Auction No 362, Tag: Geology

4 Lots (displaying 1 - 4)

Charles Forbes "Iceland: its Volcanoes, Geysers, and Glaciers" John Murray, 1860, half-leather, folding map, fair condition;

Lot: 93

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £36
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Charles Forbes Iceland: its Volcanoes, Geysers, and Glaciers John Murray, 1860, half-leather, folding map, fair condition; John Gibson Great Waterfalls, Cataracts, and Geysers, T. Nelson, 1887, gilt cloth, VG; Edwin Balch Glacieres or Freezing Caverns, 1970 reprint; and E.B. Bailey Tectonic Essays, Mainly Alpine, 1968 reprint in d/jkt. (4)

W. Boyd Dawkins "Cave Hunting: Researches on the Evidence of Caves respecting the Early Inhabitants of Europe"

Lot: 95

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £36
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W. Boyd Dawkins Cave Hunting: Researches on the Evidence of Caves respecting the Early Inhabitants of Europe Macmillan, 1874, First Edition, original pictorial cloth with some wear to top & tail of the spine; minor spotting to prelims; colour frontispiece; 129 woodcuts including maps; 453pp. 

Edouard Alfred Martel "Irlande, et Cavernes Anglaises", Delagrave, Paris, 1897, 1st Edn, signed & inscribed by the author,

Lot: 97

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
UNSOLD
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Edouard Alfred Martel Irlande, et Cavernes Anglaises, Delagrave, Paris, 1897, 1st Edn, signed & inscribed by the author, in original worn wraps, uncut two sides, fine internally with many illustrations & three folding maps;contained in a fine cloth-covered case with gilt leather titles; together with two others on caves & caving. (3)

John Tyndall "Mountaineering in 1861. A Vacation Tour" London, 1862, First Edition,

Lot: 99

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £90 - £110
SOLD £60
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John Tyndall Mountaineering in 1861. A Vacation Tour,  London, 1862, First Edition, 19th Century grained cloth, gilt, a little worn & marked; old (small) bookseller’s label on front pastedown; uncut 2 sides; VG internally, two tissue-guarded plates; plus Tyndall’s Hours of Exercise In the Alps, Longmans, 1871, 2nd Edn, original gilt cloth, and The Forms of Water in Clouds & Rivers, Ice & Glaciers, 1889, 10th Edn. (3)