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Darwin Charles
THE DESCENT OF MAN and Selection in Relation to Sex
Norwalk: The Easton Press 1979. First Collector's Easton Limited Edition. Illustrated throughout by Fritz Kredel 4to publisher's original black leather lettered in gilt between raised bands on the spine gilt decorated with a geometric pattern on both covers and on the spine silk endpapters a.e.g. xvii 362 pp.<br> A pristine copy as mint. ONE OF DARWIN’S MOST IMPORTANT AND SIGNIFICANT WORKS. Preface by Ashley Montagu. The DESCENT OF MAN is one of Darwin’s most important works. It was in this book that Darwin first used the word “evolution†in any of his works. The last chapter is about sexual selection in relation to man and ends with his famous statement about man's lowly origin. In the preface to the second edition Darwin wrote of “the fiery ordeal through which this book has passed.†Profiting from the criticism leveled at the text together with a number of new facts several correspondents had given him Darwin revised and added to his book. However his “conviction of the power of sexual selection remains unshaken.â€<br> "Darwin wrote in the preface to the second edition of 'the fiery ordeal through which this book has passed.' He had avoided the logical outcome of the general theory of evolution bringing man into the scheme for twelve years and in fact it had by that time been so much accepted that the clamour of the opposition was not strident. He had also been preceded in 1862 by Huxley's MAN'S PLACE IN NATURE. The Easton Press hardcover
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Darwin Charles
THE DESCENT OF MAN and Selection in Relation to Sex
London: John Murray 1899. A very early printing of the Second edition revised and augmented tenth thousand. Illustrated with numerous figures and drawings throughout the text. 8vo publisher’s original green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine the covers with decorative borders in blind. xvi 693 includes index. A very bright and pleasing copy the binding in very good order the text clean solid fresh with just a few spots on occasion. AN EARLY ISSUE ONE OF DARWIN’S MOST IMPORTANT AND SIGNIFICANT WORKS THIS IS A HANDSOME COPY IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S BINDING.<br> In the preface to the second edition Darwin wrote of “the fiery ordeal through which this book has passed.†Profiting from the criticism leveled at the text together with a number of new facts several correspondents had given him Darwin revised and added to his book. However his “conviction of the power of sexual selection remains unshaken.â€<br> The word 'evolution' occurs for the first time in any of Darwin's works in this volume. The last chapter is about sexual selection in relation to man and ends with the statement about man's lowly origin “the wording of which differs slightly in the first edition from that which is usually quoted" Freeman p. 129. John Murray hardcover
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DARWIN Charles
The Descent of Man and Selection in relation to Sex. Second Edition Revised and Augmented. Twenty-First Thousand. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE SECOND EDITION
John Murray 1888. 8vo. Second Edition Twenty-First Thousand with numerous illustrations a number full-page in the text neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; original arches-style green cloth boards framed in blind gilt back chocolate endpapers a near fine copy. The second edition first published in 1874 is divided into three parts instead of the two of the first sexual selection in relation to man being separated off as a third part. The printing of 1877 the twelfth thousand has added at the end pp. 620-624 a supplemental note reprinted from 'Nature' of 2 November 1876 p.18. This is the definitive text of the work reproduced in the present edition. The Descent of Man is notable as the first of Darwin's works to contain on p.1 of the Introduction in this edition the word 'evolution' see Freeman p.30. VERY SCARCE INDEED IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman 258; see also Freeman BNHB 917. John Murray, hardcover
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DARWIN CHARLES:
THE DESCENT OF MAN AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX
LONDON JOHN MURRAY 1901. A NEW EDITION ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH. SCHOOL PRIZE LABEL TO FRONT PASTEDOWN SLIGHT WEAR TO HEAD AND FOOT OF SPINE SLIGHT WEAKNESS TO FRONT HINGE GREEN STAIN TO PAGE EDGES ONLY. OVERALL VERY GOOD. LONDON, JOHN MURRAY, 1901 hardcover
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DARWIN Charles
The Descent of Man. Introduced by Richard Dawkins. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
Folio Society 2008. 8vo. First Edition thus with frontispiece coloured plates and numerous technical illustrations in the text; green pictorial cloth upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt green top a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Folio Society, hardcover
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Darwin Charles
The Descent of Man and Selection in relation to Sex
John Murray 1889. Ownership stamp else exceptionally clean and bright copy in publishers green cloth gilt. Second Edition Revised and Augmented. ISBN B000W2FOZC John Murray 1889 hardcover
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DARWIN Charles
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. Second Edition Revised and Augmented.
New York: D. Appleton and Company 1901. . 8vo terracotta cloth front stamped in black back cover blind. Immaculate copy in superb condition New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1901. hardcover
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Darwin Charles
The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species
Paperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; After the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859 Darwin became fascinated with the potential of botanical experiments to provide evidence for the process of evolution. This 1877 book examines plant species which produce differe paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : ria9781108018272_inp ISBN : 1108018270 9781108018272
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Darwin Charles Charles Darwin
The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species
Cambridge University Press CUP pp. 366 Index. Papeback. New. Cambridge University Press CUP unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 62099849 ISBN : 1108018270 9781108018272
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Darwin Charles
THE EFFECTS OF CROSS AND SELF FERTILISATION IN THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM
London: John Murray 1900. Second Edition 5th Impression. Illustrated with diagrams and 109 tables. 8vo publisher's original dark green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and decorated in blind with panel designs and border ruling on the covers. viii 487 pp. A very fine and bright copy indeed especially well preserved. A FINE COPY OF THIS ELUSIVE BOOK. Darwin considered this book to "form a complement to that on the Fertilisation of Orchids". "This book will form a a compliment to that on the Fertilisation of Orchids in which I showed how perfect were the means for cross-fertilisation and here I shall show how important are the results.<br> The LIFE AND LETTERS of Darwin III p. 274 quotes Asa Gray as saying that "if the Orchid-book with a few trifling omissions had appeared before the 'Origin' the author would have been canonised rather than anathematised by the natural theologians" and noted that a review in the 'Literary Churchman' found only one fault "that Mr. Darwin's expression of admiration at the contrivances in orchids is too indirect a way of saying 'O Lord how manifold are Thy works.'"<br> The book was concerned with working out in detail the relationships between sexual structures of orchids and the insects which fertilize them their evolution being attributed to natural selection and therefore was the first of the volumes of "supporting evidence" for his ORIGIN OF SPECIES. THE EFFECTS OF CROSS AND SELF FERTILISATION continues the work begun in 'ORCHIDS". John Murray hardcover
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DARWIN Charles
The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN TRINITY COLLEGE BINDING
John Murray 1876. 8vo. First Edition with numerous tables and a diagram in the text; strongly bound BY WILSON FOR TRINITY COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE in contemporary half calf green cloth sides ruled in gilt upper board with Trinity College arms blocked in gilt back with raised bands second and third compartments with red leather labels ruled and lettered in gilt first and last compartments blocked with with Trinity College Arms in gilt marbled edges marbled endpapers a very good bright clean crisp copy. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman BNHB 914; Freeman Darwin 297. John Murray, hardcover
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DARWIN Charles
THE ESSENTIAL DARWIN A Naturalist's Voyage On the Origin of the Species The Descent of Man The Expression of Emotion
Folio Society 1990. 4 vols boxed set. Tall 8vo 10 x 6¼ ins. Original gilt decorated green cloth with gilt lettered leather spine labels top edges green Fine slipcase near Fine. Pp. xxviii 395 & xii 298 &xv 592 & vi 258 with b&w plates and illus in text no inscriptions. Folio Society, 1990 unknown
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Darwin Charles
THE EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS IN MAN AND ANIMALS. Edited by Francis Darwin.
London: John Murray 1892. An early reprinting of the first edition of 1872 the eleventh thousand. Well decorated with 21 illustrations throughout the text and with 7 Heliotype Plates from photographs. 8vo publisher's original dark green cloth lettered decorated and ruled in gilt on spine and with ornately framed borders on the upper cover and on the lower cover in blind. viii 394 pp. A beautifully preserved copy internally fine the binding very bright and clean and very solid and sturdy with the hinges in good order the colour holding strong with no hint of fading a small chip to the free-fly and a few spots to the pastedowns. A HANDSOME COPY FRESH AND FINE AND UNUSUALLY SO FOR ANY 19TH CENTURY PRINTING OF DARWIN. This is an important volume of Darwin's evolutionary writings and was written in part at least as a confutation of the idea that the facial muscles of expression in man were a special endowment. It was more importantly along with his 1871 book ‘The Descent of Man’ part of Darwin's attempt to address questions of human origins and human psychology using his theory of evolution by natural selection. Darwin noted the universal nature of facial expressions in the book: ".the young and the old of widely different races both with man and animals express the same state of mind by the same movements. John Murray hardcover
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DARWIN Charles
THE EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS IN MAN AND ANIMALS
Folio Society 2008. Tall 8vo. Original gilt decorated green pictorial cloth slipcase Fine in publisher's unopened shrinkwrap. Pp. 372 with coloured and b&w illus no inscriptions. Folio Society, 2008 unknown
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Darwin Charles Charles Darwin
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
Cambridge University Press CUP pp. 424 2nd Edition . Papeback. New. Cambridge University Press CUP unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 6611164 ISBN : 1108004830 9781108004831
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DARWIN Charles
The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms with Observations on their Habits. Fifth Thousand corrected. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE FIFTH THOUSAND
John Murray 1881. 8vo. Fifth Thousand with 15 woodcuts a number full-page in the text; green arches-style cloth boards framed in blind gilt back chocolate endpapers uncut upper hinge just starting but binding entirely sound else a near fine copy. With publisher's advertisment leaf at end. Darwin's final work reverting to his early geological iterests. First published in October 1881 it was remarkably successful selling 6000 copies within the year a faster sales rate than the 'Origin'. In this fifth impression the errors of the first four are corrected and several new textual changes introduced.VERY SCARCE INDEED IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman Darwin 321; see also Freeman BNHB 917. John Murray, hardcover
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DARWIN CHARLES
The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms with Observation of Their Habits
London: John Murray 1897. Hard Cover. Thirteenth Thousand with illustrations. Publisher's original green cloth with blind-stamped borders to front and rear boards gilt lettering to the spine very dark brown endpapers firm no splitting. pp. vii 326 with 15 text woodcuts. 19 works listed on verso of title page. A bookseller's ticket to the top left hand corner of the front past-down two former owner's names in fountain pen to the second front free end-paper slight softening to the spine tips overall VG with bright and clean boards. An attractive copy of Darwin's last book. Now smartly covered in removable clear acetate. Photographs/scans available upon request. John Murray hardcover
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Darwin Charles
The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through Action of Worms with Observations of Their Habits
D Appleton 1896. Early Reprint . Hardback. Good/No DW. marbled boards top edge guilt small loss of leather at the heel of the spine else very good <br/> <br/> D Appleton hardcover
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DARWIN Charles
The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms with Observations on their Habits. Thirteenth Thousand Third Impression with Illustrations. Corrected by Francis Darwin. REMARKABLY BRIGHT COPY OF THE FIRST ISSUE WITH PLATES
John Murray 1904. 8vo. Thirteenth Thousand Third Impression with 15 figures on 10 plates; decorative green arches-style cloth boards framed and lettered in blind gilt back a remarkably bright clean copy. Third Impression of the Thirteenth Thousand the first to replace with plates the woodcut illustrations of earlier issues. Freeman Darwin 331; Freeman BNHB 917. John Murray, hardcover
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DARWIN Charles
The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms with Observations on their Habits. Eleventh Thousand corrected. REMARKABLY BRIGHT CLEAN COPY
John Murray 1888. 8vo. Eleventh Thousand First Impression with 15 woodcuts a number full-page in the text small corner loss from front free endpaper neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary; green decorative arches-style cloth boards framed in blind gilt back uncut chocolate endpapers a remarkably bright clean copy. First impression of the Eleventh Thousand which contains the altered footnote on p.7. Edited by Francis Darwin. Freeman Darwin 327; Freeman BNHB 917. John Murray, hardcover
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Darwin Charles
THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN Including An Autobiographical Chapter. Edited by His Son Francis Darwin
London: John Murray 1887. 3 volumes. An early printing published in the year of the first edition. With seven illustrations including three portraits. Tall 8vo publisher's original pale grey-green cloth gilt lettered on the spines. x 395 1; iii 393 1; iv 418 1 pp. A clean and pleasing set with light evidence of age or use. AN IMPORTANT WORK. This is the first and basic life of Darwin. It contains the first version of Darwin's autobiography which was edited to avoid giving offense to his widow the full text was not published in English until 1958. The letters were selected with a more personal rather than scientific bias with particular emphasis on the period during which Darwin was writing and preparing for publication his ORIGIN OF SPECIES. There is particular emphasis on the period during which Darwin was writing and preparing for publication of his ORIGIN OF SPECIES. John Murray hardcover
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DARWIN Charles; Francis Darwin [ed]
The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin 3 volumes
<b>The </b><b>FIRST EDITION first printing of this comprehensive biography of Charles Darwin edited by his son Francis Darwin and illustrated throughout. A comprehensive biography of noted nineteenth-century English naturalist and biologist Charles Darwin. Complete in three volumes. The first edition of this work. Volume I includes an autobiographical chapter as well as chapters on childhood and the Darwin family as well as an extensive collection of letters. Volume II covers the beginnings of Darwin's 'Origin of Species' and the spread of evolution. Volume III covers approximately the last twenty years of Darwin's life and corresponding works as well as a collection of botanical letters. Also including four lengthy appendices with a frontispiece to each volume and a photolithograph facsimile of Darwin's handwriting another engraved plate and two in-text engravings. Collated and complete. Edited by Darwin's son Francis Darwin. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally mild shelf wear to the boards and fading to the spine and extremities. A small amount of cockling to the cloth on Volumes I and II. Internally the hinges are in good shape and haven benefited from some professional strengthening. Pages are lightly age-toned to the extremities but are otherwise generally bright and clean. Now housed in a custom green slipcase.</b> John Murray hardcover
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DARWIN Charles
The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants. Third Thousand. Second Edition. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM AND FINAL TEXT
John Murray 1882. 8vo. Second Edition Third Thousand with 13 woodcuts in the text small inoffensive label scars to front free endpaper; original green arches-style cloth gilt back chocolate endpapers uncut small skilful repair to bottom of backstrip a remarkably well-preserved bright crisp copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue dated January 1882 bound in at end. The woodcut illustrations are by George Darwin the author's son. The first printing of the first edition was in Vol. IX of the Journal of the Linnean Society of London dated 1867 but issued in 1865. The second edition the first in book form greatly revised and enlarged was published in 1875 with a second 'Thousand' actually only 500 copies in the following year. The present edition is the first to carry the author's appendix to the Preface and a five-line list of errata on last leaf of Contents. Since these refer to author's errors rather than to literals and remain uncorrected through subsequent reprintings from stereos this represents the final text of the work. SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman Darwin 222; Freeman BNHB 909. John Murray, hardcover
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DARWIN Charles
The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants. Second Edition Revised. With Illustrations by the author's son. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM; SIGNED MUDIE BINDING
John Murray 1875. 8vo. Second Edition with 13 woodcuts in the text neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper verso; handsomely bound in early twentieth century half calf BY MUDIE marbled boards back with five raised bands ruled in gilt second compartment with leather label lettered and ruled in gilt third compartment with author's name in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt with a floral spray all edges marbled marbled endpapers backstrip faded but all gilt just legible else a most attractive copy of a scarce work. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. The publisher's catalogue sometimes found at end has not been bound with this copy. The first printing of the first edition was in Vol. IX of the Journal of the Linnean Society of London dated 1867 but issued in 1865. The present edition the first in book form is greatly revised and enlarged; Freeman notes that 1500 copies were printed. The woodcut illustrations are by George Darwin the author's son. SCARCE. Freeman Darwin 220; Freeman BNHB 909. John Murray, hardcover
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DARWIN Charles Galton
THE NEXT MILLION YEARS
Rupert Hart-Davis 1952. 1st edn 2nd impression. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth top edge red fore-edge spotted - otherwise near Fine dustwrapper lightly toned - otherwise VG in protective cover not price clipped. Pp. 210 previous owner's neat inscription on front free endpaper. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952 unknown
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DARWIN Charles
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Sixth Edition Thirty-Seventh Thousand. REMARKABLY BRIGHT FRESH COPY
John Murray 1889. 8vo. Sixth Edition Thirty-Seventh Thousand with folding diagram endpapers lightly spotted; original green cloth boards with Oxford frame in blind gilt back patterned endpapers uncut a remarkably bright fresh firm copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue dated January 1889 bound in at end. The sixth edition first issued in 1872 is the last published in Darwin's lifetime and contains his final major corrections and revisions. It is the first edition with the title The Origin of Species and includes among many other revisions a new chapter inserted to confute the views of the Catholic biologist St. George Mivart. There is a glossary and the word 'evolution' is used in the text for the first time. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman 426. John Murray, hardcover
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DARWIN Charles
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Sixth Edition with Additions and Corrections to 1872. Twenty-Fourth Thousand. REMARKABLY BRIGHT FRESH COPY
John Murray 1882. 8vo. Sixth Edition Twenty-Fourth Thousand with folding diagram neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper blank preliminaries and half-title lightly spotted; original green cloth boards with Oxford frame in blind gilt back chocolate endpapers uncut a remarkably bright fresh firm copy. With the trade ticket of Gilbert & Field of London on front paste-down. The sixth edition first issued in 1872 is the last published in Darwin's lifetime and contains his final major corrections and revisions. It is the first edition with the title The Origin of Species and includes among many other revisions a new chapter inserted to confute the views of the Catholic biologist St. George Mivart. There is a glossary and the word 'evolution' is used in the text for the first time. This is the earlier of the two issues of M24 published in June with seventeen titles listed on title verso. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman 407. John Murray, hardcover
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Darwin Charles
THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION
London: John Murray 1872. The Highly Important Sixth Edition with additions and corrections thirteenth thousand the last edition which Darwin lived to amend and revise. This copy with pleasing provenance the copy of Anthony Traill Provost of Trinity College Dublin. Folding lithographed diagram by W. West. 8vo publisher's original green cloth gilt lettered on the spine and blocked in blind in a panel design on the covers original brown coated endpapers all edges untrimmed. xxi 458 pp. A very fine handsome bright and unmarked copy very clean and crisp throughout unusually so. A VERY FINE BRIGHT AND PLEASING COPY OF THE RARE SIXTH EDITION OF 1872 THE GREATEST BIOLOGICAL WORK EVER WRITTEN. IT IS CONSIDERED RARE AND WAS ISSUED IN A QUANTITY NOT EXCEEDING 2000 COPIES. This edition includes an expanded version of "An Historical Sketch of the Recent Progress of Opinion on the Origin of Species" as well as a table of corrections. The Sixth Edition of 1872 consisted of 3000 copies including three states of the title page reading "Eleventh" "Twelfth" and "Thirteenth" Thousand The Sixth Edition contained a new chapter VII written to address and to refute the views certain other scientists. A glossary appears for the first time and additionally it is in this sixth edition that Darwin used for the first time the word "evolution". The word was inserted three times into the text twice on pages 201 and three times on page 424.<br> 'This edition was extensively revised by Darwin and the new chapter VII was inserted to confute the views of the Roman Catholic biologist S. George Mivart. The title changes to THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES and a glossary appears. It is in this edition that the word 'evolution' occurs for the first time. It had been used in the first edition of THE DESCENT OF MAN in the previous year but not before in this work. 'Evolved' had bee the last word of the text in all previous editions but 'evolution' had been omitted perhaps to avoid confusion with the use of the word by Herbert Spencer or with its more particular embryological meaning. The word had however been used in its transformist sense by Lyell as early as 1832 Principles of Geology Vol. II p. 11. On the verso of the title leaf of the 1872 issues there are advertisements for nine of Darwin's works whereas the 1873 reprint has ten. It must have been in press before November 1872 when EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS came out otherwise the new book would have been added. See Freeman<br> Darwin's Revolutionary Masterwork in which he not only "drew an entirely new picture of the workings of organic nature; he 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 Together with Copernicus' DE REVOLUTIONIBUS and Newton's PRINCIPIA it is deemed one of the three greatest and most important scientific works ever penned.<br> "The most influential scientific work of the nineteenth century" and "The most important biological work ever written" Horblit Freeman. Darwin's elaboration of the theory of natural selection laid the groundwork for the controversy over the evolution of man and with only slight modification by such scientists as Stephen Jay Gould Darwin's ideas remain the umbra under which most current biological research is conducted.<br> Darwin had intended the book to be an abstract of his 'big book' on transmutation of which only the first part Variation Under Domestication 1868 was published in his lifetime.<br> This copy was owned by Anthony Traill whose neat signature is found at the head of the half-title page. Traill was actively involved in politics during the 1870's and 1880's. He was an Ulster Unionist and in 1884 was appointed High Sheriff of Antrim. He was also chairman of the world's first electric tramway Portrush founded with his brother William. He was appointed Provost of Trinity College Dublin in 1904. During his time in the office he carried out many internal reforms. Traill refused to change the University's constitutional position at any time in his Provostship despite pressure. He remained the Provost until he died at the Provost's House in 1914.<br> Anthony Traill. 1838-1914 Provost of Trinity College Dublin. LLD LLB MB MCh MD. Honorary LLD degrees from Glasgow Aberdeen and St. Andrews Dictionary of Irish Biography John Murray hardcover
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DARWIN Charles
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Sixth Edition Fifty-Sixth Thousand. NEAR FINE COPY
John Murray 1899. 8vo. Sixth Edition Fifty-Sixth Thousand with folding diagram front endpapers and half-title very lightly spotted; original green arches-style cloth boards framed in blind gilt back uncut a near fine copy. With publisher's advertisement leaf at end. The sixth edition first issued in 1872 is the last published in Darwin's lifetime and contains his final major corrections and revisions. It is the first edition with the title The Origin of Species and includes among many other revisions a new chapter inserted to confute the views of the Catholic biologist St. George Mivart. There is a glossary and the word 'evolution' is used in the text for the first time. VERY SCARCE INDEED IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman 144. John Murray, hardcover
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Darwin Charles Francis Darwin Charles Darwin
The Power of Movement in Plants
Cambridge University Press CUP pp. 608 . Papeback. New. Cambridge University Press CUP unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 6612450 ISBN : 1108003605 9781108003605
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DARWIN Charles
THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION in Two Volumes
Brussels: Culture et Civilisation 1969. Facsimile of 1868 first edition. 2 vols. Tall 8vo 9 x 5¾ ins. Original gilt lettered cream cloth light spotting on top edges - otherwise VG. Pp. viii 411 & advt & viii 486 with b&w illus in text light pencil annotations in margins throughout. Brussels: Culture et Civilisation, 1969 unknown
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DARWIN Charles
THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION In Two Volumes
John Murray 1882. 2nd edn revised fifth thousand. 2 vols. 8vo 8 x 5¼ ins. Original blind-ruled gilt lettered green cloth lightly nicked at headcap of vol II and lightly scuffed at corners of boards - otherwise bright VG. Pp. xiv 473 & x 495 illus with drawings in text pencil underlining in text of pp. 1-4 in vol I and 370 and 427-428 in vol II; previous owner's neat inscription on front prelims. John Murray, 1882 unknown
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Darwin Charles
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication:Volume 2
Paperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; N/A paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : ria9783337228545_inp ISBN : 3337228542 9783337228545
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Darwin Charles
The Variation Of Animals And Plants Under Domestication
<p>London: John Murray 1868. First Edition second issue. leather_bound. Full tree calf gilt decorated borders marbled endpapers and edges. Very good. 2 Vols. 411 486 pages. 22 x 14 cm. 43 black and white illustrations. Comprehensive Index. Bound without the advertisements. The book's slow progress towards publication was due not only to its size but the author's ill health. "About half of the eight years that elapsed between its commencement and completion were spent on it. The book did not escape adverse criticism: it was said for instance that the public had been patiently waiting for Mr. Darwin's justificatives and that after eight years of expectation all they got was a mass of detail about pigeons rabbits and silkworms. The work contains the first appearance of the phrase 'survival of the fittest' in any of Darwin's works p. 6 of 1st volume. Single erratum in Volume I. FREEMAN 878. NORMAN. 597. Backstrip decorated with gilt florets and gilt lettered spine labels lacking Vol. II label.</p> John Murray
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DARWIN Charles
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication. Second Edition Revised. Fourth Thousand. NEAR FINE COPY OF DARWIN'S FINAL TEXT
John Murray 1875. 2 vols. 8vo. Second Edition Fourth Thousand with 43 illustrations in the text neat contemporary signature on front paste-downs ; original arches-style binding of green cloth boards framed in blind gilt backs chocolate endpapers uncut a near fine copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue dated January 1876 bound in at end of second volume as called for. First published in 1868 Darwin's longest work was extensively revised for thIs second edition of 1875 which became the final text. It is especially notable for containing in Chapter XXVII the first statement of the author's provisional hypothesis of pangenesis. No publisher in England other than Murray has ever printed this important work. VERY SCARCE INDEED IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman Darwin 234; Freeman BNHB 910. John Murray, hardcover
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DARWIN Charles
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication. Second Edition Revised. Seventh Thousand. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY OF THE SECOND EDITION
John Murray 1890. 2 vols. 8vo. Second Edition Seventh Thousand with 43 illustrations in the text some very occasional underlining mainly in pencil a little light spotting to the first several leaves of each volume; original arches-style binding of green cloth gilt backs chocolate endpapers uncut backstrips lightly chafed without loss at heads and tails lower joints mildly rubbed and a little tender else a very good bright clean copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue April 1889 bound in at end of second volume as called for. First published in 1868 Darwin's longest work was extensively revised for the second edition of 1875 which became the final text. It is especially notable for containing in Chapter XXVII the first statement of the author's provisional hypothesis of pangenesis. No publisher in England other than Murray has ever printed this important work. Freeman Darwin 241; Freeman BNHB 910. John Murray, hardcover
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Darwin Charles
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication: Volume 2
Paperback / softback. New. paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : B9783337228545 ISBN : 3337228542 9783337228545
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Darwin Charles
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication First Edition First Issue
London: John Murray 1868. Complete in 2 volumes. First edition first issue. Collation viii 411pp 32pp ads dated April 1867 viii 486pp 2pp ads February 1868 with 1-line publisher's imprint on cloth at base of spines 5 lines of errata in vol. I and 7 in vol. II and 43 in-text wood engravings. Bound in original publishers green cloth blind stamped tooling gilt lettering. At some time both volumes has been repaired. Cloth lightly rubbed some minor abrasion wear minor light rippling lightly bumped. Both bindings in good clean firm condition. Internally some light dust marking. Pages in good clean condition. Generally a very nice set. F. First Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good. 8vo. John Murray Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 013502
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Darwin Charles
THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION
London: John Murray 1899. 2 volumes. Second edition eighth impression a very early reissue of an important edition revised. With illustrations throughout. 8vo original polished green cloth gilt lettered and decorated on the spines paneled in blind on the covers. xiv 473 1; x 495 32 catalogue pp. A very handsome set beautifully preserved and unusually fresh in the original bright and unfaded cloth still with the gilt bright and strong in colour a tight and clean copy. A HANDSOME SET OF THIS HIGHLY IMPORTANT WORK. The second edition is very important in that Darwin made a number of corrections but more importantly he reworked Chapter XXVII on Pangenesis. This work "represents the only section of Darwin's big book on the origin of species which was printed in his lifetime and corresponds to its first two intended chapters. It contains in Chapter XXVII his provisional hypothesis of pangenesis; one which he thought was new but has a long back history" Freeman 877. <br> The first work to truly discuss the actual origin and development of species as an accepted scientific method.<br> The second part of his 'big book' was not published until 1875 under the title NATURAL SELECTION. It was in this work that Darwin attempted his finalization of the understanding or pangenesis and an explanation of acquired characteristics and hereditary resemblance. These subjects were near to impossible to explain in Darwin’s time as scientific methodology and technology had simply not developed to the point at which finite and provable studies on genes and chromosomes could be explored. John Murray hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 29274
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Darwin Charles
THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION
London: John Murray 1888. 2 volumes. Second edition sixth thousand a very early printing of this important edition revised. With all Illustrations as called for throughout. 8vo publisher’s original green cloth decorative borders in blind on the covers the spine lettered and decorated with a small tool and ornate bands at the spine tips in gilt. xiv 473 1; x 495 32 ad catalogue pp. An excellent set especially well preserved and quite fine bright and clean unusually so in fact it is still partially unopened and with only a small abrasion to the free-fly being the only evidence of use. Finding these in such nice condition is rare for academic books. A FINE SET SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION AND AN IMPORTANT WORK. The second edition is very important in that Darwin made a number of corrections but more importantly he reworked Chapter XXVII on Pangenesis. This work "represents the only section of Darwin's big book on the origin of species which was printed in his lifetime and corresponds to its first two intended chapters. It contains in Chapter XXVII his provisional hypothesis of pangenesis; one which he thought was new but has a long back history" Freeman 877. <br> The first work to truly discuss the actual origin and development of species as an accepted scientific method.<br> The second part of his 'big book' was not published until 1875 under the title NATURAL SELECTION. It was in this work that Darwin attempted his finalization of the understanding or pangenesis and an explanation of acquired characteristics and hereditary resemblance. These subjects were near to impossible to explain in Darwin’s time as scientific methodology and technology had simply not developed to the point at which finite and provable studies on genes and chromosomes could be explored. John Murray hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 28746
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Darwin Charles Charles Darwin
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication - Volume 2
Cambridge University Press CUP pp. 500 . Papeback. New. Cambridge University Press CUP unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 6617104 ISBN : 1108014232 9781108014236
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DARWIN Charles
The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are fertilised by Insects. Second Edition revised. Fourth Thusand. NEAR FINE COPY WITH CORNWALLIS BOOKPLATE
John Murray 1885. 8vo. Second Edition Fourth Thousand with woodcut illustrations in the text; original arches-style green cloth boards with Oxford frame in blind gilt back chocolate endpapers uncut AND PARTIALLY UNOPENED a remarkably bright near fine copy. AN OUTSTANDING COPY. With the nineteenth-century engraved armorial bookplate of Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis on front paste-down and 32pp publisher's catalogue November 1886 bound in at end. The second edition first issued in 1877 truncates the title and omits the folding plate of the first edition but increases the number of woodcuts. Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis 1864-1935 British Conservative politician; Chairman of Kent County Council; seat Linton Park in Kent. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman 213 but dated 1885 bound 1886 rather than 1888. John Murray, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 48261
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Darwin Charles
THE VARIOUS CONTRIVANCES BY WHICH ORCHIDS ARE FERTILISED BY INSECTS.
London: John Murray 1899. Second edition revised sixth impression. With numerous illustrations. 8vo original green cloth lettered in gilt on spine and blocked in blind on the covers. xvi 300 Index 32 ads. pp. A very fine copy bright and clean and beautifully preserved. EARLY PRINTING IN VERY FINE CONDITION. One of Darwin's most important but often overlooked works. The LIFE AND LETTERS of Darwin III p. 274 quotes Asa Gray as saying that "if the Orchid-book with a few trifling omissions had appeared before the 'Origin' the author would have been canonised rather than anathematised by the natural theologians" and noted that a review in the 'Literary Churchman' found only one fault "that Mr. Darwin's expression of admiration at the contrivances in orchids is too indirect a way of saying 'O Lord how manifold are Thy works.'"<br> The book was concerned with working out in detail the relationships between sexual structures of orchids and the insects which fertilize them their evolution being attributed to natural selection and therefore was the first of the volumes of "supporting evidence" for his ORIGIN OF SPECIES. Although it was praised highly by botanists it did not sell well only about 6000 copies by the turn of the century. John Murray hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 33340
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Darwin Charles
THE VARIOUS CONTRIVANCES BY WHICH ORCHIDS ARE FERTILISED BY INSECTS.
London: John Murray 1877. Second edition revised. With numerous illustrations. 8vo publisher's original green cloth lettered in gilt on spine and blocked in blind on the covers. xvi 300 Index 32 ads. pp. A handsome and pleasing copy bright and clean and beautifully preserved. EARLY PRINTING IN VERY PLEASING CONDITION. One of Darwin's most important but often overlooked works. The LIFE AND LETTERS of Darwin III p. 274 quotes Asa Gray as saying that "if the Orchid-book with a few trifling omissions had appeared before the 'Origin' the author would have been canonised rather than anathematised by the natural theologians" and noted that a review in the 'Literary Churchman' found only one fault "that Mr. Darwin's expression of admiration at the contrivances in orchids is too indirect a way of saying 'O Lord how manifold are Thy works.'"<br> The book was concerned with working out in detail the relationships between sexual structures of orchids and the insects which fertilize them their evolution being attributed to natural selection and therefore was the first of the volumes of "supporting evidence" for his ORIGIN OF SPECIES. Although it was praised highly by botanists it did not sell well only about 6000 copies by the turn of the century. John Murray hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 33614
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Darwin Charles
The Voyage of the Beagle The Harvard Classics
The Easton Press 2001. Hardcover. Like New. 9x6x1. Millennium Edition Bound in full leather. Stamped with 22kt gold gilt design on cover front back and spine. All edges gold. Silk moire fabric end papers. Satin ribbon place holder. Fine binding and cover. Light edge wear. Clean unmarked pages. For more than 30 years the Easton Press has been the standard for finely bound profusely gilt classic leather bindings. <br> "Regarded by many as the most comprehensive anthology of all time 'The Harvard Classics' was first published in 1909 under the supervision of the Harvard president Charles W. Eliot. An esteemed academic Eliot had argued that the elements of a liberal education could be gained by spending 15 minutes a day reading from a collection of books that could fit on a five-foot shelf." <br> In 1831 Charles Darwin received an astounding invitation: to join the HMS Beagle as ship's naturalist for a trip around the world. For most of the next five years the Beagle surveyed the coast of South America leaving Darwin free to explore the continent and islands including the Galapagos. He filled dozens of notebooks with careful observations on animals plants and geology and collected thousands of specimens which he crated and sent home for further study. The Easton Press hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 2309080023
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DARWIN Charles, BARRETT Paul H, FREEMAN RB [Editors] R B
THE WORKS OF CHARLES DARWIN 29 Volumes Complete
New York University Press 1987-1989. Pickering Masters edn. 29 vols. Tall 8vo 9½ x 6¼ ins. Original uniform gilt lettered green cloth faint spotting on top edges - otherwise a VG set. Pp. various illus with facsimile title pages coloured and b&w plates folding maps and in figures in text no inscriptions. Diary of the Beagle Journal of the Beagle Zoology of the Beagle Geology of the Beagle Origin of Species Foundations. Cirripoedia Lepadidae I Ballanidae I & II Fossil Lepadidae and Fossil Balanidae Origin of Species 1859 1876 Fertilization of Orchids Climbing Plants Variation under Domestication Descent of Man Expression of Emotions Insectivorous Plants Cross and Self Fertilization Different Forms of Flowers Power of Movement in Plants Formation of Vegetable Mould by Worms Erasmus Darwin Autobiography Index. New York University Press, 1987-1989 unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 178495
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Darwin Charles
"Autobiography. With two appendices, comprising a chapter of reminiscences and a statement of Charles Darwin's religious views (Collection ""Thinker's library"", n°7)"
Watts & Co. 1931. In-12. Relié toilé. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 154 pages. Texte en anglais. Rousseurs. Nombreuses annotations au crayon dans le texte. Jaquette en état d'usage.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Riferimento per il libraio : RO60147357
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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."
WARD LOCK & CO. NON DATE. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 492 pages. Frontispice en noir et blanc sous serpente. Quelques planches en noir et blanc hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Riferimento per il libraio : ROD0105629
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Darwin Charles
"L'origine des espèces - ""Les livres qui ont changé le monde"" n°1"
Le Monde/Flammarion. 2009. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 297 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 570-Sciences de la vie
Riferimento per il libraio : R300293490
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Darwin Charles
"L'origine des espèces - II - ""Petite collection Maspero"" n°235"
François Maspero. 1980. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement pliée, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. Paginé de 315 à 610.. . . . Classification Dewey : 570-Sciences de la vie
Riferimento per il libraio : R300275988
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