Town Geology

by Rev. Charles Kingsley

$200 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

London: Straham, 1872. 8vo. lvi, 239 pp. Beautiful full red morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spine in compartments with gilt decorations, gilt inner dentelles. Engraved bookplate of M.C.D. Borden on the verso of the fly-leaf. Item #14566 First edition of this charming work. Did you ever wonder, while walking down the street, where all the pebbles came from? Or how old are the stones in that beautiful, ancient-looking stone wall?

• Binding: Leather

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