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[London], Macmillan, [1974], First Edition. . original cloth, fine in lightly worn dj. . 4to [24 x 20 cm]; 249 pp, over 200 illustrations in bw and color, charts, diagrams, maps. . Covers all aspects of caves and caving including their development, their role in prehistoric times, animal life, and all major caves of the world. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1956, First Edition. . original cloth with vignette, fine. . 8vo; xiv, 416, x, [i], illus, 24 plates. . A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1926, First edition. . original green cloth with gilt spine title lettering and rules, inscription on endpaper, fine and clean copy. . 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xxiv, 198, [ix, ads] pp, colored frontis, plates, 53 other illustrations including maps, index, errata slip. . An important contribution to climatology and weather forecasting. He describes the exploration of Antarctica, the North Pole and of Greenland and the early work on weather studies that resulted from those explorations. The author wrote numerous books on climatologic and weather including the celebrated, Exploring About the North Pole of the Winds. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Baltimore, John Hopkins Alumni Magazine, 1920, first edition offprint from John Hopkins Alumni Magazine, Vol. viii, no. 2, January 1920. . original heavy paper wraps, title lettering on cover, light crease, else near fine, clean. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; 136-141 pp. . A description of key geologists at John Hopkins University and their achievements. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1926, First edition. . original cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, rubbed at edge, very good tight and clean copy. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xliii, 296 pp, 51 illustrations including frontis, 8 maps, bibliog, index of authors, general index. . A detailed work on geology by this professor of geology at the University of Toronto. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Reeve and Co., 1853, First edition. . original blind-stamped and pictorial cloth, gilt title lettering, gilt decorative spine, cover very lightly rubbed, with the attractive engraved armorial bookplate of H. T. Molineux on endpaper, near fine overall. . 12mo [17 x 13 cm]; xvi, 359 pp, 20 colored lithographed plates, frontis with tissue guard, index. . Popular Natural History Series. The author had travelled widely including as part of the voyage of H.M.S. Fly, spent several years in Australia, making important contributions to our understanding of the Great Barrier Reef and the geology of Australia, his published work giving strong support for Darwin's theory of coral reefs. He later became director of the Irish geological survey. 'Best among the Popular Natural History series is this admirable and compact manual. With the merit of small compass it combines originality of matter, clearness of statement, and peculiar treatment of its subject, eminently calculated to inform and… Read More