Howes prof g b (2 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. pp581-608, removed from the Smithsonian Annual Report for 1903. VG. In plastic report covers. An address to Zoological Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. by Professor Howes, president of the section, at Belfast, 1902. The author refers to an address by Huxley twenty eight years before, also in Belfast, at which time: "Fired by the influence of the Origin of Species, which had survived abuse and was taking immediate effect, the zoological mind, accepting the doctrine of evolution had become eager to determine the lines of descent of animal forms." And now, twenty eight years later, "development has proceeded on every hand.".…

Zustand: Fair. 1895. No Edition Stated. 264 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are moderately tanned at the edges, with notable foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Considerable splitting to spine joints.…