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Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Two uncommon first edition bibliographical works on Thomas Henry Huxley, on his scientific papers and his correspondence with his future wife. The first edition of these uncommon works.Two bibliographical works on Thomas Henry Huxley, both compiled by Jeanne Pingree, who was the College Archivist at the Imperial College of Science and Technology.'Thomas Henry Huxley: A List of His Scientific Notebooks, Drawings, and Other Papers, Preserved in the College Archives', published in 1968.'Thomas Henry Huxley: List of His Correspondence With Miss Henrietta Anne Heathorn, Later Mrs. Huxley, 1847-1854', published in 1969. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and one plate.Collated, complete.Huxley was an important biologist and anthropologist, earning the nickname of 'Darwin's Bulldog', due to his ardent advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper wraps. Externally, smart, with only a couple of very light marks, and very minor edge wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. Thomas Henry Huxley (illustrator). book.…