Dana, James D.

Characteristics of Volcanoes, with Contributions of Fact and Principle from the Hawaiian Islands, Including a Historical Overview of Hawaiian Volcanic Action for the Past Sixty-Seven Years, a Discussion of Relations of Volcanic Islands to Deep-Sea Topography, and a Chapter on Volcanic Island Denudation.

Hardcover, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1891. Very Good. James Dwight Dana (1813-1895) was an American geologist whose pioneering work had a great influence on the field. One of his books became a standard text-book that is still in use in Universities today. This book about Hawiian volcanoes includes a total of 16 plates that include fold-out maps, double page maps, single page maps, and photographs. Also includes 60 illustrations in the text. All illustrations, maps, and photographs are present and clean. Ex-library. Library stamp on front pastedown, library numbers on spine, age tonning to rear pastedown. Text clean and bright with no marks. Both ends of spines bumped, corners gently rubbed. Top edge of front board has a dent with a spot of missing cloth. Ships same or next business day well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 399 pages. [Item #78985]

Price: $145.00