The Aquarium Book by E. G. Boulenger - 1955

McBride. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Book Good. No dust jacket.

Duckworth, 1927. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1927. 2nd Impression. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrations and photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Water staining to spine and front board. Marking to rear board.

London: Duckworth, 1927. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. L.R. Brightwell. Blue cloth boards. Faded spine, front inner hinge cracked and scuffed. Name of former owner inside by pencil. A photograph on page 86 is half detached. Foxing on closed page edges. Marks on some pages. No jacket.

London: Duckworth, 1927. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Illustrated by L.R. Brightwell. Some handling wear and marks including liquid stains to spine. Scuffing and dust spotting on cloth binding with foxing on closed page edges. Marks on some pages and name of former owner inside. Photo on page 196 is detached.

London, Duckworth, [1925], First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, spine faded but lettering clear, minor foxing at outer edge of text block, very good and clean, unmarked. . 8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; 208pp, frontis from painting, plates from paintings and photos, plus many other illustrations from drawings by L. R. Brightwell (complete). . The first edition of a book that became a classic on aquariums as illustrated by its many reprints. It covers both sea-water and fresh-water aquariums, with many still relevant ideas and approaches and some fascinating illustrations. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Paperback / softback. New.