On the Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs
by Darwin, Charles; Edited with an introduction by Joseph W. Williams
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued
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About This Item
London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co. Ltd, 1900. The Scott Library Edition. A Very Good Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued.
Green cloth with gilt stamped titles and decoration. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. 8vo; pp. xxiv, 278, [2] (adv.), [16] (adv. for The Scott Library); color folding map, 4 color plates, numerous text illustrations., appendix, index.
Included after the index is the text of a paper by Darwin first published in the Philosophical Magazine in 1841.. Darwin made copious observations on coral reefs, atolls and ocean islands. In documenting the morphology and geology of the mid-ocean features Darwin defined parameters for specific features and hypothesized about their formation.
Green cloth with gilt stamped titles and decoration. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. 8vo; pp. xxiv, 278, [2] (adv.), [16] (adv. for The Scott Library); color folding map, 4 color plates, numerous text illustrations., appendix, index.
Included after the index is the text of a paper by Darwin first published in the Philosophical Magazine in 1841.. Darwin made copious observations on coral reefs, atolls and ocean islands. In documenting the morphology and geology of the mid-ocean features Darwin defined parameters for specific features and hypothesized about their formation.
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- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA] (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15616
- Title
- On the Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs
- Author
- Darwin, Charles; Edited with an introduction by Joseph W. Williams
- Format/Binding
- A Very Good Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket As Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- The Scott Library Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Walter Scott Publishing Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- Oceanography
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