Tudor Jenks — Electricity for Young People

New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1908. Leather. A nicely bound copy of Tudor Jenks' informative work on electricity for children, illustrated throughout. A children's work. This work looks at electricity, discussing how mankind first came to find the new power, how the learned its ways, and how they invented methods of controlling it. Illustrated with seven plates and numerous in-text illustrations. Written by Tudor Jenks. Jenks was an author, journalist, and lawyer, best known for his prolific fiction and nonfiction works for children. His other nonfiction works include 'Photography for Young People', 'In the Days of Chaucer', and 'The Book of Famous Sieges&apos. In a full calf prize binding by Woodhouse Grove School, awarded to J. A. Hartley in 1909, with a presentation label to the front pastedown. Collated, incomplete, as lacking the frontispiece. In a full calf prize binding. Externally, smart. Light discolouration to the spine. Minor marks to the spine and boards. The odd spot to the fore edge. Prize label to the front pastedown. Prior owner's stamp to the recto to the front free endpaper, and to the verso to the rear endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .