The Revealing Lens: Mankind and the Microscope by Brian J. Ford ISBN 13: 9780245510168

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

U.S.A.: George G.Harrap & Co Ltd, 1973. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Book shows light wear with bumped cover corners, but everything else is in Near Fine condition: the covers, the text block, the pages are all clean and flawless. Dust jacket shows light wear also, no tears. 208 pages, an interesting and enlightening history of the microscope from the early days of hand-ground lenses to the achivements of the electron microscope. Lots of illustrations and many photos of ""favorite"" microscopic sights, such as the proboscis of a house fly (dreadful in its alien tip), and an x-ray of a fruitfly eye, which looks like a very complex silicon chip with curved edge.

London: Harrap. 1973. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 208 pages. With a Foreword by Professor John Bunyan, a history of the microscope which is also an examination of the consciousness of the unseen world and its implications for science and civilization. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Harrap, 1973. 208 pages. Square solid copy with minor wear on covers. Price clippped dust jacket shows light wear from rubbing. "Boook is a series of ideas. It is not just a history of the microscope; it is an examination of the dawn of consciousness of the unseen world and its impllications for science - and for civilization.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Harrap, 1973-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!