Smith, James. (1862). Researches in Newer Pliocene and Post-Tertiary Geology, Glasgow: John Gray, 1st edition, xxi + 191 + 4 pp. Hardback, green embossed cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering
Smith, James. (1862). Researches in Newer Pliocene and Post-Tertiary Geology, Glasgow: John Gray, 1st edition, xxi + 191 + 4 pp. Hardback, green embossed cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Worn and bumped with short tears to cloth at spine ends and partly of hinges. Binding loose but sound. Dark brown endpapers split along hinge. Owner signature of Rupert Jones on front free (and loose) endpaper. Author dedication to Jones on half title. Library stamp on title page. Four colour plates and twelve woodcuts. Text age-toned but clean, occasional pencil annotations. In good condition.
Tipped in 1867 obituary of the author on reverse of front free endpaper, and 1865 news of discoveries of fossil bones in a cave at Gibraltar.