Heroes of Science Mechanicians by T. C. Lewis - 1884

London: SPCK, 1884. 1st edition. Publisher's decorated green cloth. V.g./No Jacket. Ex-library copy with stamps etc. and shelf-mark on spine.

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1884. First edition. Leather. Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. An interesting collection of biographies of inventors, with a history of the first steam engine, in a lovely prize binding by the Relfe Brothers. The first edition of this work in a full calf prize binding, with gold tooling to the boards, spine and square, and marbled end papers and edges. Gilt crest of Winchester House School, Westgate to the front board. Binder's stamp of Relfe Brothers, London, to the verso of the front free end paper. Ink inscription to the front blank by Winchester House School, Westgate, awarding this book as a prize, dated 1901. A collection of nine biographies of inventors and scientists, with a history of the first steam engine, by Thomas Crompton Lewis. These biographies include James Watt, George Stephenson, Sir Richard Arkwright, Samuel Crompton, Henry Maudsley, Joseph Clement, James Nasmyth, Sir Joseph Whitworth and Charles Babbage. In a full calf prize… Read More

United Kingdom: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1884. Full-Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Chapters include: The First Steam-Engines, James Watt, George Stephenson, Sir Richard Arkwright, etc. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1884. xiv + errata + 340pp hb gilt full leather with raised seams, marbled eps & page edges, rubbed, covers stained, school presentation copy, prize label dated 1885, Endowed Grammar School, West Green, Pocklington and signed by the Head Master, Charles F. Hutton MA, vg