Metamorphism: A Study of the Transformation of Rock-Masses
by HARKER, Alfred
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. A scholarly examination of metamorphism, or the "change of form. . .in geology." With 185 diagrams, mostly circular pairs of drawings showing the molecular structure of various minerals. Also with tables and index. --- In green cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling and horizontal bands. Volume has no dust jacket. --- A tightly-bound, sound & sturdy copy, but with prior owner's blacked-over info. to front endpapers and lower textblock edge.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; ix, 360 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84671
- Title
- Metamorphism: A Study of the Transformation of Rock-Masses
- Author
- HARKER, Alfred
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co., Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1932
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