Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Development

by Francis Galton

New York: Macmillan and Co., 1883

Hardback is overall in GOOD condition.

• Boards show some dirt, smudges, chips, and scuffing. Corners are scuffed and bumped. (Please see photos)
• Spine has gilt text with dirt and a 1.5" dark stain.  Ends are frayed with chips out.  Left edge is cracked. (Please see photos)
• Binding is secure.
• Sticker residue on front pastedown and front hinge partially cracked.
• Frontispiece is present and is lightly toned with intact tissue guard.
• Interior is gently age-toned.
• Writing in pencil on title page otherwise inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. 
• Pages 325-336 have chips out of the margins, not interfering with text. (Please see photo)
• Text block edges are age-toned.
• VK2020.1210

387 pages. 6X8.75 inches.

"Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development is an 1883 book by Francis Galton, in which he covers a variety of psychological phenomena and their subsequent measurement. In this text he also references the idea of eugenics and coined the term for the first time." (Wikipedia)

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