Glimpses of the wonderful : the life of Philip Henry Gosse, 1810-1888 / Ann Thwaite
2002, 1st edition. London : Faber. Signed and inscribed by the author. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #443597
ISBN: 0571193285
Physical description: xx, 387 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents: In the beginning : Poole -- Newfoundland 1827-1835 : youthful lusts, puritan prejudices -- Canada 1835-1838 : the mad scheme -- Alabama 1838 : hunting of one sort and another -- Coming to London : 1839-1844 -- Jamaica 1844-1846 : months of unwearying delight -- A wife and a son : 1846-1852 -- The wonders of the shore : 1852-1857 -- Omphalos and the geological knot : 1857 -- At Marychurch : 1857-1860 -- A view to eternity : 1860-1875 -- Two happy old fogies : 1875-1888 -- At Marychurch -- Chronology -- A brief bibliography. Subjects: Gosse, Philip Henry 1810-1888. Naturalists Great Britain ; Biography.
Price: €25.00