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Auction No 364, Tag: Geology

13 Lots (displaying 1 - 13)

"Reynold's Geological Atlas of Great Britain" James Reynolds, 2nd Edn, [1868], original gilt cloth,

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £72
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Reynold’s Geological Atlas of Great Britain James Reynolds, 2nd Edn, [1868], original gilt cloth, faded, spine with small repair; contemp.ownership signatures; damp staining to text margins but the hand-coloured plates all fine and complete 

James Wyld "Wyld's Map of the Superficial Geology of London and its Environs" 1870

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £36
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James Wyld Wyld’s Map of the Superficial Geology of London and its Environs London, 1870, dissected folding map, cloth-backed, 19.5 x 28”, fine; cloth-bound, ink inscription on publisher’s label o/w VG.

Archibald Geikie "Landscape in History" 1905, and "A Long Life's Work" 1924;

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Archibald Geikie Landscape in History 1905, and A Long Life’s Work 1924; Edward Rashleigh Among the Waterfalls of the World, 1935; Richard Fortey The Hidden Landscape, 1993, in d/w, signed by author; and other works on geology, all original cloth. Fair to Fine (10)

Hutton "A Tour to the Caves" 1970 reprint, in d/jkt; Chevalier "Subterranean Climbers" 1951 in d/jkt;

Lot: 47

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £32
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Hutton A Tour to the Caves 1970 reprint, in d/jkt; Chevalier Subterranean Climbers1951 in d/jkt; Jim Eyre The Cave Explorers, 1981, in d/jkt; Ford Limestones and Caves of Wales, 1989; Martel Spelunca, Vol. VI, Paris 1905, inscribed copy, modern leather, gilt; and three related. Good to VF (8)

E.G. Zies "The Fumarolic Incrustations in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes" Washington 1924,

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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E.G. Zies The Fumarolic Incrustations in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Washington 1924, pamphlet, 24pp, printed wraps; and 8 other pamphlets on this volcano, 1920s to 1950, all contained in fine cloth-covered box with gilt leather title labels.

Angelo Heilprin "Mont Pelee and the Tragedy of Martinique", Lippincott, 1903, pictorial cloth;

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £22
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Angelo Heilprin Mont Pelee and the Tragedy of Martinique, Lippincott, 1903, pictorial cloth; T. G. Bonney Volcanoes, their structure and significance, 1899, spine badly faded; and related titles including few bound academic papers. Fair to VF (7)

G. Poulett Scrope "The Geology and Extinct Volcanoes of Central France" John Murray, 1858,

Lot: 52

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £60
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G. Poulett Scrope The Geology and Extinct Volcanoes of Central France, John Murray, 1858, original gilt cloth, a little worn; complete with all litho plates (some folding) and fine folding maps in pockets at front & rear. Xvii + 258 + 16pp

Tempest Anderson "Volcanic Studies in Many Lands" 1903 (in modern cloth) and 1917 (orig. cloth),

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £32
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Tempest Anderson Volcanic Studies in Many Lands 1903 (in modern cloth) and 1917 (orig. cloth), both with the many photographic plates complete. VG (2)

William Hamilton "Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and other Volcanos: in a Series of Letters,

Lot: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £200
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William Hamilton Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and other Volcanos: in a Series of Letters, Addressed to The Royal Society, T. Cadell, London, 1773, 2nd Edition; octavo, contemp. full calf, gilt, good; five engraved plates plus folding map (small repair); occasional minor spotting.Worming to lower right corner well away from text.  (One of 760 printed)

G. Poulett Scrope "Volcanos. The Character of their Phenomena" Longman, 1862, 2nd Edn;

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £72
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G. Poulett Scrope Volcanos. The Character of their Phenomena Longman, 1862, 2nd Edn; original gilt cloth, repaired; bookplate of Charles Kingsley and inscribed by him; foxing to colour frontispiece; clean text; folding map

Rodwell "Etna: A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions" 1878, original gilt cloth, inscribed by the author;

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £50
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Rodwell Etna: A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions 1878, original gilt cloth, inscribed by the author; C.E. Dutton Hawaiian Volcanoes, 1884, gilt cloth, re-backed, plates & map; C.A. Cotton Volcanoes as Landscape Forms 1944; and selection of related works. Fair to fine. (11)

D.K. Chester & others "Mount Etna: The anatomy of a volcano" Chapman & Hall, 1985,

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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D.K. Chester & others Mount Etna: The anatomy of a volcano Chapman & Hall, 1985, in fine d/jkt, 404pp

G. Poulett Scrope "Notice on the Geology of the Ponza Isles" 1824, quarto, wraps, uncut, in a fine modern leather binding,

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £30
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G. Poulett Scrope Notice on the Geology of the Ponza Isles 1824, quarto, wraps, uncut, in a fine modern leather binding, extracted from Transactions of the Geological Society, 42pp, plus 3 hand-coloured maps/plans, two folding.