Light Properties Effects, First Edition (2 results)

Decorative Boards. Condition: Poor. First Edition. The surface of the spine is missing other than a small piece at the bottom with the front and rear panels a little slack but reasonably well attached. The gilt decoration on the front panel is a little worn but fairly bright and there are a few stains to the front and rear panels with rubbing to the corners. The webbing is exposed at the front and rear of the book. No front free endpaper with a previous owner's name to the half-title page. Browning to the page edges. Browning to the pages with a small dark mark at the top of the title page and a stain to the final page. The plates are also quite heavily browned around the edges as is the tissue paper covering them but the text is generally unmarked. First printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. sm8vo, fp, xii, 192pp. 42 illustrations including the fp and an extra tissue guarded plate entitled Nebulae. Original blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered and decorated gilt, cream endpapers, all edges gilt. Tiny frays to head and tail of backstrip, lacks front free endpaper, many blank half pages written on, not scribbles, generally grubby but Good and complete with all tissue guarded plates called for plus one and the scarce first edition.