An Introduction to Geology: Intended to Convey a Practical Knowledge of the Science, and Comprising the Most Important Recent Discoveries (Fifth Edition)
by Bakewell, Robert
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. Used - Very Good. 1838. Three quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards. Octavo.xliii & 657 pp & fold-out illustrations. Some shelf wear and heavy scuffing and rubbing to boards, with edges rather worn. Bookplate and previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Pages moderately toned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. (Subject: Geology.)
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- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
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- Q22461
- Title
- An Introduction to Geology: Intended to Convey a Practical Knowledge of the Science, and Comprising the Most Important Recent Discoveries (Fifth Edition)
- Author
- Bakewell, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans
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- Shelf Wear
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- Marbled Paper
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- Edges
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- Octavo
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