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Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

the jacket is a little creased. book is clean and presentable. very heavy, may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

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University of Chicago Press, 2008-07-01. Illustrated. hardcover. Used: Good. 7.44x1.73x10.05. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy.

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 648 p. Contains: Unspecified, Maps, Figures.

Oversized cloth hardcover, xxiv + 614 pages, copiously illustrated with b&w images, NOT ex-library. Shipping weight over 2kg (please note: extra postage may be required). Limited gentle handling wear, book is clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Good dust jacket. -- In this account of the reconstruction of prehuman geohistory Rudwick takes readers from the post-Napoleonic Restoration in Europe to the early years of Britain's Victorian age chronicling the staggering discoveries made during the period and the efforts made to fit them into an understanding of the world. -- Contents: Introduction; Part One -- 1. Cuvier's model for geohistory (1817-1825) 2. Monsters from deep time (1819-1824) 3. The new stratigraphy (1817-1825) 4. Outlines of life's history (1818-1827) 5. Ancient monsters on land (1818-1825) 6. Geological deluge and biblical flood (1819-1824) 7. The role of actual causes (1818-1824) 8. The dynamic earth (1818-1824); Part Two -- 9. The engine of geohistory (1824-1829) 10. The tertiary gateway (1824-1827) 11. The geologists' time-machine (1825-1831) 12. A directional history of life (1825-1831) 13. The last revolution (1824-1830) 14. The last mass extinction (1826-1831) 15. The centrality of central France (1826-1828) 16. Men among the mammoths? (1825-1830) 17. The specter of transmutation (1825-1829); Part Three -- 18. Lyell and Auvergne geology (1827-1828) 19. A geological grand tour (1828) 20. Lyell in European context (1829-1830) 21. Geology's guiding principles (1830) 22. "The Huttonian theory rediviva" (1830-1831) 23. Promoting Lyell's principles (1830-1831) 24. The uniformity of life (1831-1832) 25. Completing Lyell's principles (1832-1833) 26 Geohistory in retrospect (1833); Part Four -- 27. Challenges to Lyell's geotheory (1832-1835) 28. The human species in geohistory (1830-1837) 29. Buckland's designful geohistory (1832-1836) 30. The progression of life (1833-1839) 31. Imagining geohistory (1831-1840) 32. Lyell's geotheory dismembered (1834-1840) 33. Actual causes on trial (1834-1839) 34. Explaining erratics (1833-1840) 35. Snowball earth? (1835-1840) 36. Taking stock for the future (1840-1845); Concluding (Un)Scientific Postscript; Sources 1. Places and Specimens 2. Manuscripts 3. Printed Sources: Primary 4. Printed Sources: Secondary; Index

614 pps, hardbound, 4to, 1st printing, F-/F, owner's inked stamps ffep & upper textblock edge, else super clean and binding tight NOT EXLIB, mylar protected

Presents an account of the reconstruction of prehuman history of the earth. This title takes readers from the post-Napoleonic Restoration in Europe to the early years of Britain's Victorian age, chronicling the staggering discoveries geologists made during the period. Num Pages: 648 pages, 125 halftones, 40 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; PDX; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 70 x 100 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1936. Review copy. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. 2008. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 648 p. Contains: Unspecified, Maps, Figures. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.