Half-Hours with the Microscope; Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Microscope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction

Edwin Lankester

Published by Robert Hardwicke, London

About this Item

No publication date given but plates are dated 1960. 18mo. 106 pages. Brown pebbled cloth boards; blind-stamped design on front and rear; gilt titles on front and spine. Brown endpapers. 8 monochrome plates including frontispiece; a few illustrations in the text. Book catalogue at front and rear. Boards with scattered spots and marks; rubbed, with a few small spots on front board where cloth has worn through; corners bumped; ends of spine fraying, with minor loss; front joint just starting to crack at head; spine slightly cocked. Prize certificate (dated 1865) to front pastedown). Bookseller's pencil annotations to half title page. Pages mostly clean, with just a few spots and handling marks. All plates present. Joints starting to crack; gutters cracked in a couple of places.

Seller Inventory # 1574

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Half-Hours with the Microscope; Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Microscope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction
• Publisher: Robert Hardwicke, London
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Tuffen West
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Microscopy