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DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION [a bound book containing eight Humboldt Library pamphlets on evolution as understood in the 1880s] by Thomas H. Huxley and others [see detailed list below], hardcover, illustrated with drawings. BOOK CONDITION: fair. The text block is in fine condition, with no marks, tears, or dog-ears. There are minor notations on the covers of most of the pamphlets. The pages are age-browned. The first free endpapers have become detached but are included. Not a library book nor remainder. No bookplate nor signature of prior owner. Good binding, considering the pamphlets have been sewn together and then bound. The brown boards are in fair condition (corner bumping and rubbing, shelf rubbing, spine top and bottom slightly bumped). 9 x 6, 484 pages, 33 ounces. NOTE THAT SINCE THE BOOK WEIGHS OVER TWO POUNDS, THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGES IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE THE U.S OR REQUIRE PRIORITY MAIL INSIDE USA. XX Contents: THE EVOLUTIONIST AT LARGE (Grant Allen, Humboldt Library No. 26, November 1881) Published by J. Fitzgerald, 50 pages; THE STORY OF CREATION, A PLAIN ACCOUNT OF EVOLUTION (Edward Clodd, Humboldt Library No. 110, May 1889), Published by The Humboldt Publishing Company, 129 pages; ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES (Thomas H. Huxley, Humboldt Library No. 16, December 1880) Published by J. Fitzgerald, 48 pages; EVOLUTION IN HISTORY, LANGUAGE, AND SCIENCE (Humboldt Library No. 73, September 1885) Published by J. Fitzgerald, 39 pages; MAN?S PLACE IN NATURE (Thomas H. Huxley, Humboldt Library No. 4, March 1880) Published by J. Fitzgerald, 61 pages; THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCES OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION (George J. Romanes, Humboldt Library No. 40, January 1883) Published by J. Fitzgerald, 55 pages; LECTURES ON EVOLUTION, With an Appendix on the Study of Biology (Thomas H. Huxley, Humboldt Library No. 36, September 1882) Published by J. Fitzgerald, 48 pages; DEGENERATION: A CHAPTER IN DARWINISM and PARTHENOGENESIS (E. Ray Lankester, Humboldt Library No. 150, April 1892) Published by The Humboldt Publishing Co., 54 pages. Seller Inventory # 000971
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