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The Scenery of Switzerland and The Causes To Which It Is Due [GEOLOGY - ALPS]
by LUBBOCK, Sir John, Bart., M.P. [1st Baron Avebury]
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London and New York: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. 12mo. Pp. xxxv, 480. Frontis. scenic photograph with tissue guard. 154 illustrations including black & white halftone photo reproductions and line drawings of which one in colors, plus one two-color fold-out map tipped in. With references. Dark blue cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, decorative bands in gilt across the cover and spine and in blind on the back. Board edges rubbed and corners bumped, light foxing to endpapers and edges, leaves crisp and bright. The result of a holiday in the Alps in Lubbock's twenties with physicist John Tyndall and biologist Thomas Henry Huxley that developed a continuing interest in "what forces had raised the mountains, had hollowed out the lakes and directed the rivers." He offers a short statement of the views of great authorities even where they differ, "in a form which might be useful to those travelling in Switzerland." Born into a banking family, Sir John was also a Liberal Member of Parliament and made valuable contributions to archaeology, biology, and ethnography.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6679
- Title
- The Scenery of Switzerland and The Causes To Which It Is Due [GEOLOGY - ALPS]
- Author
- LUBBOCK, Sir John, Bart., M.P. [1st Baron Avebury]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1896
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Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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