Vintage Elementary Physical Geography William‎ Morris Davis 1902 Red Cloth HC

Title: Elementary Physical Geography.  Authors: William Morris Davis and Carl N. Shuster, Jr.  Publisher: Ginn & Company, Boston, U.S.A., and London; 1902 printing, with copyright 1902 credited to William Morris Davis and production noted as The Atheneum Press.  Format: Vintage early twentieth-century physical geography textbook in English, presented as a clothbound hardcover volume.  Binding: Original red cloth boards with gilt-stamped front cover and spine titles for Elementary Physical Geography and Davis, a decorative blind-stamped design panel on the front board, and the publisher name Ginn & Company at the foot of the spine.  Interior: Front matter includes a photographic plate labeled Plate I, Grays Peak, Rocky Mountains of Colorado, opposite the title page listing William Morris Davis as Sturgis-Hooper Professor of Geology in Harvard University with coauthor Carl N. Shuster, Jr.  Contents: Textbook treatment of elementary physical geography topics such as landforms, climate, water, and the broader physical environment, intended for classroom instruction and reference study.  Subject/genre: Physical geography, earth science, and early twentieth-century educational textbook and reference work.  Language and printing: Text in English; printed in the United States of America for Ginn & Company at The Atheneum Press in 1902.  Identifiers: Pre-ISBN era academic volume with no modern ISBN, UPC, or EAN barcode printed on the book.