Studies in Animal Life by George Henry Lewes - 2008-10-15

HardPress Publishing, 2012-01-10. Paperback. Good.

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NY: Harper. G. 1860. Brown embossed binding with gilt beetle on ft cover. Binding appears rumpled, few wear spots to binding. .

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London: Smith Elder and Co., 1862 196pp, colour frontis plate, text illustrations. Bound in decorative half red calf binding, marble sides, and marble end papers, binding little scuffed in places; otherwise very good.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1862. Leatherbound. Good. Reprinted from the Cornhill Magazine. viii, 196 p. 19 cm. 20 b&w figures. Colour frontispiece. Red leather with gold trim on spine, marbled endpapers and text block edges. Worn corners, edges, hinges. Remains of label on front pastedown. Binding signed by S. Hogg. Small bookseller's label on rear pastedown. Topics include: early stages of a frog and a philosopher; races of animals dispensing with the sterner sex; a garden wall and its traces of past life; the fixity or variability of species; the hare and the rabbit contrasted; Pliny and his notion on the formation of pearls; bio of Cuvier in early life; etc.