Thomas Henry Huxley was a 19th century British biologist known as Darwin's Bulldog. Huxley's famous 1860 debate with Samuel Wilberforce was a key moment in the wider acceptance of evolution. Huxley was instrumental in developing scientific education in Britain. He became perhaps the finest comparative anatomist of the second half of the nineteenth century even though he had very little schooling and was primarily self-taught. The Table of Contents includes On the advisableness of improving natural knowledge, Emancipation- ...
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Thomas Henry Huxley was a 19th century British biologist known as Darwin's Bulldog. Huxley's famous 1860 debate with Samuel Wilberforce was a key moment in the wider acceptance of evolution. Huxley was instrumental in developing scientific education in Britain. He became perhaps the finest comparative anatomist of the second half of the nineteenth century even though he had very little schooling and was primarily self-taught. The Table of Contents includes On the advisableness of improving natural knowledge, Emancipation--black and white, Liberal education: and where to find it, Scientific education: notes of an after-dinner speech, On the educational value of the natural history sciences, On the study of zoology, On the physical basis of life, The scientific aspects of positivism, On a piece of chalk, Geological contemporaneity and persistent types of life, Geological reform, The origin of species, Criticisms on "the origin of species, On Descartes' "Discourse touching the method of using one's reason rightly and of seeking scientific truth.
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Good. No Dust Jacket. A Good copy in red cloth lettered in gold, with light cloth wear at the spine tips. Mild cover soiling, sound binding, clean/unmarked within. (Not ex-library. )
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Good. Cloth hardcover, 378 pp. + ads., clean unmarked text, a Good copy, previous owner has pasted a relevant newspaper clipping on the front pastedown and a portrait clipping of Huxley just after the table of contents, light discoloration to the pages and to the page-edges, minor wear to the edges of the outer pages, a bit of soiling to the covers, some rubbing or wear to the covers at the tips and edges including a bit of bumping or fraying to the tips, no dust jacket.
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Very Good. Presumed first American edition, 1871, hardcover with brown cloth boards, octavo, 378pp., not illustrated. Book VG with heavy sun to spine, mild wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, previous owner's mark to front flyleaf, otherwise text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. No DJ.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Size: 8vo 8"-9" tall; Lay sermons, addresses and reviews by the preeminent 19th-century biologist and natural historian, including glowing reviews of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy, bound in red cloth over boards, blind-stamped illustration to covers, still sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities, bumping to spine head and foot. Former damp-staining to front endpapers and to rear bottom bottom and endpapers, but signs of neither odor nor moisture, else with a clean and tightly bound interior. xi [2], 2-378 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Octavo, red cloth binding, gilt lettering on backstrip, backstrip half torn, one loose page, pages are clean, text is clear. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 750grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Bound in clothBinding, loose with splitting inside covers ripped on spineCover dirtyPages age-tonedText internally cleanGilt lettering on back stripFoxingEdgeworn Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 850grams, ISBN:
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