London: Groombridge & Sons, 1856. First edition. Not just a stroll along the beach, but a serious lesson printed up with a multitude of questions following each of six sections. “The Mighty Deep”; “Ships and Boats”; “Sailors and Fishermen”; “Fish and Fishing”; “Crustaceous and Testaceous Animals, Etc.”; Sea Weeds, Sea Birds, Etc.”. Each section features a chapter heading, a wood-engraving relevant to the chapter’s topic. Adams wrote natural history books for children, sometimes under the pseudonym, Nemo. He is noted for his statement that enslavement of black people was immoral in his editorial introduction to GOD’S IMAGE IN EBONY by F. Chesson and W. N. Armistead. Uncommon. 16mo (13.5 x 9 cm); (iv) + 236 pp. with illustrations from wood-engravings.