WOODWARD (H.B).: The Geology of England and Wales. A Concise Account of the Lithographical Characters, Leading Fossils, and Economical Products of the Rocks; with Notes on the Physical Features of the Country. IN FULL MOROCCO , Longmans Green & Co., 1876

8vo., First Edition, with an engraved frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 27 woodcuts in the text, some light and occasional age-staining; handsomely bound in dark green full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, uncut, gilt from original backstrip preserved and mounted on new leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 2pp publisher's advertisement bound in at end. Horace Bolingbroke Woodward (1848-1914) served with the Geological Survey from 1867 to 1908. 'A notable exponent of the art of scientific literature' (Challinor). Challinor 227. (Book ref. 19775)  £258.00

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