A Year at the Shore

Description:

Reissue, first published in book form in 1865. The work first appeared in the religious serial 'Good Works', Jan-Dec. 1864. The last of Gosse's marine natural history books with descriptive biographies of animals which may be seen month by month by a naturalist who spends a year at the shore. Illustrated by charming chromolithographed plates, from watercolour drawings by the author and printed by Leighton Bros.

[Freeman & Wertheimer 154]

Condition

Orig. dec. cloth, gilt, spine faded, elaborate gilt and black pictorial design to front cover, central gilt sea-shore scene with title above and author below, teg. Small label removed from front pastedown. Vg. From the library of Bernard Verdcourt (1925-2011), botanist and Honorary Research Fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He was also formerly associated with the East African Herbarium. Best-known for his studies of the East African flora, he also made extensive contributions relating to African terrestrial molluscs and entomology. With his book-plate loosely inserted.