Author:Geikie, Archibald (Sir)

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The Founders of Geology

By: Geikie, Archibald (Sir)

Price: NZ$216.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co.: 1905

Seller ID: 12799

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Rubbing and flecking to cloth boards. Gutters split at inner hinges. Previous owner's signatures, "J T Jutson" (Australian geologist 1885-1959), "J. J. Jenkin". A few spots of foxing. ; xi, [1], 486 pages + [2] pages advertisements. Blue cloth boards. Page dimensions: 226 x 141mm. "Presentation Copy" circular blindstamp on the title page. This is the second edition, considerably expanded from the first edition of 1897. "While retaining and also enlarging the more detailed discussion of the remarkable period embraced in the original lectures, I have given a sketch of the earlier progress of ge...
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A Long Life's Work: An Autobiography

By: Geikie, Archibald (Sir)

Price: NZ$64.80

Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co.: 1924

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 12798

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

1/4" missing to cloth along head of spine. A 1/2" chip to cloth at tail of spine. Some bruising to corners of front board. Inner hinges intact. A couple of previous owner's signatures on front endpaper. ; 426 pages + portrait frontispiece + [4] pages advertisements. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 218 x 135mm. The autobiography of the geologist Sir Archibald Geikie (1835-1924). Includes brief accounts of his visits to Russia and to the USA. Selected chapter titles: First years in the Geological Survey; Lecturing at the School of Mines; First Journeys Abroad; D...
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Author:Geikie, Archibald (Sir)

The Founders of Geology

A Long Life's Work: An Autobiography