Pp. xiv, [2], 344 + 16 adverts. 4 b/w engraved plates (incl. frontispiece). Original blue cloth binding with heavy gilt lettering and decoration to spine and front board, also blind stamped decoration. Binding unusually bright with light wear only. Contents good and tight, with a school prize plate to the front pastedown dated 1905, no other marks. A very good first edition copy. [Referenced by R. B. Freeman and Douglas Wertheimer P. H. Gosse A Bibliography, item no 132a.] Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 031469

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Title: THE ROMANCE OF NATURAL HISTORY

Publisher: James Nisbet & Co., London

Publication Date: 1898

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Series.

Book Type: Book

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