[Rarebooks] F/S Collection of Herbert Spencer & Appleton's Science Imprints

Garry R Austin mail at austinsbooks.com
Fri May 9 12:39:40 EDT 2014


We offer for your consideration a collection of twenty volumes of Appleton's Science publications all from the "Private Library of T. F. Harwood" and all published c1895. All are in the distinctive three quarter leather binding with gilt lettering and all are in very good or better condition. We offer these postpaid in the USA @ $275.00

They are as follows;

Spencer, Herbert. Principles of Biology. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Later printing. Two volumes; Later printing; Octavo; pp. I: viii, 492; II; viii, 598 with index. Woodcuts; three quarter green leather and marbled boards, top edges gilt; Minor edge wear, Very good.

Spencer, Herbert. Facts and Comments. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1902. Fourth Printing. Octavo; pp. viii, 304; three quarter green leather and marbled boards, top edges gilt; Minor edge wear, Very good.

Spencer, Herbert. Education; Intellectual, Moral And Physical. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Later printing. Octavo; pp. viii, 283; three quarter green leather and marbled boards, top edges gilt; Minor edge wear, Very good. 

Spencer, Herbert. The Principles of Psychology. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Later printing. Three Volumes; Octavo; pp. I: xii, 642; II; viii, 302; III; iv, 303-696 with index; three quarter green leather and marbled boards, top edges gilt; Minor edge wear, Very good.

Spencer, Herbert. Principles of Ethics. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Later printing. Two volumes; Octavo; pp. I: xviii, 571 with bibliography; II; xiii, (i), 505 with index; three quarter green leather and marbled boards, top edges gilt; Minor edge wear, Very good. 

Spencer, Herbert. First Principles. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. Later printing. Later printing; Octavo; pp. xxiv, 612 with index; frontispiece portrait; three quarter green leather and marbled boards, top edges gilt; Minor edge wear, Very good.

Spencer, Herbert. Social Statistics. Abridged and Revised; together with, The Man Versus The State. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Later printing. Octavo; pp. 431 with index; three quarter green leather and marbled boards, top edges gilt; Minor edge wear, Very good.

Ferri, Enrico. Criminal Sociology. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Authorized edition. Octavo; pp. xx, 284; three quarter green leather and marbled boards, top edges gilt; spine head worn; Very good.
Ferri was an important pioneer in the study of criminology

Quick, Robert Herbert. Essays On Educational Reformers; Only Authorized Edition Of The Work As Rewritten In 1890. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Authorized edition. Octavo; pp. xxxiv, 568 with index; three quarter green leather and marbled boards, top edges gilt; A bright sound copy; Very good. 

Haeckel, Ernst. The Evolution Of Man:A Popular Exposition of the Principal Points Of Human Ontogeny and Phylogeny. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Authorized edition. Two volumes; Octavo; pp. I: xxxviii, 467; II; xviii, 504 with index; Illustrated; three quarter green leather and marbled boards, top edges gilt; Minor edge wear, Very good.

Young, C. A. The Sun. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. New and Revised Edition. Octavo; pp. xii, 363 with index; Frontispiece and numerous illustrations; three quarter green leather and marbled boards, top edges gilt; clean and tight; Very good.

Le Conte, Joseph. Evolution; Its Nature, Its Evidences, And Its Relation To Religious Thought. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Second Edition, revised. Octavo; pp. xxii, (2), 3-382 with index; Illustrated; three quarter green leather and marbled boards, top edges gilt; minor edge wear; Very good.

Proctor, Richard A. Other Worlds Than Ours; The Plurality Of Worlds Studied Under The Light Of Recent Scientific Researches. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Authorized edition. Octavo; pp. vi, (iv), 334; Color frontispiece of Jupiter; three quarter green leather and marbled boards, top edges gilt; clean and tight; Very good.

Whitney, William Dwight. The Life And Growth Of Language; An Outline Of Linguistic Science. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Later printing. Octavo; pp. vi, (iv), 326 with index; three quarter green leather and marbled boards, top edges gilt; clean and tight; Very good. 

Draper, John William. History of the Conflict Between Religion And Science. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Later printing. Octavo; pp. xxii, 373 with index; three quarter green leather and marbled boards, top edges gilt; minor edge wear; Very good. 

Nicholson, H. Alleyne. The Ancient Life-History of the Earth; A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Paleontoloical Science. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Authorized edition. Octavo; pp. xviii, (ii), 407 with index; Illustrated; three quarter green leather and marbled boards, top edges gilt; minor edge wear; clean and tight; Very good.

Wright, Frederick. Man And The Glacial Period; With An Appendix On Tertiary Man By Prof. Henry W. Haynes. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Authorized edition. Octavo; pp. x, 385 with index; Illustrated, two folding maps, one in color; three quarter green leather and marbled boards, top edges gilt; minor edge wear; clean and tight; Very good.


Bain, Alexander. Education As A Science. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Authorized edition. Octavo; pp. x, 453 with appendix; three quarter green leather and marbled boards, top edges gilt; minor edge wear; Very good. 

Painter, F. V. N. The History of Education. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Later printing. Octavo; pp. x, 343 with index; three quarter green leather and marbled boards, top edges gilt; minor edge wear; Very good.

Schmidt, Oscar. The Doctrine Of Descent And Darwinism. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Authorized edition. Octavo; pp. x, 334 with index; Twenty-six woodcuts; three quarter green leather and marbled boards, top edges gilt; minor edge wear; crudely opened first page but without loss; Very good.


Garry R Austin
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