A Sketch of the Life of Sir William Huggins K.C.B., O.M.
Richmond, Surrey: "Times" Printing Works, (1936).
Price: $150.00
Hardcover. First edition, limited issue. Octavo. 64pp., with a frontispiece plate. Dark blue cloth boards, gilt title. Very good or better. Huggins, a pioneer in the field of stellar and nebular spectography, was one of the first twelve individuals awarded the prestigious Order of Merit by Edward VII in 1902. A scarce biography, published from material collected by Lady Huggins, continued by John Montefiore, and completed by Mills and Brooke. A handsome copy.
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