JOWETT: A PORTRAIT WITH BACKGROUND
Written by Geoffrey Faber.
Stock no. 1831338
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 2nd 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Benjamin Jowett, although never debunked as such by Lytton Strachey, was nothing if not an Eminent Victorian: English scholar, classicist and theologian, and Master of Balliol College. First published in 1957, Geoffrey Faber's biography still holds its own. This is the second and revised edition. Dark red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. 456 pages including index. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-rubbed. Boards clean. Light browning to text block. Endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Blue dustwrapper is lightly worn at top & tail of spine, browned with some foxing, small closed tear to top rear corner.

DR. R. GREY'S MEMORIA TECHNICA OR METHOD OF ARTIFICIAL MEMORY
Written by Dr. R. Grey.
Stock no. 1331153
Published by J. Vincent. 1851. Good condition.

Applied to and exemplified in Chronology, Geography, History, Astronomy also, Jewis, Grecian, and Roman Coins, Weights, Measurements etc to which are subjoined Lowe's Mnemonics delineated, in various branches of literature and science. New Edition, Corrected. Brown boards and cloth spine. 215 pages (edges untrimmed). Covers are worn. Black mark (ink?) across rear cover. White title label to spine is browned and unreadable. Rear free-endpaper has been neatly removed. Pages are edge browned and grubby. Tear to vertical edge of title-page.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF VICTORIANA
Written by Geoffrey Palmer; Noel Lloyd.
Stock no. 1831108
Published by Frederick Warne (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Observer Series No. 90. Laminate boards. 13 colour and 87 b/w photographs. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 0723216207. Boars are ligthly browned. Red title to spine is sunned and therefore faded to a pale orange. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

THE ROMANCE OF NATURAL HISTORY VOL. I
Written by Philip Henry Gosse.
Stock no. 1209022
Published by James Nisbet & Co.. 9th 1861. Very good condition.

First Series; Volume I; Ninth Edition. The author seeks to paint a series of pictures, the reflections of scenes and aspects in nature, which in his mind awaken poetic interest, leaving them to do their proper work. Blue cloth boards, gilt title and vignette of mammals to spine, gilt vignette of wolves to front board. Bevelled edges. 12 b/w illustrations. xiv and 344 pages including index. Spine is browned, lightly shelf worn at top & tail, rubbed at sides. Joints pulled but binding is tight. Name and date in ink to title page. A few small foxspots and margin marks present. Generally a very nice copy.

THE ROMANCE OF NATURAL HISTORY
Written by Philip Henry Gosse. Illustrated by Philip Henry Gosse.
Stock no. 1208996
Published by James Nisbet & Co.. 1862. Very good condition.

Second series. The author seeks to paint a series of pictures, the reflections of scenes and aspects in nature, which in his mind awaken poetic interest, leaving them to do their proper work. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine, gilt vignette showing man with stick about to beat a snake to protect his family to front board. 10 b/w illustrations, including frontispiece. xi and 393 pages including index, 2 pages of publisher adverts to rear. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine and corners else boards nice and bright. Contemporary name in ink to half-title page. Text block browned. Heavy foxing to prelims and last few pages. Else contents clean and tight.

NATURAL HISTORY: MOLLUSCA
Written by P.H. Gosse.
Stock no. 1208947
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st 1854. Very good condition.

Gosse's Natural History. Small format. Dark brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. viii and 328 pages including index. Spine and board edges lightly faded. Top & tail of spine worn with some fraying and slight loss of cloth. Boards scuffed. Corners lightly bumped. Bookplate to front pastedown. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing and a few grubby marks to contents else a decent copy for a book of this age!

THE ROMANCE OF NATURAL HISTORY
Written by Philip Henry Gosse. Illustrated by Philip Henry Gosse; Mrs. J.W. Whymper.
Stock no. 1208940
Published by James Nisbet & Co.. 2nd 1861. Fair condition.

1st Series, Second Edition. The author seeks to paint a series of pictures, the reflections of scenes and aspects in nature, which in his mind awaken poetic interest, leaving them to do their proper work. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine, gilt vignette of monkey and boys to front board. 12 b/w illustrations, drawn by Wolf and engraved by Whymper. xiv and 372 pages including index, 4 pages of publisher adverts to rear. First series, second impression. Boards are rubbed, grubby, and edge-worn. Joints cracked and starting to split. Front endpaper removed, to 1.5" of half-title page removed (not affecting the title). Hinges pulled but binding is still holding. A little foxing and a few grubby marks to contents. Plate opposite page 358 (plate XII - The Sea-Serpent) has some red marks and discolouration. A good working copy, sold with all faults.

THE OCEAN
Written by Philip Henry Gosse. Illustrated by Mrs. J.W. Whymper; Philip Henry Gosse.
Stock no. 1208939
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1854. Good condition.

In this book, the author has endeavoured to describe, with some minuteness of detail, a few of the many objects of interest ore or less directly connected with the Sea, and especially to lead youthful readers to asociate with the phenomena of Nature, habitual thoughts of God. Blue leather spine with 4 raised bands and gilt title. Blue marbled paper boards. B/w plates & illustrations. xii and 360 pages. Ex-library (Guille-Alles Library, Guernsey) with large, yellow library label to front board and ink stamps to margins, remains of library plate to front pastedown. Edges are rubbed, corners worn. Vertical board edges are worn, board exposed. Foxing and grubby marks to contents. Some hinges pulled but binding is tight. A good working copy.

BRITISH FERNS AND THEIR ALLIES
Written by Thomas Moore.
Stock no. 1208919
Published by George Routledge & Sons. Circa 1888. Very good condition.

An Abridgment of The Popular History of British Ferns. Comprising The Ferns, Club-Mosses, Pepperworts, and Horsetails. Full calf boards, five raised bands to spine and green title block with gilt title. Marbled text block and endpapers. B/w illustrations to text. 12 hand-coloured plates printed in colours by Evans. iv and 187 pages including index plus plates to rear. Gilt vignette of crestof Ladies College Guernsey to front and rear board. Calf boards are rubbed, scuffed and marked. Binding is tight. Large prize plate to front pastedown. College stamp to fly-leaf and verso of rear endpaper. A few foxspots and light browning, most plates affected by foxing.

A YEAR AT THE SHORE
Written by Philip Henry Gosse. Illustrated by Philip Henry Gosse.
Stock no. 1208918
Published by Alexander Strahan. 1865. Good condition.

Green cloth boards, gilt titles and borders. 36 b/w plates printed in colour by Leighton Brothers. xii and 330 pages including index plus 2 pages publisher adverts to rear. Third printing. Re-backed with original spine laid down. Front pastedown has a couple of small chips, endpapers have a few minor marks. A few margin marks and foxspots. All plates present, colours vivid and bright. One plate has a margin crease. A nice copy considering its age.

THE OCEAN
Written by Philip Henry Gosse. Illustrated by Mrs. J.W. Whymper.
Stock no. 1208917
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Circa 1860. Very good condition.

Second Edition, revised and updated. In this book, the author has endeavoured to describe, with some minuteness of detail, a few of the many objects of interest ore or less directly connected with the Sea, and especially to lead youthful readers to asociate with the phenomena of Nature, habitual thoughts of God. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations within the text. xii and 360 pages plus 4 pages of publisher adverts to rear. Foxing to covers. Front joint just starting to crack. Some hinges lightly pulled. Foxing throughout. A decent copy.

MARINE ZOOLOGY FOR THE BRITISH ISLES PART I
Written by Philip Henry Gosse.
Stock no. 1208916
Published by John Van Voorst. 1st 1855. Very good condition.

A work in two parts of which this is Part I. The author endeavours to furnish the sea-side naturalist, what the Linean Genera Insectorum were to him. This book contains figures of three hundred and forty species of which one hundred and twenty are drawn from living, and one hundred and two from preserved specimens. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations within the text. xi and 203 pages including index plus four page publication adverts to rear. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Text block browned. Top of title page has been cut off and is missing but does not affect the title itself. Some light page browning. Rear endpapers a little grubby. Overall a decent copy.