Becker, Ernst

Die Sonne und die Planeten: Populär-wissenschaftlich dargestellt von E. Becker [provenance: Emil Poole Albrecht and Florence Craig Albrecht]

Leipzig: G. Freytag, 1883. Hardcover. [2], xi, [1], 296, [2] p.: in-text illustrations; 19 cm. Black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; blind-stamped spine decoration and series title. Blind-stamped titles and illustration on front board with blind-stamped decorative border on both boards. Binder's name stamped on back board: "H. Spekling Dampfbuchb. Leipzig." All page edges red. Series: Das Wissen der Gegenwart: Deutsche Universal-Bibliothek für Gebildete, 10. Information about the series on endpapers. Engraved bookplate on front fixed endpaper, signed "W.G. Wise," for Emil Poole Albrecht and Florence Craig Albrecht. Emil Poole Albrecht (1863-1932) was a photographer and his wife, Florence Craig Albrecht (1865-1940), was a travel writer. In Good+ Condition: cloth separating over joints; corners rubbed; cover slightly soiled; front free endpaper and series title page are detached but present; pages are browning but clean and solid. Good +. Item #005746

Price: $14.50