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1909réf. 295380Cambridge at the University Press 1909. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. An attractive First Edition of this fore-runner of one of the most important books of the 19th century.~~Two essays written in 1842 and 1844 in which Darwin’s theory of natural selection is first considered; the 1842 essay was published earlier that year but this is the first appearance in print of the 1844 essay and thus the first appearance of the two essays together. Of note is that “the sketch of 1844 bears on the whole a striking resemblance to the origin of species . even some of the sentences are identical.” DNB Vol. V 1917 p. 526 Darwin himself provides evidence of the high estimate he had formed of the sketch: “A letter exists addressed to his wife in which he made provision in case of his death for the publication of the manuscript . stating that he believes his conclusions to be ‘a considerable step in science’” ibid.~~Large Octavo; in the publisher’s green buckram binding with spine lettered in gilt and beveled edges; xxix 1. 263 pages including the Index; top edge gilt with other edges rough-cut; there is a small and neatly penned name on the front endpaper; with photogravure portrait frontispiece protected with a tissue guard and a facsimile; the spine is just a bit darkened; a previous owner’s signature on the front pastedown. ~~~ DNB Vol V 1917 p. 527. Very Good binding. Cambridge at the University Press unknown books
1868réf. 24571London: 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. John Murray
1868réf. 24571London: 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. John Murray books
1944réf. 145701London: Chatto & Windus 1944. First edition of this golf classic. Octavo bound in full crushed levant morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels gilt-ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery marbled endpapers all edges gilt. In fine condition. Chatto & Windus unknown
1928réf. 14025London: Hodder & Stoughton 1928. First edition of the first volume of the author's autobiographical trilogy. Octavo original cloth. Illustrated with several plates from photographs including frontispiece portrait of the author. An excellent example in the rare dust jacket with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. Examples in the original dust jacket are rare. Green Memories is one of three autobiographies by Darwin considered the greatest golf writer of all time. This book is widely considered one of Darwin’s finest works. “Thanks to Bernard golf has acquired the sturdiest literature of any game. The best is Darwin’s… because he showed the writers who came after him how golf should be written” H.W. Wind. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1873réf. 852London: John Murray Albemarle Street 1873. Early John Murray printing 1873 “Tenth Thousand” of Darwin’s The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals one of his most influential and innovative works following The Descent of Man. In this groundbreaking study Darwin argues for the evolutionary continuity of emotional expression between humans and animals proposing that facial expressions gestures and bodily reactions are inherited traits shaped by natural selection. The book presents his famous three principles of expression—serviceable associated habits antithesis and direct action of the nervous system. Notably this work was among the first scientific books to incorporate photographic illustrations as evidentiary material. The heliotype plates of infants and patients including the well-known crying children plates were revolutionary for their time and reflect Darwin’s commitment to empirical documentation. Illustrated throughout with engravings by T. W. Wood and others including expressive studies of cats dogs birds and primates. A cornerstone text in evolutionary psychology behavioral science and the history of photography in scientific publishing. Condition & Binding: Original publisher’s green cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorative tooling. Boards show moderate rubbing and light wear at extremities; corners lightly bumped. Spine gilt remains bright and legible. Cloth remains clean with minor surface scuffing. Hinges secure; binding firm. Interior clean overall with light scattered foxing and minor spotting primarily to preliminaries and some margins. Overall- very good. John Murray, Albemarle Street unknown
1888réf. 1516This complete two volume set is the Sixth Edition 33rd thousand. The volumes are bound in 3/4 leather leather spines and corners with marbled covers and endsheets and gold lettering and decor on the spines. The tops of the page edges are gilded. There is the handwritten name and date 1890 and bookplate of a former owner inside. Both volumes are in Very Good Condition. This is a lovely edition and binding and is a highly sought after early printing. John Murray; publisher hardcover
1872réf. CDAR014London: John Murray 1872 First edition second issue with "htat" misprint on the first line of page 208. One of 7000 copies. Publisher's green cloth with decorative borders in blind to front and rear boards titles and decorations in gilt to spine green endpapers seven Heliotype Plates numbered in Arabic. Very good or better with light wear to spine hinges and corners a bit of toning to spine some spotting to the plates on pages 180 and 264 a few small notes in pencil to a couple pages and a touch of soiling to bottom edge of text block. Overall a solid copy of Darwin's "forgotten masterpiece" with very well-preserved plates. Freeman 1142. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals expands on Darwin's theories raised in On the Origin of Species 1859 and The Descent of Man 1871 arguing that there is an evolutionary explanation for the human expression of emotions. The book was originally intended by Darwin to be a chapter in The Descent of Man but grew until it was necessary to publish the work separately. An influential text in the field of psychology the book has also been described as "a pivotal turning point in the history of book illustration right up there with Alice in Wonderland" The Atlantic. With seven plates of heliotypes that represent various human emotions The Expression of the Emotions was one of the first scientific books to include photographs. These photographs were provided by a handful of photographers and researchers including Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne Adolph Kindermann George Charles Wallich James Crichton-Browne and Oscar Rejlander. Rejlander contributed nineteen of the thirty photographs in the book including the crying baby photo later dubbed "Ginx's baby" which became incredibly popular in its time. Interestingly Darwin's research for the book prompted him to circulate one of the first scientific questionnaires which he used to gauge people's ability to identify a handful of core emotions. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. London: John Murray hardcover books
réf. 3735727Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Privately Printed 1904. First edition one of 250 copies. 2 volumes 8vo. Half-titles present. Amply illustrated. Original publisher’s cloth with some browning toning and light rubbing. Internally very good and clean with some light foxing to fore-edges. From the library of Dr. George Basalla academic and author. Freeman 1552. Association Copy from Charles Darwin’s Granddaughter Nora Barlow with Laid-in Autograph Slip on Her Letterhead—A Work Dedicated to the Darwin Grandchildren First edition one of only 250 copies privately printed at the Cambridge University Press. An excellent association copy accompanied by a slip on Nora Barlow’s personal letterhead to A. Templeman dated December 27 1933. The University of Cambridge records a letter written by Templeman to to Lady Emma Nora Barlow née Darwin within their holdings. Edited by Henrietta Emma Litchfield A Century of Family Letters assembles the correspondence of Emma Darwin 1808–1896 and her extended family forming a deeply personal record of domestic life at Down House. Although presented as a memoir of Emma the two-volume set contains a substantial number of Charles Darwin’s letters documenting his habits humor and the intimate exchanges that shaped his intellectual and moral outlook. Issued privately for family and friends the edition was explicitly dedicated to Emma Darwin’s grandchildren. Nora Barlow one of the grandchildren to whom the book was dedicated later became the editor of The Autobiography of Charles Darwin 1958 and other Darwin family papers. This copy includes the rare six-page 1915 Postscript to “Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters” containing Bernard Darwin’s biographical sketch of Erasmus Darwin 1881–1915. unknown
1931réf. 14008London: Seeley Service & Company 1931. First edition deluxe issue of the author's classic work. Octavo original half green morocco over cloth. Inscribed by Roger Wethered in the year of publication "Hope this will help you to beat Harry! Roger Wethered 1931." Illustrated with plates which some folding from 100 photographs. In near fine condition. "The Game of Golf Lonsdale Library Vol. IX is an outstanding symposium on the game" Murdoch 843. Seeley, Service & Company hardcover
1910réf. 007382London 3 Henrietta Street Covent Garden: Duckworth & Co 1910. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. ROUNTREE Harry 1878-1950. First edition first issue with 64 plates 48 of them in colour and each with a captioned tissue. In the original publishers green cloth printed gilt corners brushed. With the illustrator's misspelling. Spine gilt tooling & titles. Internally half title frontis 8 253 pp 1 48 coloured & 16 B&W pls titles to tissue guards t.e.g. remainder uncut book a little cocked some sporadic spotting evidence of bookplate removal to fpd. With the loose artists agents inquiry leaf. A nice copy of this authoritative work with its witty comments on the merits or otherwise of many courses and individual holes. The illustrations by Rountree add much to the work he himself being a keen proponent of the sport accompanying Darwin on many rounds. 230180 mm. Duckworth & Co hardcover
1871réf. BCNH2004Octavo two volumes. pp. viii 423; viii 475. Complete with numerous wood-engravings throughout the text. Volume I retains the highly desirable 16-page publisher's advertisement catalog dated "January 1872" bound at the rear. Bound in the publisher's original green cloth covers stamped symmetrically in blind spines lettered and decorated in brilliant gilt. Features the neat contemporary 19th-century ink ownership signature of Emanuel Miller on the upper margin of both title pages. Condition Report: Exterior: Exceptionally bright and clean. The original green cloth is remarkably vibrant across the boards and spines completely escaping the uniform sun-browning that impacts most surviving mid-Victorian bindings. The gilt spine lettering is intensely sharp and bright. Minor honest rubbing to the corners and light softening to the spine ends but no fraying or cloth loss. An absolute standout on the shelf. Interior and Text Block: The internal pages are notably fresh flat and remarkably clean showing practically zero foxing or age-toning. Hinges and Joints: The original dark-coated inner paper gutters are cleanly split down the hinges in both volumes. The text blocks show some typical looseness and play when handled but the original binding cords remain entirely secure and are holding the volumes intact. Left completely un-restored preserving the set in its pure untouched state for the purist collector. John Murray, Albemarle Street hardcover
1871réf. 60999John Murray. 1871. 1st. Ed. 7th. Thou. Two volumes. 8vo. Hardbacks. Contents nr. fine. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards some rubbing to extremities o/w. thor. vg. Both volumes benefited from more recent spines retaining original end-papers all in fine condition. With heraldic bookplate of Arthur Byrom Gordon to front-paste down of both volumes. Freeman 939. The first issue of ‘The Descent of Man’ had a print-run of just 2500 copies. It was published in February 1871 closely followed in March 1871 by the second issue printing of a further 2000 copies. There were two further issues of the two volume English edition in April and December 1871 the seventh and eighth thousands. Controversially received like ‘Origin of Species’ before it the word ‘evolution’ occurs here for the first time in any of Darwin’s works. It can be found on page 2 of the first volume. John Murray. hardcover
1874réf. A38223London: John Murray 1874. xvi 688 78 woodcuts in text. . HB. 8vo in 12s 190x120mm orig. green cloth rubbed minor wear to corners a few ink spots to rear board; short tear to front endpaper orig. owner's name erased to verso; later owner's name to pastedown; small ink smudge to outer margin of title; occasional light foxing; one gathering working loose with stitching tender; small marginal stain to lower outer corner of 20 pages. A good copy. Without the Errata slip mentioned by Freeman. 2nd edition tenth thousand. This edition was issued as a single volume the first edition 1871 is in two volumes and the text is divided into three parts rather than two in the first edition with sexual selection in relation to man being separated off as the third part. This edition has ben extensively revised and contains a note by T.H. Huxley 'On the Resemblences and Differences in the Structure and the Development of the Brain in Man and Apes' pp 199-206. Freeman 944. John Murray hardcover
réf. 121700London John Murray 1887. . Fifth thousand revised; 3 vols 8vo 220 x 150 mm; engraved frontispiece to each volume single plate to vols I & II errata slip in vol. I engravings in the text bookplates to pastedowns occasional light spotting to first and last few leaves; contemporary half red morocco by Birdsall & Son gilt ruled marbled boards spine lettered in gilt in six gilt compartments top edges gilt a touch of rubbing a very good set; 395; 393; 418 pp. A handsomely bound set of The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin edited by his son Francis and with a chapter on 'The Reception of the Origin of Species' by Thomas Henry Huxley. This early printing was published in the same year as the first with revisions and the errata corrected. Freeman 1453. London, John Murray, 1887. hardcover
1872réf. 54612Paris, C. Reinwald et Cie, 1872-1873. 8vo. 2 volumes uncut in publisher's original green full cloth with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spines and embossed front and back boards. A stamp to title-pages and very light wear to extremities, internally very fine, clean and fresh. XV, (1), 452, 24 [advertisements] pp."" (8), 494, (2) pp.
1914réf. 41545London, 1914. No wrappers, but stiched. All three papers contained in: ""Philosophical Magazine"", Sixth Series, Vol. 27. No. 159. March 1914. The whole issue issue offered (=no. 159): pp. 397-540 and 2 plates.Rutherford's paper.pp. 488-498. - Darwin's paper: pp. 499-506. - Bohr's paper: pp. 506-523. All clean and fine.
1872réf. 54612Paris C. Reinwald et Cie 1872-1873. 8vo. 2 volumes uncut in publisher's original green full cloth with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spines and embossed front and back boards. A stamp to title-pages and very light wear to extremities internally very fine clean and fresh. XV 1 452 24 advertisements pp.; 8 494 2 pp. First French translation of Darwin's 'Descent of Man'. Whereas "Origin of Species" established Darwinism as a turning point in nineteenth-century biology "The Descent of Man" helped built a bridge between biology the social sciences and the humanities and made Darwinism a broad system of research designs theoretical principles and philosophical outlook."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 1863 by Huxley's Man's place in nature. 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." Freeman.It was translated into Danish Dutch French German Italian Polish Russian and Swedish in Darwin's lifetime and into ten further languages since.Freeman 1058 hardcover
1914réf. 41545London 1914. No wrappers but stiched. All three papers contained in: "Philosophical Magazine" Sixth Series Vol. 27. No. 159. March 1914. The whole issue issue offered =no. 159: pp. 397-540 and 2 plates.Rutherford's paper.pp. 488-498. - Darwin's paper: pp. 499-506. - Bohr's paper: pp. 506-523. All clean and fine. First edition and first printing of all three papers. Rutherford in this paper for the first time identifies the hydrogen nucleus and called it the 'positive electron'. He later called it 'the proton' . In his definitive paper of 1911 he estimated the radius of the nucleus a hundred thousand times smaller than that of an atom. Darwin in his paper offered here gave a more precise measure.In the first lines of the paper Rutherford outlines the content "The present paper and and the accompanying paper by Mr. C. Darwin the second paper offered here deal with certain points in connection with the "nucleus" theory of the atom which were purposely omitted in my first communication on that subject Phil. Mag. May 1911. A brief account is given of the later investigations which have been made to test the theory and of the deductions which can be drawn from them. At the same time a brief statement is given of recent observations on the passage of alpha particles through hydrogen which throw importent light on the dimensions of the nucleus." - Rutherford had studies alpha-particles intensely in the years before 1914 and proved quite conclusively that the individual particle was a helium atom with its electrons removed. The alpha particles were like the positive rays that had been discovered by Goldstein 1886 and now in 1914 the paper offered Rutherford suggested that the simplest positive rays must be those obtained from the hydrogen and that these must be the fundamentall positively-charged particle. He names it a 'positive electron'.Darwin in the paper offered "concluded from the known data:"No force proportional to some power of the distance other than the inverse square can give the dependence the Rutherford scattering cross section on the initial velocity" and he then calculated the distance of closest alpha-particle-nucleus approach.The paper by Niels Bohr relates to "The Stark effect". In 1913 appeared "an importent new discovery: when atomic hydrogen is exposed to a static electrical field its spectral lines split the amount of splitting being proportional to thefield strenght the linear Stark effect. After Rutherford read this news in "Nature" he at once wrote to Bohr:'I think it is rather up to you at the present time to write something on.electric effects.'" A. Pais. Bohrs paper on The Stark effect appeared in 1914 the paper offered here. - Rosenfeld. Niels Bohr' publications No. 10. unknown
1880réf. chd16London: John Murray. G : in good condition. Professionally rebound with original spine. New eps. 1880. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm 7" x 5". x 592pp 32pp. 196 b/w vignettes. Adverts May 1878. . John Murray hardcover
1884réf. 1293Budapest: Kiadja a M. K. Természettudományi Társulat 1884. First Hungarian edition. In publisher’s red buckram with gilt title on spine and front panels blind stamped in two volumes. With bookplates and contemporary bookseller’s vignette on inner front panels. Covers are slightly rubbed at extremities. Endpapers reinforced at joints. Overall in very good condition. First Hungarian edition. In publisher’s red buckram with gilt title on spine and front panels blind stamped in two volumes. LXXI 1 1–542 2; VII 5 1–436 p. First Hungarian edition of Darwin’s 1871 book on human evolution and sexual selection “The Descent of Man”. Tivadar Margo 1816–1896 was a biologist the author of Darwin’s biography written for this edition and one of the earliest Hungarian Darwinists who wrote the first Hungarian zoological book that based on Darwin’s idea about the evolution. Margo had the chance to meet Darwin personally in 1875 he describes this meeting in the introduction of this book and also in the memorial lecture he held after the death of Darwin his fellow member of the Academy of Sciences Darwin was Honorary Fellow of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences as early as 1872. Aurél Török Géza Entz and Margo the translators and contributors of this book are among the most important figures to spreading Darwinism in Hungary. . Kiadja a M. K. Természettudományi Társulat unknown
1880réf. 1813London: John Murray. 1880. First edition first issue distinguished by the presence of two lines of errata on p. x which are corrected in the second issue of the same year. Octavo. Publisher's original green cloth the boards panelled in blind the spine with titles in gilt. Page edges untrimmed. Brown coated endpapers. Contemporary bookseller's ticket for Maclehose of Glasgow to the front pastedown. Illustrated with 196 woodcuts in text. pp. x 592 32pp. publisher's catalogue dated May 1878 to the rear. Contemporary ink ownership signature of "St. John V. Day" St. John Vincent Day to the head of the title page. A very good copy the binding firm albeit with a little cracking to the hinges a couple of minor nicks to the centre of the upper joint a touch of rubbing to the joints a little loss to the gilt at the head of the spine and a minor mark to the spine. The contents with some light foxing and occasional finger-marking to the preliminary pages and with pp.25-28 and pp.274-275 roughly opened with attendant small tears and a little loss to the blank upper corner of one page are otherwise in very good order. The first edition first printing of Charles Darwin's penultimate book forming a continuation of his experiments regarding the movements of climbing plants and their responses to external stimuli. Written with the assistance of his son the botanist Francis Darwin the work examines the processes of individual plants as a means to elucidate the general principles governing their growth and life. This initial printing formed around 1500 copies and was quickly sold out with a second issue printed within two months. The present copy belonged to St. John Vincent Day a consulting engineer based in Glasgow during the 1870s-1890s; a fellow of the Royal Society of Engineers he was the author of numerous works on the history of engineering particularly regarding the use of various natural resources in the construction of buildings in the ancient world. Freeman 916. London: John Murray. hardcover
1882réf. 49299John 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
1880réf. 000858John Murray 1880. Hardcover. Good. Second Thousand 1880 published by John Murray. Original green cloth covers square a few marks to the spine with a small split to the top edge of the spine plus a vertical crease. Dark brown endpapers front hinge cracked but secure a few spots to the first couple of pages plus a previous owners inscription in ink to the reverse of the free endpaper clear pages some light creasing rough cut page edges three cut untidily causing loss to the margin not affecting the text otherwise neat. The majority of pages from p153 and onward remain uncut. Good to very good condition. x 592 pages plus 32 page list of works dated May 1878. John Murray hardcover
1910réf. 193289London: Duckworth & Co. 1910. Darwin made his reputation primarily with pen rather than putter First edition. The author the grandson of the famous naturalist is still regarded as one of golf's greatest journalists and his works have "achieved a classic status" Jack p. 151. Darwin 1876-1961 was the golf correspondent for The Times for almost five decades. The present work one of his many triumphs is an essential part of any golfing library. In the second edition 1925 the chapter concerning the golf courses of Ireland was omitted. First editions are encountered in slightly variant weaves of cloth and with the decorative elements on the front cover in gilt and green or as here in green alone. Quarto. Colour frontispiece showing St Andrews 63 plates 47 colour all with tissue guards and after Rountree. Original green cloth spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt and green binder's stamp in blind on rear board top edge gilt others untrimmed. Front endpaper with near-contemporary ink stamp of Sherlocks of Irton Hall. Gilt on spine somewhat dulled extremities bumped spotting internally as often: very good. Donovan & Murdoch 14410. Zachary Michael Jack ed. Participatory Sportswriting: An Anthology 1870-1937 2009. hardcover
