Man's Place in Nature and Other Essays Everyman's Library by Thomas Henry Huxley (4 results)

Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Dust jacket: Browning to spine, slight wear to upper corners. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Plus. Book: Fawn cloth binding with uncommon 'shell' variant endpapers. Light foxing to page edges, otherwise excellent. Catalogue of Everyman's Library titles at rear listing 889 volumes. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 4.5 x 7 inches (11 x 17.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xviii, 372, 8 (ads).

Flexible Leather. Condition: Fair. Decorative Frontis and Title Page (illustrator). Later Printing. Everyman's Library edition. Edited by Ernest Rhys. In red flexible leather with gilt titling and decoration to spine and upper board, top edge gilt, decorative title page, 8vo, 372pp. (upper cover detached, rubbing and edgewear to extremities and foreedge, light fading along spine, light chipping at spine tips). Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A 1943 reprint of the 1906 issuance. An Everyman's Library edition offering essays in the field of evolution and natural history by England's Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895). His "A Critical Examination of 'The Origin of Species'" and "The Darwinian Hypothesis" are included, and they helped the author earn the nickname "Darwin's Bulldog." Includes several black & white illustrations and an introduction by Sir Oliver Lodge. Mr. Huxley was the grandfather of famed English novelist Aldous Huxley. Everyman's Library catalog no. 47, in their "Science" series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In Everyman's Library binding style 3 with full olive cloth and gilt-stamped spine titling; blindstamped Eric Ravilious-designed 'shell' to cover and brown topstain. Volume wrapped in light blue dust jacket with Ravilious 'knot' to front panel. --- A well-preserved copy: unmarked, sound and tightly-bound but with slight age-toning to leaves & edges of cloth. Intact dust jacket with darkened spine & mild age-toning; wrapped in new removable archival mylar protector.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xviii, [2], 372, 8 (ads) pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex library book, usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Clean copy. Quick dispatch from UK seller.