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A HISTORY OF THE BRITISH SEA-ANEMONES AND CORALS

Written by Philip Henry Gosse
Published by Van Voorst in 1860

A HISTORY OF THE BRITISH SEA-ANEMONES AND CORALS
Written by Philip Henry Gosse.
Stock no. 1208998
1st. 1860. Hardback. Almost very good condition.

With coloured figures of the species and principal varieties. Green cloth with gilt title decorations. 12 colour plates. xl and 362 pages including index plus 2 page publisher advert to rear. Boards are damp stained, worn/rubbed at corners. Top & tail of spine shelf-worn. Slight lean to contents. Joints cracked, thus frontispiece, half-title and free front endpaper detached. One or two foxspots to contents but generally clean. All plates present. Overall, pretty good for a book almost 200 years old!

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