T. H. Huxley's Diary of the Voyage of H. M. S. Rattlesnake Edited from the unpublished MS. by Julian Huxley
London: Chatto and Windus, 1935. Quarto, dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, viii, 372 pp., frontispiece, 12 plates, one folding map at rear end. Endpapers foxed, otherwise a good copy in a worn and torn dust-jacket. First edition. A scarce copy. An account of T. H. Huxley's voyage to Australia on the H. M. S. Rattlesnake then a medical officer. Huxley's diary provides an intimate piece of writing in which his doubts, disappointments and ambitions as a young scientist are revealed. The H. M. S. Rattlesnakes cruised up the east coast of Australia making contact with aboriginal communities. Item #3422
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