Man on His Nature by Sherrington, Sir Charles - 1955

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1951. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; G- Hardcover; Green spine with Gold text; Boards shaken, sunning to spine, some edgewear, some shelfwear, bumping and rubbing to corners, tears along head edge of joints of both covers, small marks on both covers; Textblock has age toning, writing in pen on front endpaper, foxing on some pages, brown marks along fore edge splitting between pages 208 and 209; 300 pp. 1332049. FP New Rockville Stock.

Gardlen City, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1953. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack . Good. 2nd (Anchor) edition. Edgeworn mass market paperback with darkened spine. Non-authorial inscription on half title page. Dust stains to textblock edges. Uncommon edition. [316 pages]

Cambridge University Press, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1946. 1946 Reprint. 413 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. Light tanning to spine and edges. Book has a forward lean.

New York: Mentor Books. 1951. Second Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Very Good in wraps. Light shelfwear on spine. Foxing on top text block edge. .

Anchor Books. mass market paperback. acceptable; used. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes 12mo; 316 pages; acceptable mass market paperback; second edition; spine starting; spine slanting; tanning to edges cover; stain to cover; slight nicks and chips to edges cover; slight tear spine heal where meets front cover; tips bumped with chip or fray; faint stain to edge; tanning pgaes; clean pages; prompt shippignw tih tracking; 'a landmark in the history of mans speculation' - 'a revolutionary description of the phsycial basis of life

Cambridge At The University Press, 1946. Hardcover. Good. 1946. Reprinted. 413 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Creasing to rear free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends.

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Paperback / softback. New. Originally published in 1940, and first reprinted as this second edition in 1951, this volume was written by the Nobel laureate Sir Charles Sherrington (1857-1952). To read this book is to share in wonder at the mystery of life, uncovered by a great scientist who was also a great lyrical writer.

Cambridge University Press, 1951. The Gifford Lectures, a biologist's philosophy, light wear to unclipped dustjacket, spine discoloured, unmarked, 300pp, VG/VG.. Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

The Classics of Medicine Library, January 1999. Leather. VG. bound in bonded leather with raised bands, gilt titles and decorations. all edges gilt. marbled paper endsheets. ribbon bookmark bound in. no previous owner signatures or marks. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.