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Geological Survey of Great Britain, London, Thos. Murby, 1952

Bailey, Edward

  • £20.00


Geological Survey of Great Britain, London, Thos. Murby, 1952 (1st edition). 278pp. Hardback, blue cloth covered boards, gilt lettering, spine ends frayed and corners bumped; library bookplate and stamps to front endpapers and title page. Text clean, 4 b/w bookplates and 39 text figures. In good condition. Sir Edward Bailey (1881-1965) was Director of the Geological Survey of GB from 1937 to 1945. Strong on the WW2 years; referred to by HE Wilson as ‘idiosyncratic’.