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1888rif. 28746London: 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. The first work to truly discuss the actual origin and development of species as an accepted scientific method. 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
1871rif. 59148John Murray London 1871. 1871. Hardcover. 2 volumes 8vo. hardcovers. pp.423475. b/w illus. Very good minor wear to cover corners foxing to endpapers. Original binding. First edition Eight Thousand third printing. . John Murray, London, 1871. hardcover
1888rif. 677london: John Murray 1888. Later printing. Leather_bound. Very Good. Contemporary three quarter leather binding by Mudie. seventeenth thousand 519 pages including index plus i to ix preface. Beautiful /leather binding with raised bands to spine. Gilded lettering ruled lines and design to spine with the title on a black leather .background. Attractive marbled boards and endpapers. Tan calf leather in good condition - some surface loss to the corner pieces . All page ends also marbled - the pages edges are quite perfect with a noticeable gloss to them. John Murray hardcover
1869rif. 023435New York: D. Appleton and Company. A later printing of the original U. S. Edition which was published in 1860. xi 440 pp including supplement plus two pages of publisher's books. A few inner pages pulling but not loose. Foldiing chart. Clean unmarked copy. Green pebbled gilt lettered cloth. Thumbed top of spine. Gilt top edge of pages light soiling. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1869. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
rif. 6087London: John Murray 1868. First edition. There is a faint crease to the front cover of volume 1 and minor bumps to the top rear outer corner of volume 1 and to the bottom front and rear outer corners of volume 2 these tiny bumps are barely noticeable; the text blocks and original bindings of both volume are very bright and clean; a tight very good copy. Pp. viii 411; viii 486 43 text woodcuts. Publisher's original blind-stamped green cloth with gilt-lettered spine 8vo. This is the first edition second issue of 'Variation of Animal and Plants' Freeman 878. Imprint at base of spine in two lines on both volumes there is single two-lines erratum at the end of the index and no errata lines in volume 2. No ads are present at the end of either volume. There are no ownership marks in this set of any kind. London: John Murray, 1868. First edition. hardcover
1871rif. 6644London: John Murray 1871. First edition second issue of volume 1 seventh thousand of volume 2. Good. 2 volumes octavo 20 cm. Original green cloth. Spine cocked somewhat on volume 1. Both volumes well-read but quite good. Owner's name in pencil on title page of volume 1. References: Norman 599; Garrison-Morton 170; Corrections to the text in volume 1 mark this printing as the first edition second issue. Volume 2 is the first restriking. It is noted that the word "evolution" occurs on page 2 of volume 1 for the first time in any of Darwin's works. John Murray hardcover books
1880rif. 55102FIRST ISSUE IN A HANDSOME BINDING first edition first issue 8vo. 2 half-title & advt. x 592pp. 196 figures on text leaves handsome modern contemporary-style half light tan calf spine panelled by gilt-rolled raised bands large blind tool at panel centres red morocco label gilt old marbled paper on sides top edge gilt trivial old water stain at the extreme foot of the first few leaves. A nice copy. Freeman Darwin Bibliography 1325. First issue with 2 lines of errata on page x. "This was an extension of the work on climbing plants to show that the same mechanism holds good for flowering plants in general. It was another specialist book and seems to have sold fewer copies than any other and was not reprinted in England after the year of Darwin's death until modern facsimiles appeared of the first thousand in 1966 and the second in 1969.The first edition was published on November 6 1880 and it is recorded that 1500 copies were sold at Murray's autumn sale. It was in a standard green cloth binding and cost 15s. . In this issue there are two lines of errata on page x which are corrected in the second thousand of the same year. . In the third thousand of 1882 the last Murray printing the preface is slightly altered" Freeman p.161. This work follows up on his earlier On the Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants 1865 and was based on experiments that he conducted with the assistance of his son Francis Darwin. On p.569-70 he suggests natural selection as a possible explanation for plants' ability to bend towards or away from environmental stimuli. John Murray hardcover
rif. 68564Fine illustrated and antiquarian Natural history . 1st. Ed. 2nd. Iss. Pub. John Murray. 1868. Two volume set with 32-pages of adverts dated April 1867 to rear of Vol. I and 2-pages of adverts dated February 1868 to rear of Vol. II. With Edwards & Remnants binders label to pastedown of Vol. I. 8vo. Hardback. With signature of possibly the first owner dated 68 to ffep of both vols. Some spotting to ends only very occ. elsewhere o/w. contents fine. Index sections unopened. Original publishers decorated green cloth showing light shelf wear o/w. nr. fine. Freeman 878. This set was clearly owned by someone who studied both this work and The Origin of Species. There are informed pencil notes within the text 17 in number alongside 12 annotations all leading to a larger pencil note at the end of Vol. II in which the writer puts forward his argument as to why Darwins argument breaksdown - this note dated 1871. Fine illustrated and antiquarian Natural history hardcover
1974rif. mon0000160731Gale Research Co 1974-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. EX LIBRARY BOOK Gale Research Co hardcover
1909rif. 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
1909rif. 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
1868rif. 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
1868rif. 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
1944rif. 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
1928rif. 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
1873rif. 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
1888rif. 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
1872rif. 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
rif. 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
1931rif. 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
1910rif. 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
1871rif. 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
1871rif. 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
1874rif. 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
rif. 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
