HUXLEY, A COLLECTION OF AMERICAN EDITIONS OF HUXLEY'S WORKS (8 VOL.)

a) Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature. New York: Appleton, 1863, frontispiece, illustrations, signature on endleaf "M F Ashley-Montagu" (anthropologist), original cloth, rather faded; b) Another copy. 1863, original cloth, spine somewhat worn; c) On the Origin of Species: or, the causes of the phenomena of organic nature. New York: Appleton, 1863, signature of Ben K. Emerson dated 1874, on endleaf, printed cutting pasted to title, original cloth, spine worn; d) Another edition. 1872, reprint, bookplate of George Frederic Parsons (journalist and writer), original cloth, spine faded; e) Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews. New York: Appleton, 1870, original cloth, spine ends frayed; all but one FIRST AMERICAN EDITIONS; and 3 others, 8vo (8)

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