Marine

1852 · 033307 — <p>London: Reeve and Co. 1852 A very good copy in the original decorative cloth binding with 20 hand coloured plates. This book is part of Lovell Reeve's Popular History series designed for young people. All the books measure around 13 x 16.6cm and came in a gilt decorative cloth binding or could be bound to taste. They had particularly well produced colour plates although the quality of the writing varied. This copy is in its original binding which is bright and clean. The spine ends are pulled with 3 tiny splits at the top at the joints and in the middle. Corners are turned. There is the decorative bookplate of Edward Braxton Reynolds Public Analyst motto - There was death in the pot at the front pastdown endpaper. A 24pp publisher's catalogue is tipped in at the front endpapers. Contents with tissue-guarded hand coloured frontispiece and 19 further plates. Plates and text are generally very clean and in very good condition. There is some light toning towards text page edges particularly at the top edge and some text pages are unopened. Pages 41-44 have slight loss at the top where they have been poorly opened. Some stitching is slightly wobbly.</p> Reeve and Co. hardcover