Thwaite, Ann (2002). Glimpses of the Wonderful; the Life of Philip Henry Gosse, 1810-1888. London: Faber and Faber. 387pp

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Thwaite, Ann (2002). Glimpses of the Wonderful; the Life of Philip Henry Gosse, 1810-1888. London: Faber and Faber. 387 +xx pp.+ 8 plates. Hardback, blue cloth-covered boards with silver lettering to spine. As new. Dustjacket has one minor tear, neatly repaired, otherwise negligible wear. Gosse popularisation of natural history, including geology, led Stephan Jay Gould to call him ‘the David Attenborough of his day’. In very good to fine condition.