Books: An Introduction to the Classification of Animals, Rotorua in Rotorua, Bay of Plenty for sale

Front hinge broken with text block detached from front board. 1/2"tears and chips to cloth at ends of spine. 1/4"and 3/8"loss of cloth at corners of boards. Front free endpaper detached. Half-title page missing. Moderate foxing to most leaves throughout. A rough working copy in the original cloth.; [(iii)-viii], 147, [1] pages + [40] pages advertisements. Brown blind-stamped cloth boards. Huxley's six lectures on the Classification of Animals were first published as part of his"Lectures on the Elements of Compative Anatomy"(1864), on the present edition, the author notes in the preface"I republish the portion which relates to Classification, because I am told, on good authority, that it is likely to be useful as a text book to lecturers, and students attending lectures, on Comparative Anatomy and Zoology."; 8vo 8"- 9"tall
Author
Thomas Henry Huxley
Title
An Introduction to the Classification of Animals
Publisher name
John Churchill&Sons, London
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1869
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Poor
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Abebof326d