Silvanus P. Thompson. William Gilbert, and Terrestrial Magnetism in the Time of Queen Elizabeth: A Discourse. Charles Whittingham at the Chiswick Press, 1903.

Price: US$29.80 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1903. No Edition Remarks. 16 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Signed by the author. Dedicated "To Sir M. E. Grant-Duff, with the author's compliments" on page before half title, but no signature included. Blue paper covered boards with black lettering. Clean pages. Small area of loss to second page. Notable tanning to endpapers and page edges. Pages are rough cut. Ex-library with usual stamps, inserts and markings. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners. Small splits and loss (approx. 1cm) to spine ends and corners, with few splits round board edges. Notable sunning to spine and board edges, with minor soiling and marking across the boards. Dewy code to spine.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

Thompson Silvanus P.. William Gilbert, and Terrestrial Magnetism in the Time of Queen Elizabeth: a Discourse. Charles Whittingham and Company at the Chiswick Pr, London, 1903.

Price: US$160.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Book measures 20x17.cm. Inscribed on free endpaper 'To ? Dennis Coales with kind regards Sil P. Thompson ''. Bound in original publishers cloth backed boards, with printed title lettering. Some light wear, minor abrasion wear to top board. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, inscription in pencil on verso of title page. Pages in very good clean condition. A very nice inscribed copy. Size: 8vo

Seller: George Jeffery Books, HERTFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom