May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279

Sale 2279 - Lot 224

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CROLL, JAMES. Climate and Time in their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's Climate. 8 color plates and maps * Stellar Evolution and its Relations to Geological Time. Together, 2 volumes. 8vo, original cloth, second volume with spine ends chipped, shelf label removed, and Harvard College Observatory bookplate (released); contents of both volumes clean. New York, 1875; 1889
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first american editions. Croll (1821-90) was a Scottish geologist who theorized that climate change resulted from variations in the earth's orbit. BEA, page 262; DSB III, 470-71.