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Darwin Charles
Descent of Man Vol. II
John Murray 1871. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very good first edition second issue: The verso of the title leaf of Volume II of the second issue has a list of nine other works by Darwin and no errata which distinguishes it from the first issue. Previous owner's stamp on front free endpaper. Spine is worn down and chipped slightly detached at head and tail. Wear and rubbing at corners and edges. John Murray hardcover books
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Darwin Charles
Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
New York: D. Appleton and Company 1910. Author's Edition Authorized Edition. Hardcover. G- All binding edges are worn; two corners are down to the boards; spine appears to be a replacement first page is loose; interior surfaces are clean though one corner is slightly bumped throughout the last half of book; inscription and label in front of book. Three-quarters marbled boards with red leather-like spine & corners gilt letters on spine gilt top edges 372 pp. 21 BW illus. 7 BW plates. Re-release of a Darwin book which was first published in 1872 as one of the first books to contain photographic plates. This is #14 of 1000 copies of an "Authoriized Edition" that appears to have come out circa 1910. Darwin's signature appears on the opening flyleaf; but alas! The man left us in 1882. It must therefore be a stamped replica instead. Still a nifty tome. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
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Darwin Charles
Funeral of Mr. Darwin funeral card
1882. <p>Darwin Charles 1809-82. Funeral of Mr. Darwin. Westminster Abbey Wednesday April 26th 1882 at 12 o'clock precisely . . . G. G. Bradley Dean. Printed card black-bordered with the Dean's seal in black wax in the left margin and the letters "C. H." in red ink on either side of the seal. N.p. 1882. 92 x 122 mm. Fine.</p> <p> Darwin had died at Down House on 19 April 1882 expecting to be buried in the local churchyard. His fame and reputation were such however that Huxley Galton and others felt it would be appropriate to have him buried at Westminster Abbey one of the highest honors that can be bestowed on a British citizen. As Desmond and Moore put it "getting a freethinker into the Abbey was not easy" Darwin p. 666. But Huxley stepped in supported in Parliament by Darwin's neighbor Sir John Lubbock and by a press campaign led by The Standard. The Reverend George Granville Bradley Dean of Westminster Abbey was happy to acquiesce.</p> <p> The Chapter House to which our card allows admission is where those who were to follow the coffin into the Abbey assembled: "On that grey day committees adjourned judges put on mourning dress and Parliament emptied as members trooped across the road. From embassies scientific societies and countless ordinary homes they came. Under leaden skies they converged on the Abbey anticipating the awe and spectacle of a state occasion. In the Chapter House where Parliament had once met the elders of science State and Church the nobility of birth and talent stood waiting to file though the cloisters behind the coffin. They were "the greatest gathering of intellect that was ever brought together in our country" said one' Desmond and Moore p. 672. Darwin was laid to rest beneath the monument to Newton at the north end of the choir screen. </p> . unknown books
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Darwin Charles
Insectivorous Plants
London: John Murray 1875 First edition first issue. One of 1000 copies. Original publisher's green cloth covers ruled in blind spine decorated and lettered in gilt. An excellent copy with light wear and rubbing to the extremities slight fraying to spine ends small former ownership ink signature to title in the month of publication. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. London: John Murray hardcover books
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Darwin Charles
Insectivorous Plants
New York: D. Appleton and Company 1875. First US edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. x462pp. followed by 8pp of publisher's ads. Original brick-colored cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and in black on the covers. Pale yellow coated endpapers. Illustrated. Index.<br/> <br/>Some wear to the hinges and boards else a near fine bright copy superior in condition to most. <br/> <br/>Freeman 1220. The American edition was printed form stereos of the first English edition. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
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DARWIN CHARLES
Insectivorous Plants
London: John Murray 1893. Original Cloth. Very Good. 2nd Edition Sixth thousand. 8vo 18.8 x 11.9 cm. Original green cloth binding as for first edition. Collation: xiv 377 pp. numerous drawings. The binding is very good witn only minor rubbing along edges and corners. Text is very good. Moisture residual on free end papers. Hinges with paper c~racked. This edition was revised by Sir Francis Darwin who had done a number of his own experiments with insectivorous plants. Freeman 1227. <br/><br/>This edition was revised by Sir Francis Darwin who had done a number of his own experiments with insectivorous plants. Freeman 1227. John Murray hardcover books
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Darwin Charles
Journal of Researches into Natural History and Geology of the Countries during the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle round the World under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy R. N.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1846. First American Edition. Near Fine. First American edition first printing. Two volumes bound in publisher's original brown ribbed cloth stamped in gilt and decorated in blind. Near Fine. Light wear to cloth at extremities rubbing light soiling. Previous owner private ex-libris bookplate and rubber ownership stamp to front endsheets endsheets browned pages foxed. An important and early work by Charles Darwin foreshadowing his writings on evolution. Harper & Brothers, Publishers unknown books
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DARWIN CHARLES
JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES VISITED BY THE H.M.S. BEAGLE
New York London: Hafner Publishing Company 1952. Panelled spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Red silk marker. Marbled endpapers. Previous owner's name address on a front preliminary page. A limited edition facsimile prepared for the Book Collectors Society. Frontispiece cutaway illustration of the "Beagle".This is copy #5/250. A clean copy throughout. The first edition of this important work in natural history and exploration was published in 1839-1840. 629 pp. 16 plates at conclusion. Facsimile Reprint of the First Edition. Full Green Calf. . Minor Cover Wear Only/No Jacket. Thick Octavo. Hafner Publishing Company Hardcover books
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Darwin Charles
Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle
New York: HaFiner Press 1952. Number 55 of 250 copies of a facsimile reprint of the First edition done for the Book Collectors Society. 1 vols. 8vo. Green polished calf t.e.g. About fine. Number 55 of 250 copies of a facsimile reprint of the First edition done for the Book Collectors Society. 1 vols. 8vo. HaFiner Press unknown books
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Darwin Charles
Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the World under the Captain Fitz Roy R.N.
London: T. Nelson and Sons 1903. Illustrated with 20 plates. x ii 13-615 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue polished calf Prize Binding gilt spine marbled edges. Fine. Illustrated with 20 plates. x ii 13-615 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Freeman 63 T. Nelson and Sons unknown books
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Darwin Charles
Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World Under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy R.N.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1846. First American edition of the publisher's reissue of Darwin's journals and remarks regarding his 5-year second survey expedition aboard the HMS Beagle. Octavo two volumes in the original cloth with gilt titles to the spine gilt vignettes to the front panels. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplates to the pastedown. In near fine condition. Rare. The Voyage of the Beagle is the title most commonly given to the book written by Charles Darwin and published in 1839 as his Journal and Remarks which brought him considerable fame and respect. This was the third volume of The Narrative of the Voyages of H.M. Ships Adventure and Beagle the other volumes of which were written or edited by the commanders of the ships. Journal and Remarks covers Darwin's part in the second survey expedition of the ship HMS Beagle. Due to the popularity of Darwin's account the publisher reissued it in 1839 as Darwin's Journal of Researches the present volume. Darwin's notes made during the voyage include comments hinting at his changing views on the fixity of species. On his return he wrote the book based on these notes at a time when he was first developing his theories of evolution through common descent and natural selection. Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover books
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Darwin Charles
Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of the H. M. S. Beagle Round the World. Under the Command of Capt. Fitzroy
London: John Murray 1889. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. 519 pages 4 pages of ads; original gilt decorated green cloth. Light wear at extremities neat owner name bookplate. Front inner hinge cracked; altogether a very good copy of an early printing. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
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DARWIN Charles
Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter two volumes
NY:: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good. 1898. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes. Edited by his son Francis Darwin. Authorized edition. Octavos bound in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering along the spines top edges gilt. Fading along the spines else both volumes are very good. Some unopened pages. Bindings are solid. . D. Appleton and Company, hardcover books
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Darwin Charles
Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle Between the Years 1826 and 1836 Describing Their Examination of the Southern Shores of South America and the Beagle’s Circumnavigation of the Globe.
London: Henry Colburn 1839. First edition of the account of the most famous voyage in the history of biological science and modern thought volume III being the first issue of Darwin's Journal his first published book containing the observations and fieldwork that form the basis for On the Origin of Species. Octavo four volumes including Vol. II of the Appendix bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt half-titles present 7 engraved folding maps and charts 48 plates and charts and 6 in-text illustrations. From the library of the British Royal Navy's Office of the Admiralty this copy was borrowed by Captain Richard Charles Mayne and used on board the HMS Nassau during his survey expedition to the Straits of Magellan 1866-1869. With an annotated typed note laid in signed by Lieutenant Commander Andrew David of the Admiralty's Hydrographic Department which reads: The voyages of Adventure and Beagle was apparently used by Captain Richard Maybe of H.M.S. Nassau for his surveys of Magellan Strait which commenced in 1866. The corrections given in the Errata et Corrigenda were inserted in 1866. Some of the amendments to positions given in the appendix to volume II agree with those given in the Hydrographic archives from Nassau's observations and they both seem to be in the same handwriting. "ACF David" A.C.F. David Lieutenant Commander Hydrographic Department 28th July 1974 Other marginalia eg Vol II page 594 by G.H. Richards later Hydrographer. David has also added a later annotation to the note: "The pencil notation on page 325 of the Appendix to Vol 2 stating that Morrice Pocket Chronometer 6144 was also on the Nassau confirms my supposition below ACF David 25th August 1989." Upon learning of Mayne's planned for a survey expedition to the Straits of Magellan Darwin requested the Lords of the Admiralty to ask Capt. Mayne to collect several boatloads of fossil bones of extinct species of quadrupeds. Admiral Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan had previously discovered an astonishingly rich accumulation of fossil bones not far from the Straits which were found to have belonged to a more ancient period than the fossils collected by Darwin on HMS Beagle and therefore of great interest to science. In near fine condition. With the British Royal Navy's Office of the Admiralty Library stamp the Hydrographer's Office stamp and ACF David's bookplate to each volume. In very good condition. An exceptional example of this landmark work with noted provenance. "The five years of the voyage were the most important event in Darwin's intellectual life and in the history of biological science. Darwin sailed with no formal scientific training. He returned a hard-headed man of science knowing the importance of evidence almost convinced that species had not always been as they were since the creation but had undergone change. The experiences of his five years in the Beagle how he dealt with them and what they led to built up into a process of epoch-making importance in the history of thought" DSB. In his own words: 'The voyage of the Beagle has been by far the most important event in my life and has determined my whole career' Charles Darwin Life and Letters I p.61. Darwin's Journal "his first published book is undoubtedly the most often read and stands second only to On the Origin of Species as the most often printed" Freeman 31. It is "one of the most interesting records of natural history exploration ever written and is one of the most important for it was on this voyage that Darwin prepared for his lifework ultimately leading to The Origin of Species" Hill I:104-05. Volume I contains Captain King's account of the first expedition which surveyed the coasts of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego; Volume II with its appendix volume is Captain Fitzroy's account of the second voyage of the Beagle. Complete with 44 plates four inserted charts and maps and eight folding maps. Folding charts and maps originally issued loose have been bound into their respective volumes at the rear. Bound with half titles. Bound without publisher's advertisements at rear of Appendix volume lacking the map of the Keeling Islands frontispiece and 4 plates to vol. I trimmed and mounted. Freeman 10. Norman 584. Hill I:104-05. Sabin 37826. Henry Colburn hardcover books
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Darwin Charles
On the movements and habits of climbing plants
London: Longman Green Longman Roberts & Green 1865. <p>Darwin Charles 1809-84. On the movements and habits of climbing plants. In Journal of the Linnean Society 9 nos. 33 & 34 1865: 1-118. Text wood-engravings. Whole number. 128pp. 224 x 144 mm. uncut and unopened. Original blue-green printed wrappers a bit chipped at extremities very minor spotting. Very good copy. Preserved in a cloth folding box.</p> <p>First Edition journal issue of Darwin's book-length paper on climbing plants containing the essence of his discoveries in this field. The book-form second edition published ten years later by which his work on this subject is generally known is actually a revision and enlargement of the above. Darwin found that climbing was the result of the bending in a revolving plane of the apex of a plant's stem while it grows. He later studied the mechanism of bending and showed that it was due to a substance that comes down from the apex when acted upon by light. This research laid the foundation of the science of growth hormones in plants.</p> <p>The first printing of Darwin's monograph appeared in three forms all from the same setting of type: the double number of the Linnean Society Journal as above which was issued to the Fellows; a commercial offprint for sale to the public; and an offprint for the author. It made its first appearance between hard covers in 1875. Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Freeman 833. Norman 596.</p> . Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green unknown books
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Darwin Charles
On The Origin Of Species
Franklin Center Penn.: The Franklin Library 1978. A Limited Edition. Fine in full light green leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A octavo measuring 8 1/2 by 6 inches containing 610 pages of text including an index. One of the volumes in The Franklin Press' collection of The Great Books Of The Western World. A beautiful tight clean and crisp copy with no names dates notations or former owner's book plates. The Franklin Library hardcover books
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Darwin Charles
On the Origin of Species
New. New book. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WELLER9780140439120 ISBN : 0140439129 9780140439120
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Darwin Charles
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.
London: John Murray 1892. Sixth edition one of 2000 copies of "certainly the most important biological book ever written" Freeman. Octavo bound in original cloth gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom full morocco clamshell box. A nice presentation. Darwin "revolutionized our methods of thinking and our outlook on the natural order of things. The recognition that constant change is the order of the universe had been finally established and a vast step forward in the uniformity of nature had been taken" PMM 344. "Without question a watershed work in the history of modern life sciences Darwin's Origin elaborated a proposition that species slowly evolve from common ancestors through the mechanism of natural selection. As he himself expected Darwin's theory became and continues to be in some circles the object of intense controversy" American Philosophical Society. "The five years of Darwin's voyage on the Beagle were the most important event in Darwin's intellectual life and in the history of biological science. Darwin sailed with no formal training. He returned a hard-headed man of science. The experiences of his five years in the Beagle how he dealt with them and what they led to built up into a process of epoch-making importance in the history of thought" PMM. John Murray hardcover books
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Darwin Charles
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
NY: Limited Editions Club 1963. Hardcover. Very good. #610 of 1500cc. Light foxing to boards esle very good in slightly darkened slipcase that has some insect dmage to the paper title label. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover books
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Darwin Charles
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.
London: John Murray 1859. First edition of "certainly the most important biological book ever written" Freeman one of 1250 copies. Octavo bound in original cloth half-title one folding lithographed diagram without advertisements. In fine condition with a touch of shelfwear. Housed in a custom clamshell box. An exceptional example of this landmark work one of the nicest extant. Darwin "revolutionized our methods of thinking and our outlook on the natural order of things. The recognition that constant change is the order of the universe had been finally established and a vast step forward in the uniformity of nature had been taken" PMM 344. "Without question a watershed work in the history of modern life sciences Darwin's Origin elaborated a proposition that species slowly evolve from common ancestors through the mechanism of natural selection. As he himself expected Darwin's theory became and continues to be in some circles the object of intense controversy" American Philosophical Society. "The five years of Darwin's voyage on the Beagle were the most important event in Darwin's intellectual life and in the history of biological science. Darwin sailed with no formal training. He returned a hard-headed man of science. The experiences of his five years in the Beagle how he dealt with them and what they led to built up into a process of epoch-making importance in the history of thought" PMM. John Murray hardcover books
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Darwin Charles
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
London: John Murray 1859. First edition. Very Good . Octavo. Original green diagonal-wave-grain cloth binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnant to rear pastedown spine lettered and decorated in gilt covers ornamentally blocked in blind pale brown coated endpapers. Folding diagram lithographed by W. West. 32-page publisher's catalogue at rear dated June 1859. Engraved bookplate of Thomas Cope Huyton to front pastedown; later ownership inscriptions of George Taylor and Alexander Glass Darien CT the latter dated 4-15-62 to half-title a few small pencil marks in margins. Cloth lightly marked on front cover spine ends and inner hinges neatly restored a little light spotting to early leaves chiefly marginal overall a very good copy. House in a green cloth bookform slipcase and chemise. <br/><br/>First edition of "the most influential scientific book of the 19th century" Horblit and "certainly the most important biological book every written" Freeman. Only 1250 copies were printed. With the provenance of Thomas Cope 1827-1884 a prosperous manufacturer of cigars and tobacco products in Liverpool in the mid-19th century. He was the first person in England to hire women to make cigars and was speaker of the Liverpool Parliamentary debating society. <br/><br/>Dibner 199. Freeman 373 binding variant b advertisements variant 2 no priority. Garrison-Morton 220. Horblit 23b. Norman 593. PMM 344b. Very Good . John Murray unknown books
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Darwin Charles
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.
London: John Murray 1860. Rare second edition second issue in Freeman's binding variant "a" of Darwin's magnum opus. Freeman 376; Norman 594. Octavo original publisher's green cloth. In excellent condition with the spine gilt bright contemporary owner's signature to the title marginalia on pages 72 and 132. A nice example. Darwin "revolutionized our methods of thinking and our outlook on the natural order of things. The recognition that constant change is the order of the universe had been finally established and a vast step forward in the uniformity of nature had been taken" PMM 344. "Without question a watershed work in the history of modern life sciences Darwin's Origin elaborated a proposition that species slowly evolve from common ancestors through the mechanism of natural selection. As he himself expected Darwin's theory became and continues to be in some circles the object of intense controversy" American Philosophical Society. "The five years of Darwin's voyage on the Beagle were the most important event in Darwin's intellectual life and in the history of biological science. Darwin sailed with no formal training. He returned a hard-headed man of science. The experiences of his five years in the Beagle how he dealt with them and what they led to built up into a process of epoch-making importance in the history of thought" PMM. Darwin wrote in his diary that all 1250 copies of the first edition published on November 24 were sold on the first day; however more accurately nearly all of the edition had been sold to the trade immediately with the exception of personal copies set aside for Darwin and review copies. John Murray hardcover books
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DARWIN Charles
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
Folding lithographed diagram. 8vo orig. pale green cloth head & foot of spine with slightest chipping occasional unimportant foxing covers stamped in blind spine lettered in gilt. New York: D. Appleton 1860. First American edition "second issue" with three quotations on verso of half-title. A very good and bright copy preserved in a slip-case. ❧ Freeman 378. For the first edition see Horblit 23b; Dibner Heralds of Science 199; and Printing & the Mind of Man 344b. hardcover books
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Darwin Charles
ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION OR THE PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE
New York: The Limited Editions Club 1963. quarter leather slipcase. Limited Editions Club. small 4to. quarter leather slipcase. xxxii 470 2 pages. With a New Preface by Charles G. Darwin. Illustrated with Wood Engravings by Paul Landacre. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Landacre LEC 344. Printed at the Griffin Press in Australia with design by Douglas A. Dunstan. Well preserved copy. The Limited Editions Club unknown books
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DARWIN Charles
On the Various Contrivances by Which British and Foreign Orchids
First Edition in Original Cloth of Darwin's Work on Orchids With Pre-Publication Advertisements DARWIN Charles. On the Various Contrivances by Which British and Foreign Orchids. Are Fertilised by Insects and on the Good Effects of Intercrossing. With Illustrations. London: John Murray 1862. First edition. Octavo 7 3/4 x 5 inches; 195 x 125 mm. vi 365 1 colophon 32 publisher's advertisements pp. With 33 woodcuts in the text and one woodcut folding plate. With publisher's 32 page advertisements dated December 1861. These advertisements being dated before publication indicate that this is a very early copy. Original full maroon cloth. Covers stamped and ruled in blind. Front board with gilt central device of an orchid. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Brown coated endpapers. Spine with some sunning. Some very minor foxing mainly to preliminaries. Small old bookseller's label on front free endpaper. Overall a near fine copy. "Darwin was adept at flanking movements in order to get around his critics. He would take seemingly intractable subjectsólike orchids flowersóand make them test cases for 'natural selection.' Hence the book that appeared after the Origin was to everyoneÃs surprise The Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects 1862. He showed that the orchidÃs beauty was not a piece of floral whimsy 'designed' by God to please humans but honed by selection to attract insect cross-pollinators. The petals guided the bees to the nectaries and pollen sacs were deposited exactly where they could be removed by a stigma of another flower." Brittanica Freeman Darwin. Hunt. McGill/Wood. Nissen BBI. Nissen ZBI. Darwin Collection 779. HBS 68006. $5500 John Murray hardcover books
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DARWIN Charles
Origin of Species and The Descent of Man MLG 27
NY:: Modern Library. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. N.D. Hardcover. Modern Library Giant number 27. Both books complete and unabridged in one volume. A later printing. Very good in a very good moderate edge wear a bit faded along the spine dust jacket. . Modern Library, hardcover books
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Darwin Charles
Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection
Dolphin Books. Very Good. Darwin Charles. Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection. Garden City NY: Dolphin Books ND. 517pp. Indexed. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good. Top of spine bumped with clean pages and tight binding. Dolphin Books paperback books
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Darwin Charles
Prefatory notice in Muller's "The fertilisation of flowers." Freeman 1432
London: Macmillan 1883. Orig. cloth. Fine. Macmillan unknown books
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Darwin Charles
PUTESHESTVIE VOKRUG SVIETA NA KORABLIE BIGL'. Translation: VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD ON THE SHIP BEAGLE
St. Petersburg 1865. viii5401; 3viii466pp. plus frontispiece. 12mo. Half titles. Modern half calf and marbled boards spines gilt with raised bands. Light dampstaining at top edge of a few leaves light tanning and foxing throughout. Very good. The very rare first edition in Russian of Darwin's classic scientific journal and travel account of his experiences and observations aboard the H.M.S. Beagle. "His first published book is undoubtedly the most often read and stands second only to ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES as the most often printed. It is an important travel book in its own right and its relation to the background of his evolutionary ideas has often been stressed" - Freeman. Despite recording over 250 editions of Darwin's JOURNAL and eighteen in Russian Freeman misses this initial printing translated into Russian by Elizaveta Bekatova and edited by her husband Andrei Beketov. OCLC records only one copy at the University of Toronto. FREEMAN pp.31; 52-53 ref. hardcover books
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Darwin Charles
Refugium Botanicum: Or Figures and Descriptions From Living Specimens of Little Known or New Plants of Botanical Interest Volume II
Stanfordville: Earl M. Coleman 1980. Hardcover. Very good. Very good hardback in a lightly rubbed jacket that is foxed on the spine. <br/><br/> Earl M. Coleman hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 27875 ISBN : 0930576195 9780930576196
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Darwin Charles
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin from the Life and Letters of Charles Darwin
n.p.: Black Oyster Publishing Company Inc 2009. Paperback. Near Fine. frontis 45p. Softcover in original wrapper. 26cm. Edited by Tom Thomas statement on title-page. <br/><br/> Black Oyster Publishing Company, Inc paperback books
Bookseller reference : 89913 ISBN : 1448615186 9781448615186
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Darwin Charles
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin Volume 2 : 1837 - 1843
Cambridge University Press 1986. Very Good. Darwin Charles. The Correspondence of Charles Darwin Volume 2 : 1837 - 1843. Cambridge U.K.: Cambridge University Press 1986. First printing. 603pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Book condition: Very good with very light bumps to extremities. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with very light rubbing to extremities. In clear dust jacket protector. Cambridge University Press hardcover books
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Darwin Charles
The Descent of Man
New York: D. Appleton and Company 1871. First Edition. Good. First American edition. Complete in two volumes both dated 1871 on the title pages with postscript at front of Volume II. Good. CLoth soiled and darkened rubbed at extremities with chipping at spine ends. Pages toned. Pencil notations staple punctures and remnants of newsclippings to preliminary and terminal pages more so to volume I. D. Appleton and Company unknown books
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DARWIN Charles
The Descent of Man
First Edition First Issue. Extremely scarce. With "transmitted" the first word on p.297 in the first volume; in the second volume printer's note on verso of half-title errata on verso of title and the postscript leaf after p.viii. January ads in both volumes.<br />The First Edition contains two parts: The Descent of Man itself and Selection in Relation to Sex.<br />"The word 'evolution' in Volume 1 .2 occurs for the very first time in any of Darwin's worlds." Freeman 128-9.<br />Often misunderstood Darwin never said that man was descended from apes let alone monkeys; that statement of his -- what he claimed and that highly important and still controversial statement today was that man's ancestors if alive today would have to be classified among the primates.<br />One of the most significant books ever written SIGMUND FREUD Freeman 937; GarrisonMorton 170; Printing and the Mind of Man 169; Rieber 12.<br />SCARCE AND HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE<br />Both volumes endpapers highly foxed otherwise in surprisingly decent condition gilt titles clean and in volume two surprisingly bright.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> John Murray hardcover books
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Darwin Charles
The Descent of Man
John Murray Albemarle Street London 1871. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition 1st issue. London: John Murray 1871 1871. 2 volumes octavo. Original green cloth titles to spines gilt sides with panels blocked in blind blue coated end papers. The covers are in very good condition. Gilt nice and bright. There is scuffing to the covers and the corners are a bit bumped. The bindings are very tight and square. Internally both volumes are very good. Gutters of vol.1 have been repaired. Previous owners' name and initial on front free end paper and half-title page of vol. 1 on front free end paper of vol.2. Some foxing to first and last few leaves of each volume but the text pages are clean and bright throughout. The original adverts are complete and dated January 1871. Some scuffing to front paste-down of vol.2. Cloth very lightly rubbed. Engravings throughout. First edition first issue with the errata on the verso of the title leaf of vol. II. Here the word "evolution" appears for the first time in any of Darwin's works preceding its appearance in the sixth edition of The Origin of Species the following year. Darwin had hoped that one of his supporters might tackle the thorny question of human evolution but was forced to face the logic of his own theory himself. Darwin deviated from his ostensible subject of mankind to describe sexual selection in the animal kingdom enabling him to answer those who saw peacock tails as an expression of divine aesthetics. Darwin also set out a definite family tree for humans tracing their affinity with the Old World monkeys and laid out his views on the evolutionary origins of morality and religion. "The Descent understood by Darwin as a sequel to the Origin was written with a maturity and depth of learning that marked Darwin's status as an "élite gentleman of science" ODNB. Housed in a custom-made collectors slipcase. Quite uncommon in the true first issue. John Murray, Albemarle Street, London hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1409510
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Darwin Charles
The Descent of Man
John Murray UK 1871. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. London: John Murray 1871 1871. 2 volumes octavo. Original green cloth titles to spines gilt sides with panels blocked in blind blue coated endpapers. The covers are in good condition and very secure - both spines have been professionally rebacked. Gilt nice and bright. There is a scuffing to the covers and the corners are a bit bumped but with very little loss - a quite presentable set. The bindings are very tight and square having been repaired strengthened and re-cased. Internally both volumes are very good indeed. The endpapers have been expertly reinforced with matching period paper - something that could well be missed without careful scrutiny. Previous owner name and notes in light pencil to the verso of the half-title which could be easily erased. Some foxing to first and last few leaves of each volume but the text pages are clean and bright throughout with very little foxing that I can see and no previous ink marks. The original adverts are complete and dated January 1871. Cloth very lightly rubbed a lovely set. Engravings throughout. First edition first issue with the errata on the verso of the title leaf of vol. II. Here the word "evolution" appears for the first time in any of Darwin's works preceding its appearance in the sixth edition of The Origin of Species the following year. Darwin had hoped that one of his supporters might tackle the thorny question of human evolution but was forced to face the logic of his own theory himself. Darwin deviated from his ostensible subject of mankind to describe sexual selection in the animal kingdom enabling him to answer those who saw peacock tails as an expression of divine aesthetics. Darwin also set out a definite family tree for humans tracing their affinity with the Old World monkeys and laid out his views on the evolutionary origins of morality and religion. "The Descent understood by Darwin as a sequel to the Origin was written with a maturity and depth of learning that marked Darwin's status as an élite gentleman of science" ODNB. Housed in a custom-made collectors slipcase. Along with Darwins Origin of Species one of the most important books in all of science and thus in all of human knowledge. Quite uncommon in the true first issue. John Murray, UK hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1308103
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Darwin Charles
THE DESCENT OF MAN AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX
Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library 1980. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; 658 pages; VG-; bound in fine Green genuine leather with Gilt text; gilt textblock; silk bookmark; silk endpapers; some wear to edges rubbing to gilt wear to gilt on textblock rubbing to corners white marks on front cover; Shelved in Easton Press. 1337593. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Franklin Library hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1337593
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Darwin Charles
The Descent Of Man And Selection In Relation To Sex. In Two Volumes.
New York: D. Appelton and Company 1871. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. Dated 1871 on title page but a later issue. Original brown cloth yellow endpapers. Cheap paper toned. A coulple of signatures beginning to loosen. Darwin's book ends with the following lines: "We must however acknowledge as it seems to me that man with all his noble qualities with sympathy which feels for the most debased with benevolence which extends not only to other men but to the humblest living creature with his god-like intellect which has penetrated into the movements and constitution of the solar system with all these exalted powers Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin." <br/><br/> D. Appelton and Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : D17750
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Darwin Charles
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
London: John Murray 1871. First Edition. Very Good. 2 Volumes. First edition both volumes first issue with "transmitted" the first word on page 297 in Volume I and with the errata on the verso of the title page of Volume II. Bound without ads in contemporary calf decorated in gilt with all edges marbled; the postscript page is present though bound at the end of Volume II. Light rubbing to joints and edges. Small scuff to front cover of Volume I and thin scuff to the front cover of Volume II. Small bookplate to front pastedowns in both volumes endpaper foxed. A lovely set in which the word "evolution" appears for the first time in Darwin's work. John Murray unknown books
Bookseller reference : 140939389
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Darwin Charles
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
London: John Murray 1871. First Edition. First edition second issue. Page height is 19 cm; p. 297 of Vol. I begins "When" rather than "transmitted"; list of nine titles on verso of title page in Vol. 2 rather than errata. Ads in both volumes dated January 1871. Freeman 938. Two volumes. viii 423 1 16 ads; viii 475 1 16 ads pp. Wood engravings in the text. Original green cloth spines lettered in gilt brown endpapers. Very Good with cloth rubbed along edges bumped corners light occasional foxing to text hinges cracked but holding. Small edge chip to rear endpaper of Vol. 1. Both paste downs sport the large armorial bookplates of Charles Drury Edward Fortnum English art collector and historian known as a benefactor of the University of Oxford. Ink ownership signatures of Margaret T. Aris to half-titles. A nice example of Darwin's seminal work on evolution extending his earlier hypotheses on the creation of species to include humanity. John Murray unknown books
Bookseller reference : 140939144
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DARWIN Charles
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
Franklin Center: Franklin 1980. hardcover. fine. With the original illustrations. 658 pages large thick 8vo gilt-decorated green leather a.e.g. Franklin Center: The Franklin Library 1980. A fine copy.<br/><br/> The Great Books of the Western World.<br/><br/> Franklin unknown books
Bookseller reference : 289440
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DARWIN CHARLES
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
London: John Murray 1871. First edition. Original cloth. Very Good. FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE one of only 2500 copies in original cloth of Darwin's seminal work on the evolution of man. "This is really two works. The first demolished the theory that the universe was created for Man while in the second Darwin presented a mass of evidence in support of his earlier hypothesis regarding sexual selection. In the Origin Darwin had avoided discussing the place occupied by homo sapiens in the scheme of natural selection stating only that `light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history.' Twelve years later he made good his promise with The Descent of Man in which he compared man's physical and psychological characteristics to similar traits in apes and other animals showing how even man's mind and moral sense could have developed through evolutionary processes. In discussing man's ancestry Darwin did not claim that man was directly descended from apes as we know them today but stated simply that the extent ancestors of homo sapiens would have to be classified among the primates; however this statement as misinterpreted by the popular press caused a furor second only to that raised by the Origin" Norman 599. "The word `evolution' occurs for the first time in any of Darwin's works on page 2 of the first volume of the first edition" Freeman p.129.<br /> <br /> London: John Murray 1871. Octavo original green cloth; custom box. Two volumes. First issue with second volume with errata on verso of title and Postscript leaf tipped in after Contents. With 16-page publishers' catalog at end of each volume dated January 1871 first issue. Nearly invisible expert repair to upper hinge of volume 1; small blindstamp on front free endpapers; foxing to last few leaves of ads in both volumes as often; small hole likely paper flaw and line of soiling to volume 2 title page. A very good copy in original cloth. John Murray unknown books
Bookseller reference : 2173
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DARWIN Charles
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
London: Murray 1871. First. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes. Illustrations within the text. viii 423 1 16; viii 2 475 1 16 pages. Short 8vo publisher's original green cloth covers spotted & lightly worn at ends and tips; small ownership signatures at top of titles else rather clean pages. London: John Murray 1871. First printing of the first edition -- with "transmitted" as first word of page 297 in first volume and Errata on verso of title in 2nd volume; includes 16pp publishers advertisements at the back of each volume dated January 1871. Overall a very good copy of this important book.<br/><br/> "This is really two works. The first demolished the theory that the universe was created for Man while in the second Darwin presented a mass of evidence in support of his earlier hypothesis regarding sexual selection." GM 170. The Descent of Man was the first work to use the word 'evolution' preceding its use in The Origin of Species 6th edition by one year. Scarce as only 2500 copies of this first issue were published in February.<br/><br/> Murray unknown books
Bookseller reference : 286611
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Darwin Charles
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex.
London: John Murray 1871. First Edition. Very Good to Near Fine. Original green publisher's cloth binding stamped in blind with spines lettered in gilt. Black coated endpapers. With errata on the verso of the title page to Volume 2 the inserted leaf in Volume 2 explaining "a serious and unfortunate error" affecting the text of pages 297-299 in Volume 1 and pages 167 and 237 in Volume 2. No text corrected. Two small octavo volumes partially unopened measuring 191 x 126 mm. Collates viii 423 1 printer's imprint; viii 475 1 printer's imprint: complete with half titles present and the 16 page publisher's advertisements dated January 1871 at the rear of each volume. Includes 76 wood engraved illustrations.<br/><br/>Volume one Very Good with a closed tear to the cloth at the front joint inner hinges repaired and page 15 reinserted possibly supplied. Volume two generally in excellent condition free of repair or restoration Near Fine. Both volumes with bright spine gilt and only a bit of wear to the spine ends and corners. Housed in a cloth slipcase.<br/><br/>"The sole object of this work is to consider firstly whether men like every other species is descended from some pre-existing form; secondly the manner of his development and thirdly the value of differences between the so called races of man." This critically important scientific work applies the theory of evolution to human development detailing how humans over time have deployed sexual selection to shape the species. Disrupting Judeo-Christian narratives that traditionally placed man at the center of nature The Descent of Man posits that humans are largely like other animals from the time of their embryonic formation and through their evolution. Among Darwin's notable contributions were his assertion of women's dominant role in shaping the species through mate choice and discussions of how the developments of human sympathy and medicine have altered the effectiveness of natural selection. Very Good to Near Fine. John Murray unknown books
Bookseller reference : 2382
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Darwin Charles
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
Norwalk Conn.: The Easton Press 1979. Collector's Edition. Fine in full black leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A small quarto of 10 1/4 tall by 7 1/2 inches containing 362 pages of text. 362 pages including an index text with illustrations by Fritz Kredel. Illustrated with drawings by Fritz Kredel. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. A beautiful tight clean copy with no names dates notations or former owner's book plates. The Easton Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : TB29354
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Darwin Charles
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex.
Norwalk: Easton Press 1979. Hardcover. Fine. Preface by Ashley Montagu. Drawings by Fritz Kredel. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Series. Collector's Edition bound in genuine leather. <br/><br/> Easton Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 9023642
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Darwin Charles
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
London: John Murray 1871. First edition first issue with errata on verso of vol. II title-leaf. viii 423 1; viii ii 475 1 pp. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth. Light wear to covers expertly recased. Bookplate. First edition first issue with errata on verso of vol. II title-leaf. viii 423 1; viii ii 475 1 pp. 8vo. Darwin's Descent of Man created an uproar second only to his Origin of the Species; however "contrary to popular error prevalent now as well as then Darwin never said that man was descended from apes let alone monkeys; what he claimed was that man's ancestors if alive today would have to be classified among the Primates" De Beer Charles Darwin pp. 210-1. ODNB further clarifies "The Descent understood by Darwin as a sequel to the Origin was written with a maturity and depth of learning that marked Darwin's status as an élite gentleman of science" Freeman 937 John Murray unknown books
Bookseller reference : 101316
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DARWIN Charles
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
Norwalk: Easton 1979. hardcover. fine. Kredel Fritz. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel. 362pp. Short thick 4to gilt-stamped black leather a.e.g. Norwalk: Easton Press 1979. A fine copy.<br/><br/> Easton unknown books
Bookseller reference : 217298
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DARWIN Charles
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
<p>ca. 1910. Reprint of the second edition revised and augmented. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait with facsimile autograph; illustrations. Original green cloth stamped in gilt spine sunned; light soiling on endpapers. Very good. 688 pages. No dust jacket. International Science Library.</p> The Werner Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 306028
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DARWIN Charles
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
Norwalk Connecticut The Easton Press 1979. 1979. First edition thus. 4to. 6 page preface by Ashley Montagu. Illustrated with drawings by Fritz Kredel. Index. Original black morocco elaborately stamped in gilt a.e.g.; brown silk endpapers; brown silk bookmark. Fine. 362 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Hardcover. Fine. Norwalk, Connecticut, The Easton Press [1979]. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 303774
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