Amy Johnson — Sunshine

London, Macmillan and Co, 1892. First edition. Leather. A very scarce copy of this charmingly illustrated guide to sunlight for young readers, in a full calf prize binding. The first edition of this very scarce work.Bound in full red calf prize binding from Dame Alice Omen's School. With a charming contemporary prize bookplate to the front pastedown.Written with young readers in mind, this book details a range of sun-related phenomena, including the rainbow, photosynthesis, spectres and shadows, with each section accompanied by instructions for home experiments. Illustrated throughout, including a frontispiece and numerous in-text figures and engravings. In a full red calf prize binding. Externally, very smart, with light rubbing to the extremities and a contemporary prize bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .