Sheppard, Thomas (1920). William Smith: his Maps and Memoirs. Hull: A. Brown & Sons, 1st edition, 173pp.+ 6 fold-out plates. Association copy.
Sheppard, Thomas (1920). William Smith: his Maps and Memoirs. Hull: A. Brown & Sons, 1st edition, 173pp.+ 6 fold-out plates. Association copy. Hardback, original green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Moderate shelf wear, spine faded, binding sound Shelf worn and bumped, leather cracked (dessication rather than wear) on hinges which remain sound. Owner signature, Charles Schuchert, on front free endpaper. Library blind stamp, Peabody Museum Gift of Charles Schuchert, on title page. Bookseller/owner annotation on front endpapers. Library ticket pocket inside rear cover. Faint foxing on end papers, otherwise text and illustrations clean . Foldout reduction of Smith’s ‘Stratification in Hackness Hills’ has been trimmed too close with narrow loss along fold of 0.1 to 2mm over two thirds of fold. Pagination of original paper from Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, v.19, pt.3, pp. 75-253, retained. Charles Schuchert (1858-1942), Professor at Yale and Director of Peabody Museum, pioneered the field of paleogeography. He famously mapped ancient North American seas through several eras, essentially based on Wm. Smith’s principles. Sheppard is an early comprehensive reference source for William Smith, with facsimiles and reductions of most of his published works. In good to very good condition.