1899réf. 436968Stuttgart : E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; vi 578 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Notes; Index : p. 566-578. Subjects; Evolution. Natural selection. Stuttgart : E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung hardcover
1977réf. 1001303Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1977 First edition. Cloth. Two volumes octavo. Fine in near fine dust jackets. Spines of jackets slightly faded. University of Chicago Press, hardcover books
1901réf. 31308New 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 John 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
1956réf. 9006Cambridge: 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
1896réf. 87310NY:: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good. 1896. Hardcover. B00CIZQL7Q . With illustrations. Authorized edition. Octavo half bound in burgundy leather with gilt lettering on the spine marbled boards top edge gilt. Age darkened along the spine moderate edge wear else very good. Some unopened pages. Binding is solid.; 592 pages . D. Appleton and Company, hardcover books
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1881réf. S4145London:: Harrison and Sons 1881. 1881. 303 x 231 mm. 4to. Pages 491-535; 537-545 pp. 4 tables 3 lithographic plates; 2 figs. 2 tables. Dis-bound. George Howard Darwin was the fifth child of Charles Robert Darwin and Emma Wedgwood. George Darwin graduated from Trinity College Cambridge in 1868. In 1883 Darwin was elected Plumian professor of astronomy and experimental philosophy at Cambridge. Darwin delved deeply into the problems of the origin and evolution of the solar system making numerous investigations of the figures of equilibrium for rotating masses of fluid. A further application of Darwin's theory of tidal friction to the motion of the planets round the sun opened up the wider question of the genesis of the solar system. DNB 1912-1921 pp. 144-147; DSB III pp. 582-584. Harrison and Sons, 1881. unknown
1881réf. S4145London:: Harrison and Sons 1881. 1881. 303 x 231 mm. 4to. Pages 491-535; 537-545 pp. 4 tables 3 lithographic plates; 2 figs. 2 tables. Dis-bound. George Howard Darwin was the fifth child of Charles Robert Darwin and Emma Wedgwood. George Darwin graduated from Trinity College Cambridge in 1868. In 1883 Darwin was elected Plumian professor of astronomy and experimental philosophy at Cambridge. Darwin delved deeply into the problems of the origin and evolution of the solar system making numerous investigations of the figures of equilibrium for rotating masses of fluid. A further application of Darwin's theory of tidal friction to the motion of the planets round the sun opened up the wider question of the genesis of the solar system. DNB 1912-1921 pp. 144-147; DSB III pp. 582-584. Harrison and Sons, 1881. unknown books
1981réf. RDARDAR00EFRare Publishing 1981. Very Good. Darwin. Darwin's Thumb Tip Miracles. Oliver cartoonist Richard; Grenewetzki illustrator Dave; Siegfried & Roy foreword. Las Vegas: Rare Publishing 1981. 129pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback with embossed illustration. Signed by author. Book condition: Very good gently rubbed edges and a few faint scratches in front cover. Gift inscription to former owner by the author Darwin on first page. Rare Publishing paperback
1981réf. RDARDAR00EFRare Publishing 1981. Very Good. Darwin. Darwin's Thumb Tip Miracles. Oliver cartoonist Richard; Grenewetzki illustrator Dave; Siegfried & Roy foreword. Las Vegas: Rare Publishing 1981. 129pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback with embossed illustration. Signed by author. Book condition: Very good gently rubbed edges and a few faint scratches in front cover. Gift inscription to former owner by the author Darwin on first page. Rare Publishing paperback books
2005réf. 43295Barnes & Noble 2005. Cloth. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very large very heavy book black cloth very bright gilt lettering on spine color photo looking down at rider and bike inside covers and adjacent end papers 384 heavy glossy pages many color illustrations. DJ glossy black with a beautiful bike on front spine and back. DJ and book both As New. Barnes & Noble hardcover
1916réf. 40496no publisher 1916. KINGSLEY Darwin P. THE UNITED ENGLISH NATIONS. A Commemorative Address Delivered for the 125th Anniversary of the University of Vermont and for the Admission of the State of Vermont Into The Union. Burlington Vermont: no publisher 1916. Small quarto: white printed wraps. First Edition. Signed presentation from Kingsley on front cover. Very Good moderate edgewear & soil. $75.00. [no publisher] unknown
1916réf. 40496no publisher 1916. KINGSLEY Darwin P. THE UNITED ENGLISH NATIONS. A Commemorative Address Delivered for the 125th Anniversary of the University of Vermont and for the Admission of the State of Vermont Into The Union. Burlington Vermont: no publisher 1916. Small quarto: white printed wraps. First Edition. Signed presentation from Kingsley on front cover. Very Good moderate edgewear & soil. $75.00. [no publisher] unknown books
1980réf. 600048New Haven: Yale University Press/Maryland Historical Society 1980. 1st printing of 1st edition. Slight shelfwear otherwise near fine trade hard cover book in fine dust jacket. Latrobe who was born in England in 1764 became resident in America in 1796 & designed the Philadelphia Waterworks and Washington Navy Yards among a wide variety of public works and private projects. New Haven: Yale University Press/Maryland Historical Society hardcover
réf. 71-5544New York: The Museum of Modern Art 1996. 8vo. 10 page fold-out exhibition brochure. 7 color illustrations. Very Good minor surface rubs. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1996. unknown
réf. 18-6181Moraga CA: Saint Mary’s College of California 1992. . Exhibition brochure. Single printed sheet folded into fourths. Very good. 1 color plate and multiple black and white plates. Includes texts by Marvin A. Schenk and Darwin Marable. Includes works by Stephen de Staebler Hans Burkhardt David Maxim and Georges Rouault. Brochure created to announce exhibition “The Crucifixion Through the Modern Eye” at Hearst Art Gallery at Saint Mary’s College of California from March 7 through April 26 1992. From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz. Moraga, CA: Saint Mary’s College of California, 1992. unknown
1972réf. 237840Portland: Charles Belding 1972. Hardcover in dust jacket. Shadow of removed bookplate on front pastedown near fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket in mylar cover. Charles Belding hardcover
1884réf. s00027291New York: D. Appleton and Company 1884. First printing. Hardcover. Good. First edition 1884. Cloth hardcover--seems like it might be a rebind as the endpapers are very clean 351 pp. ads. clean unmarked text Good copy some soiling or age-toning to the pages and page-edges light soiling and discoloration to the covers wear to the edges of the book's covers including fraying or loss to the tips no dust jacket. Uncommon book. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1940réf. 18900Doubleday Doran. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Yellow cloth and pictorial boards. States "First Edition". Bumps to the spine ends. Rubbing along the lower board edges. Some minor toning to the endpapers. Without names or bookplates. Dust jacket with minor chipping to the corners and several small chips to the upper rear edge. There is some spotting to the right front panel. Overall light soiling. Price clipped. A scarce title by the illustrator of Little Toot. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall . Doubleday, Doran hardcover
1940réf. 18047Doubleday Doran. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Yellow cloth and pictorial boards. States "First Edition". Bumps to the spine ends. Wear along the lower board edges. Some toning to the endpapers. The dust jacket has a tear of 4" angling up from the lower spine and into the lower front panel. There is an associate crease as well. Minor chipping to the corners. There is a 1" area of chipping to the upper spine/front edge area. Small chip to the lower spine. Price of $1.50 to the front flap. A scarce title by the illustrator of Little Toot. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall . Doubleday, Doran hardcover
1971réf. ABE-1756107574096Southern Illinois University Press 1971. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press 1971. 8vo xxii 153 p. original red cloth with spine stamped in gilt. First edition of this look at the life and work of Jean Toomer Countee Cullen and Zora Neale Hurston. Faint smell of perfume to text block faint soiling to page ends else a VG copy in a badly creased torn and tattered jacket. SIGNED by the author on the fep. Scarce. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Southern Illinois University Press Hardcover