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[CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. [NATURAL HISTORY]. BUEL, J. W. Sea and Land. An Illustrated History of The Wonderful and Curious Things of Nature Existing before and since the Deluge… Philadelphia: Historical Publishing Co., 1889. Thick 8vo. Profusely illustrated with 300 black and white engravings and 2 “Emblematic Colored Plates" and frontispiece. 800, [4, ads] pp. Publisher's full yellow-brown cloth, front board and spine elaborately stamped in colors, floral endleaves (binding worn, soiled, gutters near endleaves cracked, several gutters starting, some toning, soiling in text, partially shaken). Fair. PRESUMED FIRST EDITION. This book showcases animals and the adventures of explorers. The text block hands a bit low in the binding – not surprising when the weight of the text block is considered.