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

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’.