The Ocean World: Being A Description Of The Sea And Some Of Its Inhabitants
by Louis Figuier and E. Perceval Wright Figuier
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Clevedon, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Cassell And Company, 1891. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New edition, revised by E. Perceval Wright. Actual edition and printing not known. In quite good blue bevel edged cloth boards, black titles and sea creature and floral motif to front. The covers are fairly clean; a little wobbly from cracked hinge; edge-worn, corners bumped and frayed. The rear free end paper is marked, the front end papers are lightly marked, with names of previous owners; the centre is split and shows the webbing.Dark tinted top cut edge; the fore and tail edges are slightly tanned. The text block is in very good condition for age; with tightly bound pages, straight and only very lightly tanned on most page edges. With 435 beautiful b/w illustrations. Publisher's list to rear. Condition overall is good. Without jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Clevedon Community Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61927
- Title
- The Ocean World: Being A Description Of The Sea And Some Of Its Inhabitants
- Author
- Louis Figuier and E. Perceval Wright Figuier
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Cassell And Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1891
- Pages
- 656
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- NW
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About the Seller
Clevedon Community Bookshop
Biblio member since 2012
Clevedon, Somerset
About Clevedon Community Bookshop
Clevedon Community Bookshop, co-operatively owned, opened on 31 December 2011 and now has a general stock of approximately 20,000 books. Our bookshop in Copse Road is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11.00am to 4.00pm. The co-operative comprises just over 600 members from around the world and was set up to stop the only second-hand bookshop in our town from closing. The benefit of being a member/shareholder is only social: no-one benefits financially. All profits are used to improve the bookshop and its stock, and, through events, to contribute to the literacy and literary profile of our town. The Bookshop Manager has fifteen years' experience in second-hand bookselling. Email us if you would like to join our co-operative and thus jointly own our bookshop with us.
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- New
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- Jacket
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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