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The Observing Eye; or, Letters to Children on the Three Lowest Divisions of Animal Life. The Radiated, Articulated, & Molluscous. Sixth Edition

The Observing Eye; or, Letters to Children on the Three Lowest Divisions of Animal Life. The Radiated, Articulated, & Molluscous. Sixth Edition

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The Observing Eye; or, Letters to Children on the Three Lowest Divisions of Animal Life. The Radiated, Articulated, & Molluscous. Sixth Edition

by [Wright, Anne]

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London: Jarrold and Sons, 1859. Hardcover. x, 310p., publisher's menu; small hardbound in bevelled 6.5x4 inch royal-blue boards gilt. Casing is in terribly poor shape with seriously cracked hinges, a nearly-detached spine panel that has half-inch losses both head and tail, spine titling dirty and dim. Gilt cover devices and title are still bright, it and rear cover could become part of a restoration, likewise the original brown endsheets, but not (we think) the entire spine. Textblock has fared better; the guarded color-litho frontis is about fine (innocent kids and tutor at the seaside), and all illustrations (woodcuts in vignette) are present. Text edges are badly dust-soiled and a few signatures are slightly started, with a crack down to cords at 144/5. Reading copy, or breaker.

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Bookseller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
181938
Title
The Observing Eye; or, Letters to Children on the Three Lowest Divisions of Animal Life. The Radiated, Articulated, & Molluscous. Sixth Edition
Author
[Wright, Anne]
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Jarrold and Sons
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1859
Bookseller catalogs
Illustrated books; History of Science and Medicine; Entomology, insects, bugs; Ocean, oceanography, oceanic; 1850s;

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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB

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About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB

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Gilt
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Cracked
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