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The RTS Office, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 196 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Binding remains firm. Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.
CREATURES OF THE SEA: Being the Life Stories of Some Sea Birds, Beasts And Fishes by Bullen, Frank T - 1905
by Bullen, Frank T
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CREATURES OF THE SEA: Being the Life Stories of Some Sea Birds, Beasts And Fishes
by Bullen, Frank T
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London: Religious Tract Society, 1905. 430pp., 40 unpaginated, monochrome [dark blue] art-illustrated [Carreras] half-tone plates [including frontispiece] throughout. Book square, very mildly shaken. Gilt titles. Decorated, illustrated cloth nominally frayed on foredge corners, head and heel of backstrip. Flecks of insect damage, mainly on rear cover. No dustjacket. Rectangular piece [25%] of ffep. excised, random foxing specks throughout. 28 chapters, including: Intro., Autobiography of a sperm whale, Humpback, Right Whales, Rorquals, Walrus, Seals, Sharks, Turtles, Cuttle-fish/Squid, Chimaeras, Sea-serpents, Albacore, Bonito, Flying-fish, Dolphin, Mackeral, Cod, Barracouta, Albatross, Whale birds, Petrels, Boobies/Penguins, Frigate bird, Seaweed, Index, Unpaginated publisher's promotional section. Book weight approx. 810g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2nd Impression.. Original Decorated Cloth HB. Good+. Illus. by Theo. Carreras.
- Bookseller Diversity Books, IOBA (AU)
- Illustrator Theo. Carreras
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Good+
- Edition 2nd Impression.
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Religious Tract Society
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1905
- Keywords NATURAL HISTORY, OCEANS, SEAS, FISH, SEA BIRDS, WHALES, CREATURES
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Creatures of the Sea
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Creatures of the Sea
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RTS, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 196 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. Plates remain bright with minimal tanning. Boards have heavy edge-wear with substantial bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over.Heavy white staining to rear of board.
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Creatures of the Sea : Being the Life Stories of Some Sea Beasts and Fishes
by Bullen, Frank T
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London: The R.T.S. Office. Good+ with no dust jacket. [c1925]. Hardcover. No signatures. Spine very faded. Some foxing.; Reprint. No date [c1925?]. 145, [1 (blank)], [2], (9)-196 pages + colour frontispiece + 29 black and white plates. Green cloth boards with black lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 189 x 128mm. Illustrated by Thomas Carreras. Frontispiece illlustration is "Fight between a Sperm Whale and a Giant Squid". Contents: Part One - Some Deep-Sea Monsters: Introduction; The Autobiography of a Sperm Whale; The Mysticetus, or Right Wale; The Humpback Whale; The Rorquals; Sirenia; The Walrus, Morse, or Sea-Horse; The Sea Elephant; Seals; Sea-Serpent; The Turtle; The Cuttle-Fish or Squib; Part Two - Some Deep-Sea Fishes: The Shark; The Albacore; The Bonito; The Flying-Fish; The Dolphin; The Mackerel; Cod; The Herring; The Barracouta; Deep-Sea Chimaeras. .
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