Arcturus; or, the Bright Star in Bootes. An easy guide to science.

Sedgwick, Miss

Published by William Macintosh, 1867

Language: English

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SEDGWICK, Miss. Arcturus; or, the Bright Star in Bootes. An easy guide to science. Second edition. xi, [1], 122, [2]pp., frontispiece, decorative title-page and 7 text illustrations. A very good copy in bright original blind and gilt stamped dark green cloth. Very scarce. square 8vo. William Macintosh. 1867. ~ First published in 1865, Copac notes the author as the American novelist Catharine Maria Sedgwick. It is written in the form of a didactic dialogue between Harry Wildfire and his mother, depicted in the frontispiece drawn by Robert Taylor Pritchett of Esher, Surrey.

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Arcturus; or, the Bright Star in Bootes. An easy guide to science.

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William Macintosh

Publication Date

1867

Language

English

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Hardcover

Edition

2nd Edition

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Very Good

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