The Air by MUDIE, ROBERT - 1835

BiblioLife, 2009-03-19. Hardcover. Used:Good.

15-4: Thomas Ward & Co. Fair with no dust jacket. 1835. Hardcover.

London: Thomas Ward & Co, 1835. Hardcover. Binding copy only in need of repair, spine is torn, front cover is unnattached, ffep has a large section cut out, light foxing to frontis and title page, age toning to pages as expected with age but text is otherwise clear.. Brown stamped boards with gilt spine lettering; viii, 280 pp, 16 pp; color illustrated frontispiece and title page. Frontispiece is "Scene on the Mountain Tops" Baxter's oil colour printing from the original paints by W. Fowler. Title page illustration is "Air Bird". Includes a preface by Robert Mudie. Contents include: Section 1: Preliminary Remarks. Section II: State of Air. Section III: Relation Between Heat and the State of Bodies, Especially the Air. Section IV:Composition and Structure of the Air. Section V: Weight, or Pressure, and Volume of the Atmosphere. Section VI: Evaporation. Section VII: Separation of Moisture From the Air. Section VIII: Conclusion.

New.

London: Ward & Co., 1835. Hardcover. Good. Colour frontispiece and Titlepage vignette by George Baxter (1804-1867) from original paintings by W. Fowler.. Octavo (164x101mm) red leather spined, diapered patterned green cloth sides (rebacked with part of old title relaid, corners worn). Colour frontispiece and colour vignette to titlepage + viii + 280pp. Quite heavily foxed at beginning and end, titlepage somewhat stained also, otherwise very good.

Wentworth Press. paperback. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing