Illustrations of THe Geology of Yorkshire; or a description of the strata and organic remains. Part 1 The Yorkshire Coast

Third edition with complete maps and illustrations. With provenance to Charles Whitmell of Harrogate, a graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge who placed 1st in the 1st Class of the Natural Sciences Tripos in 1872. A good copy rebound in a later addition dark green embossed cloth, titled in gilt to spine. Upper and lower boards a little scuffed; square and sound. Later endpapers very clean. Vibrantly coloured fold out map to frontispiece in good condition; age toned to margins; a little browned across one fold line; 2 cm small clean tear to right which does not run through text or map; measures 43 x 46 cm. An inscription in a contemporary hand to the title page reads ‘Chas [T L] Whitmell received July 21 1875 at Harrogate. [Subscribed] for July 1873. Presented to me by Maria Watkins’. Text block mis numbered; p.216 is followed by leaves numbered pp.25 -32 and p. 232 is followed by leaves numbered 41 - 48; the text appears uncompromised. Complete set of XXVIII plates in overall good condition with only occasional small spots and toning to edges; final plate very browned due to a publisher’s subscription letter dated 1873 glued to recto. Laid in is a later 20th c drawing in black ink of Speeton Cliffs. 354 pp.