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(Leather) DARWIN, Charles
On the Origin of Species
Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1991. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Near Fine. 7 1/2 X 10 1/2 Inches. Original black leather with 22 KT gold trim and decoration to covers and spine. Four raised hubs to spine. AEG. Sealed in original publisher wrap never opened. The Easton Press unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 5962
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(Literature) DARWIN, Charles; FITZROY, Capt Robert; et al
A Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle w/ Slipcase
London: The Folio Society 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 10 Inches. 359 PP. Illustrated deluxe edition of the exploratory journey of Charles Darwin along the South American coastline. Deluxe edition housed in original issue slipcase. Early Folio Society edition. A sharp copy. The Folio Society hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 5430
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(MOORE Ruth - Redattori di LIFE) -
L'evoluzione.
Milano, Mondadori, 1964, 4to (cm. 28 x 21,5) cartonato con copertina illustrata a colori, pp. 192 completamente illustrato in nero e a colori (I Regni della Vita) .
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Leggere Darwin.
Venezia, Tipografia commerciale, 1983, 8vo punto metallico, pp. 15
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.Kingsley, Darwin P
The Taxation of Organized Beneficence Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 0267306814.G ISBN : 0267306814 9780267306817
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1809-1882, Darwin Charles
The Descent of Man: And Selection in Relation to Sex
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 0343074052.G ISBN : 0343074052 9780343074050
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1809-1882, Darwin Charles
The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species Volume 1
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 1355612543.G ISBN : 1355612543 9781355612544
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1809-1882, Darwin Charles
The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms with Observations on Their Habits
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 1313900702.G ISBN : 1313900702 9781313900706
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1809-1882, Darwin Charles
The Power of Movement in Plants
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 1313479918.G ISBN : 1313479918 9781313479912
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[ de Maillet, Benoît ]
Telliamed, ou entre tiens d'un Philosophe Indien avec un Missionnaire Françaissur la Diminution de la Mer, la Formation de la Terre, l'Origine de l'Homme,etc
1748 Chez L'Honoré et Fils, Amsterdam, 1748. 2 volumes in-8, plein veau, dos orné, filets dorés sur les plats, doré sur les trois tranches. (6 ff), (cxix), (4 ff), 208 pages; 231 pages, 1ff d'errata.
Riferimento per il libraio : 1793
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[BROWN (Dan)] - DARWIN (Philippe).-
Le symbole perdu décrypté. "Tous les secrets du thriller de Dan Brown".
2009 Paris, City, 2009, in 8° broché, 233 pages ; figures dans le texte ; couverture illustrée.
Riferimento per il libraio : 85429
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[CHAMBERS, Robert]; [DARWIN, Charles]:
VESTIGES OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CREATION with EXPLANATIONS: A Sequel to Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation.
London: John Churchill. 1844 and 1845. First edition first printing. First edition first printing. Two volumes. 8vo. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the spines. A very good set the bindings square and firm with minor nicks to the head of the spine of 'Vestiges' minor cracking to the inner hinges and chipping with loss to the spine ends of 'Explanations' the corners of both volumes a little bumped. The contents of 'Vestiges' with minor toning to page edges and the occasional minor mark to a couple of page margins are otherwise in excellent order clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. The contents of 'Explanations' with a small contemporary bookseller's ticket to the front pastedown minor toning to the page edges the odd marginal mark a few faint pencil underlings a very minor water mark to the rear pastedown and free endpaper and a paper flaw to p.59 are otherwise in very good condition. All in all an attractive and appealing set in entirely original unsophisticated condition. Housed in a bespoke quarter morocco solander case. The first edition of the first full-length exposition of an evolutionary theory in English and the most important precursor to Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species'. "This outspoken statement of a belief in evolution published anonymously to protect Chambers' reputation as a publisher anticipated Darwin's Origin by 16 years Garrison and Morton p.218. Bringing "together a large variety of data from both geology and the life sciences to support the idea of the origin of species through a process of transmutation. It played a significant role in the history of mid-nineteenth century biology by making evolutionism a commonplace topic of discussion" becoming a sensational best-seller read widely by the intellectual and cultural elite thus easing the way for Darwin's own writings Norman. Notably the work also contains what is probably the first discussion of computing within the context of biology with Chambers demonstrating "that evolutionary change occurring over long periods of time could be seen as similar to the workings of Babbage's Difference Engine programmed from the beginning of its operation to produce in sequence several different series of numbers according to a succession of mathematical rules". Vestiges in fact served to significantly aid public understanding of Babbage's work with his ideas receiving "a much wider circulation through Chamber's text than through the two editions of the "Ninth Bridgewater Treatise" Hook et al. Origins of Cyberspace p.147. The October 1844 first edition of Vestiges consisted of 750 copies with a second edition of 1000 copies quickly following in December. The book was constantly revised with Chambers refining arguments addressing criticism and reacting to new scientific publications. Late in 1845 largely in response to Adam Sedgwick's review of the work in the Edinburgh Review Chamber's wrote "Explanations: A Sequel to Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" consisting of 1500 copies and which was subsequently appended to later editions DSB III:192. The 11th edition of 1860 included a three page discussion of Darwin's recently published Origin a book which according to historian James A. Secord Vestiges outsold up until the early twentieth century. It was not until the 12th edition of 1884 in the preface written by his friend Alexander Ireland that Robert Chambers was revealed to have written Vestiges ending several decades of public speculation that had named everyone from Prince Albert to Darwin himself as the potential author. Secord James: Victorian Sensation The Extraordinary Publication Reception and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation 2001. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: John Churchill. 1844 and 1845 hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 18098
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[Charles Darwin] Nicholas, FW & JM F W J M
Charles Darwin in Australia - signed copy With illustrations and additional commentary from other members of the "Beagle's" company including Conrad Martens Augustus Earle Captain FitzRoy Philip Gidley King and Syms Covington
Cambridge University Press Sydney NSW 1989. Quarto; hardcover with gilt spine-titling and endpaper maps; 175pp. with a colour portrait frontispiece and many full-colour and monochrome illustrations. Minor wear; text block top edge dusted; signed by the authors in ink to the title page. Dustwrapper lightly spotted on the verso; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Based on a new transcription of the entire Australian section of Darwin's diary supplemented by extracts from the notebook he carried on a trip to Bathurst. The trip is covered thus in detail. His observations concern not only the flora and fauna but also the society of the day. Cambridge University Press, Sydney NSW, 1989. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 42482
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[Charles Darwin] Geoffrey West
Charles Darwin: A Portrait
New Haven CT: Yale University Press 1938. Very Good/Very Good. New Haven CT: Yale University Press 1938. First Edition. Octavo 24cm; publisher's cloth in white pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; xiv2359pp.; portrait frontispiece seven leaves of plates. Moderate wear and rather heavy dust-soil to jacket two longish closed tears at top edge of upper panel not quite touching image spotting to cloth else Very Good and sound in the rare jacket. Ownership ex libris of the late chemist and bibliophile Sydney Ross to front pastedown. Yale University Press unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 47253
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[Charles Darwin] WELLS, William Charles (1757-1817)
Meteorology An Essay On Dew And Several Appearances Connected With It Presentation Copy
London: printed for Taylor and Hessey No. 93 Fleet Street 1815. Full Calf. Fine. Second Edition of this classic of meteorology first published in 1814 which revolutionized the understanding of ventilation in public places and for which Wells was awarded the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society. Demy 8vo 212 x 127mm: 4150pp. Beautifully bound in contemporary calf spine richly gilt in six compartments covers framed in blind and gilt red leather lettering piece gilt Prussian blue end papers. Manuscript presentation to title page: "To Dr. James Jackson from the Author" with Jackson's engraved armorial book plate to front paste-down. A gorgeous example tightly bound and generally clean throughout. Lowndes 2871 "A valuable little work". Garrison-Morton 1604. Norman 2199 and Christies 848. Blocker p. 416. Waller 12191. Knight p. 191 "Perhaps more important than any writings on induction by philosophers was the splendid example of inductive reasoning by William Charles Wells. . . . his Essay on Dew was rapidly recognized as a classic.". Wells was born in Charleston South Carolina but left America at the start of the Revolution for London where he became physician to St. Thomas's Hospital. In the autumn of 1811 he began a series of researches in the Surrey garden of his friend James Dunsmore comparing the formation of dew under varying conditions of temperature humidity weather cloud cover season and time of day. He concluded that dew results from the condensation of air in contact with objects cooled by radiating their heat into the cloudless night sky. "His researches . . . were of major importance in the development of the science of ventilation particularly in its relation to relative humidity and the influence of the latter on the comfort of the occupants of factories ships theatres etc." Garrison-Morton Wells's inquiry into the nature of dew was widely cited in the 1830s as an outstanding example of inductive scientific inquiry. Sir John Herschel used it as the primary illustration in his Discourse on the study of Natural Philosophy calling the theory "one of the most beautiful specimens we can call to mind of inductive experimental enquiry lying within a moderate compass." In 1836 the Encyclopedia Metropolitana reported "We know of no work in our day which has been more universally admired than the Treatise of Dr. Wells certainly none that practically exemplifies in a purer and better form the admirable inductive system which it was the object of Bacon to teach." John Tyndall and William Whewell also praised it. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition carefully preserved in archival removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. printed for Taylor and Hessey, No. 93, Fleet Street unknown
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[DARWIN
Fine unsigned albumen Print Photograph by Hughes and Edmonds Charles 1809-1882 Naturalist Writer of 'The Origin of Species' John Stuart MILL 1806-1873 Philosophical Radical Reformer & Economist Charles LAMB 1775-1834 Essayist & Critic Charles KINGSLEY 1819-1875 Novelist Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge 1860-1869 Herbert SPENCER 1820-1903 Social and evolutionary Philosopher and John RUSKIN 1819-1900 Art Critic & Writer
showing this group of eminent Victorians gathered around a table in deep discussion 10" x 7" no place no date but unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 39536
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[DARWIN
Fine unsigned Woodburytype Portrait Photograph by Lock and Whitfield Charles 1809-1882 Naturalist Writer of 'The Origin of Species'
showing him head and shoulders three quarter face with his full beard oval 4½" x 3½" on mount 10¾" x 8" no place no date circa The term Woodburytype refers to both a photomechanical process and the print produced by this process. The process produces continuous tone images in slight relief. A chromated gelatin film is exposed under a photographic negative which hardens in proportion to the amount of light. Then it is developed in hot water to remove all the unexposed gelatin and dried. This relief is pressed into a sheet of lead in a press with 5000 psi. This is an intaglio plate. It is used as a mold and is filled with pigmented gelatin. The gelatin layer is then pressed onto a paper support. It is thought to produce the finest photographic images. The Woodburytype was developed by Walter B. Woodbury in 1864 first used in a publication in 1866 and widely used for fine book illustration from about 1870 to 1900. unknown
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[DARWIN - ANTI-EVOLUTION]. WALKER, James B[arr].
God revealed in the process of creation and by the manifestation of Jesus Christ; including an examination of the development theory contained in the “Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation.â€. . .
Boston: Gould and Lincoln 1855. 8vo. x 11-273 1 pp. plus 12 pp. publisher’s ads. Engraved frontisp. Blue-green embossed ribbed publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine edgewear rubbing slightly cocked very minor foxing to endpapers still VG copy ownership markings on endpapers. First edition of this scarce anti-evolution polemic written against Robert Chambers Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation which had caused a shift in popular opinion followings its’ anonymous 1844 publication. The ideas in the work were notably derided by clergyman in England and America most significantly by Louis Agassiz who was a lifelong opponent of Darwin’s theory of evolution and evolutionary biology. Walker 1805-1887 was acting pastor of a church in Sandusky OH lectured on the harmony between science and revealed religion at Oberlin College and Chicago Theological Seminary. Gould and Lincoln, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 53775
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[DARWIN [RHODES], Francis] SUTCLIFFE, Halliwell
Shameless Wayne. A Romance of the last Feud of Wayne and Ratcliffe.
T. Fisher Unwin. London. 1900. vi 362. Original cloth faded and rubbed one leaf with corner torn off but still present with the signature of FRANCIS DARWIN 1900 at the head of the front free end-paper PLUS the inscription in another hand presumably that of the recipient - 'The Rev. A. W. Darwin M.A. from his father Francis Darwin. January 28.1909.' The Francis Darwin in this instance is not the botanist son of Charles Darwin but FRANCIS RHODES later DARWIN 1825-1920. He had married Charles's distant cousin CHARLOTTE MARIA COOPER DARWIN 1827-1885 and had changed his name to Darwin after marriage. ARTHUR WILLIAM DARWIN b.1864 was his 5th. son. T. Fisher Unwin. London. 1900. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 57860
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[DARWIN, ANN] RAFFALD, Elizabeth
The Experienced English Housekeeper For the Use and Ease of Ladies Housekeepers Cooks &c.
Printed for R. Baldwin. London. 1786. The Tenth Edition. . pp. 384 xiv Index ii Advertisement. Engraved portrait frontispiece dated 1782 the year after she died one folding plate of stove-fires. Original sheep now worn along spine at corners and lower board edge the first half of gathering 'E' misbound one leaf with a couple of edge tears without loss LACKING the two plates at the end of the text showing Plans of a Grand Table of Two Covers with the facsimile printed signature of Mrs. Raffald on page 1 and the real signature of ANN DARWIN Oct 4th 1796 at the head of the title. Possibly ANN DARWIN 1727-1813 the fourth child of Robert Darwin and Charles Darwin's great-aunt. The signature does not really match that given by FREEMAN in Darwin Pedigrees 1984 but given the differences in age when each of them was written perhaps there is a link. It otherwise remains tantalisingly enigmatic. Printed for R. Baldwin. London. 1786. The Tenth Edition. unknown
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[DARWIN, Charles].
A fine coloured collotype print by JOHN CHANCELLOR showing HMS Beagle in the Galapagos taken from his original watercolour painting published 1982 LIMITED EDITION of 850 copies signed by the artist WITH an added remarque of a Galapagos finch in pencil PLUS a limitation note no.7 of 50. SIZE - 18 3/4 x 28½ inches 48 x 72½ cms.
. The ship 'Beagle' is shown moored off James Island on October 17th. 1835. The topographical view is taken from the coastal sketch ordered by 2nd.Lieut. Sullivan at the time. The details of the 'Beagle' were taken from Admiralty charts and records. The artist JOHN CHANCELLOR 1925-1984 originally a merchant seaman latterly chartered his owm hydrographic survey vessel and on retirement became one of the foremost marine artists of the 20th. century. This painting of the 'Beagle' was one of his last productions - it took 500 hours of research and 750 hours at the easel is meticulous in its detail and full of atmosphere and interest. The run of 850 copies was sold out within 12 months and has been keenly sought since then. It is used on the 'Beagle Project' and the CUP 'Darwin On-Line' web-sites and is also the foundation work for the building of a replica 'Beagle'. Chancellor took considerable trouble to find the best colour printer for the work and the copy offered here is in excellent bright condition. We will of course send images on request. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 66330
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[DARWIN, Charles].
A fine coloured collotype print titled 'SORELY TRIED' by JOHN CHANCELLOR showing HMS Beagle WSW of Cape Horn in rough seas taken from his original watercolour painting published after his death in 1984 no. 554 of a LIMITED EDITION of 850 copies. IMAGE SIZE - circa 16½ x 27½ inches 48 x 72½ cms. currently framed and glazed.
. The ship 'Beagle' is shown in rough seas off Cape Horn. The details of the 'Beagle' were taken from Admiralty charts and records. The artist JOHN CHANCELLOR 1925-1984 originally a merchant seaman latterly chartered his own hydrographic survey vessel and on retirement became one of the foremost marine artists of the 20th. century. This painting of the 'Beagle' was one of his last works published posthumously. It is meticulous in its detail and full of atmosphere and interest. For a detailed discussion of the technicalities of the two Beagle paintings by ChANCELLOR himself see http:darwin-online.org.uk. unknown
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[Darwin, Charles]; Paul H Barret, et al (eds)
Charles Darwin's Notebooks 1836-1844
Ithaca: Cornell U. Press 1987. First edition first printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. Fine in fine lightly rubbed and spine-sunned dust jacket in mylar cover. Inscribed by David Kohn editor on the title page. Cornell U. Press hardcover
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[Darwin, Charles] Quammen, David (General Editor)
Charles Darwin on the Origin of Species - The Illustrated Edition.
2008. New York / London Sterling Publishing 2008. 23.5 cm x 26 cm. XII 544 pages. Hundreds of colour photographs and illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover in protective collector's Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The price for this heavy book includes international shipping per Courier ! Darwin's original writings on his theory of natural selection his travels on HMS 'Beagle' the scandal and advancement that came from it bound into a modern publication complete with fantastic colour photographs and plates of some of Darwin's original work in the illustrations etc. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 60377AB ISBN : 1402756399 9781402756399
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[Darwin, C] Geikie, A
Charles Darwin as a geologist.
Cambridge the University Press 1909. 8vo 18.6 x 12.4 cm. 91 pp. Original red buckram with gilt title on the front board and spine. In transparent sleeve. = This work by the Scottish geologist and president of the Royal Society Sir Archibald Geikie 1835-1924 is the full text of "The Rede Lecture. Given at the Darwin Centennial Commemoration on 24 June 1909.". The first 64 pages contain the actual lecture; the following pages contain 59 notes in smaller printing. The importance of Darwin as a geologist is overshadowed by his contributions to evolution but Geikie shows that Darwin was one of the greatest British geologists too. Geikie and Darwin were friends. Excerpts of letters by Darwin were used by Geikie in his "Prehistoric Europe a geological sketch" 1881 see Freeman. Slight foxing to the endpapers otherwise a near mint copy. Freeman 1351. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 71542
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[DARWIN, C] RB FREEMAN R B
Charles Darwin; a Companion.
Folkstone UK:: Dawson 1978. 1978. 8vo. 309 pp. Text figs. Green cloth gilt-stamped spine title dust jacket. Burndy bookplate. Fine. Dawson, (1978). hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : S11557
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[DARWIN, Charles] Janet BROWNE
Charles Darwin. Voyaging: Vol. I of a Biography.
New York:: Alfred A. Knopf 1995. 1995. Thick 8vo. xiii 605 pp. Frontispiece bibliography index. Quarter gilt-stamped gold cloth over gilt-stamped yellow paper-backed boards dust-jacket; jacket with small nick to corner otherwise fine. ISBN: 0394579429 FIRST EDITION. "Janet Browne's definitive. . . biography. . . will not be matched in breadth depth insight or joy in reading" Reidy Kroll & Conway p. 133. "There are innumerable studies of Darwin facetiously referred to as the 'Darwin industry.' However there are some that stand out. The best biography of Darwin was written by Janet Browne. Hers is a wonderful and wonderfully readable account of Darwin's work and life with many new insights" Watson p. 1259. A second volume was issued. Reidy Michael S. Gary R. Kroll and Erik M. Conway. Exploration and Science: Social Impact and Interaction. Santa Barbara CA: ABC-CLIO 2007; Watson James and Charles Darwin. The Indelible Stamp: The Evolution of an Idea. Philadelphia: Running Press 2005. Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : S11301 ISBN : 0394579429 9780394579429
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[DARWIN, Charles] FREEMAN, R B
Charles Darwin. A Companion.
Folkestone:: Dawson 1978. 1978. First edition. 8vo. 309 pp. Alphabetical dictionary of Darwin related information. Green cloth dust-jacket. FINE. Dawson, (1978). hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : S8255
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[DARWIN, Charles] STIRLING, James Hutchinson (1820-1909).
Darwinianism: Workmen and Work.
Edinburgh:: T. & T. Clark 1894. 1894. 8vo. xvi 358 10 pp. Crimson blind- and gilt-stamped cloth. Ownership signature of Robert Maxwell Young. Very good a nice copy. PROVENANCE: Robert M. Young is a historian of science specializing in Darwinism. T. & T. Clark, 1894. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : PW1191
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[Darwin, Charles] Allan, Mea
Darwins Leben für die Pflanzen. German Edition of 'Darwin and his Flowers' - Der Schlüssel zur "Entstehung der Arten".
1980. 1. Auflage. Wien u.a. Econ Verl. 1980. 500 Seiten. Illustriert. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Minimal stockfleckig / Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Enthaelt u.a.: Die Pampa und Feuerland / Die Abstammung von Charles Darwin / Erste Entdeckungen / Galapagos und die lange Heimreise / Kreuzungsversuche - Darwins 'Heros' etc. etc. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 100236AB ISBN : 3430110254 9783430110259
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[Darwin, Charles] Dover, Gabriel
Dear Mr Darwin Letters on the Evolution of Life and Human Nature.
2000. London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2000. 16 cm x 24 cm. XVI 268 pages with illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following contents:- The Twin Peaks / The Rise and Fall of the Mobile P Gene / When is an Adaptation Not an Adaptation / The Ignorant Gene / Is Dawkins aware of the Error of His Ways / Genetic Turnover; Of Course Of Course / Molecular Drive for Advanced Players etc. "Dear Mr Darwin - You might find it presumptious of me if not a little macabre that I should take up my pen and write to you more than a hundred years after your death. But I'm encouraged to do so because it is on record that you yourself wrote almost fourteen thousand letters on scientific issues many of which I expect were answers to unsolicited correspondence. Despite the gulf that separates us in time and means I know that this letter will arouse your scientific interests for it touches on some of the central issues with which you wrestled all your life.' Thus begins an imagined correspondence between the geneticist Gabriel Dover and Charles Darwin on the surprising findings of modern genetics and their influence on the evolution of biological novelties from genes to organisms. Stimulated by Darwin's relatively uninformed but obviously intelligent questions Dover takes the father of natural selection on an exhilerating roller-coaster ride through the 'new genetics'. In recounting stories from the treasure-trove of modern biology Dover exposes the naively deterministic view of selfish genes and their supposed lonely pursuits of self-replication and self-immortalization. He reveals a world of evolution far more intricate and subtle than can be expected from the notion of natural selection acting alone - a world in which genes are born to cooperate. Set against a backdrop of cultural references ranging from the late poet Ted Hughes through the music of Captain Beefheart to the current ethnic crisis in the Balkans this trenchant humorous and literate correspondence presents a startlingly original view of development and evolution that puts the individual organisms centre-stage".Amazon. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 78242AB ISBN : 0297842595 9780297842590
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[Darwin, Charles]. Huxley, Thomas Henry [TH] and others T H
Obituary notice: Charles Robert Darwin. In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 44 269: i:xxv.
London: Harrison & Sons 1888. Hardcover. Very good. Near fine in modern red cloth. Full volume contains the first printing pp. i:xxv of Huxley's long obituary and short biography of Darwin written and published after a five-year delay. Harrison & Sons hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 5768
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[DARWIN, Charles] HOOKER, Joseph Dalton
On the Flora of Australia its Origin Affinities and Distribution; being an Introductory Essay to the Flora of Tasmania. Reprinted from the Botany of the Antarctic Expedition Part III Flora of Tasmania Vol. I.
London: Lovell Reeve 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. London Lovell Reeve November 1859 first separate edition. Large quarto viii 128 pages complete with the half-title. Later half roan and stippled cloth lightly rubbed at the extremities; a very crisp and bright copy. 'The first important botanical work by a supporter of the doctrine of evolution by natural selection' Norman often quoted but not going nearly far enough in our opinion!. A singular rarity of the utmost importance. In the concluding paragraph of the postscript unique to this edition Hooker writes: 'I would further observe here to avoid ambiguity that my friend Mr. Darwin's just completed work "On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection" sic from the perusal of much of which in MS. I have profited so largely had not appeared during the printing of the Essay or I should have largely quoted it. Kew November 4 1859'. Lovell Reeve hardcover
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[Darwin, Charles Robert]
Portrait of Darwin - Rare Russian carte de visite.
Saint Peterburg Wesenberg Down and London Elliott & Fry 1874. Albumen print mounted on cardboard with a red ink border 10.3 x 6.1 cm. With the printed name Darwin in Cyrillic and printed Cyrillic text on recto and verso. Name of Darwin stamped in cyrillic on verso. Preserved in transparent sleeve. = Carte de visite. With a fine crisp portrait of Charles Darwin at the age of 65 years. This photo was made in the studio of Elliott & Fry in 1874. ".while Darwin wrote and published two of his most important evolutionary tracts - Descent of Man and Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals - he took a hiatus from sitting for his photographic image. Once these books were out however he needed an updated carte-de-visite that he could send out to his friends and supporters. He turned again to the photographers who had made his most recent cartes Elliot and Fry. They produced at least four different poses which Darwin would have sent to friends and admirers." Darwin Project - photographic portraits. Van Wyhe identifying the four poses with the letters a to d described the recto of this version as variety 1874 c.7 but give no information about the card verso. However it appears to be the same as in their 1874 c.5. and therefore possibly it is another edition NOT recorded by Van Wyhe. If and when it was licenced to the Wesenberg firm located at Fontanka 55 in old Saint Petersburg is not exactly known. Slightly over-exposed as always. This copy in very good condition. Very rare. J. Van Wyhe in: Helvert P. van and J. Van Wyhe Darwin: a Companion 1874 c.7. p. 175. Not recorded by Freeman. unknown
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[Darwin, Charles Robert]
Portrait of Darwin - Rare carte de visite.
Down and London Elliott and Fry 1874. Albumen print mounted on cardboard with rounded edges and a red ink border 10.0 x 6.2 cm. With the name Darwin printed in black below the photo and red crowned logo on verso. Preserved in transparent sleeve. = Carte de visite. With a fine crisp portrait of Charles Darwin at an age of ca. 68 years. This photo was probably made in the studio of Elliott & Fry in 1874. ".while Darwin wrote and published two of his most important evolutionary tracts - Descent of Man and Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals - he took a hiatus from sitting for his photographic image. Once these books were out however he needed an updated carte-de-visite that he could send out to his friends and supporters. He turned again to the photographers who had made his most recent cartes Elliot and Fry". They produced at least four different poses which Darwin would have sent to friends and admirers." Darwin Project - photographic portraits. Van Wyhe gave the four known poses the letters a to d. This card is of his type b.4. The card bears the printed number 1391 and on its verso a red monogram "P". Very rare in such excellent condition. J. Van Wyhe in: Helvert P. van & J. Van Wyhe Darwin: a Companion 1874 b.4 p. 175. Not recorded by Freeman. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 76065
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[DARWIN, Charles] Amabel Williams-Ellis (adapted by)
The Voyage of the Beagle
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company 1931. First Edition . Hardcover. Very good /very good. Octavo 277pp. Adapted by Williams-Ellis from the journals and notes of Darwin and Captain Fitz Roy. Illustrated by Kaj Klitgaard. A crisp clean copy very good or better in the publisher's mustard cloth stamped in black with mild foxing to cloth and darkening to top edge. In a very good dust jacket somewhat toned and rubbed with minimal chips and tears. J. B. Lippincott Company hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 13356
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[Darwin, C.] F. Burkhardt & S. Smith (eds)
A Calendar of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821-1882.
1985 [6], 690 p., portrait, 4to, cloth. Added is: Supplement to the Calendar, 1994 (iii, 46 p.).
Riferimento per il libraio : ND20265
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[Darwin, C.] R.J. Berry (ed.)
Papers presented at a symposium organized jointly by the Linnean Society and the Systematics Association on ''Darwin - a hundred years on''.
1983 135 p., num. figs, paperbound. Published in: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Volume 20, no. 1.
Riferimento per il libraio : ND21889
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[DARWIN, Violetta Harriot, illustrator] and NUGENT, George Nugent-Grenville, 2nd Baron
Ye Dole of Tichborne by Lord Nugent. Illustrated by V.H.D.
<p><i>Oblong 8vo pp. 4 with nine anastatic plates by 'V H D'arwin the first folding and with poetic verses facing two leaves of introduction in the original publisher's bind stamped green cloth upper board lettered in gilt inner joints lightly cracked else a very good sound copy.</i></p><p>Published to capitalise on the infamous Tichborne case then beginning to run its course through the courts.</p><p>The poem recounts the history of the Tichborne dole of bread a charity festival active until the 1790's and held at the village of Tichborne in Hampshire during the Feast of the Annunciation. The tale concerns a curse by twelfth century Lady Mabella Tichborne on her descendants. This predicted that should the dole stop the family would produce only daughters and die out which indeed did happen with the male issue cut down by early death and shipwreck all of which paved the way to the interminable Tichborne claimant cause.</p><p>The illustrations are very clearly in the style of Richard Doyle's <i>The Manners and Customs of Ye Englyshe</i> which first appeared in <i>Punch</i> in 1849 they capture many of the more absurd parts of the tale in a mock medieval manuscript technique replete with a border of a dragon.</p><p>The illustrator Violetta Harriot Darwin 1826-1880 was a half cousin to the famous Charles both sharing Erasmus Darwin as a grandfather. Although Charles descended through Erasmus' first wife Polly and Violetta through his second wife Elizabeth the cousins despite being near contemporaries appear to have had very little contact. A number of Violetta's anastactic topographical views were published in the 1860's and her illustrated version of Southey's <i>Bishop Hatto: a legend of the Mouse-Tower on the Rhine</i> in 1861 but these are both in a quite different style.</p><p>The author of the poems Lord Nugent unlike many of the Grenville clan supported the cause of anti-slavery parliamentary reform religious liberty penal reform and the amelioration of the condition of the rural poor. He also inherited an aptitude for literary and scholarly pursuits as well as their tendency to corpulence and financial ineptitude. He was not a great poet however some of his smaller works found a willing space in the 'Annuals'. Under the less antiquated title 'The Dole of Tichborne' the poem first appeared first in the 1830 volume of <i>The Gem</i>.</p><p>OCLC records only a second edition at the National library of Wales only.</p> Bemrose and Sons
Riferimento per il libraio : 2200159
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[DARWIN] - COURTADE (P.).
Pour connaître la pensée de Charles Darwin.
Grenoble, Editions Françaises Nouvelles, 1944, in 8° broché, 96 pages ; couverture illustrée en couleurs ; manque en tête du dos.
Riferimento per il libraio : 23899
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[DARWIN] - HUXLEY (Julian).-
Les pages immortelles de Darwin choisies et expliquées par Julian Huxley.
P., Corréa, 1941, in 12 broché, 232 pages ; portrait en frontispice.
Riferimento per il libraio : 44628
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[DARWIN] - PRENANT (Marcel).-
Darwin.
1946 P., Hier et Aujoud'hui (Collection "Grandes Figures"), 1946, in 12 broché, non coupé, 221 pages ; index et bibliographie in-fine ; couverture illustrée.
Riferimento per il libraio : 4397
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[DARWIN] - PRENANT (Marcel).-
Darwin.
P., Editions Sociales Internationales (Collection "Socialisme et Culture"), 1938, in 12 broché, 322 pages
Riferimento per il libraio : 48258
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[Darwin] / Kort, Pamela [Hrsg.]
Darwin - Kunst und die Suche nach den Ursprüngen, Katalog zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung in der Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt,
Köln, Wienand, 2009. 4°, 288 S. mit zahlreichen Farbabbildungen, farbig illustr. original Klappenbroschur, Erstausgabe Zustand: ungelesen und annähernd wie frisch aus der Buchhandlung, beiliegt eine original Eintrittskarte zur Ausstellung.
Riferimento per il libraio : 15634BB
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[DARWIN] FREEMAN, R B
Charles Darwin: A Companion.
Dawson Archon. London. 1978. pp. 309 iii. Portrait frontispiece 3 pedigrees sample of note-book signature in full and one text figure. Dust wrapper a very good copy. An immensely useful reference. Dawson Archon. London. 1978. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 54577
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[Darwin] GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE (Isidore)
Résumé des vues sur l'espèce organique
<p>A very rare offprint from l'Histoire naturelle générale des règnes organiques published the same year as Darwin's Origin of Species in which Isidore traces the history of the notions of evolution and variability of the species developed by the French School of Zoology since Buffon.</p><p>An important work on the history of science in which the author also asserts in the light of the Darwinian revolution his evolutionary views inherited from his father's work. Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire's "important views on the persistence of infantile characteristics among primates and on 'parallel' evolution appear to be original . In 1859 he published 'Résumé des vues sur l'espece biologique' in which he quietly reminded Darwin of his predecessors in France: Buffon Lamarck and Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire." DSB<br />An interesting copy bearing a signed autograph dedication partially cut from the author to "Mons. Laugier offered by his very devoted colleague." This is certainly the surgeon Stanislas Laugier.<br />Foxing and stains but a copy in its original binding with full margins.</p><p>Darwin - Darwiniana GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE Isidore Résumé des vues sur l'espèce organique émises par les principaux naturalistes français du XVIIIe siècle et du commencement du XIXe et de la théorie de la variabilité limitée de l'espèce Paris Victor Masson 1859.</p><p>8vo of 40 pages ; original printed wrappers.</p>
Riferimento per il libraio : 324
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[DARWIN] MELLIER Abbé A.
Des habitudes héréditaires. Critique psychologique du système de Darwin.
Lyon, Louis Perrin et Marinet, 1877. In-8, broché.
Riferimento per il libraio : 10320
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[DARWIN]. ROMANES, George John
Darwin and after Darwin. An exposition of the Darwinian theory and a discussion of post-Darwinian questions. I. The Darwinian theory.
Chicago: Open Court Publishing 1892. 12mo. xiv 2 460 pp. plus 4 pp. publ. ads. Engravd frntsp. numerous engravings text illusts. Blue cloth gilt lettrng mnr bmpng to crnrs shlfwr VG- w/ numerous contemporary clippings laid-in. First edition of this first volume in the author's exposition of evolutionary biology including sections on the major proponents of Darwin and their advances and discoveries in classification morphology embryology palaeontology natural selection and more. Open Court Publishing, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 32936
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[DARWIN]. WALLACE, Alfred Russel
Darwinism. An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection with some of its applications
London & New York: Macmillan and Co 1889. 12mo. 19.7cm The First Edition xvi4942p. ads for Wallace’s books; half title frontis portrait with 39 mainly text illustrations colour folding map expertly rebound in fine grain green book linen gilt spine titles in fine clean condition thus. Alfred Russell Wallace was a co-discoverer of the theory of evolution by natural selection with Charles Darwin. He became a staunch defender of the theory and wrote extensively on it including this book Darwinism 1889. His most significant fieldwork was in the Amazon and the Malay Archipelago. Macmillan and Co unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 43530
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[Darwin]: Wanstall, P J, editor
A DARWIN CENTENARY; The Report of the Conference Held by the Botanical Society of the British Isles in 1959 / To Mark the Centenary of the publication of The Origin of Species
London: The Botanical Society of the British Isles c/o The British Museum 1961. First Edition. blue boards. Very Good . 6 plates. 8vo blue boards edited by P. J. Wanstall illustrated with 6 plates 140 pages. Previous owner's stamp on ffe; slight mottling and rubbing to boards; internally clean and tight. Contains seven essays: one notably by Nora Barlow on "Darwin as Botanist." The Botanical Society of the British Isles c/o The British Museum hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 118
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