Gosse, Philip Henry

A Manual Of Marine Zoology For The British Isles [complete in two volumes]

Philip Henry Gosse · 1855 · Dodman Books

£30.00 (€35.92 | $39.79 | ¥6,359)

London, John Van Voorst, 1st Edition, Two volume set, the second part published in 1856. All in general good internal order with just occasional marking / spotting. First part a little shaken with binding exposed at endpapers. Handwritten note re contents affixed to front past...

Evenings at the Microscope; or, Researches Among the Minuter Organs and Forms of Animal Life

Philip Henry Gosse · 1874 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.79 | $106.11 | ¥16,957)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1874 . Cloth. The new edition of this illustrated study of the microscope by English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse. A new edition, revised and annotated.  In the publisher's original brown cloth binding.  Illustrated in...

A Manual of Marine Zoology for the British Isles Part I. And Part II.

Philip Henry Gosse · 1855 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.82 | $92.85 | ¥14,837)

London, John Van Voorst, 1855-1856. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon complete pair of well-illustrated zoological works by the "Father of the Aquarium". A smart pair of first edition works by influential English naturalist, Brethren evangelist, and "Father of the Aquarium" Ph...

Actinologia Britannica a History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals

Philip Henry Gosse · 1860 · Rooke Books

£590.00 (€706.47 | $782.59 | ¥125,055)

London, Van Voorst, 1860. First edition. Cloth. The first and only edition of this stunning work regarding British sea anemones and coral, illustrated in colour throughout. Widely considered Gosse's best work. 'Erratum in Part III' tipped in to preface. With a l...

A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals

Philip Henry Gosse · 1860 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€472.98 | $523.94 | ¥83,723)

London, Van Voorst, 1860. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated work of marine biology by Philip Henry Gosse, complete with splendid colour plates. An extraordinary exploration into British marine biology.Written by Philip Henry Gosse (1810-1888), an English naturali...

Life in Its Lower, Intermediate, and Higher Forms or Manifestations of the Divine Wisdom in the Natural History of Animals

Philip Henry Gosse · 1857 · Rooke Books

£64.99 (€77.82 | $86.20 | ¥13,775)

New York, Robert Carter and Brothers , 1857. Cloth. A scarce American printing of this work of natural history. Featuring several plates, including a frontispiece of the Great Ant-Eater. Philip Henry Gosse was an English naturalist who popularised natural science. In a cloth b...

The Romance of Natural History

Philip Henry Gosse · 1862 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.79 | $106.11 | ¥16,957)

London, James Nisbet and Co , 1862-1863. Cloth. A smart two-volume natural history work by English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse, decorated with engravings. This set includes the sixth edition of the First Series and the second edition of the Second Series. Complete in two vol...

Actinologia Britannica. A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals.

Philip Henry Gosse · 1860 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.36 | $324.97 | ¥51,929)

London, Van Voorst, 1860 . First edition. Cloth. The beautifully illustrated first edition of renowned naturalist Philip Henry Gosse's examination of British marine biology, complete with chromolithographic plates. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with twelve pl...

Actinologia Britannica: A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals

Philip Henry Gosse · 1860 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.35 | $331.61 | ¥52,989)

London, Van Voorst, 1860. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a lovely exploration of British corals and anemones, with beautiful chromolithographs by Royal Academy artist William Dickes. The first and only edition of Actinologia Britannica: A History of The British Sea...

Romance of Natural History

Philip Henry Gosse · 1810 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.78 | $112.75 | ¥18,016)

London, James Nisbet & Co. c1890. Cloth. A charming pictorial binding of naturalist Philip Henry Gosse's work of natural history, illustrated with plates by Wolf. Arranged with chapters containing information on 'Discrepancies', 'The Vast', 'The M...

Sacred Streams: The Ancient and Modern History of the Rivers of the Bible

Gosse, Philip Henry · 1877 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.94 | $33.16 | ¥5,299)

Hodder & Stoughton London xii, 435, 44 engravings, 1 map. . HB. Orig. dec. cloth, gilt, rubbed, spine faded with some wear to head/foot. Previous owner's name to endpaper, occasional foxing. Good.. A new edition revised by the author (first published in book form in 1850)..

On the Clasping-organs Ancillary to Generation in Certain Groups of the Lepidoptera

Gosse, Philip Henry · 1883 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£35.00 (€41.91 | $46.42 | ¥7,418)

Linnean Society London 81, 8 plain lithographic plates. . PB. 4to, orig. wrappers, worn with loss to spine.. Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. 2, Vol. 2(6).

A Manual of Marine Zoology for the British Isles. Part I-II

Gosse, Philip Henry · 1855 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£80.00 (€95.79 | $106.11 | ¥16,957)

John van Voorst London xi, 203, [5], 16-publisher's catalogue; iv, 239, [5], 335 + 339 woodcuts. . HB. 2 vols, sm. 8vo, orig. cloth, rubbed, minor wear with small chips to spine ends. Vg. Armorial bookplate of Nigel Ronald (sic virescit virtus) to both volumes.. 'The first att...

A Manual of Marine Zoology for the British Isles. Part I-II

Gosse, Philip Henry · 1855 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£70.00 (€83.82 | $92.85 | ¥14,837)

Van Voorst London xi, 203, (5), 16*; iv, 239, (4), 16*, 335 + 339 woodcuts. . HB. 2 vols, sm. 8vo, orig. cloth, rubbed, minor wear, small chip to foot of one spine, hinges cracked but firm. Occasional light foxing. Vg. bookplate of William Scurfield Grey to both volumes.. 'The...

A history of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals.

Gosse,Philip Henry. · 1860 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€250.00 ($276.94 | £208.78 | ¥44,253)

London, v.Voorst, 1860. XK,362 pp. 12 col. plts. Or. cloth.

Actinologia Britannica. A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals. With Coloured Figures of the Species and Principal Varieties

Gosse, Philip Henry · 1860 · Barter Books Ltd

£260.00 (€311.33 | $344.87 | ¥55,109)

VG : in very good condition. Slight foxing London John van Voorst First Edition 180mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). xl, 362pp + plates & ads. 12 plates (11 in colour).

[Natural History] Actinologia Britannica. A History of the British Sea Anemones and Corals. With Coloured Figures of the Species and Principal Varieties [Unrecorded binding variant]

GOSSE, Philip Henry (1810-1888) · 1860 · Fine Editions Ltd

$424.00 (€382.76 | £319.66 | ¥67,753)

London Van Voorst, Paternoster Row First and only hardcover edition of Gosse's finest work, marking a "major advance in natural history book illustration intended for the mass market." (ODNB). Tall 8vo: xl,362,[2],8pp (pp 7-10 are cancels), complete with 12 tissue-guarded plat...

The Romance of Natural History

GOSSE Philip Henry · 1863 · Fortuna Books

$55.00 (€49.65 | £41.46 | ¥8,789)

Nisbet needs resewing as collations loosening, lacks fep and open at the half title, otherwise reasonably tidy copy with just dust soiling to closed edges, frontis tissue some wear, cloth rubbed to joints, has blind embossed boards with gilt illustration of an ape swinging dow...

Urania sloanus at home, n° 2 : the larva and pupa.

Gosse, Philip Henry · 1881 · Hermann L. Strack, Antiquarian Book Dealer

€11.00 ($12.19 | £9.19 | ¥1,947)

1881 Entomologist, vol. 14, 1881 : In-8 Carré, Broché. extrait, pp. 241-245, Très bon état, Couv. fraîche, Dos impeccable, Intérieur frais.

A Naturalist's Sojourn in Jamaica. Assisted by Richard Hill.

GOSSE, PHILIP HENRY. · 1851 · Antiquariat Manfred Nosbüsch

€250.00 ($276.94 | £208.78 | ¥44,253)

London, Longman et al., 1851.