Among the Stars, Or Wonderful Things in the Sky

<p>First UK edition (published in the USA a year earlier). 310pp, with a tissue guarded frontispiece depicting Ikon and the stars, and furthur plate illustrations.  Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and decorations on front panel and spine. Top edge srayed blue. Coated creamy-yellow endpapers.  8vo.  Cloth a little worn, rubbed and rounded on corners and around spine, spine sunned with dull lettering. Top edge dust dulled.  A little page toning, especially on frontispiece verso.  Faint and occasional spotting. </p> <p>The story of a boy, Ikon, fascinated by the stars and who travels to other planets.  Giberne (1845-1939) was an amateur astronomer, a founder member of the British Astronomical Society, who used the device of this charming story to relate facts about our solar system and other stars.    </p>