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1958S3976New York:: Harcourt Brace 1958. 1958. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 210 x 142 mm. Small 8vo. 156 pp. 6 tables bibliog. index. Orange cloth dust-jacket; jacket rubbed else fine. Harcourt, Brace, (1958). hardcover books
197007790New York: Harper & Row 1970. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED AND FROM THE LIBRARY OF FRANCIS CRICK. A Fine hardback First American Edition First Printing in a Near Fine Dust Jacket with minimal edge wear. An autobiography of Julian Huxley older brother of Aldous who considered himself a generalist but who has achieved much success throughout his life particularly in the field of science. 8vo. 296 pp. <br/><br/> Harper & Row hardcover books
1987444796Topsfield: Salem House Publishers 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. A little foxing on the foredge else fine in fine dustwrapper. Salem House Publishers hardcover books
1963123600New York 1963. hardcover. Profusely Illus. 8vo cloth d.w. New York 1963.<br/><br/> unknown books
191861372London: John Murray 1918. Second printing August 1918; first published July 1918. 8vo. 2 volumes: x 2 546; vi 2 569 pp. Illustrated from photographs plates portrait plates folding map of Sikkim and Eastern Nepal. "Note: In this second impression various errors and misprints have been corrected and a few more references have been added in the Index and elsewhere." Hooker 1817-1911 "was one of the greatest British botanists and explorers of the 19th century and a founder of geographical botany" Wikipedia. He spent three years in the Himalayas 1847-1851 the first European to collect plants there; in the work offered here eight chapters covering 143 pages relate to Hooker's Himalayan experiences. Fine and scarce in dust jackets. Original blue cloth gilt spine titles printed dust jackets illustrated with a portrait of the young Hooker volume two with a small chip at the base of the spine the spine ends reinforced on the versos. #8458. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
19019898New York: D. Appleton & Co 1901. First American edition 2 vols. 8vo pp. xii 539-540; viii 541-542; 12 plates 7 photogravures 1 illus. in the text. A good sound set in original brown cloth t.e.g. <br/><br/> D. Appleton & Co hardcover books
81388hardcover. 2 volumes. illustrated. 8vo brown cloth cloth is quite edgeworn; inner hinges weak uncut edges. N.Y.: Appleton 1900-02.<br/><br/> unknown books
1902006966New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1902. Both volumes Near Fine lacking the scarce dust jackets top edges gilt prior owner bookplates and name in ink front end pages and paste downs. With SCARCE ALS tipped in at front of Vol. I from Huxley to publisher Kegan Paul in Huxleys' difficult hand on South Kensington Science and Art Department embossed stationery dated Nov. 15 1873 one sheet folded with writing two sides - " Dear Mr. Kegan Paul I remember seeing 's book a long time ago- but I cannot find it in my shelves now and I have such a strong hope that it was returned that I think I may follow ahead on purchasing & my belief to that event is my hope. Ever yours very faithfully T.H. Huxley". Thomas H. Huxley 1825-1895 was a British educator biologist and advocate of elevating science to a higher place in society. He coined the word agnosticism and earned the nickname "Darwin's bulldog" for his earnest defense of Darwin's theory of evolution. Charles Kegan Paul 1828-1902 was a British author and publisher who would later 1880 publish one of Huxley's books. . Later Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. D. Appleton and Co. Hardcover books
1900W0912THNew York: D. Appleton and Company 1900. Original brown cloth with with gilt lettering. TEG other edges untrimmed. Books have light shelfwear including some minor flecking on the cloth but are generally clean and good. A very complete work on this leading 19th century British scientist by his son. First American Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. D. Appleton and Company Hardcover books
1929Embry 168460John Murray 1929. First edition first printing. Owner's gift inscription slight rubbing near fine and bright. Green cloth no dust jacket. John Murray, 1929. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
36251Oxford: Oxford University Press 1972. Hardcover. First Edition. 9" x 6". x 128pp. Numerous equations among text. Dark gray publisher's boards with gold gilt titles on spine green DJ. Some rubbing to DJ spine and corners previous owner's name written on ffep interiors otherwise clean and unmarked. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. ISBN 019853518 . LikeNew. Hardcover . Oxford University Press [1972] hardcover books
196467452NY:: Harper & Row. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. 48 color and 100 black and white photographs by Cornell Capa. First edition. Very good in a very good minor edge wear with a few small chips age darkened flaps price clipped dust jacket. . Harper & Row, hardcover books
1964225093New York: Harper 1964. First. hardcover. very good/very good-. 148 illus. 48 in full color. 4to two-toned cloth d.w. chipped. New York: Harper & Row 1964. Study of the Amahuaca Indians of Peru.<br/><br/> Harper unknown books
1964172409New York: Harper & Row 1964. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Text by Matthew Huxley. A collection of 148 images of which 48 are in color. A clean near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear. Harper & Row unknown books
19649001849New York: Harper & Row 1964. 1st. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Bound in publisher's original green and orange cloth stamped in gilt. Full page photographs throughout many in color. Photographic endpapers. Dust jacket is lightly chipped and worn at head and heel of spine and extremities otherwise very good condition. <br/><br/> Harper & Row hardcover books
3503Huxley Matthew and Cornell Capa. FAREWELL TO EDEN. New York Harper & Row 1964. 1st edition. Cloth. Dust jacket. Very good condition. <br/><br/> hardcover books
196447997New York: Harper & Row 1964. Hardcover. Good. 244pp. Jacket darkened and edgeworn tape repair to the front cracks to the hinge else very good paperback. <br/><br/> Harper & Row hardcover books
19641316619New York and Evanston: Harper & Row Publishers 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto; pp 243; G/G; black spine with orange text; dust jacket shows some rubbing to edges; slight shelf wear to exterior; age toned flaps; mylar wraps; cloth has clean exterior; lightly sunned edges; strong boards; text block shows light toning to exterior edges; pictorial endpapers; profusely illustrated. 1316619. FP New Rockville Stock. Harper & Row, Publishers hardcover books
2004260390Sarasota: STARbooks Press 2004. Paperback. iv 316p. introduction stories contributor notes near-fine first edition stated trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Gay shorts. STARbooks Press paperback books
1988126329Oxford England: Phaidon / Christie's Ltd 1988. Softcover. VG. Color illus. wraps; 176 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. Accompanied the exhibition of the same name held to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the college; Includes several essays chronicling the history of the Royal College of Art as well as interviews with Cecil Collins Ruskin Spear Jack Smith Bridget Riley Peter Blake Adrian Berg R.B. Kitaj John Bellany and Lucy Jones. Phaidon / Christie's Ltd unknown books
1947230715New York: Harper & Brothers 1947. First edition. viii 257pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Fine in VG split dj. First edition. viii 257pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed to Monsieur Nabokov. Inscribed on ffep "Monsieur Vladimir Nabokov from Julian Huxley Sept 1952." Stephen Jay Gould shows the similarieties between the two men in one of his great essays. Harper & Brothers unknown books
189128414London: Macmillan & Company 1891. First edition. Paper wrappers. Removed from a larger volume lacking rear wrapper front wrapper detached with some minor chips to top edge and joint otherwise contents very good. 128 pp. 12mo. A second edition was published the same year. Criticises William Booth founder of the Salvation Army whose book 'In Darkest England and the Way Out' became a best seller. Huxley felt Booth's schemes were too socialistic. "Mr. Booth's system appears to me and- as I have shown is regarded by Socialists themselves to be mere autocratic Socialism masked by its theological exterior.The most degrading feature of the narrower forms of Christianity of which that professed by Mr. Booth is a notable example is their insistance that the noblest virtues if displayed by those who reject their pitiable formula are as their pet phrase goes "splendid sins." Macmillan & Company unknown books
187738605London: Churchill 1877. Huxley Thomas 1825-95. A manual of the anatomy of invertebrated animals. 8vo. viii 698 2 adverts.pp. Wood-engraved text illustrations. London: Churchill 1877. 172 x 108 mm. partly unopened. Original cloth a bit worn & shaken. Title a bit browned but a very good copy. Ownership inscription opposite title. First Edition. Huxley spent over twenty years writing this textbook on the comparative anatomy of invertebrates the companion to his Anatomy of Vertebrated Animals 1871. Huxley was a gifted teacher as well as scientist and wrote several works intended for student use. Churchill unknown books
187738604New York: Appleton 1877. Huxley Thomas 1825-95. American addresses with a lecture on the study of biology. 12mo. 6 164pp. Text wood-engravings some after Othniel C. Marsh 1831-99. New York: Appleton 1877. 196 x 124 mm. Original green cloth slightly worn. Fine copy. First American Edition published simultaneously with the London edition. "The first British book to make the fossil case for evolution" Desmond Huxley p. 484. Huxley toured America in 1876 capping his visit with a series of lectures on evolution delivered in New York City. These were published the following year in both England and America with illustrations taken from fossil drawings by American paleontologist O. C. Marsh whose "classifications and descriptions of extinct vertebrates were major contributions to knowledge of evolution" DSB. 38604. Appleton unknown books
188540015London: Macmillan 1885. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. Huxley Thomas Henry 1825-95. Howes George Bond 1853-1905. An atlas of practical elementary biology . . . with a preface by Professor Huxley P.R.S. 4to. vii 4 116pp. 24 lithographed plates. London: Macmillan 1885. 295 x 232 mm. Original green cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine a little worn and shaken inner hinges weak minor spotting on front cover. Light toning but very good. Ownership signature on front free endpaper. Macmillan unknown books