Glaucus; Or, The Wonders of the Shore
de Kingsley, Charles
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Estado
- fine
- Librería
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
London: MacMillan and Co., 1886. Undetermined. fine. xi, 245, [2]pp. Octavo. Publisher's decorative gilt pictorial binding. Blue cloth with elaborate gilt marine scene with fishes, seaweed, snails and bivalves. Similar design in blind to rear board. Gilt titles and decorations to spine. Binding remarkable well-preserved, with only light shelfwear to head and tail of spine and corners. A.e.g. Internally clean with only light foxing to first few and last few leaves. Illustrated with 12 colour plates and three wood engravings. fine A beautiful example of a publisher's pictorial binding with vibrant gilt decoration of marine plant and animal life. Remarkably bright and well-preserved. The book provides a conversational introduction to the "wonders of the shore," and illustrates these wonders with 12 fine colour plates. 1886
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- Librería
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 136181
- Título
- Glaucus; Or, The Wonders of the Shore
- Autor
- Kingsley, Charles
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Undetermined
- Estado del libro
- Usado - fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- MacMillan and Co.
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1886
- Palabras clave
- Fish|Marine Biology|Marine Life|Natural History|Pictorial Binding|Sea Shore
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Natural History;
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Leaves
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
