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1942rif. 3248First Edition; a Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket. From the library of noted evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould. A handsome copy of this treatise on Evolution from one of the leading evolutionary scientists of the 20th century; this book scarce in the first printing particularly with the original jacket. The book is in very good condition with a square tight binding and pages free from markings; the book does show some light staining to the text block some mild rubbing and bumping to the edges and corners and some inconspicuous spotting to the boards; housed in a completely intact original jacket that shows some age-darkening to the spine and edges with some alternate areas of sunning and some light staining and soiling to the panels and spine. Overall a very presentable and collectible copy with a unique association to Gould. Not remaindered not price clipped not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box. George Allen & Unwin Ltd. hardcover books
1955rif. NG062971955 645 p., cloth.
1955rif. ND180671955 645 p., cloth. Library stamps
rif. 0548126518.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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2007rif. DADAX0548126518Kessinger Publishing 2007-07-25. hardcover. New. 6.00x0.56x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing hardcover
1883rif. 18775New York: John B. Alden 1883. Fold at bottom right of front cover. Chip at bottom left of back cover. Slight soil on back cover. 17pp. Elzevir Library A Tri-Weekly Magazine. Scarce. Soft Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Oblong. John B. Alden Paperback
rif. 2008New York: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1891. An octavo 184 pages bound in the original rust brown cloth with black cover ornamentation and gilt titles on the spine. This is the 1891 edition. the first being issued in 1863. A near fine copy with touches of wear to the extremities. Text clean bright and unmarked. Small early booksellers ticket on rear pastedown. A beautiful copy of a controversial book published four years after Darwin's "Origin". hardcover books
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2008rif. SONG1436918618Kessinger Publishing 2008-08-18. hardcover. Used: Good. 6.00x0.56x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing hardcover
1864rif. A58710London: Williams and Norgate 1864. 8 159 wood-engraved frontis 32 text figs. . HB. 8vo orig. dark green cloth blind-stamped decorative border to both boards minor wear some soiling gilt title to spine slightly dulled. text block cracked between two gatherings but still firm. Good. Third thousand. First published 1863. Includes the frontispiece illustrating the progression of skeletons from the lesser apes through to humans. Huxley showed that in the visible characters man differs less from thehigher apes than do the latter from lower members of the same order of primates. Huxley who earned the nickname 'Darwin's Bulldog' for his outspoken defense of the theory of evolution through natural selection wrote this present work in response to the well-known Hippocampus minor controversy of the 1860s. Huxley challenged the paleontologist Richard Owen who asserted that a human's brain differed qualitatively from those of other mammals. After a series of dissections of primate brains Huxley disproved Owen's claim that only humans possessed a Hippocampus minor a portion of the brain now known as the calcar avis.Garrison & Morton 165. Williams and Norgate hardcover
2010rif. DADAX1164717480Kessinger Publishing 2010-09-10. hardcover. New. 6.00x0.56x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing hardcover
rif. 121714London Williams and Norgate 1863. . First edition first issue; 8vo; engraved frontispiece and illustrations within the text 8-page publisher's catalogue dated February 1863 at rear; occasional light spots and marks to the contents but generally clean; original green morocco-grained cloth titles to spine gilt borders to boards blocked in blind red coated endpapers printed with publisher's catalogue some marks dampstain and loss of size affecting the cloth corners and ends of spine a little bumped and worn small knock to the edge of the upper board very good condition; 159pp. First edition of the first book to apply Darwinian evolution to human beings First edition of the first book to apply Darwinian evolution to human beings preceding Darwin's own account in The Descent of Man. The first issue point identified by Hook and Norman the frontispiece printed on A2v forming an integral part of the preliminaries and a likely issue point the catalogue dated February 1863. 'Huxley earned the nickname "Darwin's bulldog" for his outspoken defence of the theory of evolution through natural selection particularly as it pertained to man. The present work grew out of the famous Hippocampus minor controversy of the early 1860s in which Huxley publicly challenged the taxonomist Richard Owen's claim that man's brain differed qualitatively from those of all other mammals. Through a series of dissections of primate brains Huxley disproved Owen's assertions that only man's brain possessed a Hippocampus minor and demonstrated that the differences between men and apes were smaller than those between apes and the lower primates' Hook and Norman The Norman Library of Science and Medicine 1132. 'Written to be accessible Man's Place in Nature was ignored by the highbrows and abominated by the religious press but acquired a cachet among the middle-class public no less than among National Reformer secularists and Russian and German socialists' Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Freeman British Natural History Books 1855; Hook & Norman The Norman Library of Science & Medicine 1132. London, Williams and Norgate, 1863. hardcover
1863rif. 181331London: Williams and Norgate 1863. Exploring human evolution some seven years before Darwin's Descent of Man First edition first issue presentation copy inscribed in a secretarial hand "from the author" on the half-title. Evidence is Huxley's key work deliberately written for a non-specialist audience and among his most influential contributions to the theory of human evolution being the first to bring together anatomical and embryonic evidence. In the Origin of Species Darwin carefully avoided the implications of his theory for humanity but Huxley boldly brought them to the fore. In the early 1860s Richard Owen had asserted that human and ape brains were fundamentally different and that the hippocampus minor was exclusively found in humans. In Evidence Huxley uses extensive dissectional evidence to disprove this emphasizing the human-ape commonality and relying on Darwinian evolution for his theoretical underpinnings. The work was also among the first to publicize the discovery of Neanderthal man. The first issue prints the frontispiece on the verso of the second leaf forming an integral part of the preliminaries and the "Advertisement to the Reader" appears on the recto of the fourth. Octavo pp. viii 159 1 8. Wood-engraved frontispiece extensive illustrations in the text. With 8 pp. of publisher's advertisements dated February 1863 at rear. Original green pebble-grain cloth spine lettered in gilt and ruled in blind covers panelled in blind brownish-red endpapers with printed advertisements. Near-contemporary blue ink ownership stamp of chemist and publisher John Balcomb 1841-1918 of Cheltenham to half-title. Infrequent pencil sidelining to contents. Light bumping wear and toning head of front joint starting infrequent minor foxing to otherwise fresh contents: a very good copy. Cushing H554; Garrison-Morton 165; Heirs of Hippocrates 1033; Norman 1132; Osler 1605; Waller 10853. hardcover
1863rif. 54347NY: D. Appleton & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Presumed first American edition; no date to copyright page. Textured dark green cloth spine label. Some fraying to spine ends/points somewhat soiled cloth. PO name. Frontis. Illustrations in text. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1848 pages . D. Appleton & Company hardcover
rif. 1164717480.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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1872rif. 74731New 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
rif. elala4784London & Edinburgh: Williams And Norgate 1863. First Edition of this important work in which Huxley provided the first synthesis of the anatomical and embryological evidence of human evolution. He showed that there is less anatomical difference between man and the higher apes than between the latter and the lower primates. Freeman 1855. Bib. Osleriana 1605. Garrison & Morton 165. Waller 10853. 8vo. pp. 4 p.l.incl. frontis. 159 viiiads dated Feb. 1863. wood-engraved text illus. some full-page. ads on flyleaves. modern quarter calf first few leaves with institutional blindstamps some spotting & light soiling London & Edinburgh: Williams And Norgate, 1863 unknown
rif. 2008New York: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1891. An octavo 184 pages bound in the original rust brown cloth with black cover ornamentation and gilt titles on the spine. This is the 1891 edition. the first being issued in 1863. A near fine copy with touches of wear to the extremities. Text clean bright and unmarked. Small early booksellers ticket on rear pastedown. A beautiful copy of a controversial book published four years after Darwin's "Origin". hardcover
2017rif. ASAP-9788194337935Elite Agencies 2017. New. Elite Agencies unknown