1929, ISBN: 8955ee296ccce5a75e7d9985a7e5af2c

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1884. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. "There are forces around us, and among us, which I shall ask you to call fairies, and these are ten thousand times m… More...

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1884. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. "There are forces around us, and among us, which I shall ask you to call fairies, and these are ten thousand times more wonderful, more magical, and more beautiful in their work, than those of the old fairy tales. They, too, are invisible, and many people live and die without ever seeing them or caring to see them." This introduction to science is the work of Arabella Burton Buckley (1840-1929), who at the age of twenty-four started her eleven-year tenure as secretary to influential geologist Charles Lyell and who after his death became a science educator in her own right, lecturing, editing such prominent scientific treatises as Mary Somerville's Connexion of the Physical Sciences (1877) and Heinrich Leutemann's Animals from Life (1887), and writing imaginative introductory science books like this one, which, The Times wrote, "deserves to take a permanent place in the literature of youth." Through her books, Arabella Buckley promoted the study of natural science by showing children that "science is full of beautiful pictures, of real poetry, and of wonder-working fairies." This truly enchantingly written, charmingly bound, and beautifully illustrated primer encompasses ten lectures on the sun, atmosphere, water, sound waves, the life cycle of a flower, coal, and bees, all abundantly illustrated throughout in 74 engravings that range from the fanciful to the scientific. 7 1/2" X 5 1/4". viii, 244pp, plus 8 pages of ads. Bound in deep forest green cloth over boards, lettered in gilt, with fairies and sprites stamped in gilt and black to upper board and spine. Moderate wear to binding, with wrinkle to cloth at upper board, bumping to edges and corners, very light soiling to rear board, and small tears to head and tail of spine. One gathering proud at center of text block. Hint of spine at some pages. Binding remains sound. Gift inscription dated Christmas 1919 to verso of front free endpaper: "This book is for the little boy who may some day be a scientist" from Aunt Mollie. Lovely floral patterned endpapers. Lacking front free endpaper. Occasional smudge, toning, or small chip to margin of pages throughout, else unmarked. Abundantly illustrated in frontispiece and 73 engravings throughout., D. Appleton and Company, 1884, 2.5<

1929, ISBN: 8955ee296ccce5a75e7d9985a7e5af2c

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1890. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. "There are forces around us, and among us, which I shall ask you to call fairies, and these are ten thousand times m… More...

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1890. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. "There are forces around us, and among us, which I shall ask you to call fairies, and these are ten thousand times more wonderful, more magical, and more beautiful in their work, than those of the old fairy tales. They, too, are invisible, and many people live and die without ever seeing them or caring to see them." This introduction to science is the work of Arabella Burton Buckley (1840-1929), who at the age of twenty-four started her eleven-year tenure as secretary to influential geologist Charles Lyell and who after his death became a science educator in her own right, lecturing, editing such prominent scientific treatises as Mary Somerville's Connexion of the Physical Sciences (1877) and Heinrich Leutemann's Animals from Life (1887), and writing imaginative introductory science books like this one, which, The Times wrote, "deserves to take a permanent place in the literature of youth." Through her books, Arabella Buckley promoted the study of natural science by showing children that "science is full of beautiful pictures, of real poetry, and of wonder-working fairies." This truly enchantingly written, charmingly bound, and beautifully illustrated primer encompasses ten lectures on the sun, atmosphere, water, sound waves, the life cycle of a flower, coal, and bees, all abundantly illustrated throughout in 74 engravings that range from the fanciful to the scientific. 7 1/2" X 5 1/4". viii, 244pp, plus 8 pages of ads. Presents nicely in protective archival jacket. Bound in deep brown cloth, lettered in gilt, with fairies and sprites stamped in gilt and black to upper board and spine. Moderate wear to binding, with wrinkle to cloth over both boards, bumping to edges and corners, very light soiling to rear board, and small tears to head and tail of spine. Hard lean to spine and one gathering proud. Hint of spine at some pages. Binding remains sound. Scientific and entomological bookplate of George Davidson Rogers, designed by J. A. Laurvik, to front pastedown, with "S3" pasted in as well, pencilled notes to verso of frontispiece. Pages are clean and unmarked. Abundantly illustrated in frontispiece and 73 engravings throughout., D. Appleton and Company, 1890, 2.5<

1881, ISBN: 8955ee296ccce5a75e7d9985a7e5af2c

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 17.41], [PU: Edward Stanford], BUCKLEY, Arabella B. The Fairy-Land of Science. Eleventh thousand. viii, 244pp., half-title., engraved frontispiece and … More...

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 17.41], [PU: Edward Stanford], BUCKLEY, Arabella B. The Fairy-Land of Science. Eleventh thousand. viii, 244pp., half-title., engraved frontispiece and 63 small illustrations and diagrams in the text. A very good copy in full contemporary red morocco prize-binding with the gilt crest of Devenport, Stoke & Stokehouse High School for Girls. The book was awarded to Maud Northey for good conduct in 1881. Some foxing to the preliminary and final blanks. Ornate gilt decorated spine, marbled edges and end-papers. 8vo. Edward Stanford. 1881. ~ Arabella Buckley (1840-1929) was a populariser of science who was acquainted with a number of well known scientists including Charles Lyell, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. It was through working as Charles Lyell's secretary that she met Wallace, with whom she conducted an extensive correspondence. She lectured on natural science from 1876 until 1888, was editor of Mary Somerville's Connexion of the Physical Sciences (1877) and Heinrich Leutemann's Animals from Life (1887), and produced a set of botanical tables for the use of junior students (1876). Fairy-Land of Science, based on a series of lectures given to London children, and its follow up Through Magic Glasses are probably her best known works. Both use magical terms to teach children about nature, science and evolution. In the first, fairies are likened to natural forces such as magnetism, gravity, crystallisation and electricity. "There are forces around us, and among us, which I shall ask you to allow me to call fairies, and these are ten thousand times more wonderful, more magical, and more beautiful in their work, than those of the old fairy tales. They, too, are invisible, and many people live and die without ever seeing them, or caring to see them." [Introduction] A magician is the main character in Through Magic Glasses, who uses the magic glasses (microscope, telescope, spectroscope and photographic camera) to peer into the secrets of nature. He is in fact the Principle and founder of a public boys school who instructs them about such things as mosses, fungi, stars, and horses.<

ISBN: 8955ee296ccce5a75e7d9985a7e5af2c

Gebraucht, [SC: 13.59], [PU: The Christian Herald], Cover and edges shows shelf wear and minor tanning. Edges shows foxing. Former owner's name on front page. Loose hinge. Few pages shows… More...

Gebraucht, [SC: 13.59], [PU: The Christian Herald], Cover and edges shows shelf wear and minor tanning. Edges shows foxing. Former owner's name on front page. Loose hinge. Few pages shows minor foxing. Pages shows minor tanning.<

2012, ISBN: 8955ee296ccce5a75e7d9985a7e5af2c

Ulan Press, Taschenbuch, 266 Seiten, Publiziert: 2012-08-31T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Geschichte allgemein, Politik & Geschichte, Kategorien, Bücher, Ulan Press, 2012