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Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. NATURAL HISTORY. MOLLUSCA, written and illustrated by Philip Henry Gosse, hardcover, probable first edition, illustrated, 1854. BOOK CONDITION: poor [reading copy only]. The text block and illustrations are in fair condition with no dogears or tears but with occasional stains. Pages are age-toned and pulling away from binding, but no pages appear to be missing. There is no book plate nor signature of prior owner, but the title page has been embossed with a stamp indicating this copy was in a Sunday School library. The first free endpaper has been torn out. There are various other imperfections inside the front and back covers. The gold boards are in fair condition (corners bumped, spine bumped and faded/discolored, several small holes). 6 ¾ x 4 ½, 328 pages, 11 ounces XX [from Wikipedia] Philip Henry Gosse (6 April 1810 - 23 August 1888), known to his friends as Henry, was an English naturalist and popularizer of natural science, virtually the inventor of the seawater aquarium, and a painstaking innovator in the study of marine biology. Gosse created and stocked the first public aquarium at the London Zoo in 1853 and coined the term "aquarium" when he published the first manual, The Aquarium: An Unveiling of the Wonders of the Deep Sea, in 1854. His work was the catalyst for an aquarium craze in early Victorian England. Gosse was also the author of Omphalos, an attempt to reconcile the geological ages presupposed by Charles Lyell with the biblical account of creation. After his death, Gosse was portrayed as an overbearing father of uncompromising religious views in Father and Son (1907), a memoir written by his son, Edmund Gosse, a poet and critic. Gosse, P.H. (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/a. This is a fascimilie edition which information is given in a corner on back of title page. Title page etc are all printed to look like the original. OriginalJohn Van Voorst of London. Illustrated.

Condition: Good. 1971. Facsimile Edition. 372 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Price sticker to front cover. Minor wear marks to covers.…

Condition: New.

Decorative Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Boards (HB) in decorative cover.The cover has fades some but the spine has not. In very good condition The inside hinge is open but the book is holding strong and other than a few spots it is in very good condition for a 128 year old book. Information and illustrations about the sea when we knew even less about it than we do now. 384 pages with full page illustrations for other books inside covers.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Green cloth binding. Some bumping to extremities with 2 small tears at top of spine o/w very good. Well illustrated.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Printing - First Thus. 372 pp. Trade paperback format. First Thus - republishes the John van Voorst, London, 1840 edition. Light rubbing on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with forty-four engravings. The Chapters are: JANUARY FIRST: Pleasures of Natural History; Expansive Power of Frost in Trees; Variety in Forms of Trees; Variety in All Created Objects. FEBRUARY FIRST: Silver Thaw; Brilliance of the Meteor; Love of Nature; Cause of the Phenomenon; Virginian Deer; Flakes of Snow; Frosted Windows; Uses of Snow. FEBRUARY FIFTEENTH: Masses of Snow on Evergreens; Wolf; Anecdotes; Ferocity of Carnivorous Animals; Puma; Lynx; Otter; Beaver; Musk-rat; Equalization of Blessings of Providence; Tokens of Extreme Cold; Sunset; Northern Lights. MARCH FIRST: Sundog; Insects; Snow Owl; Masuippi River; American Hare; Moose. MARCH FIFTEENTH: Power of Resisting Cold; Mammals; Birds; Temperature of Cold-blooded Animals; Mosses and Lichens on Trees. APRIL FIRST: Sugaring; Tapping the Maple; Favourable Kind of Weather; Extent of a Sugary; Collecting Sap; Boiling Down; Sugar from Other Trees; Canada Goose; Bare Ground Around Stumps. APRIL FIFTEENTH: Song of Birds; Ruffed Grouse; Honey-bees; Exhilarating Effect of High Elevations; Strange Note of the Blue Jay; Piping Frogs. MAY FIRST: Robin; Green Comma Butterfly; Mosquito; Black Fly; Smudge; Early Settlers; Canada Thistle; Cattle in Pastures; Emmigration to Canada; Misstatements of Writers; Evils of a New Country; Glory of Nature; Cackling of Frogs. MAY TENTH: Belted Kingfisher; Woodpecker; Bald Eagle; Tamarack; Black Cherry. MAY TWENTIETH: Purple Grakle; Reflections of Colour; Poplars; Curious Facts; Wild Gooseberry; Willows; Insects; Indians; Their Warfare; War-whoop; Domestic Manners; Religion; Government; Language; Sufferings; Anecdotes; Evening Walk. MAY TWENTY-FIFTH: Spiders' Webs; White and Red Death; Humming-bird; Crows; Raven; Native Fishes; Maskilonge; Sturgeon; White Dolphin; Seals; Common Dolphin; Capture of One; Squirrels. JUNE FIRST: Musquitoes; Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly; Moosewood; Wild Strawberry; Leafing of Forest Trees; Providence of God; Mushroom. JUNE TENTH: Beauty of Summer; Natural Affinities of Insects; Quivering of the Air; Evening Scenery Contrasting with Morning; Singular Light Once Seen by the Author. JUNE TWENTIETH: Buttercup; Red Clover; Singing Birds; Appearance of Forest; Straightness and Nakedness of Forest Trees; Gloom of Forest; Age of Trees; Tenacity of Life. JULY FIRST: Transformations of Insects; Moths; Puff-balls; Raspberry; Redtop Grass. JULY FIFTEENTH: Climate; Thundershower; Subsequent Freshness; Fog; Agricultural Productions; Weeds; Canada Thistle; Habit of Counterfeiting Death; Skunk; Its Fetid Odour; Dandelion; Scattering of Seeds. AUGUST FIRST: Zebra Hawk-moth; Horse Gad-fly; Bull Frog; Toad; Tree Frog; Field Locusts; Virginian Deer. AUGUST SIXTEENTH: Decayed Trees; Indian Hen; Indian Wickup; Rainbow. SEPTEMBER FIRST: Black Bear; Mode of Fighting; Depredations on the Indian Corn; Farmer's Revenge; Wolves; Cherries; Canadian Blackberry; Tints of Foliage; Pigeons; Singular Forms of Insects. SEPTEMBER TENTH: Excursion to the Bois Brule; A Slash; Old Mill; Fruits and Berries; Character of the Woods; Arched Lane. SEPTEMBER TWENTIETH: Autumnal Frosts; Threshing Buckwheat in the Field; Fading of the Leaves of Trees; Waterfowl; Migration of Aquatic Birds. OCTOBER FIRST: Beautiful Hues of the Forest in Autumn; Cause of the Fall of Leaves; Leaves as Manure; Wild Geese Migration; Snow in September. OCTOBER SIXTEENTH: Indian Summer; Peculiar Weather; Freezing of the River; Winter Wren; Ignorance of Natural History Hurtful to the Farmer; Frozen Apples; Effect of Frost in Loosening Leaves. NOVEMBER FIRST: Clear Bright Weather of Autumn Unlike that of Summer; Beautiful Forms of Frost; Hoar Frost on Grass; Skeleton of Leaves; Migratory Birds. DECEMBER FIRST: Uses of Winter; Our Feelings an Insufficient Criterion of T Size: 8vo. Book.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. pgs.372 with index clean tight copy front cover top right corner small abrasion slight edge and corner wear.

Original Gilt Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. PP x + 348 with frontis. Old ink inscription on first blank else near fine. Interesting essays on the natural history of the earth with emphasis on the plant and animal kingdoms.

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With owner's name inside cover. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. No publication date, appears pre-1900. 16mo, green cloth binding. Heavy shelf wear and staining to boards, bumped corners. Binding relatively firm, pages lightly foxed and age toned. Illustrative frontispiece. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN.…

Condition: As New. Paper; 324p., illus.; Annotated ed.

Condition: As New. Paper; 324p., illus.; Annotated ed.

Condition: As New. Paper; 324p., illus.; Annotated ed.

Condition: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. The Mysteries of the Great Deep. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Reprint of the 1840 publication. Light wear.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Good. Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. No Date [1844]Volume 1 of 2Brown cloth bindingPatterned bindingGilt lettering on backstripBumped CornersLoose BindingInternally text clean Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN.…

Fair early reprint with gilt edged pages and decorative green cloth, no dustjacket. Circa 1890. General wear. Uncredited (illustrator).

Condition: Poor. No publication details. Printed for the society for promoting Christian knowledge. Brown spotting on some pages. Binding loose. Pages clean. Cover scuffed with wear at corners. Backstrip missing. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library. in poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With owner's name inside cover. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. 16mo, dark green cloth binding. Heavy shelf wear, discolouration to cloth, bumped corners. Untrimmed page edges. Both hinges split, binding loose in places. Light foxing. Illustrative frontispiece with tissueguard. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN.…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

ed. hardback good condition in cloth with wear and bumping - no dust jacket.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.