The Story Of the Peasant-Boy Philosopher

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1864. Hardcover. 500pp + 4, 3 [1]p of publisher's advertisements. Blue cloth stamped in blind on the sides, spine lettered and decorated in gold. Pale yellow endpapers. Six inserted plates with illustrations, one foldout plate with constellations, and many in-text illustrations. Contemporary inscription in pencil and small bookstore label on the front free… Read more about this item

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1873.  16mo. xvi, pp. plus ads; b/w illustrations; blindstamped green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine; ‘founded on the early life of Ferguson, the shepherd-boy astronomer, and intended to show how a poor lad became acquainted with the principles of natural science;' some foxing else very good.

New York: Harper & Brothers. Fair. 1855. Hardcover. 500 p. 18 cm. Sound binding in blind-stamped, cloth-covered boards. Spine somewhat cocked. Corners and spine ends heavily worn. Lower fore-edge has predation damage. Gilt spine titles worn and faded. Gift inscription dated 1855 on front free endpaper. Inside pages have some foxing and… Read more about this item

NY: Harper & Brothers. VG. 1859. Reissue. Hardcover. Reprint edition. 4 1/2" x 6 3/4" hardcover bound in blind stamped patt erned blue pebble cloth with gold lettering and decorations on the spi ne. Black & white illustrations. 500 pages plus an ad at the rear. Ver y Good condition. Bumps and rub marks to the corners and spine tips.… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge and Sons [circa 1899]. (Hardcover) xvi, 484pp. Very good plus, no dust jacket. Color illustrated green cloth with gilt lettering and bevelled edges. Frontispiece, illustrations, notes. There is a prize bookplate on the inner cover dated 1899. Book about James Ferguson. Illustrations by John Gilbert. (Juvenile, Young Adult Fiction).… Read more about this item

New York: Haper & Brothers, 1855. Hardcover. Good +/No Jacket. 500 pp. A good+ copy in embossed red cloth, gilt-stamped spine. Boards darkened, some scuffing, corners worn and bumped. Front flyleaf missing, rear endpapers considerably soiled. Foxing to exterior pages. Includes black and white plates including one folding figure. Textblock clean. … Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1870. Illustrated by b/w plates and text figures. Later edition. c.1854 London; c.1856 New York. Original green blind-stamped cloth, gilt decorated spine, backstrip tightened by in-house by our binder KTB with new acid free endpapers. 16mo (17cm). pp. 500. Very Good. Light wear to binding and corners, foxing starting. Biography loosely based on Scottish Astronomer,… Read more about this item

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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