GEIKIE (A), Sir: Landscape in History and other Essays. IN FULL MOROCCO , Macmillan, 1905

8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in dark blue 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, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Lovely copy of the original edition of Geikie's classic collection. Collects ten essays: Landscape in History, Landscape and the Imagination; Landscape and Literature; The Origin of the Scenery of the British Isles; The Centenary of Hutton's Theory of the Earth; Geological Time; The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin; High Miller. His Work and Influence; Science in Education; The Roman Campagna. Pre-eminent among British geologists, Geikie remains the only one to have been appointed President of the Royal Society (1908-1912). (Book ref. 19783)  £265.00

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