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1900013441New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1900. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First U.S. Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth lettered in gilt on front and spine panels with gilt facscimile signature on lower front cover of each volume top edge in gilt deckled text block edges. Complete in two volumes. xi539 vii541 pp. illus. with a total of 13 including 2 frontis. sepia-toned plates with tissue guards over both volumes. Minimally ex-library noncirculating with little actual wear: stamp on front flyleaf label on rear pastedown very slight label residue on lower spine panels otherwise unmarked. Lightly rubbed at corners and spine extremities small chip of loss at head of spine on Vol. I. Interiors clean bindings firm. Vol. I shows light dampstaining along margins of front flyleaf only not affecting interior. 1st U.S. edition matching dates. Each volume is signed in pencil at the top of the title page by former owner Lucien Carr dated 1901 and 1902 respectively at Cambridge Massachusetts where he was assistant curator of Harvard University's Peabody Museum. D. Appleton and Co. Hardcover
187316291Breslau: J. U. Kern's. Very Good. 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in three-quarter cloth. Owner's bookplate inside the front cover name on title page. Upper corner of the fep is clipped. Text is in German with b/w engravings. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 422 pages . J. U. Kern's hardcover
1883NF3339MORE CRITICISMS ON DARWIN AND ADMINISTRATIVE NIHILISM Appleton and Company 1883 bookplate on f.p.d. indicating once the property of the California Academy of Sciences and Dr. H. W. Turner a noted geologist else a vg copy in flexible cloth wraps as issued. Appleton and Company paperback
1890058JUN5Macmillan and Co. London; Appleton and Co. New York: 1890. 1890 pp. xix 384 5 Full page color plates. Numerous text drawings and charts. XLib. XLib stamps embossed in blind on title page page 51 and page 377. One page loose. XLib stamps on all edges. Small 8vo. Original full purple cloth binding decorated in black and embossed in blind. Head and tail of spine worn with small loss at spine and rear board. XLib call marks on spine. Hardbound. Very good. Scarce. PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUN5 BOX 6 Language: eng. Hardcover. Good. Macmillan and Co., London; Appleton and Co., New York: 1890. hardcover
18816312557Macmillan 1881. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Full cloth covers. Gilt insignia on front board and gilt lettering on backstrip. Internally clean and tightly bound. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item850grams ISBN: Macmillan hardcover
18815822255C. Kegan Paul & Co 1881. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. 8vo. Re-bround in light blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Internally binding is secure and pages have light pencil markings throughout. 82 illustrations. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN: C. Kegan Paul & Co hardcover
18808901194C.Kegan Paul & Co 1880. With Eighty-Twp Illustrations. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Gilt lettering on spine. Binding slightly loose.Pages are browned. Text clean and free of markings. Title page loose. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item150grams ISBN: C.Kegan Paul & Co hardcover
188032971London: C. Kegan Paul & Co. Very Good. 1880. Limited Signed Edition. Hardback. Please note that this is a heavy item and may require extra postage for international shipping.; First edition this is copy no. 55 of an edition limited to 250 large paper copies signed by the publisher Jonathan Miller's copy with his signature to first blank publisher's original brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine bevelled boards chipping & wear to spine ends minor rubbing to boards frontis engraving loose with 81 in-text illustrations binding firm. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 371 pages . C. Kegan Paul & Co. hardcover
1873VG149161873. 422 p, 110 figs, modern cloth. Translated in German by Dr. F. Ratzel.
1878CD251381878 37 p., 7 figs, disbound (front cover journal added loose). Published in: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
1891GG209561891 xix, [1], 384 p., 122 figs, 5 col. pls, red publisher's cloth (spime somewhat worn).
18659131883Eyre and Spottiswoode 1865. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. 8vo green cloth binding gilt lettering on backstrip title page has tears red speckled page edges shelfwear pages clean text clear Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item700grams ISBN: Eyre and Spottiswoode hardcover
188726230London: J. & A. Churchill. Good with no dust jacket. c1887. Hardcover. 20 x 5mm chip to lower part of spine cloth. 20mm tear at head of front joint. Blank corner 70 x 28mm clipped from title leaf. Ex libris label with previous owner's name "Albert Peacock". ; No date. Publisher's advertisements at rear dated November 1887. 596 pages 16 pages advertisements. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Blind-stamped decoration to boards. Page dimensions: 202 x 128mm. Illustrated. "The present volume on the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals fulfills an undertaking to produce a treatise on comparative anatomy for students into which I entered two-and-twenty years ago." - from the Preface dated June 1877. . J. & A. Churchill hardcover
18775782240J. & A. Churchill 1877. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Re-bound by library. Small thick brown cloth 8vo with gilt lettering on sun fade backstrip. Light general wear to exterior. Some neat repairs to title page. Interior is secure. Several pages have small pencil markings. Some foxing. Illustrated and contains a few plates. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item750grams ISBN: J. & A. Churchill hardcover
1877A44287London: J.& A. Churchill 1877. viii 698 2 - publisher's ads 158 text figs. . HB. Sm. 8vo orig. brown cloth minor wear tear to spine neatly repaired and reinforced to reverse of backstrip. Short marginal tear to foot of one page. Vg. First edition. This volume is a companion to Huxley's <i>Manual of the Anatomy of Vertebrated Animals</i> 1871 both of which were intended as a treatise on comparative anatomy for students.Freeman 1865. J.& A. Churchill hardcover
1878216274New York: Appleton 1878. hardcover. very good. Illustrated. 8vo 3/4 tan calf marbled boards marbled edges ornately gilt spine with red and green leather labels. New York: Appleton 1878. Very good .<br/> <br/> A textbook which is a little masterpiece of its kind. Huxley never accepted without qualification the Darwinian principle. He thought "transmutation may take place without transition" and thereby anticipated the findings of modern research. He liberated the English anatomical school from the deductive method and sounded the keynote of the social medicine of the future. - Garrison-Morton 338; Casey Wood p. 396.<br/> <br/> Appleton unknown
1892201319New York: D. Appleton and Company 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. Scarce. 596 pages in good condition. Small tear in front endpapers exposing slightly front cover board. Brown cloth cover with black decorative border on front and similar border embossed on back. Gilt titles on spine. Worn corners and spine folds. Top of spine cloth worn off for 2 mm from top and spine generally darker. Stains 3 on back cover. VG/. <br/> <br/> D. Appleton and Company hardcover
18752618261875. 2 pp. old folds small tape repair. 2 pp. Huxley and Fayrer met in 1844 at the University of London. "Fayrer became a firm friend. The two often worked through the night." Desmond. Indeed it was Fayrer who suggested Huxley take to the sea and thus he joined the Rattlesnake under the command of Owen Stanley 1846-50.<br /> <br /> Having returned from the Rattlesnake voyage 1846-50 he became the professor of natural history at the Royal School of Mines and later president of the Royal Society. Though is best known as "Darwin's bulldog" for his strident advocacy of his theory of evolution. He also coined the term "agnostic".<br /> <br /> Fayrer was famous for the treatment of snakebite and at the time of writing was gearing up for membership of the Royal Society. He was proposed for election in March and finally admitted in April 1877. Desmond A; Huxley From Devil's Disciple to Evolution's High Priest. Reading 1997 p.36 unknown
1877024118London: Macmillan. First Edition. Original red cloth. On a fairly large slip of paper tipped in on the verso of the front free endpaper are two lines of handwriting. The first is the name "Edward B. Tyler" ostensibly the notable anthropologist who wrote "Primitive Culture" and "Anthropology." The second is "From the author." The second line of handwriting does look like Huxley's. The second doesn't seem to look like either Huxley's or Tylor's. The book contains three lectures on evolution an address on the occasion of the opening of Johns Hopkins University and a lecture on the study of biology. Minor corner bumps slight wear at the head and foot of the spine Very Good Minus. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1877. Macmillan hardcover
1877622488New York: D. Appleton and Company 1877. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition. 164pp. Black and white illustrations. Some spotting on the top stain and slight wear on the board edges else near fine with previous owner pencil name on the half title page. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
18692930625John Churchill & Sons 1869. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Medium 8vo with burgundy cloth. Blind borders on front board. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Minimal foxing on some pages. A few breaks in the page block. Interior is secure clean and clear. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN: John Churchill & Sons hardcover
1869141504London: John Churchill & Sons 1869. Hardcover. Near fine. First Edition. 8147 40 pp. Octavo. Original dark purple blind stamped cloth. Gilt title on spine. Coated brown endpapers. 47 figures in text. Paper slightly browned but overall a very attractive copy. First Edition under this title of "the substance of six lectures in the first part of the lectures on Elementary Comparative Anatomy 1864 Uncommon in nice condition 1869 John Churchill & Sons hardcover
18696257London: John Churchill & Sons. Poor with no dust jacket. 1869. First Thus. Hardcover. Front hinge broken with text block detached from front board. 1/2" tears and chips to cloth at ends of spine. 1/4" and 3/8" loss of cloth at corners of boards. Front free endpaper detached. Half-title page missing. Moderate foxing to most leaves throughout. A rough working copy in the original cloth.; iii-viii 147 1 pages 40 pages advertisements. Brown blind-stamped cloth boards. Huxley's six lectures on the Classification of Animals were first published as part of his "Lectures on the Elements of Compative Anatomy" 1864 on the present edition the author notes in the preface "I republish the portion which relates to Classification because I am told on good authority that it is likely to be useful as a text book to lecturers and students attending lectures on Comparative Anatomy and Zoology."; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . John Churchill & Sons hardcover
187052CG1870. O. J. um 1870. Photographie Portrait. Format: 25 x 205 cm. Huxley ein wichtiger Naturwissenschaftler des 19. Jahrhunderts er unterstützte Darwin in der Evolutionstheorie. unknown
1882056025London: Macmillan 1882. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. A Very Good copy in brown cloth lettered in gold and black. Tanning to the endpapers and a light scuff inside the front cover presumed bookplate removal. The binding is sound the text is clean/unmarked and not ex-library. <br/> <br/> Macmillan hardcover