Glaucus; or The Wonders of the Shore
by Kingsley, Charles
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Rosscarbery, Cork, Ireland
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About This Item
London: Macmillan & Co., 1873. Fifth edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo, pp. xi, 245, original black and gilt decorated blue cloth, spine tanned and pulled at top and base, rubbed and marked, interior with an inscription on half title, marks and foxing throughout but more noticeable towards the front, with all coloured illustrations, binding sound.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Vivian Art & Antiques (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001295
- Title
- Glaucus; or The Wonders of the Shore
- Author
- Kingsley, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1873
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Charles Vivian Art & Antiques
Biblio member since 2016
Rosscarbery, Cork
About Charles Vivian Art & Antiques
The Book Shed Gallery - open Sunday to Friday by appointment. Antiques, pictures and second hand and rare books especially on the arts, history, biography, travel, horticulture and poetry
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...