Major James Rennell and The Rise Of Modern English Geography

New York: Macmillan & Co., 1895. 232 pages. Slight wear on spine where a small library sticker was removed. Ink stamp of a masonic lodge is seen on the upper edge of the text block. Private library book plate on front paste down. There are a couple of spots of foxing on the title page and… Read more about this item

Cambridge University Press. Soft cover, 232p. . Near Fine. Soft cover. 2014.

Cassell & Co, 1895. Book. Very Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, green cloth lettered gilt, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, tissue guarded portrait frontis, 232pp.

London: Cassell, 1895. First edition. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. 412 8vo. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt titles to spine and front board, frontis of portrait of Rennell, 232 pages, 8 pages of publisher's catalogue to rear. In the Century Science Series. Small octavo in size. Condition notes: Boards rubbed and scuffed at joints, edges and corners, with other… Read more about this item

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback / softback. New. Clements Markham describes James Rennell (1742-1830) as 'the greatest geographer that Great Britain has yet produced'. Best remembered for his attempts to locate the historical Troy, Rennell spent his career as an army surveyor. This 1895 account of his life concludes with an examination of his geographical legacy.