With contributions of facts and principles from the Hawaiian Islands.
First edition: xvi, 399 pages, frontispiece, 15 plates including 4 folding maps, numerous text illustrations, starting to wear at the front hinge, brown cloth over bevelled boards, titled gilt on the upper cover and spine, a good copy.
James D. Dana, in full James Dwight Dana, (born February 12, 1813, Utica, New York, U.S.—died April 14, 1895, New Haven, Connecticut), American geologist, mineralogist, and naturalist who, in explorations of the South Pacific, the U.S. Northwest, Europe, and elsewhere, made important studies of mountain building, volcanic activity, sea life, and the origin and structure of continents and ocean basins. https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-D-Dana
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