‎Darwin‎

‎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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 27875 ISBN : 0930576195 9780930576196

‎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

‎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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 12819

‎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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1308103

‎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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : D17750

‎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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 140939144

‎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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2173

‎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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2382

‎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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9023642

‎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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 217298

‎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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 303774

‎Darwin Charles‎

‎The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex‎

‎New York. D. Appleton and Co. 1872. Bound in gilt titled decorated embossed red cloth. 8vo. Second American edition Third issue. One leaf ads vol. 1: Six leaves ads vol. 2. Postscript to volume 2. Illustrated throughout. Covers rubbed. Headpiece lacking to volume 1. Crude repair to cloth at rear hinge of volume 1. Endsheets lacking at inner-hinges of volume 1. Rear free endsheet torn to volume 1. Despite these flaws a tight servicable set. D. Appleton and Co. hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 8306

‎Darwin Charles‎

‎The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisationin the Vegetable Kingdom‎

‎8vo original terra-cotta cloth in black and gilt 1 viii 482 12 pp. Lacking errata slip minor edge wear rear hinge cracked; else near fine. Somewhat scarce Darwin title that deals with the fertilization of plants. He discusses everything from self fertilization to the role insects play in the fertilization of flowers. D. Appleton hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 100174

‎Darwin Charles‎

‎The Expression Of The Emotions In Man And Animals‎

‎New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1901. First Printing. Flexible leather. Brown pebbled leather with worn corners quite rubbed joints and general wear to spine. Good. Salesman’s sample copy with title page sample pages more than a few sample photos and a sample of the spine followed by blank pages for order taking. While only 3/4” thick the book has similar samples of a number of titles offered by D Appleton for the 1901 season. Tyndall’s Hours of Exercise in the Alps and the same author’s The Forms of Water in Clouds and Rivers Ice and Glaciers and Herbert Spencer’s First Principles. The following books are represented by their title page only Spencer’s Education: Intellectual Moral and Physical Thomas Huxley’s Science and Education Jphn William Draper’s History of the Conflict between Religion and Science and Richard Proctor’s Other Worlds Than Ours ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . D. Appleton & Company hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 31308

‎Darwin Charles‎

‎The Formation Of Vegetable Mould Through The Action of Worms With Observations On Their Habits.‎

‎London: John Murray 1883. Ealry printing of Darwin's final work published shortly before his death. Octavo original cloth illustrated. In near fine condition Bookplate to the pastedown. A sharp example of this work by the leading mind in evolutionary biology. One of the most important figures in human history English naturalist geologist and biologist Charles Darwin became internationally renowned for his contributions to the science of evolution. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors and in a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding. Darwin published his theory of evolution with compelling evidence in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species overcoming scientific rejection of earlier concepts of transmutation of species. By the 1870s the scientific community and much of the general public had accepted evolution as a fact. However many favored competing explanations and it was not until the emergence of the modern evolutionary synthesis from the 1930s to the 1950s that a broad consensus developed in which natural selection was the basic mechanism of evolution. Darwin's scientific discovery is the unifying theory of the life sciences explaining the diversity of life. Published in 1883 The Formation Of Vegetable Mould Through The Action of Worms covers in depth the important role of the earthworm on the constantly changing topsoil of the earth. John Murray hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 104581

‎Darwin Charles‎

‎The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants‎

‎New York: D. Appleton and Company 1893. Second Edition Revised. Hardcover. VG- Only slight wear to outer spine; interior is clean. Rust colored cloth with stamped plant motif gilt letters on spine 208 pp. plus ads BW illus. Work that Darwin originally released five years after his "Origin of Species." "The Essay first appeared in the ninth volume of the 'Journal of the Linnean Society' published in 1865. It is here reproduced in a corrected and I hope clearer form with some additional facts. The illustrations were drawn by my son George Darwin." preface. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 144862

‎Darwin Charles‎

‎The Origin of Species‎

‎London UK: John Murray 1875. 6th. hardcover. very good. Sixth edition Fifteenth Thousand. Book very good cracking along front and rear gutters some wear previous owner's name on half-title and title page. Housed in provided fold-out case. John Murray unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2105008

‎Darwin Charles‎

‎The Origin of Species‎

‎John Murray 1873. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Fine. The 6th edition early 13th thousandth copy. Gorgeously rebound in leather. Fine condition. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. John Murray hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1507114

‎DARWIN Charles‎

‎The Origin of Species: Fine fresh copy‎

‎London John Murray 1861. 1861. Third edition with additions and corrections seventh thousand. 8vo. Half title page folding diagram at p. 123. 2 pages of advertisements at end. Original green cloth stamped in gilt and blind; brown coated endpapers. Binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants on back pastedown. A fresh bright tight copy of a book that is usually found in worn condition. No foxing. Small booksellers label on verso front free endpaper. Neat signatures of two previous owners on the half title page. Freeman 381. "The most important biological book ever written" Freeman p. 73. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, John Murray, 1861. hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 304713

‎Darwin Charles‎

‎The Origin of the Species‎

‎The Franklin Library Pennsylvania 1978. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Fine limited edition from The Franklin Library. 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of "The Great Books of the Western World". Full leather bound with gilt detailing and a satin ribbon book marker. Previous owner's bookplate on the front free end page. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 108819

‎Darwin Charles‎

‎THE STRUCTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CORAL REEFS‎

‎New York: D. Appleton and Company 1889. Hardcover. Good. Third edition with an appendix by Prof. T.G. Bonney D.Sc. F.R.S. F.G.S. 344 p. with three folding plates and the publisher's ads. Octavo. Original brown cloth binding with decorative gilt and black stamping. An ex-library copy with minimal markings: a bookplate to the front pastedown and a small numeric label to the spine. Minor creases to the folding plates. The top edge is a trifle dust stained with some mild foxing to the fore-edge. There is also a small bit of rubbing to the corners and tips. From the library of the esteemed American paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould 1941-2002. In his essay "Worm for a Century" from the collection Hen's Teeth and Horse's Teeth: Further Reflections in Natural History 1983 Gould argued that this Darwin's first book on a specific subject is essential to understanding his theoretical approach: "This book is about coral but it is also about historical reasoning. Vegetable mold formed fast enough to measure its rate directly; we capture the past by summing effects of small and observable present causes. But what if rates are too slow or scales too large to render history by direct observation of present processes For such cases we must develop a different method. Since large-scale processes begin at different times and proceed at diverse rates the varied stages of different examples should exist simultaneously in the present. To establish history in such cases we must construct a theory that will explain a series of present phenomena as stages of a single historical process. The method is quite general. Darwin used it to explain the formation of coral reefs. We invoke it today to infer the history of stars. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 69842

‎Darwin Charles‎

‎The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication‎

‎London: John Murray 1868. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first issue; one of 1500 copies. Two volumes bound in publisher's original green cloth decoratively ruled in blind with spine lettered in gilt. viii 411 pp. 32pp first issue ads dated April 1867; viii 486 pp. 2pp first issue ads dated February 1868; with five lines errata in volume 1 and 7 lines errata in volume II. .Near Fine with light soiling light edge wear light rubbing and light bubbling to cloth. Inner hinges repaired former owner name to title pages and bookseller ticket to rear pastedowns. Features the first appearance of the iconic Darwinian phrase "survival of the fittest. John Murray unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 140941214

‎Darwin Charles‎

‎The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication‎

‎New York: D. Appleton and Company 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes. 473 p.; 494 p. Authorized edition. Illustrated. Very Good condition. Clean pages. Scratching to marbled cloth; wear to crimson cloth at heads. Bumped corners with exposed tips. 1913 bookplates on paste downs. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 150519004

‎Darwin Charles‎

‎The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle‎

‎Cambridge: Limited EditionsClub 1956. Hardcover. Full sailcloth stamped in brown with native tapa design. Near fine in worn slipcase. Gibbings Robert. 490 pages. Illustrated with wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings. Designed by John Dreyfus. Introduction by Gavin de Beer. Limited edition copy 149 of 1500 signed by Gibbings. NEWMAN & WICHE 266. Limited EditionsClub hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9006

‎Darwin Charles‎

‎Vegetable Mould‎

‎John Murray 1881. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Printing part of the Four thousand as stated on the title page. Same year as small first printing. Very good in original green cloth. Some light foxing on first few pages but otherwise very clean. John Murray hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1504737