Fitton, W.H. (1833). A Geological Sketch of the Vicinity of Hastings, 1833

Fitton, W.H. (1833). A Geological Sketch of the Vicinity of Hastings. 94pp. with fold out plate 6.75"x10.5" hand-coloured horizontal sections and four small wood cut block diagrams within the text. Small format 7"x4.5" with original brown cloth-covered boards and paste-on title label. Corners slightly bumped, light wear to top and base of spine. Binding is sound. On front end-paper a manuscript dedication to: "W.J.Hamilton Esq Sec'ty to Geol'l Society, from the Author". In good condition. Fitton's many geological papers helping to establish the true succession and structure of the Upper and Lower Greensand, Wealden and Purbeck formations were all published in the Transactions of the Geological Society. This small book is his only publication apart from the TGS.