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187761067Paris : J.-B. BailliÂre 1877. 180x115mm. VIII- reliure demi-basane. Auteur titre et filets dorÂŽs au dos. 502 J.-B. BailliÂre unknown
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
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
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
187274731New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1872 Blindstamped cloth. 8vo. 184 pp. followed by publisher's advertisements. Good. Spine faded. Some spotting to front board. Approximately one inch tear to cloth at crown of spine. Full page and text illustrations throughout. Chapter I On the natural history of the man-like apes. II On the relations of man to the lower animals. III On some fossil remains of man. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Good. D. Appleton & Co. hardcover
1897000014734New York: D. Appleton and Company 1897. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 3 vi-xv 4 4-318 2 pp. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering and two gilt rules on the spines; grey topstain. A small split to the front hinge but the binding is secure some leaves unopened. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1871S14437New York:: D. Appleton 1871. 1871. 12mo. xi 1 378 6 pp. Ads; occasional light pencil marks in margins. Original full blind-stamped brick-red cloth gilt-stamped spine; rebacked with original spine mounted inner joints reinforced. Bookplate and embossed stamp of the Carnegie Institution Mount Wilson Observatory; signature of R. S. Woodward. Very good. SIGNED BY ROBERT SIMPSON WOODWARD. First American edition. Chapters XII and XIII are devoted to Darwin's The Origin of Species and the subsequent criticisms. PROVENANCE: Robert Simpson Woodward 1849-1924 physicist mathematician and geophysicist was president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 1904-1921. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1896. In 1898-1900 he was president of the American Mathematical Society and in 1900 he became President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1902 he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society. D. Appleton, 1871. hardcover
1887D20099New York: Appleton 1887. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 85 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. 85 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Rust colored wrappers paper label on upper cover <br/><br/> Appleton paperback
1885612788New York: Humboldt Publishing Company 1885. Softcover. Very Good. First American edition. Tall octavo. 50 ads pp. Stapled printed brown wrappers. Toning and small nicks on the wrappers a very good copy. Scarce. Humboldt Publishing Company unknown
1881419294London U.K.: Macmillan and Co. 1881. No dust jacket. Hardcover. Worn and grubby boards with several stains and surface marks. Spine is slightly cocked and grubby. Spine ends are very worn and nicked. Leading corners are very worn and bent. Hinges are badly cracked. Pages are a little sunned. Binding appears relatively sound. Contents remain clear. AF. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Dust Jacket. Used. Macmillan and Co. Hardcover
1898mon0000053400D. Appleton 1898. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Spine is in need of repair with a large piece of the leather cloth missing from the tail edge about 3 inches and a 1/2 inch open tear to the top edge. Marbled boards with 1/4 leather at the spine and the corners. Authorized Edition. D. Appleton, 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
1898000011205New York: D. Appleton and Company 1898. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 3 vi-xvi 1 2-372 2 pp. Half black pebbled leather over marbled boards with gold lettering on the spine; top edge gilt. Written by an early advocate of Darwin's Theory of Evolution Thomas Huxley or the "Bulldog" was an accomplished scientist in his own right. Here Huxley criticizes Biblical literalism and argues that it is nearly impossible for a literate educated public to believe the Bible word for word as science continues to advance our understanding of the natural world. Rubbing to the crown of the spine and to the corners and a contemporary collector's tag on the front pastedown. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
18957626MacMillan. Good. 1895. Hardcover. Provenance: This book is from the estate of Michigan Senator Jack Faxon and comes with a letter of provenance. Three quarter tan calf leather is worn and soiled with loss to gilt on spine but overall in good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Marbled end sheets and paste downs very good. Foxing to white end papers. Pages are unfoxed clean and near pristine. . . MacMillan hardcover
1887264548London : Macmillan 1887. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; xi 300 p. ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Science — Addresses essays lectures. Religion and science. London : Macmillan 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
18802540London: Kegan Paul 1880. In-16 gr. tela editoriale decoraz. a secco ai piatti pp. XIV371 ben illustr da 82 figure nel testo relative a gamberi granchi aragoste e loro parti anatomiche. Edizione originale ben conservato. Kegan Paul, hardcover
190019687Macmillan 1900. 2 vols. roy. 8vo. Second Impression with 2 fine portrait frontispieces toned in sepia original tissue guards present 9 plates original tissue guards present where called for and an illustration in the text neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary of first volume; original burgundy cloth gilt back uncut backstrips faded but all lettering just legible backstrips slightly pulled at heads else a very good crisp clean set. With 4pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end of both volumes. Sold from an institution with its bookplates on front paste-downs and front free endpapers and small blind stamp on titles. Published a month after the first edition. Macmillan, hardcover
189441290Macmillan 1894. 8vo. Second Impression free endpapers lightly browned; original burgundy cloth gilt back uncut a remarkably bright crisp clean copy. With publisher's advertisement leaf at end. Collects eleven essays relating to evolution the 'Origin' and the aftermath by one of Darwin's closest friends and staunchest supporters. Volume two of Huxley's 'Collected Essays' but complete in itself. First published in the previous year. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Macmillan, hardcover
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
1895555394William and Norgate London 1895. Very Good. 1895. Hardcover. hardback large 8vo 4 vols 295;240;276;215pp owner's bookplates on endpapers slight foxing text otherwise clean and sound. maroon cloth gilt slightly rubbed Very Good condition . William and Norgate, London, 1895, hardcover
1892S44293London: MacMillan & Co. 1892. vii 626 6 publisher's ads . . HB. 8vo orig. cloth worn several small stains spine faded. Some pages unopened. Good. From the library of K.G.V. Smith 1929-2017. First edition. A large proportion of the essays included in this book had previously been published in the <i>Fortnightly Review</i> and <i>Nineteenth Century</i>. Topics covered include palaeontology evolution science and morals agnosticism etc. 'Most of the Essays comprised in the present volume have been written during the last six or seven years without premeditated purpose or intentional connection in reply to attacks upon doctrines which I hold to be well founded; or in refutation of allegations respecting matters lying within the province of natural knowledge which I believe to be erroneous; and they bear the mark of their origin in the controversial tone which pervades them.' - Prologue. MacMillan & Co. hardcover
186542761Geological Survey of India Calcutta 1865. Memoirs Palaeonotologia Indica series 4 vol. 1 part 1. Good/No Jacket. Paper covers Largely the original issue the title page and contents 3 pp. being supplied in facsimile. Binding generally sound but with some dried-out sellotape covering front hinge. Geological Survey of India, Calcutta unknown
1893mon0000002915Macmillan & Co 1893-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. Ex library book usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Clean copy. Macmillan & Co unknown
188978021Washington: Government Printing Office / House of Reps. Very Good. 1889. 1/2 Leather. This report is hard-bound in 1/2 brown leather with marbled paper covered boards and gilt stamping on the spine. The covers show scuffing edge-wear and rubbing to the joints corners and spine-ends. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with illustrations. This work contains an article by Thomas Henry Huxley "Darwin's Bulldog" titled "Advance of Science in the Last Half Century" pp. 57-98. . Government Printing Office / House of Reps. hardcover
