Published by Hardpress Publishing, 2013
ISBN 10: 1314420550 ISBN 13: 9781314420555
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United Kingdom
Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.
Published by Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1871., London:, 1871
Seller: Jeff Weber Rare Books, Montreux, VAUD, Switzerland
Fifth edition. Small 8vo. xlviii, 509, 37, [3] pp. 6 maps: map frontis., world map of volcanos, hydrographic map of the world, world Land map, map showing the Principle Phenomena of Land, map showing the distribution of plants, ads; foxing. Original blind-stamped maroon cloth, gilt-stamped spine title; covers soiled, spine heavily mended with kozo, applied to the spine. Prize awarded to a student: Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education, Queen's Prize obtained by Frederick I. Dixon, in the Examination of Science Classes held May 1873. Good. David Thomas Ansted FRS was an English professor of geology and author of numerous books on geology. His role as a teacher at Addiscombe Military Seminary, where future East India Company army officers were trained, had an influence on the study of geology in the colonies. "From 1844 to 1847 he acted as assistant-secretary of the Geological Society, and for many years he edited its quarterly journal. In later life, from about 1850, he turned to the practical applications of geology in connection with mining, engineering, water-supply, and the like, and was constantly consulted on such matters both in this country and abroad." [DNB]. "Ansted had a good career as a geologist, teaching at King's College London, and lecturing as well to members of the British East India Company and a school for civil engineers. He wrote many books on geology and geography." [Linda Hall Libr.].
Published by London : Houlston and Stoneman 65 Paternoster Row ; Wm S orr And Co Amen Corner MDCCCLV, 1855
First Edition
First edition. A very good half leather binding. 8vo.8.0" x 5.5" x 1.25". pp.xx/pp.587 . Black calf spine and corners over marbled boards. Corners and hinges carefully strengthened. No ownership or Library marks. Clean throughout., with folding map frontis and numerous illustrations within the text. A very good book.