Charles Lyell
by Bailey, Sir Edward
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Kraków, Poland
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About This Item
Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1962 8vo (21 cm), X, 214 pp, plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. From the blurb: "In this volume Sir Edward Bailey describes life and work of Scottish geologist Charles Lyell (1797-1875), showing, how by his many excursion in Britain, Europe and North America, Lyell gained a wide and varied personal knowledge of the features of the landscape. Lyell's chief work, the 'Principles of Geology', which attempted to explain the changes of the earth's surface in pas ages be reference to causes operating at the present day, had a profound affect on scientific thought in th 19th century. This work is described in detail and Lyell's other contributions to the study of the earth are analyzed and their importance assesed."
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- Bookseller
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko (PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007288
- Title
- Charles Lyell
- Author
- Bailey, Sir Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons
- Date Published
- 1962
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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About the Seller
Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
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Kraków
About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Specializing in mathematical sciences, Church Slavonic and Slavic books, Eastern European history, travels and topography, bibliography, history and art of the book, history of libraries and collections
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