Dr J Scoffern (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. From "John Cassell's Educational Course". Not dated; edition not known; circa mid 1850s. In good half brown leather and brown and green and black mottled boards, gilt titles to back strip. The covers are very tight and straight, clean, leather on spine is faded and the ends worn. Red/brown end papers, name on front free end paper; otherwise unmarked. Tanned cut edges; fore edge also foxed. The text block is in good condition, tightly bound and square, with untanned pages, and foxing on fore edges, especially to Glossary and Index. With about 300 'beautiful engravings'.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardcover book . Library binding of red cloth with gilt title to spine. 598pp, octavo. With b&w engraved figures and illustrations in text throughout. With sections on nautical astronomy, practical astronomy and meteorology. Very Good. Library stamp to title page only (Engineer's Institution?). Clean covers with some patchy fading, some light marks and browning to prelims. Pictures available.…