Darwinism and Human Life: The South African Lectures for 1909

Beschreibung

A signed copy of the third impression of Scottish naturalist Sir John Arthur Thomson's publication of his lectures on Darwin. With a slip reading 'With Prof. J. Arthur Thomson's Compliments' to the front free endpaper.Thomson was a prominent academic who authored several notable books, and was an expert on soft corals.This is the third impression of this work, which was first published in 1909.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.With library stamp to front free endpaper tail, and further library markings to front pastedown, head of front free endpaper, and final leaf of index.Arranged from lectures given on Darwin's centenary, Thomson discusses many aspects of Darwinism and evolutionary theory, in order to 'suggest how Darwinism touches everyday life, in farm and garden, in city and empire'. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, and evidence of sticker removal to spine tail. Library markings to front pastedown and front free endpaper, and final leaf. Signed slip pasted to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good.

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Bibliografische Details

Titel

Darwinism and Human Life: The South African Lectures for 1909

Verlag

Andrew Melrose, London

Erscheinungsjahr

1911

Einband

Cloth

Illustrator

Not Stated

Zustand

Very Good

Signiert

signed by author

Buchtyp

book

Verkäuferkataloge

• Natural Sciences