Sir Joseph Wilson Swan F.R.S. Swan, Mary E. & Kenneth R.

Reprint. Octavo, pp. 191, [1]. 7 monochrome plates including frontispiece of Swan at the age of 80. Publishers' dark blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Boards slightly bowed and leaves rippled throughout suggesting it's been damp in the past. Small light mark to upper board; ownership inscription with address to ffep dated 1969. A good copy. Biography of the Northumbrian inventor and scientist, best-known for his work in the field of electric lighting, by his son and daughter.