LOT 3063
26th July 2022
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LOT 3063
MANTELL, Gideon. Thoughts on a Pebble. London: Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, 1849. Eighth edition, 12mo (164 x 132mm.) Engraved portrait frontispiece, 4 chromolithographed plates, 27 woodcut illustrations in the text, 8pp. publisher's advertisements to rear. (Preliminaries and first leaves loosening, toning.) Original blue blind-stamped cloth, gilt decoration to upper cover, g.e. (rubbing to spine panel, extremities bumped). Note: scarce. Dedicated to Mantell's son, while being described by Dennis R. Dean as an 'eloquent review of geological fundamentals - far too sophisticated for most nine-year olds'. Provenance: Theodore Higgins (name inscribed to title-page); by descent, from the estate of Rendel Williams.
Hammer price: £220
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