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Dover Publications, 1964. Paperback. G+. 8x5x0. GOOD-PLUS TRADE-PAPERBACK. VERY-GOOD EXCEPT MODERATE READING WEAR.

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Dover, 1964. Pages: 528; Weight: 1lb 4.5oz; Size: 8.7" x 5.5" x 1.1". Moderate edgewear, one large corner crease and some sticker damage on cover, spine is sunned, signs of handling on front edge of textblock, otherwise clean, unmarked, tight. . Very Good. Soft Cover. . . .

NY:: Dover Publ.. G, unmarked, 5" x 8" Paperback; cover corner crease & hinge. 1964. ISBN: wear. xix + 528 pp.. Catalogs: GEOLOGY. Keywords: GEOLOGY, JAMES HUTTON, UNIFORMITARIANS.

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Dover. Paperback. Good. Good condition with wear and markings.

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New York: Dover Publications, 1964. Scarce. 528 pages, plus advertising. Pages are clean and in very good condition. Pink/white card covers with illustration and black titles. Corners and edges show very light wear. VG+. Soft Cover. Very Good+.

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Paperback / softback. New. John Playfair (1748-1819) was a mathematician and geologist best known for his defence of James Hutton's geological theories. This influential book, first published in 1802, contains Playfair's summary and explanation of Hutton's theories and was instrumental in popularising several ideas that are now accepted as key principles of geology.

Cambridge University Press, 2011-05-19. 1. Paperback. Used:Good.

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British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011. Paperback. New. First Edition thus, as good as new. Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth by John Playfair; James Hutton. Published by British Library, Historical Print Editions in 2011. Paperback ISBN:9781241494032. Collectible item in excellent condition.

Edinburgh, Caddell & Davies; William Creech, 1802.. FIRST EDITION 1802. 8vo, approximately 210 x 130 mm, 8 x 5 inches, pages: xx, 1-528, bound in full modern speckled calf, gilt lettered maroon label to spine, gilt decoration to spine, double black rules to edges of covers, modern cream endpapers before original endpaper at front and rear, marbled edges, housed in a marbled slip case. Pale browning and foxing to title page, pale age-browning throughout, occasional fox spot, 2 corner tips missing, not near text, tiny neat repair to top of inner margin on blank side of title page and tiny repair to inner margin of last page, not near text, otherwise a very good copy. John Playfair was a Scottish mathematician and geologist best known for his defence of James Hutton's geological theories. This highly influential book, first published in 1802, contains Playfair's clarification and summary of Hutton's geological concepts. Playfair explains Hutton's theories on erosion and geothermal heat in rock formation… Read More

Edinburgh: 'printed for Cadell and Davies, London and William Creech, Edinburgh', 1802. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Edinburgh, 'printed for Cadell and Davies, London and William Creech, Edinburgh', 1802. Octavo, xx, 528 pages. Relatively recent antique-style half calf and marbled papered boards; old marbling to the edges; leather very slightly rubbed and a little sunned on the spine; leather turnover has stained the corners of the endpapers, binder's blanks and first and last few leaves; short tear to the top right-hand corner of the title leaf repaired on the verso with a small piece of tape; small light tidemark to the outer bottom corner of most of the first 40 leaves, the inner margin (into the text) and top margin of the last 50 leaves, and the outer margin of the last 30 leaves (in all places, this is essentially inoffensive); scattered pale foxing and the occasional light mark or stain; trifling signs of age and use; overall, a very good copy. John Playfair (1748-1819), mathematician… Read More

London: Cadell and Davies, 1802. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition. 528pp. Octavo. Bound in an attractive modern full tree calf with speckled calf spine. Old marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Title page a bit soiled. Old ownership name on title page. Old stamp removed from the back of the title page. Text block very clean. very good A landmark book in the history and progress of science and geology in the 19th century, which summarized and advanced the Huttonian concept of Uniformitarianism. Uniformitarianism, the principle that natural laws operating today have always operated at roughly the same rates, including into the distant past, has informed the ideas of many scientists, including Charles Lyell and Charles Darwin. The vastly long time scales required by Uniformitarianism were essential to the success of Darwin's theory of Decent by Modification, the cornerstone to his Theory of Evolution. Rare especially in this nice condition. 1802

Edinburgh: [Neill & Co. for] Caddell and Davies; William Creech, 1802. EVANS 66 - "OF THIS GREAT CLASSIC IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SPEAK TOO HIGHLY" First edition of "one of the most conspicuous landmarks in the progress of British geology" (DSB). "Of this great classic it is impossible to speak too highly. For precision of statement and felicity of language it has no superior in English scientific literature." (Evans). Playfair (1748-1819) was Professor of Mathematics at Edinburgh from 1785 to 1805. In 1795 he published an important edition of Euclid, containing an original formulation of the fifth postulate. "Playfair's fame as a scientist, however, rests almost entirely on his work in geology -hardly a "professional" study at the time - in presenting Hutton's momentous theory in a clear and palatable form (which Hutton himself had failed to do), and in adding materially to the geological knowledge of the time" (DSB). "Playfair's exposition and development of James Hutton's Uniformitarian theory of the… Read More