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1905004886Berlin: Georg Reimer 1905. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half-title page -" Herr Professor Dr. Hans Wattengren Lund see pictures Ernst Haeckel". Title translates to "Last Words on Evolution". Ernst Haeckel promoted and popularized Charles Darwin's work in Germany and developed the controversial recapitulation theory "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" claiming that an individual organism's biological development or ontogeny parallels and summarizes its species' evolutionary development or phylogeny. Wikipedia. Book is Very Good wrappers have 1" and 2" tears at spine and wrappers a bit rubbed. SCARCE in collectible condition and especially so SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Georg Reimer Paperback books
1933007840London: William Heinemann 1933. SCARCE "With 480 cinematographic and 54 full-page illustrations". Includes cinematographic supplement of 12 flip films illustrating exercises. From the collection of Rosalind Cassidy her namestamp half-title page one of the most distinguished leaders and thinkers in 20th century American physical education. Later from the collection of The Kinsey Institute for Sex Research its namestamps and "Duplicate Copy" stamp. Very Good hinges broken yet binding holding nicely rear joint 1" split to cloth. A SCARCE and fascinating book with quite nice Association to the fields of sex research and physical education. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William Heinemann Hardcover 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
1904004761Pittsburgh PA: Murdoch-Kerr Press 1904. First Edition 1904. Very Good in the original blue cloth gilt lettering at spine decorative end pages 267 pages including 6 pgs. of advertisements "confined to manufacturers who had exhibits in the hall at the place of meeting and are exclusively of apparatus included in such exhibits". Includes rosters of officers and members constitution by-laws minutes secretary and treasurer reports and program. Illustrated with photographs. While this was the 4th annual meeting reportedly only the 2nd year that the Transactions were published. Wilhelm Rontgen had made his discovery of the rays that he called X-rays only 9 years earlier in 1895. Very Good lettering at spine dulled yet legible light soiling and rubbing to cloth boards light soiling to page block. RARE. A handsome copy of this important early work of the development and history of x-rays. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Murdoch-Kerr Press Hardcover books
1913008191New York: Dodd Mead & Co. 1913. Twelve of the fourteen volumes published in this series RARE as a set. Eight First Editions - The Glow Worm 1919; The Life of the Grasshopper 1917; The Sacred Beetle 1918; Bramble Bees and Others 1915; The Life of the Caterpillar 1916; The Life of the Weevil 1922; The Life of the Scorpion 1923; The Life of Jean Henri Fabre the Entomologist by the Abbe Augustin Fabre 1921; and four later printings: The Life of the Fly 1915; The Mason Bees 1918; The Hunting Wasps 1917; and The Life of the Spider 1913. Overall Very Good Plus to Near Fine 3 vols. with gilt at spines faded prior owner name some toning to end papers. Uniformly bound in original publisher's brick cloth with embossed front covers and gilt lettering fronts and spines. Jean-Henri Fabre 1823-1915 was a French entomologist largely self-taught who devoted his life to the study of the anatomy and behavior of insects and was influential in Darwin's later writings. Lacking two other titles published by Dodd Mead - More Hunting Wasps and Insect Adventures. A heavy set please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for international orders. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jackets. Small 8vo. Dodd, Mead & Co. Hardcover books
1907008929Raleigh NC: North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey 1907. SCARCE in current commerce. xi 453 1 pages with 21 plates 16 of them color lithograph plates of fish and 188 figures in text. E.M. Uzzell and Co. Raleigh printers and binders. Very Good Plus no jacket bound in red cloth with gilt lettering. cloth a bit faded at bottom of spine light rubbing to boards interior clean bright and unmarked. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Small 4to. North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey Hardcover books