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The old glaciers of Switzerland and North Wales
by Ramsay, A.C
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Holywell, Flintshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, 1860. Rebound in full green leather. Fine/No Jacket. Rebound by Paul Delrue in full green leather with impressed design on cover and gilt title on spine; bookplate (of Coleg Harlech) retained, no other signs of library use; former owner's signature and address on first page of text; attractively illustrated by Mackie. This work is a reissed extract from "Peaks, Passes and Glaciers" edited by John Ball, President of the Alpine Club. The author was a local director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Professor of Geology at the Government School of Mines, and a noted glacial geomorphologist. (10), 116, (4) pp.
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- Bookseller
- Acanthophyllum Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6699
- Title
- The old glaciers of Switzerland and North Wales
- Author
- Ramsay, A.C
- Format/Binding
- Rebound in full green leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts
- Date Published
- 1860
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Acanthophyllum Books
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Holywell, Flintshire
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