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Among the Stars, Or Wonderful Things in the Sky
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Volume Condition: | Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | N/A |
| Dust Jacket Protection: | N/A |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
| Impression: | 1st Impression |
| Signature: | None |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Seeley & Co |
| Publication Year: | 1885 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| Book ID: | 029767 |
| Catalogue(s): | Children's Books - Vintage ◇ Science - General |
First UK edition (published in the USA a year earlier). 310pp, with a tissue guarded frontispiece depicting Ikon and the stars, and furthur plate illustrations. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and decorations on front panel and spine. Top edge srayed blue. Coated creamy-yellow endpapers. 8vo. Cloth a little worn, rubbed and rounded on corners and around spine, spine sunned with dull lettering. Top edge dust dulled. A little page toning, especially on frontispiece verso. Faint and occasional spotting.
The story of a boy, Ikon, fascinated by the stars and who travels to other planets. Giberne (1845-1939) was an amateur astronomer, a founder member of the British Astronomical Society, who used the device of this charming story to relate facts about our solar system and other stars.
