[Rarebooks] FS: Survival of the Fittest: 7 Inscribed Books & 8 Autograph Letters, price reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced to $3500 NET

SPENCER, Herbert. WORKS. Set of 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. (#013980)     $5,000.00

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