Glaucus, or the Wonders of the Shore
by Kingsley, Charles
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Horsham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cambridge, MacMillan And Co. , 1855. Second edition: Very good pictorial boards, 6.74 x 4.25 inches approx. , beige background gilt decoration and lettering to spine, gilt central emblem to front board, black title and illustrated frieze to front cover, a hint of soiling to back cover, corners slightly bumped, neat hand written signature of a previous owner to front endpaper, tissue protected frontispiece being a black and white picture of a figure standing on rocks watching fish in the water, some foxing to background, 165 pages followed by publisher's advertisements, closed edges 'dusty, ' this is a lovely little book in a very good clean and tight condition. .
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- Title
- Glaucus, or the Wonders of the Shore
- Author
- Kingsley, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cambridge, MacMillan And Co. , 1855
- Keywords
- Charles Kingsley, Sea Shore, Marine, Glaucus
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- Gilt
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.