes & sources, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. London; Fourth Estate; (2001). #65532 A$20.00


6 [Castell, C. P. & others]. British Museum (Natural History). BRITISH CAENOZOIC FOSSILS. (Tertiary and Quaternary). Second Edition. Pp. viii, 136(last 3 blank); coloured map frontispiece, 44 plates, stratigraphic tables, bibliography, general index, index to Genera and Species; original wrappers (a little soiled); a very good copy. London; Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum; 1963. #48542 A$20.00


7 Clarke, The Rev. C. C. THE HUNDRED WONDERS OF THE WORLD, and of the three Kingdoms of Nature, described according to the Best and Latest Authorities, and illustrated by Engravings. Thirteenth Edition. Enlarged and Improved. F’cap 8vo, Thirteenth Edition; pp. xii, 86, 87*-96*, 87-120, 117*-120*, 121-524, 533-590, 591*-596*, 591-668(last 7 adv.); 48 woodcut plates (most with two views, making a total of 90 images), index; contemporary full roan, expertly rebacked, with original backstrip preserved (a dark stain at inner margin of about 8 leaves); a nice copy; scarce. London; Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co; 1821. ***A wonderful compendium of natural (and some man-made) wonders. The pagination is irregular, as noted, and the plates do not conform exactly to the list, with one in the list not present but there are ten others unlisted. It appears to be quite complete, as issued. With the contemporary label of Emily Jermyn 1826 on front endpaper. #12934 A$225.00


8 Colbert, Edwin H. MEN AND DINOSAURS. The Search in Field and Laboratory. Cr. 8vo, First Penguin Paperback Edition; pp. 310, [2](adv.); 46 figures, bibliography, index; original wrappers; a very good copy. (Harmondsworth); Penguin Books; (1971). ***First published in the U.S. in 1968. #65551 A$12.00


9 Daly, Reginald Aldworth. OUR MOBILE EARTH. Illustrated with maps, diagrams, and photographs. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], xxiv, 342; frontispiece & 187 maps & figures (several full-page), bibliography, index; original cloth (spine faded); a nice copy. New York; Charles Scribner’s Sons; 1926. ***Earthquakes, volcanoes, orogenesis, etc. #40205 A$70.00


10 Dana, James. D.; LL.D. A TEXTBOOK OF GEOLOGY. Designed for Schools and Academies. Second Edition. Illustrated by 400 woodcuts. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. [ii], viii, 358, [4](blank); 409 figures, appendix, index; original cloth (some minor soiling); a very good copy. New York and Chicago; Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co.; (1874). ***An abridgment of the Author’s Manual of Geology. #65529 A$25.00


11 David, M. E. PROFESSOR DAVID. The Life of Sir Edgeworth David K.B.E., D.S.O., F.R.S., M.A., D.Sc., LL.D. First Edition; pp. 320; full-page map, 8 plates, 3 text figures, index; original pinkish purple cloth, spine gilt; fore & lower edges uncut; a very good copy in ragged partly defective dustwrapper, with portrait on front; very scarce. London; Edward Arnold & Co.; (1937). ***Spence 351. Margaret David was Professor David’s daughter. #19366 A$225.00


12 Davies, Gordon L. THE EARTH IN DECAY. A History of British Geomorphology 1578-1878. Med. 8vo, First U.S. Edition; pp. xvi, 390, [2](blank); 8 plates, 4 text figures, glossary, bibliography, index; original buckram; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper. New York; American Elsevier Publishing Company, Inc.; (1969). ***History of Science Library. #3604 A$35.00


13 Desmond, Adrian. ARCHETYPES AND ANCESTORS. Palaeontology in Victorian London 1850-1875. Med. 8vo, First U.S. Edition; pp. 288(last blank); several illustrations, notes, references, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. (Chicago); The University of Chicago Press; (1984). ***First published in 1982. #65573 A$40.00


14 Dineley, David. EARTH’S VOYAGE THROUGH TIME. Cr. 8vo, First Paperback Edition; pp. 368; 17 plates, 49 illustrations, bibliography, glossary, index; original stiff wrappers. (Frogmore, St Albans); Paladin; (1975). ***First published and with a second edition in 1973. #65563 A$20.00


15 Eicher, Don L. GEOLOGIC TIME. Second Edition. Med. 8vo, Second Edition, Sixth Impression; pp. [viii], 152; geological chart, numerous figures, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. London; Prentice-Hall, Inc.; (1976). #17585 A$25.00


16 Geikie, Archibald. THE SCENERY OF SCOTLAND. Viewed in Connexion with its Physical Geology. With a Geological Map By Sir Roderick I. Murchison, K.C.B. F.R.S. and Archibald Geikie, F.R.S. Edin and Illustrations. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 360; coloured folding geological map, 6 plates (including map of Scotland), 23 text figures (some full-page), index; original cloth; uncut; a nice, clean copy; scarce. London and Cambridge; Macmillan and Co.; 1865. ***With a rather nice inscription on half-title awarding the book as first prize in Physical Geography to a female student in Glasgow, dated May 1874. #65566 A$250.00


17 Geikie, Archibald. GEOLOGICAL SKETCHES AT HOME AND ABROAD. First Edition; pp. x, 382, [2](adv.); 3 maps, 26 illustrations; original cloth; uncut; (spine faded & a little marked); a nice copy. London; Macmillan and Co.; 1882. #3281 A$95.00


18 Geikie, Sir Archibald. CLASS-BOOK OF GEOLOGY. Third Edition. Illustrated with Woodcuts. Cr. 8vo, Third Edition; pp. xx, 404; 209 illustrations (some full-page), appendix, index; original cloth (spine darkened; endpapers stained & portion of front endpaper torn away; otherwise very good). London; Macmillan and Co.; 1892. #14441 A$25.00


19 Geikie, Archibald. Science Primers. GEOLOGY. With Illustrations. F’cap 8vo, Second Edition, Fifth Impression; pp. viii, 154, [2](adv.); 47 figures; original printed cloth (a little flecked); a very good copy. London; Macmillan and Co., Limited; 1893. ***First published 1873. #65565 A$25.00


20 Geikie, Archibald. ELEMENTARY LESSONS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. Illustrated with woodcuts and ten plates. F’cap 8vo, Second Edition, Seventh Impression; pp. xvi, 364(last blank), [4](adv.), [2](inserted adv.); 10 double-page coloured plates (distribution maps), 78 figures, index; original cloth (slightly rubbed; lacking front endpaper); a very good copy. London; Macmillan and Co.; 1894. ***First published 1877, thoroughly revised and electrotyped 1884. #35434 A$25.00


21 Geikie, Sir Archibald. OUTLINES OF FIELD-GEOLOGY. Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo, Fifth Edition; pp. xx, 252; 88 illustrations, including many full-page & several sketch maps, index; original cloth (flecked); uncut; a nice clean copy. London; Macmillan and Co.; 1896. #14436 A$45.00


22 Geikie, Sir Archibald. Science Primers. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. With Illustrations. F’cap 8vo, Third Edition, Second Impression; pp. iv(possibly lacking a half-title?), 152, [2](adv.); 21 figures; original printed cloth; a very good copy. London; Macmillan and Co., Limited; 1901. ***First published 1873. #65564 A$20.00


23 Geikie, Sir Archibald. THE FOUNDERS OF GEOLOGY. Second Edition. Facsimile Edition; pp. xii, 486, [2](blank), [12](adv.); index; original stiff wrappers (worn & with repaired tear; some internal pen marking). New York; Dover Publications, Inc.; (1962). ***First published in 1897, this is a facsimile of the scarce second and best edition of 1905. In a bizarre error, the Author’s first name has been incorrectly rendered as Andrew on front cover. #65570 A$25.00


24 Geikie, James. Chambers’s Elementary Science Manuals. HISTORICAL GEOLOGY. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. vi, [7]-94, [2](blank); 42 figures, original blind-stamped cloth; a nice copy; scarce. London and Edinburgh; 1876. #65567 A$40.00


25 Geikie, James. STRUCTURAL AND FIELD GEOLOGY. For Students of Pure and Applied Science. Third Edition, Revised. Pp. xxiv, 452, 32(adv.); 69 plates (4 coloured), 160 figures, 5 appendices, index; original cloth (slightly spotted; new front endpaper); a nice copy. Edinburgh; Oliver and Boyd; 1912. #53887 A$100.00


26 Gheyselinck, R. THE RESTLESS EARTH. Geology for Everyman. Edited and with an Introduction by Dr. Paul Karlson. Translated from the German Version of the Original Dutch by Dr. Ernst Fellner and Betty Inskip. First Edition; pp. 288(last 3 blank); 8 plates; original canvas; (some foxing); a very good copy. London; The Scientific Book Club; (1939). #65534 A$30.00


27 Gosse, Philip Henry, F.R.S. OMPHALOS: An Attempt to Untie the Geological Knot. Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii](blank), xiv, 376, [6](original adverts.), [2](blank); 56 illustrations, index; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. Woodbridge, Connecticut; Ox Bow Press; (1998). ***First published in 1857, Gosse’s Omphalos hypothesis that God had recently created the earth with the appearance of being very old destroyed his reputation, but has nevertheless been trotted out from time to time as a supposed refutation of Darwin’s theory of evolution and of the various means by which we know the antiquity of the earth. #57537 A$50.00


28 Grabau, Amadeus W.; S.D. THE RHYTHM OF THE AGES. With [a new] introduction by Albert V. Carozzi, University of Illinois. Roy. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. [iv], x, xviii, 588(including plates), [4](blank); portrait frontispiece, 25 plates & maps, 126 text illustrations, 32 tables, references (to introduction), bibliography, general index, index of genera and species; original buckram; a nice copy. Huntington, New York; Robert E. Krieger Publishing Co., Inc.; 1978. ***Originally published in Peking China in 1940 in an edition of only 800 copies. Grabau’s theories prefigure many modern ideas of plate tectonics, continental drift, astronomical influences on crustal movements, orogenesis, etc. #65559 A$95.00


29 Greene, Mott T. GEOLOGY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Changing Views of a Changing World. Med. 8vo, First Paperback Edition; pp. 328(last blank); 15 illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. Ithaca and London; Cornell University Press; (1984). ***First published in 1982. #65536 A$65.00


30 Gregory, J. W.; Edited by. The Forum Series.—No. 11. FROM METEORITE TO MAN: The Evolution of the Earth. By Professor J. W. Gregory, ... Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, ... Professor W. W. Watts, ... Professor A. C. Seward .... Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. vi, 58; 12 illustrations; original papered boards; a very good ex-library copy with cancelled bookplate and blind-stamp on title-page only. London; Watts & Co.; (1930). #65561 A$20.00


31 Hobbs, William. THE EARTH GENERATED AND ANATOMIZED. An early eighteenth century theory of the earth. Edited and with an introduction by Roy Porter. Cr. 4to, First U.K. Edition; pp. [ii], 158; 6 plates, 8 figures, several illustrations, notes & references; original papered boards; (edges slightly foxed); a nice copy. Ithaca and London; British Museum (Natural History) / Cornell University Press; (1981). ***Printed in the U.S. #65542 A$65.00


32 Holmes, Arthur. Benn’s Sixpenny Library. THE AGE OF THE EARTH. An Introduction to Geological Ideas. F’cap 8vo, First Edition, Fourth Impression; pp. 80; original wrappers (front wrapper slightly silverfished). London; Ernest Benn Limited; (1927). #65562 A$15.00


33 Holmes, Arthur. PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICAL GEOLOGY. First Edition, Thirteenth Impression; pp. xii, 532; 95 plates, 262 figures, maps, etc., references to each chapter, index; original cloth, neatly covered in adhesive plastic; a very good copy. Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd; (1956). ***A highly esteemed and much reprinted classic work on physical geology, first published in 1944. #53744 A$35.00


34 Joly, John. THE SURFACE-HISTORY OF THE EARTH. First Edition; pp. 192; coloured folding oro-barygraphical chart of the world, 4 maps, 9 plates, 11 figures, 2 appendices, glossary; original cloth; (inscription on half-title); a very good copy. Oxford; at the Clarendon Press; 1925. #3437 A$40.00


RARE EARLY WORK ON AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGY

35 Jukes, J. Beete. A SKETCH OF THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF AUSTRALIA, so far as it is at present known. By J. Beete Jukes, M.A. F.G.S. Late Naturalist of H. M. S. Fly. First Edition; pp. [viii], 96(last blank), 8(advertisements for Australian exploration narratives); 2 folding coloured maps; original black fine-grained straight-ribbed cloth, decorated in blind on both boards; (neatly rebacked in calf, gilt, with new chalk-faced endpapers to match the originals); a fine copy; rare. London; T. & W. Boone; 1850. ***Ferguson 5406; Wantrup 94 ( first issue, variant coloured cloth). A rare and important early work on Australian geology, the first attempt at a comprehensive treatment of the subject, including much synthesized from, and referenced to the journals of the explorers. #53749 A$3250.00


36 Kurten, Bjorn. CONTINENTAL DRIFT AND EVOLUTION. [The breakup of ancient supercontinents would have had major effects on the evolution of living organisms. Does it explain the difference in the diversification of reptiles and mammals?]. 4to; pp. 12; 3 maps, several figures; stapled, as issued. San Francisco; W. H. Freeman and Company; 1969. ***Scientific American Offprint 877. #65552 A$12.00


37 Lake, Phillip & Rastall, R. H. Arnold’s Geological Series, General Editor: Dr. J. E. Marr, F.R.S. A TEXT-BOOK OF GEOLOGY. First Edition; pp. xvi, 494, [2](adv.), 8(adv.); 32 plates, 134 text maps & figures, index; original cloth; a nice copy. London; Edward Arnold; 1910. ***A notable text-book that ran to many editions. #50144 A$95.00


38 Lane, N. Gary. LIFE OF THE PAST. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 288, [2](blank); numerous figures, glossary, index; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. Columbus; Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, A Bell & Howell Company; (1978). #65549 A$35.00


39 Lapworth, Charles. AN INTERMEDIATE TEXT-BOOK OF GEOLOGY. Cr. 8vo, First Edition, reprinted; pp. xviii, 414; 174 figures, index; original blind-stamped cloth, gilt; (many stamps of former owner and some old coloured pencil underlining, but a very good, crisp copy). Edinburgh and London; William Blackwood and Sons; [1898, but c. 1900]. ***Based on the twelfth edition of the late Professor Page’s ‘Introductory Text-book of Geology’ (1888), first published in 1854. #53771 A$25.00


40 Lyell, Charles. PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY [being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth’s surface, by reference to causes now in operation]. With an introduction by Martin J. S. Rudwick. 3 vols., Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. [iv], ix-xxvi, xvi, 512(last blank); folding map, 2 plates, 33 text illustrations & maps; Vol. II, pp. xii, 330, [2](blank); frontispiece & folding map, 9 text illustrations, index; Vol. III, pp. [iv], xxxii, 398, 110(last blank); 6 plates, 93 text illustrations, 2 appendices, glossary, index; original cloth; (the cloth, endpapers & edges to Volume I mildly marked or stained); a very good set; scarce. Lehre; Verlag von J. Cramer; 1970. ***Facsimile of the very rare first edition of 1830-32-33. #65576 A$275.00


41 Lyell, Sir Charles. PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY: Being an inquiry how far the former changes of the earth’s surface are referable to causes now in operation. In four volumes. The Third Edition. [Volumes I and IV ONLY]. 2 vols. (of 4), demy 12mo, Third Edition; Vol. I, pp. [ii], xxx, 420; frontispiece, 2 folding map plates (1 hand-coloured), several text figures; Vol. IV, pp. [iv], 393+[3](adv.); 6 folding plates (including fine hand-coloured plate and hand-coloured map, numerous text illustrations, appendix, glossary, index; original quarter cloth & papered boards, uncut; (frontispiece to Vol. I a little foxed and stained; rear board & endpaper to Vol. IV stained, otherwise generally clean & crisp; very good copies; very scarce. London; John Murray; 1834. ***With the contemporary signature of James H (?) Campbell, Launceston, VDL at the head of each title-page. #40207 A$165.00


42 Lyell, Sir Charles. PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY; or, the Modern Changes of the Earth and Its Inhabitants, considered as Illustrative of Geology. Eighth and Entirely Revised Edition. Illustrated with Maps, Plates, and Woodcuts. Thick demy 8vo, Eighth Edition; pp. xvi, 812(last colphon only), 16(adv.); 12 plates including 8 maps (several folding), 100 text figures, glossary, index; recased, with new endpapers, in the original cloth (spine ends and joints worn; a small stain at foot of last few leaves); uncut; a very good copy; scarce. London; John Murray; 1850. ***The second one-volume edition; preceded by the seventh edition of 1847. #65575 A$350.00


43 Lyell, Sir Charles, Bart., F.R.S. ELEMENTS OF GEOLOGY or The Ancient Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants as Illustrated by Geological Monuments. Sixth Edition greatly enlarged, and illustrated with 770 woodcuts. Sixth Edition; pp. xvi, 794, [2](adv.); 1 plate (fig. 83A) & 769 figures in text, index; binder’s cloth; (some mild soiling throughout); a very good ex-library copy with a single stamp at head of title-page and another at head of Page 1; scarce. London; John Murray; 1865. ***Variously called “Elements of Geology” or “Manual of Elementary Geology”, this extracted and enlarged portion of the Author’s monumental “Principles of Geology” was first published as a separate work in 1838. This sixth edition is considerably enlarged from the fifth of 1855. There are some Australian references. #65577 A$165.00


44 Lyell, Sir Charles. PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY, or the Modern Changes of the Earth and Its Inhabitants, considered as Illustrative of Geology. Tenth and Entirely Revised Edition. In Two Volumes.--Vol. I [II]. Illustrated with Maps, Plates, and Woodcuts. 2 vols., thick demy 8vo, Tenth Edition; Vol. I, pp. xvi, 672(last blank), 32(adv.); folding map, 4 plates, 69 text illustrations & maps, index; Vol. II, pp. [ii], xviii, 650(last blank), [2](adv.); 3 plates, 89 text illustrations & maps, Errata, list of corrections in present edition and list of dates of publication and editions of this and Lyell’s related works, general index; uncut in the original cloth (a little damp-marked; 2 cm strip torn from spine of Vol. II, temporarily rebacked with facsimile printed backstrip; internally generally fine & clean); a very good set; scarce. London; John Murray; 1867-68. ***Internally an excellent copy, clean and complete, and would repay rebinding. #3184 A$450.00


45 Lyell, Sir Charles: THE STUDENT’S LYELL. A Manual of Elementary Geology. Edited by John W. Judd. With a geological map and 736 illustrations in the text. Post 8vo, First Edition (in this form); pp. xxiv, 636(last blank); coloured map frontispiece, 736 text illustrations, 3 appendices, index; original cloth (darkened & a little soiled); a very good copy. London; John Murray; 1896. ***The successor to several editions of Lyell’s “Manual” or “Elements”. #65578 A$50.00


46 McCabe, Joseph. ICE AGES. The Story of the Earth’s Revolutions. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [viii], 112; 4 plates; original wrappers (worn; spine crudely repaired; considerable foxing); scarce. London; Watts & Co.; (1922). #65554 A$15.00


47 McMillan, R. (“Gossip”). THE ORIGIN OF THE WORLD. First Edition; pp. 196; portrait frontispiece, several illustrations; original cloth; (some foxing); a very good copy; scarce. Sydney; William Brooks & Co., Ltd., Printers; 1913. #65560 A$75.00


48 McPhee, John. RISING FROM THE PLAINS. Third Paperback Impression; pp. [x], 214; frontispiece, full-page map; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. New York; The Noonday Press, Farrar, Straus and Giroux; (1993). ***A novel-like account of American geological history written in an engaging style: the author’s third book on geology and geologists. #65546 A$20.00


49 Mantell, Gideon Algernon. THE MEDALS OF CREATION; or, First Lessons in Geology, and the Study of Organic Remains. In two vols.--Vol. I, containing Fossil Vegetables, Zoophytes, Echinoderms, and Molluscs. [Vol. II, containing Fossil Cephalopoda, Crustacea, Insects, Fishes, Reptiles, Birds and Mammalia. With Notes of Geological Excursions]. Second Edition, entirely rewritten. 2 vols., cr. 8vo; Vol. I, pp. xxxii, 446, [2](blank); 5 plates (3 coloured), 139 lignographs (wood-engravings) in text; Vol. II, pp. xii, [447]-930; coloured frontispiece (Plate 2), 135 lignographs in text & 1 folding, index; original blind-stamped cloth (a little flecked); uncut; (some occasional mild foxing, but a very nice set); scarce. London; Henry G. Bohn; N.D. [c. 1855]. #53733 A$550.00


50 Martin, William. OUTLINES OF AN ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH A KNOWLEDGE OF EXTRANEOUS FOSSILS, on Scientific Principles. In two parts. Facsimile Edition; pp. [iv], xviii, iv, xii, 250; original cloth; a nice copy. Chicheley, Buckinghamshire; The Geological Society of London and Paul P. B. Minet; 1972. ***Originally published at Macclesfield in 1809. #65558 A$45.00


Hugh Miller, — items 51—63.

51 Miller, Hugh. THE TESTIMONY OF THE ROCKS; or, Geology in its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed. Post 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 500; full-page woodcut frontispiece & 152 text illustrations; original cloth (spine ends slightly worn); a very good copy; scarce. Edinburgh; Thomas Constable & Co., Shepherd & Elliot; MDCCCLVII [1857]. ***One of two issues of the first edition, the other having a portrait as frontispiece. #3629 A$250.00


52 Miller, Hugh. MY SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS or The Story of My Education. Cr. 8vo; pp. xii, 562, [2](adv.); original blind-stamped cloth (spine a little marked & ends worn); uncut; a nice copy. Edinburgh; Thomas Constable and Co.; MDCCCLX [1860]. ***First published 1854. #65588 A$75.00


53 Miller, Hugh. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF ENGLAND AND ITS PEOPLE. Cr. 8vo, Seventh(?) Edition; pp. Viii, 276(last blank), [4](adv. for Miller’s works), [16](adv.); original printed cloth (worn; sewing a little weak). Edinburgh; Adam and Charles Black; MDCCCLXI [1861]. ***First published 1847. #65590 A$25.00


54 Miller, Hugh. [The Witness Papers. THE HEADSHIP OF CHRIST, and the Rights of the Christian People, a Collection of Essays, Historical and Descriptive Sketches, and Personal Portraitures]. Cr. 8vo, First Edition(?); pp. [v]-xvi(LACKING half-title & title-page), 518(last blank), [2](adv. for Miller’s works), [12](adv.); original pebbled cloth (spine faded & rear joint worn; lacking half-title & title-page; otherwise good). [Edinburgh; Adam and Charles Black; c. 1861]. ***Essays, inter alia, on the “Disruption Debate” in the Church of Scotland, leading to the schism in the church in 1843. Miller was editor of the Christian ‘Witness’, and a prominent commentator on Christian religious matters. #65591 A$15.00


55 Miller, Hugh. ESSAYS, HISTORICAL AND BIO-GRAPHICAL, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL, LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [iii]-xiv(but complete), 496(last blank), [16](adv.); original lilac pebbled cloth (a little rubbed); a very good copy. Edinburgh; Adam and Charles Black; MDCCCLXII [1862]. ***Published posthumously with Preface by Peter Bayne. #65583 A$75.00


56 Miller, Hugh. SKETCH-BOOK OF POPULAR GEOLOGY; being a series of lectures delivered before the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh. With an introductory preface, giving a resume of the progress of geological science within the last two years. By Mrs Miller. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. xxxvi, 358, [6](adv.), 18(adv., last blank); several figures, appendix; original cloth (rubbed; spine faded & a little worn; name stamp of former owner on title-page); a very good copy; scarce. Edinburgh; Adam and Charles Black; MDCCCLXIII [1863]. ***First published posthumously in 1859 with the Preface by the author’s widow Lydia Miller. The work together with “The Cruise of the Betsey” was originally intended to be part of a ‘Maximum Opus’, “The Geology of Scotland”, but death intervened. The extensive appendix includes a letter from Sir David Brewster on the Cuttle-fish and Belemnite; and remarks by Sir Roderick Murchison on the Recent Geological Discoveries in Morayshire. #65580 A$85.00


57 Miller, Hugh. THE CRUISE OF THE BETSEY or a Summer Holiday in the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or Ten Thousand Miles over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland. Seventh Edition. Cr. 8vo, Seventh Edition; pp. 4(inserted adv. for Miller’s works, tipped to endpaper), [iv], 486, [2](blank), [24](adv.); original cloth, uncut; a nice copy; scarce. Edinburgh; William P. Nimmo; 1869. ***Edited & with a preface by W. S. Symonds. First published posthumously in 1858 and originally intended as part of a larger work, The Geology of Scotland. #13852 A$120.00


58 Miller, Hugh. FOOTPRINTS OF THE CREATOR or The Asterolepis of Stromness. With Memoir by Louis Agassiz. Eleventh Edition. Cr. 8vo, Eleventh Edition; pp. lxxii, 352, [24](adv.); 67 woodcut illustrations in text; original cloth, gilt; uncut & largely unopened; (a small blank portion torn from head of pp. iii/iv; several small stamps of former owner, but a nice bright copy); scarce. Edinburgh; William P. Nimmo; 1869. ***With prefatory remarks by Mrs. Miller as well as the Memoir of the Author by Agassiz. #65592 A$75.00


59 Miller, Hugh. SCENES AND LEGENDS OF THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND; or, The Traditional History of Cromarty. Eighth Edition. Cr. 8vo, Eighth Edition; pp. xii, 488(last blank), [24](adv.); original cloth, gilt; uncut; a nice bright copy; scarce. Edinburgh; William P. Nimmo; 1869. ***First published 1835. #65593 A$50.00


60 Miller, Hugh. LEADING ARTICLES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. Edited by His Son-in-Law, The Rev. John Davidson. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. viii, 454(last blank), [2](adv. for works by Miller), [24](adv.); portrait frontispiece, original cloth, gilt; uncut; a nice bright copy; scarce. Edinburgh; William P. Nimmo; 1870. ***Including an essay on the Conclusion of the War in Afghanistan - plus ca change! - and another on the Crimean War. #65594 A$75.00


61 Miller, Hugh. EDINBURGH AND ITS NEIGHBOUR-HOOD, Geological and Historical; with the Geology of the Bass Rock. Eighth Edition. Cr. 8vo, Eighth Edition; pp. viii, 344; a few illustrations; entirely uncut & unopened; a very good ex-library copy with a few stamps in the original cloth (slightly worn); a very good copy. Edinburgh; William P. Nimmo and Co.; 1883. #65589 A$45.00


62 Miller, Hugh. TALES AND SKETCHES. Edited, with a Preface, by Mrs Miller. Tenth Edition. Cr. 8vo; pp. vi, 390(last blank), 8(adv.); original cloth; (endpapers marked); a very good copy. Edinburgh; W. P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell; 1889. #65582 A$65.00


63 Miller, Hugh. THE OLD RED SANDSTONE. Or New Walks in an Old Field. Cr. 8vo; pp. [iii]-386(last blank, complete, as issued); folding coloured geological section as frontispiece, 14 plates, notes; original cloth (top of spine torn); a very good copy. Edinburgh; W. P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell; 1892. ***Pages 281-385 comprise Geological Papers read before the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh. First published 1841; this edition includes Preface to the First Edition, Note to the Second Edition, Note to the Third Edition; and Note to the Seventh Edition by Lydia Miller. #65581 A$65.00

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64 Moore, Ruth. THE EARTH WE LIVE ON. The Story of Geological Discovery. Drawings by Sue Allen. Book Club Edition; pp. 348, [4](blank); 16 plates, 35 text illustrations, references, index; original cloth; a very good copy in slightly torn dustwrapper. London; Readers Union, Jonathan Cape; 1959. ***Identical in format and content to the First Edition of 1957. #19865 A$25.00


65 Parkinson, James. Outlines of Oryctology. AN INTRO-DUCTION TO THE STUDY OF FOSSIL ORGANIC REMAINS; especially of those Found in British Strata: Intended to aid the student in his inquiries respecting the nature of fossils, and their connection with the formation of the earth. With Illustrative Plates. Second Edition. With the author’s latest corrections. Facsimile Edition; pp. viii, 354(last blank), [2](adv.); 10 plates, index; original buckram; a nice copy. Chicheley; The Geological Society of London and Paul P. B. Minet; 1972. ***Originally published in 1830. #65557 A$50.00


66 Phillips, J. Arthur. A TREATISE ON ORE DEPOSITS. With numerous illustrations. First Edition; pp. xvi, 652, [4](adv.); 95 figures, index; original cloth; a very nice ex-library copy, with minor white marking on spine, two names and a stamp on half-title and marking to endpapers only; internally fine and clean; scarce. London; Macmillan and Co.; 1884. #65572 A$175.00


67 Raup, David M. and Stanley, Steven M. PRINCIPLES OF PALEONTOLOGY. Roy. 8vo, First Edition, Second Impression; pp. xii, 388; numerous illustrations & figures, references, index; original cloth; a nice copy. San Francisco; W. H. Freeman and Company; (1971). #35136 A$30.00


68 Repcheck, Jack. THE MAN WHO FOUND TIME. James Hutton and the Discovery of the Earth’s Antiquity. First U.K. Edition; pp. [viii], 248(last blank); appendix, sources, references, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Simon & Schuster, A Viacom Company; (2003). #56920 A$30.00


69 Rudwick, Martin J. S. THE GREAT DEVONIAN CONTROVERSY. The Shaping of Scientific Knowledge among Gentlemanly Specialists. Cr. 4to, First Paperback Edition; pp. xxxiv, 494; 74 illustrations & figures, 3 appendices, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. Chicago and London; The University of Chicago Press; (1988). ***First published in 1985. #65543 A$45.00


70 Rutley, Frank. ELEMENTS OF MINERALOGY. Revised by H. H. Read. Introduction by the late G. T. Holloway. Cr. 8vo, 21st Edition, Second Impression; pp. xxii, 394, [4](adv.); 84 text figures, glossary, index; original cloth (a little marked). London; Thos. Murby & Co.; (1926). #3411 A$30.00


71 Secord, James A. CONTROVERSY IN VICTORIAN GEOLOGY. The Cambrian-Silurian Dispute. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xx, 364; 64 figures, maps & diagrams, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Princeton, New Jersey; Princeton University Press; (1986). #65537 A$75.00


72 Sherlock, R. L. A GUIDE TO THE GEOLOGICAL COLUMN exhibited in the Museum of Practical Geology, by the late R. L. Sherlock, D.Sc., A.R.C.S. Third Edition with some additions by C. J. Stubblefield, D.Sc., A.R.C.S., F.R.S. Med. 8vo, Third Edition, Second Impression; pp. [II], 6; original wrappers. London; Her Majesty’s Stationery Office; 1963. ***With, loosely inserted, a large folding sheet, showing in colour the Geological Column in six panels illustrating, the divisions of geological time, evolution, climate, dating etc., published by the Manchester Museum ( fourth edition, 1976). #65555 A$15.00


73 Swinnerton, H. H. THE GROWTH OF THE WORLD and of Its Inhabitants. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 212; 31 figures, references, index; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. London; Constable & Co Ltd; (1929). #65530 A$30.00


74 Swinnerton, H. H. OUTLINES OF PALAEONTOLOGY. Third Edition. Third Edition, Seventh Impression; pp. xii, 396(last 3 blank); 368 figures, bibliography, 2 indices; original cloth; a nice copy in marked dustwrapper. London; Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd.; (1965). #53775 A$45.00


75 Twidale, C. R. GEOMORPHOLOGY with special reference to Australia. Third Impression; pp. xii, 406, [2](blank); 78 illustrations, 254 figures & maps, 7 tables, references, appendix, index; original stiff wrappers (spine faded); a very good copy. (Melbourne); Nelson; (1970). #52523 A$25.00


76 Walker, John. LECTURES ON GEOLOGY. Including Hydrography, Mineralogy, and Meteorology, with an Introduction to Biology. By John Walker, Professor of Natural History and Keeper of the Museum, University of Edinburgh from 1779 to 1803. Edited with Notes and an Introduction by Harold W. Scott. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xlvi, 280, [2](blank); portrait frontispiece, 4 plates, 2 illustrations, appendix, bibliography, index; original quarter cloth; (a couple of leaves slightly creased); a very good copy in dustwrapper; scarce. Chicago & London; The University of Chicago Press; (1966). ***From original contemporary manuscripts. #65541 A$65.00


77 Wall, H. Beresford De La Poer. MANUAL OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALIA. Second Edition, Revised. F’cap 8vo, Second Edition; pp. viii, 200(last blank); 6 maps, text fig., index; original green cloth, gilt, with price (3/6) on spine; a nice copy; scarce. Melbourne; George Robertson and Company; MDCCLXXXVIII [1888]. ***Not in Ferguson but see F. 18139 for the first edition of 1883. This new edition is somewhat enlarged. #3421 A$60.00


78 Ward, L. Keith. THE PLAN OF THE EARTH AND ITS ORIGIN: A Discussion of the Evolution of Continents and Oceans. Pp. 32(last 3 blank); 11 folding maps; original wrappers (slight wear to spine). Adelaide; Reprinted from Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, South Australian Branch; Session 1926-7. #54495 A$40.00


79 Wartnaby, J. Ministry of Education: Science Museum. SEISMOLOGY. A brief Historical Survey and a Catalogue of Exhibits in the Seismological Section of the Science Museum. Geophysics Handbook No. 1. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. vi, 48(last blank), [2](adv.); map frontispiece, 6 plates, 8 figures, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. London; Her Majesty’s Stationery Office; 1957. ***An interesting survey of earthquakes, their detection, and seismological equipment. #65548 A$30.00


80 Wendt, Herbert. BEFORE THE DELUGE. [The Story of Palaeontology]. Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston. First Paperback Edition; pp. 428, [4](blank); 32 plates, many text figures, index; original stiff wrappers, covered in adhesive plastic. (London); Paladin; (1970). #65533 A$12.00


81 Winchester, Simon. THE MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD. The Tale of William Smith and the Birth of a New Science. First Edition; pp. xiv, 338; 32 illustrations & maps, glossary, sources, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (London); Viking; (2001). ***William Smith’s famous geological map of Great Britain. #31005 A$30.00

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