Book Sales
‘John Phillips: Yorkshire’s traveller through time’ available to BUY NOW !
We are delighted to announce that the latest book by Colin Speakman is now available to purchase.
This absorbing book shares John Phillips’s passion for the Yorkshire landscape, and in both word and image retraces his footsteps through Dales, Moors and Coast. It suggests how Phillips was an inspirational force behind Britain’s National Park and outdoor movement, one of the great early interpreters of the Yorkshire landscape who has influenced later generations in countless ways.
This book is also about another side of John Phillips – the pioneer walker-writer and artist. Having tramped thousands of miles in geological wanderings, Phillips produced two of the best early guidebooks to Yorkshire, including one of the world’s first-ever railway guidebooks.
Adam Sedgwick: Geologist and Dalesman
The Yorkshire Geological Society is pleased to announce the publication of Adam Sedgwick - Geologist and Dalesman a biuography to Colin Speakman.
Published jointly by YGS and Gritstone Publishing Co-operative Ltd, the book tells the story of the upbringing, professional life and research of Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873), one of the great figures of Geology and of Victorian-era British Science. Colin Speakman, already well known for his writings and broadcasts on the Yorkshire Dales, carries the reader from Sedgwick’s humble beginnings in Dent to his academic position of Woodwardian Professor at the University of Cambridge. Because of the detailed research by the author the book will appeal not only to readers with an interest in the history of science but also to those who enjoy a fast-moving and diverse story of success, often against all the odds. Lovers of Yorkshire, and in particular the Dales, will find much to enjoy.
‘Rocks and Landscape’ Field Guides
Our popular YGS ‘Rocks and Landscape’ Field Guides are now available in ‘wiki’ format online on the British Geological Survey’s Earthwise platform, which also includes online guides produced by other geological societies.
The online YGS Guides can be accessed by clicking the images below.
Printed copies of the guides are not currently available for sale online but can be purchased at a discounted price of £5 per copy at our Indoor Meetings, please see our Events page for information on upcoming meetings.
