Taylor, J.E. (1884). Geological Stories; a Series of Autobiographies in Chronological Order. London: W.H. Allen, ‘New’ edition,  xviii + 301 pp. Hardback presentation copy, original light red embossed leather with gilt decoration on spine and cover and gilt lettering on a black leather spine label. Bumped and slightly worn, top of spine fraying, binding sound. Marbled end papers with owner label and marbled page edges. Award information in manuscript on free page before half-title. Protective tissue to frontispiece faintly foxed, text otherwise clean and unmarked. In very good condition.

A compilation of the author’s magazine articles originally published in 1879 by another publisher. The autobiographies are of different rocks and minerals.