Magnets Bulbs and Batteries, Series 621 (DJ)

Magnets Bulbs and Batteries, 1962  was the 1st book to be issued in series 621 – Junior Science –  and was originally issued with a dustwrapper.  It was written by Newing and Bowood and, like all the books in this series, was beautifully, lovingly illustrated by Harry Wingfield.  If you aren’t familiar with the series, all four of them are beautiful books, which is not what you might expect from the titles.  But Wingfield’s warm, nostalgic watercolour illustrations tenderly depict the cotton-reels, paperclips, corks and tin cans of a 1960s/70s childhood whilst at the same time clearly illustrating the experiment presented on each page.  These books are also remarkable for their depiction of boys and girls equally active in their experiments with motors, cogs, wind-socks and circuits.

This copy:

This copy still has its original dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped.  Both DJ and book are in very good condition but for a 1cm nick in the spine (hidden by the dustwrapper).  Otherwise, not much wear and nice, clean pages.