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1863Best.-Nr. 32820395Original cloth paper spine label chipped. Very good. Cloth case FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. From the library of Millard Fillmore 13th president of the United States 1850-1853 with his signatures dated May 22 1863 on the title and on the front pastedown. Huxley "Darwin's bulldog" was the leading defender and promoter of Darwinism in the years following the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859. In this popular work Huxley attempts to "disencumber the subject of its difficulties simplify its statements relieve it of technicalities and bring it so distinctly within the horizon of ordinary apprehension that persons of common sense may judge for themselves. … Such is the character of the present volume" preface. This volume reflects the wide dissemination of Darwin's ideas in the 1860s. Appleton hardcover
1863Best.-Nr. 54344NY: D. Appleton & Company. 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. First American edition. Original brown cloth spine label. Fray to spine ends label slightly chipped and tanned; splitting of cloth at outer hinges but joints holding light corner wear. Small PO plate. Small corner loss to ffep.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1506 pages . D. Appleton & Company hardcover
1870Best.-Nr. 307491870 Origin of Species EVOLUTION Thomas Huxley Essays Darwin Philosophy Science "Life is too short to occupy oneself with the slaying of the slain more than once." – Thomas Huxley Charles Darwin is unquestionably the most prolific evolutionist of the 19th-century; however biologists such as Thomas Henry Huxley were important advocates for Darwin's studies. Huxley was best known for his studies on evolution moral philosophy and scientific ethics. This rare 1870 printing of Huxley's reaction to Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' fully supported many of Darwin's evolutionary theories. Item number: #30749 Price: $499 HUXLEY Thomas Henry On the origin of species: or The causes of the phenomena of organic nature. A course of six lectures to working men. New York: D. Appleton and Company 1870. 1st American edition Details: <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages <!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->150 6 <!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->5 in-text figures <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Provenance: Bookplate – James P. Marsh <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure <!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Cloth <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~8in X 5.25in 20.5cm x 13cm Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 30749 Photos available upon request. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1863Best.-Nr. 00009562New York: D. Appleton and Company 1863. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 5 4-150 8 including 6 unnumbered pages of publisher's advertisements pp. Dark green pebbled cloth with paper label on the spine light yellow endpapers and pastedowns. A few in-text diagrams and illustrations. Contemporary owner's name and date written on free front endpaper George R. Brush a surgeon in the US Navy from the time of the Civil War until his death in 1895 tiny collector's sticker on the front pastedown and a brief inscription on the final page indicating Brush completed reading the book on May 29 1865 on board the steamship Guatemala near Puntarenas with Professor Seebach on board Karl von Seebach was a well-known geologist at Gottingen who published work on Central American volcanos and was presumably returning from the extended trip he made to perform this research. ADB: Seebach Karl Albert Ludwig von; Oxford DNB Adrian Desmond "Huxley Thomas Henry"; Suffolk County News New York March 7 1902 p. 3. Huxley was an early advocate of Darwinism and in fact was the first to use the term 'Darwinism' and did much to popularize and support the theory of evolution in the nineteenth century. The present work is based on lectures delivered by Huxley during the period 1860 - 1863 in which he explained Darwin's ideas to a more popular audience. An attractive copy of this book from an important period in the history of science. A Very Good volume with toning to the first and final blank leaves a few traces of minor discoloration to the cloth and darkening and a tiny bit of loss to the spine label. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1895Best.-Nr. 10178NHNew York: D. Appleton and Company 1895. 150 pp. Original dark orange cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Very bright and clean. Corners bumped. Wear to spine ends. Contents very nice. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. D. Appleton and Company Hardcover
1863Best.-Nr. 23369New York: D. Appleton and Company 1863. Cloth. Very Good. The 1863 1st American edition. Tight and VG in its original light-brown pebbled boards with peeling and wear at the spine's paper title label all-but-unreadable and very light soiling to the panels. Internally the pages are crisp and bright but there is light staining at the inner hinges and along the edges of the pastedowns and endsheets. Octavo 150 pgs. plus publisher's ads. at the rear. Huxley's response --in the form of six lectures-- to the 1859 publication of Darwin's beyond-seminal text "the most influential scientific work of the nineteenth century D. Appleton and Company unknown
Best.-Nr. 1330345371.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 0331670003.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1863Best.-Nr. 23369New York: D. Appleton and Company 1863. Cloth. Very Good. The 1863 1st American edition. Tight and VG in its original light-brown pebbled boards with peeling and wear at the spine's paper title label all-but-unreadable and very light soiling to the panels. Internally the pages are crisp and bright but there is light staining at the inner hinges and along the edges of the pastedowns and endsheets. Octavo 150 pgs. plus publisher's ads. at the rear. Huxley's response --in the form of six lectures-- to the 1859 publication of Darwin's beyond-seminal text "the most influential scientific work of the nineteenth century D. Appleton and Company unknown books
Best.-Nr. 3368341820.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 3368341839.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1169169015.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. B9783368341831Hardback. New. hardcover
1865Best.-Nr. 42761Geological 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
Best.-Nr. 0896381129.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1986Best.-Nr. J1846CompCare Publications. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1986. No Edition Stated. Hardcover. 0896381129 . Book has light edgewear pages slightly toning; DJ has crease to rear spine edge slight toning several very tiny tears laminate is peeled in small spot from sticker removal tiny bit of light soiling; DJ in protective Brodart cover . CompCare Publications hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0896381110.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 1843340690.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1956Best.-Nr. 847No book only clippings. A big collection of newspaper clippings from 50s. All about drugs and mescaline etc. Many clippings from about the doors of perception. I believe all of these are from the 50s in relationsship to the publishing of the doors of perception by Aldous Huxley. Rare clippings. Some of them has been underlined.
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1978Best.-Nr. feb22624Univers 1978. Used. 1978; Romanian Edition of Orb prin gaza; For more details please contact me Univers unknown
1939Best.-Nr. 1001N27London: Readers Union; Max Parrish 1939-1961. Cloth. Good/Very Good. 9" by 6.5". Various. Two smart works on the Middle East one based upon personal experiences when working in the British foreign office and the other a travel account from a fascinated scientist. Orientations and From an Antique Land two smart works on the Middle East written by British foreign office notable Ronald Storrs and evolutionary biologist and first president of the Humanists Association Julian Huxley. Published in 1939 and 1961 respectively first published in 1937 and 1954.In the publisher's original paper boards Orientations and original cloth in the original unclipped dust wrapper Antique. Antique contains all eleven monochrome plates and nine colour plates while Orientations contains all eight plates. Collated complete.- Orientations: Storrs shares his great experience across the region while working in the foreign office serving as Oriental Secretary in Cairo the Governor of Cyprus and the Military Governor of Jerusalem during the first half of the twentieth century.This Readers edition was originally not sold to the public and would have been published with commentaries in the Readers Union magazine of the same year. Readers Union 1939. - From an Antique Land: While best known as a scientist this study on the Middle East was inspired by his visits and personal fascination with the region its history. Huxley uses his acute observation to decipher conclusions about the region and its relation with modernity. Max Parrish seventh impression 1961. In the publisher's original paper boards Orientations and original cloth in the original unclipped dust wrapper Antique. Externally Antique is very smart with minimal marks. Loose rear joint to Orientations with a small chip to head of spine. Fading to the spine of Orientations and lighter to the extremities. Light knock to the head of Antique spine slight bumping to tail of spine and to extremities of Orientations. Antique dust wrapper is generally bright and clean with slight signs of edgewear mostly to the head and tail of wrapper spine and to extremities signs of browning to rear wrapper with the small odd spot to rear wrapper joint and slight fading to wrapper spine. End papers are bright and clean with minor browning to free end papers of Orientations. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with minor age toning. Good Readers Union; Max Parrish hardcover
1943Best.-Nr. 023934UK 1943. First Edition . Paper. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. An Original Letter Typed and Signed by Julian Huxley C1943. Letter declining his help on a new project. Sir Julian Sorell Huxley 1887 - 1975 was an English evolutionary biologist eugenicist and internationalist. He was a proponent of natural selection and a leading figure in the mid-twentieth century modern synthesis. He was secretary of the Zoological Society of London 1935-1942 the first Director of UNESCO a founding member of the World Wildlife Fund the president of the British Eugenics Society 1959-1962 and the first President of the British Humanist Association. Size is 200mm x 125mm. Condition is average. Light folding creases. Pin mark. Top of corner letter has been removed. Light age toning. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16873 unknown
2008Best.-Nr. 5237Huxley History Book Committe. Very Good. Hardcover. Very minor bumping in spine ends and board corners. Light rubbing on boards. Light soiling on page edge.: This is Volume 2: 2: 512 pages . 2008. 1553831985 . Huxley History Book Committe hardcover
1985Best.-Nr. 43837Westlands Sundries Nairobi with Chatto & Windus 1985. 8vo. First Edition thus with plates; red cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Of the original print run of 5899 copies 2000 were sold to Westlands Sundries of Nairobi and bear its imprint on title and dustwrapper. SCARCE. See Cross & Perkin A46a. Westlands Sundries, Nairobi [with] Chatto & Windus, hardcover
