first edition Hardcover
1861 · Boston
by Tyndall, John
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1861. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xxii, 446 pages of text including an index. Leather spine and corners with rubbing to the extremities and minor chipping to the top of the spine; marbled paper-covered boards; protected in archival mylar. Contains 62 black-and-white illustrations. Previous owner's name neatly on a front endpaper, and bookplate on the inside of the front cover. The title page and a few pages with minor soiling or discoloration, and minor browning to the page edges. Stated: Author's Edition. Likely the first American edition..
(Inventory #: 018266)