Half Hours Microscope by Edwin Lankester, Used (29 results)

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. 18mo. 118 pages. Red cloth boards; titles and illustration of microscope in black on front board; titles on spine. Publisher's book catalogues at front and rear. 8 monochrome plates (all present); illustrations in the text. Boards rubbed; with pale patches; corners bumped; ends of spine crushed. Endpapers toned; pencil price mark on front free endpaper; otherwise pages clean; binding firm.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. . . . . 12mo, hardcover. No dj, brown cloth. Vg condition. Contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding sturdy and tight. 106 pp., 2 Plates 19th, Century, Microscopy, Nineteenth, Optical, Popular, Science,

Condition: Very Good. . Hardcover. A New Edition, Illustrated from Nature by Tuffen West. Ex-libris with usual markings. In original decorated cloth without dustwrapper. Fine copy with gilt title and spine, showing some shelf wear and slight sunning to cover and spine. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Very Good. . Hardcover. A New Edition, Illustrated from Nature by Tuffen West. Ex-libris with usual markings. In original decorated cloth without dustwrapper. Fine copy with gilt title and spine, showing some shelf wear and slight sunning to cover and spine. . . . .

Tuffen West (illustrator). pp xx + 130 + 20 with color frontis with tissue; 8 color plates; 250 figures; original gilt cloth. A popular guide to the use of the microscope as a means of amusement and instruction. A new edition with a chapter on the polariscope by F. Kitton and illustrations by Tuffen West.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 14th edition. Ex-Library with the usual stamps and marks. Carefully wrapped on a protective acetate cover to prevent further damage.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Undated, fifteenth edition. The boards show only light scuffing, mostly to the bottom edges, spine edges and mildly crushed head and tail, bumped corners, and the back face. A small surface abrasion hole to the spine back edge. Darkened spine. The binding is secure, the leaves tight and undamaged. The pages are clean, with the odd light spot. Moderate staining to the title page (from the frontispiece protective tissue). Light dirt and spotting to the text block edges. The book has a slight forward lean. Measures 16.2 x 11.1 x 1.6cm. 130 pages plus 32 page of David Bogue advertisements.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Tuffen West (illustrator). 3rd Edition. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 14th. Pasted in labels inside front cover. Carefully wrapped on a protective acetate cover to prevent further damage.

Hardwicke & Bogue, 1878, 14th edition. Hardback, sm8vo, xx,130pp, illust, 9 plates, 20pp catalogue. Frontis tissue guard slightly foxed. Original maroon cloth, gilt, a little bumped and worn. A good copy.

New edition. Pink cloth, with black & cream; 8 plates + text illustrations. pages browned; head & foot of spine a little crushed; scarce early dust jacket, with owner's name on front panel, browned & scuffed spine with small loss; dj protected in removable clear film Used - Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket Used - Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. 3rd Edition. 106pp w/b&w plates. (c. 1874) Light stain covering top half of frontis. Tight and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Tuffen West (illustrator). Second Edition. Gilt titles. Decorated boards. Minor damage to spine, otherwise a clean tight copy.

New Edition Cloth Pp.130;(2) Illustrate from Nature by Tuffen West Sm. 8vo. Some foxing, front cover has stain ow good Part of Putnam's Popular Manuals. New edition with a chapter on the polariscope by F. Kitton; has adverts for foreign publications on natural history and natural science on front & back endpapers and pastedowns.

new edition hardback in decorated cloth Nice copy small octavo xxiv + 118pp., illusts., Nice period piece.

Eighteenth Edition Small 8vo. chestnut red/brown decorated cloth hardback, gilt. 130pp., illustrated in b/w. Previous owner's bookplate to verso of ffep. Rear inner hinge weak. Some foxing, mainly to prelims and foredge. Slight darkening to spine and light soiling to boards. Light wear to top and base of spine. A Good Copy. (Shelf 3) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

W. H. Allen and Co. London. 1894. Nineteenth edition. Hardback NO DW. Small slim 8vo. Illustrated and with colour frontis and eight further plates, all with tissue guards. Red cloth boards with black and gilt illustration to upper and gilt type to spine. Boards are soiled and rubbed at the corners. Spine is browned. Ownership signature to front end paper and bookshop stamp to title page. A nice little copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. LANKESTER, Edwin. Half-Hours with the Microscope; being a popular guide to the use of the microscope as a means of instruction and amusement. Illustrated from nature by Tuffen West. A new edition. xx, 106pp., half-title., frontispiece, 7 plates, and 15 figures in the text. A good copy in original blind stamped and gilt lettered pebble-grain cloth. Expertly rebacked retaining the original spine. This edition contains the 'preface to the third edition.' small 8vo. Robert Hardwicke. c1873. ~ The public health reformer, natural historian, lecturer and skilled microscopist Edwin Lankester (1814-1874) first published his Half-hours with the Microscope in 1859. This immensely popular book went through numerous editions and was still published decades after the author's death. Described as 'a popular guide', the book was framed as a series of half-hour adventures with the microscope in the home, garden and further afield, and points to the developing role of the microscope within the family home and life in the 19th century. It was illustrated 'from nature' by Tuffen West, one of the most skilled and prolific illustrators of microscopical observations of the period. The idea of the microscope as 'a means of amusement and instruction', appearing here in the sub-title, was expressed in much of the literature on microscopy produced at this time.

Condition: Poor. Aged and used copy, tanned content. Remains fine to read and reference throughout, a sound enough copy for the age.

8vo. 6.5 x 4.5 inches. xx + 130 pp. + 64 pp. publisher's catalogue. Bound in original red cloth, gilt, with blind stamped borders to boards and gilt spine decorations at head and tail. A little wear to extremities, sunning of spine and spotting of edges; otherwise a very good copy. Small bookplate. Optician's stamp on half title. Illustrated by 9 plates, including colour frontispiece and by 30 wood engraved text figures. Popular work on microscopy with an additional chapter on polarised light. It includes the preface to the third edition of about 1860. By Edwin Lankester (1814-74), surgeon and naturalist, who was one of the investigators of the London cholera outbreaks of the 1850s. He had a particular interest in water supply and was the first public analyst in England. Editions of this best selling title appeared from 1857-1918. Illustrated by Tuffen West, F.LS., F.R.M.S. (1823-91), naturalist, microscopic artist and populariser of microscopy (HAL SHS website). NATURAL HISTORY/SCIENCE MICROSCOPES NATURAL HISTORY 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY/SCIENCE.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. NOT ex-library. Hardback/Hardcover. Well read copy with some spine wear PAGES COMING AWAY FROM SPINE but still very useable. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

FIRST EDITION. Half title, front., plates, Orig. pink-brown cloth, blocked in blind, lettered in gilt; spine sl. faded. v.g. A half-hour with the microscope in the garden, country, pond-side, sea-side, &c.

Condition: A lovely copy. 1898, London, Gibbings & Company, Limited, twentieth edition, ppxx + 130 + 32, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations, red cloth.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. XX-130-20 pp. 30 fig. 9 pl. London, Hardwicke & Dogue, 1877, in-12, XX-130-20 pp. 30 fig. 9 pl. dont 1 en couleurs, Percaline rouge de l'éditeur, dos et plat supérieur fileté à froid, plat supérieur orné d'un microscope et du titre en doré, "A new edition with chapter on the polariscope by F. Kitton and illustrations by Tuffen West." La première édition date de 1859 de ce guide populaire de nombreuses fois réédités, cet exemplaire est illustré de planches lithographiées dont une planche en lithographie polychrome (celle-ci en frontispice a été reliée à l'envers). Préface de la 3e édition, suivi d'un appendix et du catalogue de l'éditeur. Cachets anciens de l'Institut catholique de Paris et cachets ex-libris anciens de V. Fernique. Dos et plat postérieur usés avec légers frottements.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. HALF-HOURS WITH THE MICROSCOPE BY EDWIN LANKESTER 1874 ILLUSTRATED. If you look up this book, the description suggests a very popular book of its times, but surprisingly, I could not find an American edition online (only print-on-demand). Please find: Half-Hours with the Microscope, Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Microscope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction by Edwin Lankester. This small hard cover book (5 x 7 ½ inches, 130 pages plus 2 pages of publisher s adverts, a paste-down advert for a Microscope, and a laid-in 4 page Condensed Price-List of Scientific Instruments from James W. Queen & Co. ) was published by G.P. Putnam s Sons of New York, dated 1874. The book is bound in burnt orange boards with black framing and titles on cover and spine. According to the title page, the book is illustrated from nature by Tuffen West and this is a New Edition with Chapter on the Polariscope by F. Kitton. The Frontispiece is a tissue-guarded color plate. Condition: This book is in very good condition. The front board is a bit concave, probably from exposure to water and there are some streaks across the finish and a tiny tear in the top of the gutter. The boards are bumped and dust-dulled but nothing severe. Inside, the book is unmarked but there is some water effect to the front endpapers and some foxing to the rear endpapers too. Fortunately, the interior pages are generally clean and bright and without toning or foxing. Both hinges are intact and the binding is tight and sound. This book is not ex-library or a remainder. Language: ENG.