Author: Thomas Henry Huxley; Leonard Huxley
Title: Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley
Description: London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1900. Cloth. A second impression of this touching biography of Thomas Henry Huxley, including many of his personal letters, Illustrated throughout. The second impression of this work, published in the month following the first impression.Complete in two volumes.A collection of the letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, with an intimate life of the biology by his son, Leonard Huxley.Huxley was a leading biologist and anthropologist who specialised in comparative anatomy. He was a close friend and supporter of Charles Darwin. His famous 1860 debate with Samuel Wilberforce led to a wider public acceptance of the theory of evolution.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, three plates, and one in-text illustration.Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, and six plates.Collated, complete.Leonard Huxley wrote the 'Life' of his father, a touching portrait. He was also the father of the biologist Julian Huxley and the writer Aldous Huxley.Four pages of adverts to the rear of each volume. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Label of Mudie's Select Library to the front boards. Light marks to the boards and spines. Minor bumping to the spines and extremities. A little rubbing to the joints and spines. Hinges are a little strained. Remnants of a label to the front paste down of Volume II. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just a few odd spots to the first and last few pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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