Characteristics of Volcanoes, with Contributions of Facts and Principles from the Hawaiian Islands, Including a Historical Review of Hawaiian Volcanic Action for the Past Sixty-Seven Years, a Discussion of the Relations of Volcanic Islands to Deep-Sea Topography, and a Chapter on Volcanic-Island Denudation by Dana, James D - 1891

New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1890. First American edition. Hardcover. Good. 390pp. Octavo [25 cm] Black and red cloth over boards. Top edge gilt. Fold-out frontispiece map of Hawaii. The cloth is frayed at the edges (more so the spine ends), and the underlying boards are exposed occasionally along the edges. There is a small spot on the front board, and there is a contemporary gift inscription on the front free endpaper. The text block is cracked several times. Plate 9 is darkened. All plates are present. Illustrated by Maps of the Islands; a Bathymetric Map of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; and Views of Cones, Craters, a Lava-Cascade, a Lava-Fountain, Etc.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Very Good. 1891. Hardcover. James Dwight Dana (1813-1895) was an American geologist whose pioneering work had a great influence on the field. One of his books became a standard text-book that is still in use in Universities today. This book about Hawiian volcanoes includes a total of 16 plates that include fold-out maps, double page maps, single page maps, and photographs. Also includes 60 illustrations in the text. All illustrations, maps, and photographs are present and clean. Ex-library. Library stamp on front pastedown, library numbers on spine, age tonning to rear pastedown. Text clean and bright with no marks. Both ends of spines bumped, corners gently rubbed. Top edge of front board has a dent with a spot of missing cloth. Ships same or next business day well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 399 pages .

Dodd, Mead and Company, 1890. Hbk 1st American edition royal 8vo 399pp with 16 plates and maps (4 folding, including frontispiece) and numerous text illustrations no dj as issued red and black cloth with gilt spine titles and gilt top foredge, spine top and tail frayed, corners good although gently bumped and worn (now in custom acetate jacket) all fold-outs intact no foxing to the text and only a hint of toning, some evidence of previous library ownership (ÒdiscardÓ stamp on front and rear pastedowns and what seems to have been an old shelfmark label on the spine) otherwise a very good clean tight copy of this hard-to-find scientific treatise