Earth's Riches: Or, Underground Stores by PAYNE, E. W

London: The Religious Tract Society (R.T.S.). Hardback. Good. Green and gilt pictorial cloth boards, 4 x 6½ inches. 223 pp, numerous black and white engravings within the text. Contains chapters on Salt and Salts; Metals; Coals and Combustibles; Clay and Slate; Flint and Sand; Gravel; Chalk, Coal, Magnesia and Asbestos; Lime, Marble, and Granite; Volcanic Productions; Gems; and Fossils. Boards bumped and rubbed at corners, light wear to top and base of spine, Gift inscription to front endpaper, small ink mark to ffep, damaged patch to back endpapers. Some slight grubbiness to boards and endpapers. A good tight copy.