A. H. Green; J. F. Blake [editor] — First Lessons in Modern Geology

Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1898. Leather. A smart copy of this very scarce study of modern geology from English geologist Alexander Henry Green. Very scarce work. With numerous in-text illustrations. A collection of lectures or short lessons in modern geology, focusing on what geology can teach us. With chapters on sandstone, quartz, clays, limestone, rock-salt, crystals, plutonic rocks, the distribution of materials, how rocks are bent into folds, the surface of countries, and more. Written by Alexander Henry Green, an English geologist. Edited by John Frederick Blake, a British geologist and Anglican clergyman. Bound in full green calf. Externally, smart with light wear to the extremities and fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. School prize bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .