Product Description
The work is complete and in the original decorative stamped, pebbled wine colored cloth. The binding is tight and clean, minor wear to upper edge of spine, gilt titles bright. The text is clean and very bright. Small embossed stamp of Harvard Library on title. Harvard book plate on paste down denoting the book was a gift to Harvard from the library of prominent geologist J. D. Whitney. Red discard stamp dated 1988 on margin of book plate. The text, plates and map are exceptionally clean and bright. In very good condition.
This classic treatise describes the bedrock geology and the character and occurrences of lead-bearing strata and veins in this famous mining region in northeast England. Chapters discuss ore body emplacement, hydrologic effects, and mineralogy of specific veins and localities. Mines/veins receiving attention include Clermont, Small Cleugh, Tyne Bottom, Ashgill Field, Rampgill, Holey Field, Coal Cleugh, and more. The metallic veins are also noteworthy for their magnificent mineral specimens: galena, calcite, fluorite, barite, etc. The folded 27 by 22 inches colored map entitled: "Map of the Alston-Moor and Coal-Cleugh Mining Districts" is pristine and in the rear pocket
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