RECREATIVE SCIENCE: A Record and Remembrance, of Intellectual Observation. Volume III (single volume three only)

Tuffen West, Henry J. Slack, Karl Prosper, Spence Thomson, Shirley Hibberd, J. R. Leifchild, W.G. Barrett, C. R. Bree, John Jones, Joseph Newton, George E. Roberts, E.J. Lowe, W.F. Cooper, Richard L. Edgeworth, C.W. Crocker, et al

Published by Groombridge and Sons, 1862

About this Item

An British amateur science periodical, library bound without the original wraps (and thus much publishing data missing). Individual Vol 3 only. An ex-library copy with book plates and pocket on pastedowns. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 359 pages, 3/4 leather with marbled boards. A good copy over all, both covers detached, 1" of leather missing from spine ends, leather rubbed with boards exposed at corners, perforated library stamp on title page, free endpapers moderately yellowed, interior pages lightly yellowed, clean and bright and the internal binding tight. Volume 3 only of original 3 volume set issued in seperate parts between 1860 and 1862. Illustrated throughout. Contains articles on "My Microscope and How to Make One Like It", "Minute Life of the Sea", "Polarization of Light", "The Great Comet of June and July 1861" and many others. Without dust jacket (as issued).

Seller Inventory # 7553

Bibliographic Details

• Title: RECREATIVE SCIENCE: A Record and Remembrance, of Intellectual Observation. Volume III (single volume three only)
• Publisher: Groombridge and Sons
• Publication Date: 1862
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good minus
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science