By: Baird, A.W., Darwin, George, Huxley, T.H., Owen, Richard, Scott, R.H. and Vereker, F.C.P.
Price: $150.00
Publisher:
London, Harrison and Sons : 1884
Seller ID: 281
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS OF KRATATOA ERUPTION AND GLOBAL CONSEQUENCES WITH LARGE FOLD-OUT PLATES; RIPPLE WAVES IN SAND AND SHAPE OF THE EARTH BY GEORGE DARWIN. 8 1/2 inches tall hardcover, 3/4 leather with marbled boards, spine with raised bands, marbled endpapers, cover edges rubbed, institutional library handstamp (withdrawn) to title page, bookplate to rear paste-down, overall very good. Contains descriptions of famous volcanic eruption of Krakatoa in August, 1883, with two 20 inch-long foldout plates; Report on the tidal disturbances caused by the volcanic eruptions at Java, August 27 and 28,...
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