First Edition of Dutton's Lecture on the Hawaiian Islands
Hawaiian Islands and People. A Lecture at the U.S. National Museum Under the Auspices of the Smithsonian Institution and of the Anthropological and Biological Societies of Washington. February 9th, 1884.
Washington: Judd & Detweiler, Printers, 1884.
Full Description:
DUTTON, Captain Clarence Edward. [HAWAII]. The Hawaiian Islands and People. A Lecture at the U.S. National Museum Under the Auspices of the Smithsonian Institution and of the Anthropological and Biological Societies of Washington. February 9th, 1884. Washington: Judd & Detweiler, Printers, 1884.
First edition. Octavo pamphlet (9 x 5 3/4 inches; 230 x 145 mm). 32 pp.
Original mauve printed wrappers. Stamp for the "U.S. Geological Survey Library 1884" to front wrapper, title-page and blank margin of page 27. Some sunning to spine and edges. A bit of chipping to wrapper along spine. Internally very clean. Overall a very good copy.
"Clarence Edward Dutton (1841–1912) was one of several scientists who laid the foundations for modern geology from their work in North America during the late nineteenth century. Dutton was a career soldier who fought in the American Civil War and remained with the US Army Ordnance Corps to his retirement in 1901. Despite military obligations, Dutton developed a profound interest in geology and, on secondment first to the Powell Survey and later to the fledgling US Geological Survey, made important contributions to volcanic geology, seismology and physical geology. His lifelong fascination with volcanism led to improved understanding of the volcanic geology of the American West, Hawaii, and Central America. This work linked naturally with the emerging science of seismology, as reflected in his study of the 1886 earthquake in Charleston, South Carolina, and he is often credited with introducing the ‘new seismology’ to American scientific audiences." (Clarence Edward Dutton: soldier, polymath and aesthete. By Antony R. Orme.)
HBS 69602.
$1,000.
Price: $1,000.00
Item #69602