J. Arthur Thomson (Ed.), The Outline of Science: Volume 1, 1922, HC, Very Good

Thomson, J. Arthur (Ed.). New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1922.

English, First Edition, Very Good, HC, 4to, 7 ¾” x 10 ¾,” 296 pp.

Red cloth over boards, debossed floral designs around edges at front, gilt stamped titling to front and spine, semi translucent paper at frontis, in publisher’s brown paper dust jacket with black text to front, spine, back, and inside gate flaps, black illustration to back. Mild edgewear, minor bumping to head and tail of spine, mild age toning throughout, 4” light scratch to front, age toning to end papers and pastedowns from dust jacket, pages lie flat in some areas throughout, very minor soiling to p. 151, otherwise clean throughout and excellent. In a Good dust jacket now protected in a Mylar sleeve. 2 ½” tear from top edge at front, minor chipping to edges, mild edgewear, minor creasing, mild age toning, otherwise excellent. 296 pp. Replete with more than 800 illustrations and 40 full-color (from front cover). The First Volume of The Outline of Science series created by J. Arthur Thomson. Divided into 8 chapters: “The Romance of the Heavens,” “The Story of Evolutions,” “Adaptions to Environment,” “The Struggle for Existence,” “The Ascent of Man,” Evolution Going On,” “The Dawn of Mind,” and “Foundations of the Universe” (from Contents). The Outline of Science: Volume 1 “give[s] in plain language an outline of the main scientific ideas” of 1922, covering “a wide diversity of subjects with a consequent range of knowledge” paired with lively illustrations (from the back cover).