[Rarebooks] FS: Survival of the Fittest: Presentation copies with 8 autograph letters

[Charles Agvent]

SPENCER,  Herbert.  WORKS. Incomplete set in  11  volumes,  SIGNED
presentation  copies  from  the  author   to  Lady  Portsmouth  with 8
AUTOGRAPH  LETTERS. 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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