BROCK, CLAIRE

The Comet Sweeper Caroline Herschel's Astronomical Ambition

Cambridge, England: Icon Books, 2007. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1840467207. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and wear to the spine ends of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has some light rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

S. Howlett-West BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 44803

Catalogue: Astronomy

Keywords: 1840467207 Astronomy Claire Brock Astronomers Female Astronomers Science Astrobiology Science Biography

Gowan Dawson; Bernard Lightman; Claire Brock; Ralph O'Connor; et al.

Victorian Science and Literature: Volumes 5-8

London, Pickering & Chatto, 2012. First edition. Cloth. Smart first edition copies of the complete Part II of an eight-volume exploration of Victorian science and literature. Four volumes of an eight-volume set, in the publisher's original cloth bindings. Part II, which includes volumes 5 to 8, of the eight-volume set 'Victorian Science and Literature' edited by Gowan Dawson and Bernard Lightman. Volume 5 explores 'New Audiences for Science: Women, Children, Labourers' and is edited by Claire Brock; Volume 6 examines 'Science, Race and Imperialism' and is edited by Marwa Elshakry and Sujit Sivasundaram; Volume 7 concerns the subject of 'Science as Romance' and is edited by Ralph O'Connor; and Volume 8 explores 'Marginal and Occult Sciences' and is edited by Roger Luckhurst and Justin Sausman. Each volume contains a selection of essays or extracts on the chosen subject, including authors such as Henry Mayhew, Arthur Ransome, Charles Kingsley, Edward Forbes and Elizabeth Garrett Anderson. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, very smart, except for a faint mark to the rear board of Vol 6 and to the front board of Vol 7. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 866M2

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: Victorian era Victorian literature Victorian science Occult Victorian literature Not Stated