Baron Avebury (93 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Second Edition. Second Edition. Exlibrary markings. Book is slightly cocked. Pages tanned. Tissue over frontispiece is loose and present in book. Binding and hinges sound. Cloth over boards is scuffed, worn, with bumped corners and edge rubbing. Gilt lettering on spine is darkened but still visible. ; Guide to British wildflowers and the relationship of each species to insects. Illustrated with black and white drawings. ; Nature Series; Ex-Library; 7.5" (21 cm) tall; 194 pages.

Reprint. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Hinges loose and worn. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 253 pages ; 18 cm. Subjects; Lubbock, John 1st Baron Avebury; works. English fiction. English fiction; 20th century. Drama. English literature; 20th century. English literature. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

Reprint. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 253 pages ; 18 cm. Subjects; Lubbock, John 1st Baron Avebury; works. English fiction. English fiction; 20th century. Drama. English literature; 20th century. English literature. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Frontis Portrait of Author (illustrator). 1st. no date given (circa 1935); dj w/moderate chipping, in mylar; maroon c w/gilt titles; top edge gilt; 401 clean, unmarked pages;

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Reprint. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Hinges loose and worn. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 253 pages ; 18 cm. Subjects; Lubbock, John 1st Baron Avebury; works. English fiction. English fiction; 20th century. Drama. English literature; 20th century. English literature. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

Reprint. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 253 pages ; 18 cm. Subjects; Lubbock, John 1st Baron Avebury; works. English fiction. English fiction; 20th century. Drama. English literature; 20th century. English literature. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Origin of Civilisation and the Primitive Condition of Man. Mental and social condition of savages. Fifth edition. Book.

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Facsimile Reprint of original 1870 edition. Frontispiece, lxviii [xiii-lxiv = Rivière's Introduction], 378 pp; 4 plates; 20 figs. Original cloth. Near Fine, without dust jacket. Classics of Anthropology.

8vo. xxvi, 534pp, frontis, 197 text illustrations and figures, folding map printed in blue and black. Later green cloth gilt, patterned eps, ae coloured. Reinforcement strips to ep gutter-margins; professional repair to title-page bottom corner; ex-library with usual evidence.

Second edition hard back binding in publisher's original deep navy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains tissue-guarded frontispiece, (xxvi), 534 + ii pp with 197 monochrome illustrations, folding map. Reference condition with marking to the boards, new end papers. Heavy volume weighing 2 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. ENGLAND EXPLORATION.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 296 pages; Description: 296 p. ; 21 cm. Subjects; Great Britain --Politics and government. 2 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 296 pages; Description: 296 p. ; 21 cm. Subjects; Great Britain --Politics and government. 2 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition. 12mo. Pp. xxxv, 480. Frontis. scenic photograph with tissue guard. 154 illustrations including black & white halftone photo reproductions and line drawings of which one in colors, plus one two-color fold-out map tipped in. With references. Dark blue cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, decorative bands in gilt across the cover and spine and in blind on the back. Board edges rubbed and corners bumped, light foxing to endpapers and edges, leaves crisp and bright. The result of a holiday in the Alps in Lubbock's twenties with physicist John Tyndall and biologist Thomas Henry Huxley that developed a continuing interest in "what forces had raised the mountains, had hollowed out the lakes and directed the rivers." He offers a short statement of the views of great authorities even where they differ, "in a form which might be useful to those travelling in Switzerland." Born into a banking family, Sir John was also a Liberal Member of Parliament and made valuable contributions to archaeology, biology, and ethnography.

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Letter Written and Signed by John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet. Dated March 1886. A short letter about a poem sent to him from a Mrs Webb. John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet, 1834-1913, known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet from 1865 until 1900, was an English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath. Lubbock worked in his family company as a banker but made significant contributions in archaeology, ethnography, and several branches of biology. He coined the terms "Paleolithic" and "Neolithic" to denote the Old and New Stone Ages, respectively. He helped establish archaeology as a scientific discipline, and was influential in debates concerning evolutionary theory.[1] He introduced the first law for the protection of the UK's archaeological and architectural heritage. He was also a founding member of the X Club. Size is 150m x 98mm. Condition is good. Light folding creasing. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18812. Signed by Author(s).

Third Edition. Near fine in the original title-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 196 pages; Description: 196p. Includes index. Subjects: Free trade. Protectionism. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

Condition: Wie neu. VIII, 276 pages With 78 plates, 31 coloured tadellos neuwertig / Modernes Schriftbild Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1450 23,0 x14,8 cm, gebundene Ausgabe Faksimile-Reprint der Ausgabe London Printed for the Ray Society 1873.

Third Edition. Near fine in the original title-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 196 pages; Description: 196p. Includes index. Subjects: Free trade. Protectionism. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. xxiii+577 pages+[40 ad] pages with frontispiece, diagrams, plates, tables one folding) and index. Royal octavo (9" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine and blind stamped decorative ruled edges. Sixth edition. His second book, On the Origin of Civilization, was published in 1870. During 1871, he purchased part of the Avebury estate to protect its prehistoric stone monuments from impending destruction. During the early 1870s, he held the position of President of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland from 1871 to 1872, as well as the position of Vice President of the Royal Society in 1871. During this period he worked with John Evans, the other key figure in the establishment of the discipline of archaeology. Condition: Corners and spine head lightly rubbed, spine heal moderately rubbed, some internal foxing note to back page margin else very good.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. KlappentextbTitle:/b The Origin of Civilisation and the Primitive Condition of Man. Mental and social condition of savages.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of.