The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man with remarks on theories of the origin of species by variation by LYELL, Sir Charles - 1863

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1870. Hardcover. Good. . Scarce. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. General shelf/age wear. Minor rubbing at edges. Pages clean, binding sturdy.

London: John Murray, 1863.. First edition, 8vo, xii, 520, 32 advertisement pp. Two plates and 58 text figures, three leaves of contemporary manuscript notes on the text loosely inserted. Recent maroon morocco, an excellent copy. The last major work of Lyell's life, it was coloured by the publication of Darwin's "Origin of Species" four years earlier. Lyell couldn't bring himself to champion the new theories, and his impartial overview of the competing theories in the later chapters disappointed Darwin, although he admitted "The whole... struck me as a compilation, but of the highest quality, for when possible the facts have been verified on the spot..." Bailey pp187-201.

London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1863. Early Reprint. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine+. Thick 8vo: xvi,528pp, with two full-page wood-engraved plates and 58 figures in the text. Original green heavily embossed, pebble-grained cloth, upper cover with two gilt fossil vignettes, spine lettered in gilt, marbled end papers renewed with period examples. Near Fine or better, pages clean and fresh (barring mild foxing of first and final few leaves), binding tight and square (after expert and almost imperceptible restoration). A handsome, collectible copy. Norman 1400. Garrison-Morton 204.1. Freeman (British Natural History Books) 2369. Challinor 192. Geology Emerging 1439. Second Edition. Revised. First published in 1863, Antiquity of Man went through three editions that year, with a fourth and final edition appearing in 1873. Our copy appeared in April, 1863 (two months after the first edition), with alterations, corrections, and a new seven-page appendix. The book dealt with two linked scientific issues… Read More

London: John Murray, 1863. Second Revised Edition. This is the British geologist’s third great work, which went through three editions in one year. “In this he gave a general survey of the arguments for man’s early appearance on the earth derived from the discoveries of flint implements in post-Pliocene strata in the Somme valley and elsewhere; he discussed also the deposits of the Glacial epoch, and in the same volume he gave in his adhesion to Darwin’s theory of the origin of species.” (Encyc. Brit., 11th Edn.) Lyell was a close personal friend of Darwin and was one of the first scientists to support the Origin but he had trouble accepting natural selection as the main motive force in evolution on religious grounds. Freeman 2369. 8vo. pp. xvi, 528. wood-engraved frontis. text illus. A very nice copy in original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (some foxing to outer leaves)

London,, 1863. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket.. Very good condition. Spine edges rubbed at very top and very bottom. Internal hinges cracked. Pages are clean and unmarked throughout, with slight discolouration to endpapers. An attractive copy in a binding that is sound with bright cloth and gilt.. 8vo. pp xii, 520, 32. Original publisher's dark blue textured buckram with gilt illustration at front board, lettered in gilt at spine. Two plates, frontis and further plate opposite p252. Illustrated with woodcuts in text. Publisher's adverts at rear dated January 1863. First edition. Heavy book, may require extra postage charges.