Phillips, John Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire. 2 parts bound as 1. York, 1: 1829, 2: 1836. 4to, full cloth with morocco lettering piece; 1: 1 map, 9 plates (geographical sections, 8 hand-coloured), 14 plates (figures), 2: 22 plates (figures), 2 plates (sections, 1 hand-coloured), 1 folding map. First eds. An important work on Yorkshire by a significant figure in British geology. Kendall, P.F.; Wroot, H.E. Geology of Yorkshire. Printed for the Authors, 1924. Org. cloth; comprehensively illus. with maps, diagrams, photographs etc. Buckland, William Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology. William Pickering, 1836. Bridgewater Treatise VI. 8vo (2 vols). Half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, contrasting morocco lettering piece in one, lettered directly in one, marbled edges, green silk markers; Vol. 1 text, Vol. 2 engravings: 86 plates (1 folding hand-coloured, 6 folding, 2 double-page). First ed. Buckland was a major figure in early palaeontology. He was the first to write a full account of a fossil dinosaur and pioneered the use of coprolites (coining the word) to reconstruct ecosystems. He was a supporter of Darwin's work on the Beagle, positioning it within theories of progressive creationism. This work, produced for the Bridgewater Treatises, followed a similar vein, using fossil strata as part of a creationist theory. With 10 other books on geology or associated topics including Stefansson, Arctic Manual, 1945 reprint (produced for the US Army Air Corps, inscribed from the author to Brian Roberts ''with special reference to pages vii-xiv from his friend...'') and Foster and Brough, Ore and Stone Mining, Sixth Ed (revised and enlarged). [14]