(Seafood) Mitchell, John M. The Herring: Its Natural History and National Importance. Corn gilt-lettered spines

gilt-lettered spines

chocolate caramel cake

Spanish publication on the manufacture of English

Gray-green boards

Fading to cloth

(Seafood) Mitchell, John M. The Herring: Its Natural History and National Importance. Corn gilt-lettered spines374 pp. Illus. with folding chromolithograph frontis. of a shiny herring and 5 color lithograph plates of fishing vessels in waters off the coasts of France and England. Blue cloth, gilt lettered spine. First Edition. Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, 1864. Armorial bookplate of Josselyn. Upper front joint & hinge cracked, chipping to cloth along spine, stains to upper front cover, thus good only, but bright interior with fascinating subject. Rare. (36)