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Auction No 364, Tag: Vulcanology

10 Lots (displaying 1 - 10)

Archibald Geikie "The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain", Macmillan, 1897, quarto, 2 vols;

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £48
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Archibald Geikie The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain, Macmillan, 1897, quarto, 2 vols; original gilt cloth, small crack to fore-edge of cover of vol. 2; author’s presentation inscription; VG internally with all folding maps which show some slight browning.

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

Rinehart "Geysers and Geothermal Energy" 1980, h/bk, VF; Barth "Volcanic Geology, Hot Springs and Geysers of Iceland"

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Rinehart Geysers and Geothermal Energy 1980, h/bk, VF; Barth Volcanic Geology, Hot Springs and Geysers of Iceland 1950, cloth-bound, gilt, preserving original printed wraps, many photo-plates; and Herbert The Hot Springs of New Zealand, 1921, library re-bind in quarter-leather. (3)

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