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Geology For General Readers: A Series of Popular Sketches in Geology and Palaeontology

by Page, David; Owen Wister (signature)

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  • Bookseller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
  • Seller Inventory #: 5285
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Edition: Association copy
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Publisher: William Blackwood and Sons
  • Place: Edinburgh and London
  • Date published: 1866

Book Description

Edinburgh and London William Blackwood and Sons 1866 Hardcover Association copy 327; 8pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Original cloth with stamped title to the spine. Fair. Wear and rubbing to boards and extremities. Front board is detached. Rear hinge cracked. Spine sunned and somewhat brittle. Numerous losses to the head, foot and joints of the spine. The cloth backstrip is also pulling away from the spine. The underlying boards are exposed at the corners. Pages browned and lightly foxed. As is. Signed by "Owen Wister" in ink on the front free endsheet. His bookplate is on the front pastedown. Light foxing internally. Owen Wister (1860-1938) was an author and composer who moved out west in 1885. He is famous for his novel "The Virginian" published in 1902.

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