London: MacMillan and Co., 1886. Undetermined. fine. xi, 245, [2]pp. Octavo. Publisher's decorative gilt pictorial binding. Blue cloth with elaborate gilt marine scene with fishes, seaweed, snails and bivalves. Similar design in blind to rear board. Gilt titles and decorations to spine. Binding remarkable well-preserved, with only light shelfwear to head and tail of spine and corners. A.e.g. Internally clean with only light foxing to first few and last few leaves. Illustrated with 12 colour plates and three wood engravings. fine A beautiful example of a publisher's pictorial binding with vibrant gilt decoration of marine plant and animal life. Remarkably bright and well-preserved. The book provides a conversational introduction to the "wonders of the shore," and illustrates these wonders with 12 fine colour plates. 1886

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Bookseller: Aquila Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 136181
Title: Glaucus; Or, The Wonders of the Shore
Author: Kingsley, Charles
Format/Binding: Undetermined
Book Condition: Used - fine
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: MacMillan and Co.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1886
Keywords: Fish|Marine Biology|Marine Life|Natural History|Pictorial Binding|Sea Shore
Bookseller catalogs: Natural History;

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Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
Tail: The heel of the spine.
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Shelfwear: Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.