Microscope Biology Science and Chemistry / 6 Book Lot / c1800s

Half-Hours with The Microscope
Author: Edwin Lankester
Illustrated: Tuffen West
Publishing Information: Robert Hardwicke, London, 1858
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket: None. The boards are embossed with a decorative design, and the title is in gilt on the upper cover and spine. The boards have shelf and edge wear. The boards and spine are discolored. The spine has fraying on the head and tail and staining on the head. The text block has foxing, previous pencil markings, and a slight tear on a few pages. The binding is cracked throughout. This book is a popular guide to using the microscope for amusement and instruction. It includes eight plates featuring multiple organisms. 84pp, 4'1/2"x6"

The Preparation & Mounting of Microscopic Objects
Author: Thomas Davies
Publishing Information: Robert Hardwicke, London, 1864
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket: None. The boards are embossed with a decorative design, and the title is in gilt on the front cover and spine. The boards have shelf and edge wear. The boards and spine are discolored. There is fraying along the spine. The text block has foxing but otherwise is unmarked. The binding is cracked throughout. This book is a guide intended to assist the beginner and the advanced student in the very rudiments of the microscopic method of mounting and manipulation. 156pp, 4'1/2"x6"

The Hobby Books & The Microscope and its Uses
Author: Wilfred Mark Webb
Title: The Hobby Books & The Microscope and its Uses
Publishing Information: Thomas Nelson and Sons., London/New York, c1880
Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket: None. The boards are embossed with the title and decorative design. The boards are shelf wear, rubbed, stained, and have edgewear. The spine has the title in black, is sunned, and has shelf wear. The text block has deckled edges on the fore edge and tail edge. There is wear throughout the text block edges, from minor tears to bends. There is also foxing and staining to the pastedowns and free endpapers. This book is heavily illustrated with 43 Photographs and 44 Sketches and Diagrams. This book has made an endeavor to show how a microscope may add new interest to many branches of work. 156pp, 4'1/2"x6"

Through A Microscope
Author: Samuel Wells, Mary Treat, Frederick Leroy Sargent
Publishing Information: The Interstate Publishing Co., Chicago, 1886.
Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket: None. The boards have a black title and a gilt title on the spine. The boards have shelf wear, bumping, minor staining, and edge wear. In addition, the spine has rubbing to the head and tail. There is slight foxing, red markings, and the owner's name on the front pastedown. Otherwise, the binding is tight. The book contains something of science and many curious observations indoors and out, and directions for a homemade microscope. The book has numerous illustrations throughout. 126pp, 4'1/2" x 7"

Manipulation of the Microscope
Author: Edward Bausch
Publishing Information: Bausch & Lomb Optical Company, Rochester, 1891.
Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket: None. The boards are red with a gilt title on the front cover and spine. The book cover is heavily bumped and has damp staining on both covers. Additionally, the covers have shelf-wear and rubbing. The text block has damp staining on the top margin. The book is slightly cracked between the front pastedown and free endpaper. Otherwise, the binding is tight, and the pages are unmarked. There are numerous illustrations throughout. There is a handwritten name on the front, pastedown by Richmond Cranston Holcomb. Provenance: Captain Richmond Cranston Holcomb (1874-1945) was an American naval surgeon and author. He served aboard numerous ships as a surgeon during the Spanish-American War, and went on to write several books about the origin of syphilis, arguing that the disease came from Europe, as opposed to the more prevalent belief that it originated in the New World. 128pp, 5"x7"

Quiz-Compends / Chemistry
Author: Dr. Leffmann
Publishing Information: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Philadelphia, 1911
Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket: None. The book's boards are brown and have a gilt title on the front cover and spine. There is shelf wear on the cover, rubbing on the cover corners, and on the top and bottom edges of the spine. There is minor bumping on the text block edges, the pages are unmarked, and the binding is secure. This book was designed for medical students, and it's a compendium of medical chemistry, inorganic and organic, and includes urinary analysis. I added this book as part of this "science" lot, and it has a similar shape and size and was close to the publishing time frame of the others books listed. 200pp, 5"x7"