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    By Professor J. Arthur Thomson
    London   George Newnes Limited
    11" by 8.5" [6] 400; [6] 401-812pp.
    A complete two-volume set of this colourfully illustrated overview of important scientific topics, simply explained, and edited by Professor J. Arthur Thomson.
    By Professor J. Arthur Thomson

    1921-1922 The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told

    London   George Newnes Limited
    11" by 8.5" [6] 400; [6] 401-812pp.
    A complete two-volume set of this colourfully illustrated overview of important scientific topics, simply explained, and edited by Professor J. Arthur Thomson.
    £90.00
    : 4kgs / : 944M2
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    Colour Plates, Illustrated

    An illustrated two-volume set uniformly bound in a half pebbled cloth binding.

    Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and nineteen colour plates to volume I. Illustrated with nineteen colour plates to volume II. Collated, complete.

    An informative guide to important scientific topics, simply explained for a wide audience, by the Scottish naturalist Professor J. Arthur Thomson (1861-1933). This popular work sold more than one hundred thousand copies in five years.

    The subjects covered include evolution, astronomy, microscopy, natural history, chemistry, meteorology, applied science, bacteria, ethnology and much more. 

    Undated, dated through copies held at the British Library.

    Condition

    Uniformly bound in a half pebbled cloth binding. Externally smart, with light shelf wear to the joints and extremities. Red marks to the pebbled cloth of the front board to volume II. Offsetting to the end papers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.

    Very Good

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