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185920244London: Printed for the Ray Society 1859. First Edition. Cloth. Good. First Edition. Folio pp. viii-x 143 blank ff 24 blank; dull green library linen boards with gilt lettering on spine; boards lightly soiled and rubbed; call numbers stamped to heel of spine; library bookplate to pastedown with "Discard" stamp; four-inch tear to fore-edge of half-title leaf; embossed library stamp and pencil annotations to title leaf; embossed library stamp to p. 1; library tickets and pockets to rear endpapers; cellotape repair to top edge of last plate; else a sound ex-library copy. Illustrated with twelve uncolored lithograph plates and accompanying letterpress descriptive text. Cloth. While serving as ship's surgeon aboard the H.M.S. Rattlesnake Huxley 1825-1895 collected and studied specimens of hydrozoas in the waters off Australia New Guinea and Palermo Italy. Through careful dissections and close observation of physical relationships Huxley succeeded in bringing more detailed order to the knowledge of these minute organisms. Printed for the Ray Society unknown books
1880S9153London:: C. Kegan Paul & Co. 1880. 1880. 8vo. xiv 371 pp. Frontis. 81 figs. index. Original olive cloth beveled boards gilt-stamped spine title; neatly restored spine. Fine. This issue quite rare. LIMITED EDITION of 250 numbered copies signed by publisher: "Bradbury Agnew W" - Whitefriars. "Crayfish were the 'hidden hand' which drew Huxley from Spirula. He veered off lured by a new promise and would never finish the tentacled mollusks. . . The Crayfish might not sound like a stimulating book. But it was destined for the International Scientific Series. The ISS now stretched from physics to psychology and beyond. It outdid the evangelical presses in pumping out rationalist books for Everyman. A huge force for deterministic and social evolution it mixed modernity and notoriety to sell titles through umpteen editions. . . He started The Crayfish after the Summer holidays in 1878 giving his own text an alluring evolutionary gloss. He intended it as the beginning of his own series. He would take readers from the 'insignificant' and common-or-garden into the profound depths." Desmond. "The Crayfish his famous volume in the International Scientific Series has been called by Professor Howes the assistant and successor of Huxley at the Royal College of Science 'PROBABLY THE BEST BIOLOGICAL TREATISE EVER WRITTEN.'" Prof. G. B. Howes in Mitchell Thomas Henry Huxley; a sketch of his life and work. Desmond Huxley From devil's disciple to evolutions' high priest pp. 496-97. C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1880. hardcover 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
189657352New York: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good. 1896. Hardcover. 451pp. leather and marbled boards light scuffing at spine otherwise a very good copy. . D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1863869971863. HUXLEY Thomas H. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES: or the Causes of the Phenomena of Organic Nature. A Course of Six Lectures to Working Men. NY D. Appleton 1863. 8vo. 150pp. 3ff. ads. First American edition. Pebbled cloth with paper spine label. Wear to extremities; light rubbing; chips to label; internally fine but for two faint library stamps on front pastedown. Bookplate. Huxley was Professor of Natural History at the Jermyn Street School of Mines. Uncommon. unknown books
186316625London: Robert Hardwicke 1863. Robert Hardwicke unknown books
1872267086New York: Appleton 1872. 85 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Purple wrappers paper label on upper cover. 85 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Appleton unknown books
18941315786London: Macmillan and Co 1894. Hardcover. 12mo; Ghardcover without dust jacket; burgundy spine with gold text; boards have moderate rubbing bumping and stains but are in tact; front and back gutters are scarred; text block is severely tanned with deckled fore edges but pages are legible; 328p. 1315786. FP New Rockville Stock. Macmillan and Co hardcover books
189462816New York: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good-. 1894. Hardcover. 328pp. ads maroon cloth with gilt printing to spine. Spine ends and edges are scuffed and rubbed previous owner bookplate. Contents are slightly toned but complete and clean. Overall a nice copy. . D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1900RW1129London:: Macmillan 1900. 1900. 2 volumes. 8vo. viii 2 503 5; vi 2 504 4 pp. Frontis. portraits 10 plates index. Maroon gilt-stamped cloth; spine-ends worn joints split. Ownership signature of "Richard Gompertz April 1906" and another "J.M.Mo. Whatram". Good. Mixed state: first edition vol. I reprinted vol. II 1900. T. H. Huxley was next to Darwin perhaps the most important proponent of evolution in the 19th century. His 1860 debate with Samuel Wilberforce was a pivotal moment in a popularization of Darwin's theories. Leonard Huxley his son and biographer was something of a genealogical middleman — although a respected biographer in his own right Leonard was the son of one of the most famous scientists of the 19th century and the father of one of the 20th century's most famous authors Aldous Huxley and a Nobel Prize-winning physiologist Andrew Huxley. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY APPLY. Macmillan, 1900. 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
187163335New York: D. Appleton & Company 90 92 & 94 Grand Street 1871. First American edition. 20cm. xi 378pp. 6 ads. Rust colored embossed pebbled cloth with gilt stamped spine. Period ownership signature on flyleaf. Near fine. <br/><br/> D. Appleton & Company, 90, 92 & 94 Grand Street hardcover books
188847911NY: Appleton 1888. First American edn. 8vo pp. xi 378. Brown cloth stamped in black and gilt. Cover worn front hinge tender o/w VG. Appleton unknown books
189325026New York: D. Appleton 1893. 8vo pp. xi 1 378 6; library pocket on rear pastedown small accession numbers on spine; all else bright and near fine in orig. terracotta cloth stamped in gilt and black. <br/><br/> D. Appleton hardcover books
1863291992London.: Williams and Norgate. 1863. 3rd thousand. Publisher’s navy stippled cloth blindstamped borders gilt spine title. Good 2.5 cm. split to front outer hinge hard bump to upper corner moderate bump to lower corner contents unmarked. 8vo.23x14.5 cm. weight: 0.8 lb. Numerous illustrations. Williams and Norgate. hardcover books
186322664New York: D. Appleton and Company 1863. First American edition. Hardcover. Orig. publisher's dark brown clothpaper spine label. Very good. 184 pages. 20.5 x 13 cm. Illustrated with text figures. Huxley specialized in comparative anatomy and was a enthusiastic supporter of Charles Darwin. His topic here amplifies his faith in Darwin he was a pall bearer at his funeral and presents evidence for the evolution of man and apes from a common ancestor: the first book devoted to the topic of human evolution. Ex-library: spine marked and paper label front cover pastedown the two markings. Back strip rubbed head and foot. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1883453251883. <p>Huxley Thomas Henry 1825-95. Etched portrait mounted by Leopold Flameng after the 1883 portrait by John Collier 1850-1934 signed in the plate by Huxley. London: The Fine Art Society 1 January 1885. 583 x 423 mm.; mount measures 604 x 440. Scattered foxing small tear in lower margin not affecting image but very good. Small embossed stamp in lower right corner.</p> <p> From the portrait of Huxley painted in 1883 by his son-in-law pre-Raphaelite painter John Collier. This version of the print is very scarce; this is the first copy we have seen or handled in over 50 years. Based on the large brow ridges shown on the skull that Huxley is holding in the portrait it is probable that Huxley is holding a Neanderthal skull the significance of which Huxley originally publicized in his Man's Place in Nature 1863. Collier was married to two of Huxley's daughters: First to Marian Mady a talented painter in her own right; and after Mady's death to her younger sister Ethel. The original of Collier's portrait now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery. </p> . unknown books
189757350New York: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good. 1897. Hardcover. Authorized Edition 388pp. leather and marbled boards slight scuffing to spine ends otherwise a very good copy. . D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1900194885New York: Appleton 1900. Very Good. Very good. One of 1000 copies. Slightly browning. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. Appleton unknown books
189737916NY:: D. Appleton and Company. Good. 1897. Hardcover. A reprint edition. Ex-library copy with typical markings else good in burgundy cloth. ; 475 pages . D. Appleton and Company, hardcover books
18733431baGNew York: D. Appleton 1873. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. Science; philosophy education; First American edition. xiv 317 pages of text and 4 pages of advertisements. Hardcover binding; original blind stamped maroon cloth slightly rubbed with moderate fading to spine. Soiled spot and owner marks on front flyleaf. D. Appleton Hardcover 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
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
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 books
1878RW1491New York:: D. Appleton 1878. 1878. 8vo. 431 1 pp. 110 figs. index. Original mauve blind- and gilt-stamped cloth; joints cracked. Bookplate of Eduard Uhlenhuth ownership stamps of B.F. Harrison Wallingford Connecticut on front free endleaf and title. Very good. Contents include: "A General View of the Organization of the Vertebrata—The Vertebrate Skeleton" "The Muscles and the Viscera" "The Provinces of the Vertebrata—The Class Pisces" "The Class Amphibia" etc. PROVENANCE: Edouard Uhlenhuth 1853-1900 was a German photographer remembered for his portraits of royalty. D. Appleton, 1878. hardcover books