The Ocean World: Being a Description of the Sea and Some of Its Inhabitants by Louis Figuier
1891. No Edition Remarks. 654 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Missing free endpapers. Slight loss to pages 651-4 (index pages; some text missing as result. Black and white illustrations throughout. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges and pastedowns. Hinges are moderately cracked and stained, exposing netting and causing boards to be loose. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with noticeable staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft splitting, fraying and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.