Glaucus: Or, The Wonders of the Shore [The Works of Charles Kingsley Volume V]
by Kingsley, Charles
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
-
Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1881. Hardcover. Near fine. 5" x 7", xi, 245 pp, with 12 color plates and additional illustrations in the text. Attractive full-red leather prize binding, with spine in six compartments tooled in gilt, marbled edges and endpapers. Inscribed "J. Royden, Classics, Class I, Yarlet, Christmas 1884" on the front flyleaf, and with the bookplate of Thomas Royden on the front pastedown. Mild scuffing and wear to extremities, occasional minor foxing. Clean and sound.
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- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14264
- Title
- Glaucus: Or, The Wonders of the Shore [The Works of Charles Kingsley Volume V]
- Author
- Kingsley, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1881
- Keywords
- british naturalists sea seashore tides
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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About the Seller
Walkabout Books
Biblio member since 2011
Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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