Darwinism and Human Life . by Thomson J. Arthur (John Arth 1861-1933 - 2013-01-28

Andrew Melrose Ltd, 1946. Hardcover. Good. 1946. Sixth Edition; Reprint. 144 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Blacked out previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Mild thumb-marking present. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Moderate tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to front board. Book has forward lean.

Andrew Melrose, LTd, 1919. 5th edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 5th edition 1919. Signed by previous owner. The pressed boards are a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. The cloth on the spine of the book is slightly frayed. The text within the book remains clear and bright. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Andrew Melrose, 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. the boards are worn and marked. rubbed. edge tears. slight creasing. previous ownership plate. internally clean and tightly bound. [P.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Andrew Melrose, 1946. 6th ed. . Black Cloth. VG-/VG. 12.5 Cm x 19 .00 Cm. E.L.Shinnie. 140+4(index), 12 ills in 4 blocks ex-pagination; two former owners labels/ex lib. plates to front pastedown, traces of extensive erased pencil annotation facing t.p. and a line of same to lower t.p., unclipped jacket surprisingly bright and unworn, though sl.discoloration to spine. This actually appears to be a re-issue of the 1916 3rd ed., first reprinted in 1919 and then in this edition (editions and reprints are undifferentiated in list verso t.p.). Seemingly scarce. Note: quoted non-UK shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range.

London: Andrew Melrose, 1909. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback in original cloth xii + 245pp., frontis., book-list, Author, a Scottish biologist, brings DarwinÕs evolutionary ideas, up to date. Thomson was well-known for his attempts to reconcile science and religion. Nice copy in bright blue boards

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

. good. . 1909 Andrew Melrose, black cloth gilt titles, slight mark to cover, light age-toning to pages, slight foxing to end papers . 1909. Hardcover.

London: Andrew Melrose, 1911 . Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. 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.… Read More