The romance of modern astronomy : describing in simple but exact language the wonders of the heavens / by Hector MacPherson, Junr. … ; with thirty-nine illustrations & diagrams.
Macpherson, Hector
Category
Books
Date
1911
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3258637
Summary
Bibliographic description
332, [4], 16, 16 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill., diagrams ; 8vo. Pencil codes on front free endpaper verso: "a/cd 3/9". Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (shield on a beaded oval): 'Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton' [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown: 'The Times Book Club, / 376 Oxford St., London, W.' Binding: Early twentieth-century full publisher's dark blue cloth; single white fillet to form an outer border on upper board; gilt stamped centrepiece on upper board (within a single white fillet border): Saturn from one of its moons; red and white decoration and lettering on upper board; gilt stamped comet over Chinese buildings, gilt lettering and red and white stamped figures in traditional Chinese dress on spine.
Makers and roles
Macpherson, Hector, author