FAIRY-LAND OF SCIENCE
Edward Stanford (London). First Edition, 1890. Full-leather hardcover, rebound for a private school in Exeter. Beautiful Illustrations throughout from J. Cooper. 244 pages, with Index. Contents include Sunbeams, and the Work They Do; The Arial Ocean in Which We Live; Two Great Sculptors-Water and Ice; Voices of Nature; Life of a Primrose; History of a Piece of Coal; Bees in the Hive; Bees and Flowers; and more. In very good condition: rubbing to corners and spine edges; light shelf wear; Exeter school bookplate (book was an award for a student) on inside decorated board; small discoloration to bottom corner of first few pages (to title page only); interior is otherwise clean and free of marking.
