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1873rif. 60131London, 1873. Small folio. Extracted, with traces from the sewn cords, in the original printed wrappers. In ""Nature"", No. 176, Vol. 7, March 13. Entire issue offered. Issue split in two, otherwise fine and clean. Housed in a portfolio with white paper title-label to front board. Darwin's notice: P. 360. [Entire issue: Pp. (1), lxxxvi-xcii, 357-376].
1872rif. 53225Torino, Tipografico-Editrice Torinese, (1872). Large8vo. In publisher's original full green cloth. Embossed title with gilt lettering to spine and front board. Corners of binding bumped and lower part of back hindge with a small tear. An overall very fine and clean copy. (2), 464 pp.
1874rif. 60115London and New York Macmillan and Co. 1874. Royal8vo. In a bit later full green cloth. In "Nature. A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science" Vol. 10 May 1874 - October 1874. Stamp to title-page and ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Stamps to front free end paper. Traces from book block having been bended. Darwin's paper: Pp. 24-25. Entire volume: XI 1 534 pp. First appearance of Darwin's paper on Primrose flowers. Primrose flowers and the flowers of related members of the Primulaceae are often removed from their stalks and scattered on the ground by green finches apparently consuming the ovaries and nectaries - here first described by Darwin. Freeman 1771 hardcover
1872rif. 60122London and New York Macmillan and Co. 1872. Royal8vo. In publisher's original red embossed cloth. In "Nature. A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science" Vol. 6 May-October 1872. Stamp to title-page and p. 1 and ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Binding with wear and light soiling spine loose and missing part of cloth to upper part. Internally fine and clean. Darwin's paper co-author: 211-216; P. 279. Entire volume: XII 548 pp. First publication of these two short notices by Darwin. Freeman 1937 & 1756. hardcover
1921rif. 53616Madrid Calpe 1921 & 1922 8vo. Bound in one half calf binding with four raised bands. Spine with wear otherwise a fine copy. X 6 361 VIII 359 3 pp. 1 folded map. First complete Spanish translation of Darwin's "Journal of Researches": "La única que completa e intacta se ofrece en castellano" From the introduction to the present work. The work now now known as Voyage of the Beagle was Darwin's first published book. As Darwin later recalled in his autobiography 'The voyage of the Beagle has been by far the most important event in my life and has determined my whole career'. "On its first appearance in its own right also in 1839 it was called Journal of researches into the geology and natural history etc. The second edition of 1845 transposes 'geology' and 'natural history' to read Journal of researches into the natural history and geology etc. and the spine title is Naturalist's voyage. The final definitive text of 1860 has the same wording on the title page but the spine readsNaturalist's voyage round the world and the fourteenth thousand of 1879 places A naturalist's voyage on the title page. The voyage of the Beagle first appears as a title in the Harmsworth Library edition of 1905. It is a bad title: she was only a floating home for Darwin on which in spite of good companionship he was cramped and miserably sea-sick; whilst the book is almost entirely about his expeditions on land." Freeman.Freeman 252.Blanco & Llorca: 5 Blanco & Llorca: Bibliogrfía crítica illustrada de las obras de Darwin en españa 1857-2005. hardcover
1872rif. 53225Torino Tipografico-Editrice Torinese 1872. Large8vo. In publisher's original full green cloth. Embossed title with gilt lettering to spine and front board. Corners of binding bumped and lower part of back hindge with a small tear. An overall very fine and clean copy. 2 464 pp. First Italian translation of Darwin's Journal of researches now known as Voyage of the Beagle being his first published book. As Darwin later recalled in his autobiography 'The voyage of the Beagle has been by far the most important event in my life and has determined my whole career'. "On its first appearance in its own right also in 1839 it was called Journal of researches into the geology and natural history etc. The second edition of 1845 transposes 'geology' and 'natural history' to read Journal of researches into the natural history and geology etc. and the spine title is Naturalist's voyage. The final definitive text of 1860 has the same wording on the title page but the spine readsNaturalist's voyage round the world and the fourteenth thousand of 1879 places A naturalist's voyage on the title page. The voyage of the Beagle first appears as a title in the Harmsworth Library edition of 1905. It is a bad title: she was only a floating home for Darwin on which in spite of good companionship he was cramped and miserably sea-sick; whilst the book is almost entirely about his expeditions on land." FreemanThe first edition appeared in German in 1844 at the instigation of Baron von Humboldt and the second in Danish French German Italian Russian and Swedish in Darwin's lifetimeFreeman 211 hardcover
1873rif. 60132London 1873. Small folio. Extracted with traces from the sewn cords in the original printed wrappers. In "Nature" No. 172 Vol. 7 February 13. Entire issue offered. Issue split in two otherwise fine and clean. Housed in a portfolio with white paper title-label to front board. Darwin's notice: P. 281 Entire issue: Pp. 1 lx 277-296. First appearance of Darwin's comment on Dr. Huggins' letter containing an account of three generations of dogs which exhibited fright when in the vicinity of a butcher or butcher's shop an observation which Darwin considered of the utmost importance: "The following letter seems to me so valuable and the accuracy of the statements vouched for by so high an authority that I have obtained permission from Dr. Huggins to send it for publication" From the present publication. Freeman 1757 unknown
1872rif. 52355Stockholm Albert Bonniers 1872. 8vo. 2 volumes in one as issued contemporary half calf binding with gilt lettering to spine. A fine and clean copy. Frontiespiece 1 314 2 pp.; 4 XV 1 294 6 39 pp. The rare first Swedish translation of "The Descent of Man" translated by Rudolf Sunderström. Freeman's collation is incorrect as he also dated the first Swedish translation of "Origin of Species" wrongly.Withbound is Lawrence Heap Åberg's "Ett försök att uppvisa darwinismens öfverensstämmelse med en rationelt idealistisk verldsåskådning" 1874. Freeman 1136 unknown
1873rif. 60131London 1873. Small folio. Extracted with traces from the sewn cords in the original printed wrappers. In "Nature" No. 176 Vol. 7 March 13. Entire issue offered. Issue split in two otherwise fine and clean. Housed in a portfolio with white paper title-label to front board. Darwin's notice: P. 360. Entire issue: Pp. 1 lxxxvi-xcii 357-376. First appearance of Darwin' comment on Aldred Wallace's suggestion that animals find their way home by recognising the odour of the places which they have passed. In the comment Darwin describes the following anecdote: "Many years ago I was on a mail-coach and as soon as we came to a public-house the coachman pulled up for the fraction of a second. He did so when we came to a second public-house and I then asked him the reason. He pointed to the off-hand wheeler and said that she had been long completely blind and she would stop at every place on the road at which she had before stopped. He had found by experience that less time was wasted by pulling up his team than by trying to drive her past the place for she was contented with a momentary stop. After this I watched her and it was evident that she knew exactly before the coachman began to pull up the other horses every public-house on the road for she had at some time stopped at all. I think there can be little doubt that this mare recognised all these houses by her sense of smell." From the present paper. Freeman 1759 unknown
1888rif. mon0000215098John Murray 1888-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Clean copy sound binding. Some wear on page edges. Some damage to the very top of the binding. John Murray hardcover
1871rif. 1406180115D. Appleton & Co 1871-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. 2 volume set. 1st American edition first printing 2nd issue. With list of errors in Vol. I placed in Vol. II as in London edition. Publisher's orange cloth. Hardcover. Pencil corrections to volume I to errors otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. vi 409; v 436. ad for the Origin of the Species in the rear and blank end pages. Blind stamp on fep. Good Hinges repaired. bindings. Vol. 1 spine edge has a restored frayed edge. Small chip missing from head of vol. 1 spine. "The book in its first edition contains two parts the descent of man itself and selection in relation to sex. 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 that is to say before its appearance in the sixth edition of The Origin of Species in the following year. The last chapter is about sexual selection in relation to man and it ends with the famous peroration about man's lowly origin the wording of which differs slightly in the first edition from that which is usually quoted" Freeman p. 129. Freeman 941. Garrison-Morton 170. D. Appleton & Co hardcover
1868rif. 016038Orange Judd 1868. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 2 Volume In Green Cloth. First American Edition 1868 A Bit Of Light Staining. Excellent Fresh Set of This Science Classic. Orange Judd Hardcover
1868rif. 016038Orange Judd 1868. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 2 Volume In Green Cloth. First American Edition 1868 A Bit Of Light Staining. Excellent Fresh Set of This Science Classic. Orange Judd Hardcover books
1904rif. 201118-MB75J.A. Hill and Company 1904. Very Good Bound in Three Quarter Leather with marbeled boards 1904 Second edition revised and augmentated illustrated. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Cover. J.A. Hill and Company Hardcover
1876rif. 260511-MB02London: John Murray 1876. Green cloth variant binding 1876 first edition 482 pages Index top-edge of spine slightly frayed front endpaper glued Previous owner's inscription . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Cover. John Murray Hardcover
rif. 47652by means of natural selection or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. London : John Murray 1885. Sixth edition with additions and corrections ternty-eighth thousand. Octavo original publisher's gilt-lettered green cloth boards a little flecked slightly bruised at head and foot of spine original brown endpapers pp xxi blank 458 folding lithographed plate a couple of minor pencil underlinings. A very good crisp copy uncommonly so. A very good copy of the sixth edition of one of the most important texts in the history of science. The first edition a great rarity is described in Freeman as "". the most important biological work ever written.""; Dibner "". the most important single work in science.""; Printing & the Mind of Man "". 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."" Freeman 416 hardcover
rif. 324A 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. 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 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. Foxing and stains but a copy in its original binding with full margins. 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. 8vo of 40 pages ; original printed wrappers.
1910rif. 031947London: Duckworth & Co. 1910. Book. Illus. by Harry Rountree. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green cloth with gilt type to front and type and decorations to spine. Green line rules and decorations to front. Illustrator Rountree spelled incorrectly Rowntree on cover. Top edge gilt and side edge ragged. Large 8vo. Frontis colour illustration of St Andrews with tissue guard. With 62 additional illustrations 47 colour and 15 b&w with tissue guards. Missing front prelim. Embossed collection stamp to endpaper. Spines pushed with small clear tape repair to heel. Pages 201205 & 207 have clear tape repairs to torn edges. Inside text block is thick paper and very clean. A very good copy. Duckworth & Co. Hardcover
1868rif. 5018Two Volume Set; First Edition/Second Issue; A Very Good set. A remarkably well preserved set of this expanded work on the Origin of Species the only follow up work published in Darwin's lifetime; an important addition to the Theory of Evolution canon. The first issue sold out in a week prompting the 2nd issue printing which corrected a number of mistakes from the first issue. This set is in very good or better condition with 3/4 calf and marbled boards gilt spines with raised bands and marbled endpapers; rubbing and chipping to the spine ends and edges endpapers rubbed and a previous owner's stamp to the front free paper. Overall a highly collectible set of an important work. Not remaindered not ex-library; will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box. John Murray hardcover
1868rif. 5018Two Volume Set; First Edition/Second Issue; A Very Good set. A remarkably well preserved set of this expanded work on the Origin of Species the only follow up work published in Darwin's lifetime; an important addition to the Theory of Evolution canon. The first issue sold out in a week prompting the 2nd issue printing which corrected a number of mistakes from the first issue. This set is in very good or better condition with 3/4 calf and marbled boards gilt spines with raised bands and marbled endpapers; rubbing and chipping to the spine ends and edges endpapers rubbed and a previous owner's stamp to the front free paper. Overall a highly collectible set of an important work. Not remaindered not ex-library; will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box. John Murray hardcover books
1871rif. 20-0556New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1871. 1871 447pp fold-out chart 5th ed. w/ additions & corrections corners slighlty bumped slight darkening to spine light shelfwear to cover some wear to spine ends heavier to bottom owner's name to fep 2 pgs w/ browning from newspaper clipping 3 pgs w/ small spiece missing from margin 2 pgs still uncut light foxing to pg edges a couple pencil notes to rear ep no dj contents clean & unmarked. Cloth. Very Good -/No Jacket. D. Appleton & Co. Hardcover
1880rif. BCNH2007A remarkably sharp copy on the shelf. The original green cloth is clean and the gilt on the spine remains exceptionally bright and unrubbed. Mild bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally the textblock is clean and firmly bound though the front inner hinge is cracked down the gutter line with the mesh showing underneath. Affixed to the front pastedown is a charming well-preserved vintage bookseller label from "Foyles 121 Charing Cross Rd London". Retains the publisher's comprehensive catalog at the rear titled "Mr. Murray's General List of Works" and explicitly dated January 1879. 1 2 3 4 5 6 John Murray, Albemarle Street hardcover
1874rif. ZB1354600London: Smith Elder 1874. xx 278 6 publisher's catalog pp. 3 folding maps; original gilt & blind stamped green cloth hardcover glue residue from removed book plate to the rear paste down embossment stamp to the title page some old soiling to the covers spine frayed edges rubbed tips worn else internally clean and tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. London: Smith, Elder hardcover
1876rif. 34481London: John Murray 1876. Very Early Printing the eleventh thousand in the publisher's original dark-green cloth typical for Darwin's books. With a number of illustrations. 8vo publisher's original dark-green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. vii 519 1 pp. A handsome and well preserved copy some light evidence of age bur quite fresh with bright gilt and some minor general mellowing from age. AN IMPORTANT WORK IN THE DARWIN OEUVRE. One of the early printings which used the title "A Naturalist's Voyage" on the title page. One of Darwin’s earliest works. Even without publication of his works on evolution he would have had a considerable reputation as the author of The Voyage of the Beagle. While ‘The Origin of Species’ dominates perceptions of his work this is an important travel book in its own right and its relation to the background of his evolutionary ideas has often been stressed.Freeman. “Of the great exploratory voyages ‘a most important place is taken by the voyage of the ‘Beagle’ in 1831-1834. Darwin’s name is so associated with the evolutionary idea through which he profoundly influenced scientific philosophical political religious and ethical thought that certain of his other claims are often forgotten. To appreciate his distinction it is necessary to recall that had he never written on evolution he would still stand in the front rank among naturalists and would have to be included in any history of science. Thus even during the voyage in the ‘Beagle’ he reached conclusions that modified and extended the fundamental working principles of geology and geophysics.” - Singer. During the voyage Darwin suffered severely from seasickness. In a letter to his sister Caroline he wrote “ I continue to suffer so much from sea-sickness that nothing not even geology itself can make up for the misery .” Bowlby p.164 John Murray hardcover
1887rif. 34482London: 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
