Mysteries of Physics and Chemistry (The University of Knowledge Wonder Books)

384pp, illustrated throughout. Richly illustrated endpapers. Monochrome plate frontispiece. In green cloth-covered boards, decorated with blind embossing, gilt titles and decorations on spine (boards just a little rounded at corners and spine ends). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Mild flecking on text block edges. A good introduction to the application of physics and chemistry and the ways in which advances in understanding and applications have affected the lives of ordinary and extraordinary people. Small 4to.