Lectures Darwinian Theory Delivered Late by Marshall Arthur Milnes C F (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Spine rubbed and faded. Front hinge broken. Split to gutter at rear hinge. Moderate foxing.; xx, 236 pages. Frontispiece within the pagination. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 218 x 140mm. The frontispiece illustration is of the fossil Archaeopteryx. In addition to the frontispiece, the book is illustrated with 36 figures. Contents: Lecutre I - History of the Theory of Evolution; Lecture II - Artificial and Natural Selection; Natural Selection; Lecture III - The Argument from Palaeontology; Lecture IV - The Argument from Embryology; Lecture V - The Colours of Animals and of Plants; Lecture VI - Objections to the Darwinian Theory; Lecture VII - The Origin of Vertebrated Animals; The Craniate Vertebrates; The Acraniate Vertebrates; The Descent of Man; Lecture VIII - The Life and Work of Darwin; Index.

Hardback, approx 9 x 6 inches. Dark maroon cloth with blind paneled boards, and gilt lettering to spine. Plain endpapers. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to cloth on corners and ends of spine, a couple of minor light handling marks to boards. Else cover clean and smart. Neat inscription to endpaper ?Richard Reece.? Some very minor faint spots to endpapers, a couple of areas of minor foxing to a couple of pages, else pages clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 236pp. Illustrated with 3 full-page B&W plates and 34 B&W figures within text.

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