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Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews
by Thomas Henry Huxley
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1871. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5" . None . The first US edition of this critical collection of reviews and addresses by English biologist and anthropologist Thomas Henry Huxley. A collection of critical essay by biologist and anthropologist Thomas Henry Huxley. The first US edition, preceded by the UK edition published the year prior. A miscellaneous collection containing arguments on emancipation of black and white, liberal education, on the educational value of the natural history sciences, and more. Interestingly, Huxley dismisses August Comte's idea of positivism in his essay 'The Scientific Aspects of Positivism' p. 147, which resulted in Comte's ideas to wither in Britain. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally sound with some shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, some sunning to the spine, slightly chipped to the head and tail. Previous ownership inscription in pencil to the front free endpaper and last leaf of text, dated 1872. internally, firmly bound. The pages are clean with only a touch of age toning, as usual. Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 804A13
- Title
- Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews
- Author
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1871
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- thomas henry huxley lay sermons reviews addreses positivism comte lay sermons reviews addreses
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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