LIFE AND LETTERS OF THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY (2 Volumes, Complete)

Reprint (First Edition October 1900) 2 Volumes. 8vo. maroon cloth hardbacks, gilt. Volume I: viii, [1], 503pp. plus 4pp. Publisher's Advertisements at end. Volume II: vi, [1], 503pp., Indexed, plus 4pp. Publisher's Advertisements at end. Both volumes with tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece. Volume I has a further 4 b/w plates and Volume II, 6. Pencil signature and date (1901) to ffeps of both volumes and four small marks to each front pastedown where a bookplate has been removed. Light foxing to prelims and untrimmed foredges. Front inner hinge of Volume I a little slack, otherwise bindings nice and firm. Light fading and wear to tops and bases of spines. Small area of fading/rubbing to upper board of Volume I. Overall a Good+ Set.