[Rarebooks] FS: Collection of signed books and letters by Darwin contemporary Herbert Spencer who coined the term "survival of the fittest"

[Charles Agvent]

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SPENCER,  Herbert.  WORKS.  Incomplete   set  in  11   volumes,
presentation  copies  from  the author to  Lady  Portsmouth.  London &
Edinburgh:  Williams  &  Norgate 1891-1900. Eleven  volumes  bound  in
publisher's   purple  cloth  with   gilt  lettering  and  decorations.
Published  separately,  not as a set, and here comprising most of  the
books  issued  (a manuscript index laid in indicates that  17  volumes
were  originally  sent  to  Lady Portsmouth):  FIRST  PRINCIPLES  with
Spencer's  SIGNATURE  tipped in; PRINCIPLES OF ETHICS in two  volumes,
each  INSCRIBED  "from the author" and each with an  AUTOGRAPH  LETTER
SIGNED by Spencer tipped in; PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY in three volumes,
each  INSCRIBED  "from  the author" and two with an  AUTOGRAPH  LETTER
SIGNED  by  Spencer  tipped in; PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY in  two  volumes
with  an  AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by Spencer tipped into  one  volume;
and  ESSAYS:  SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, & SPECULATIVE in  three  volumes,
one  volume  INSCRIBED  "from  the  author"  and  all  three  with  an
AUTOGRAPH  LETTER  SIGNED  by  Spencer tipped in. The  main  canon  of
Spencer's   philosophy  was  his  theory   of  evolution  (a  term  he
popularized),  especially  as it applied to the study of society.  His
development  of  evolutionary theory actually predated Darwin's  major
works.  Spencer also coined the term "survival of the fittest" in  his
PRINCIPLES  OF  BIOLOGY first published in 1864. Seven of the  volumes
have  the  cloth evenly sunned, corners a little  bumped,  extremities
slightly rubbed. Very Good to Fine                            $5000.00
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