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rif. 41948New York; D. Appleton and Company; 1872. Two volumes octavo brown cloth with black decoration lettered in gilt to spine chipped at head and foot of spines previous owner's name to endpapers Vol. I pp. iv; blank; vi 409; blank; 2 - advertisements; 2 - blank; 25 text illustrations; Vol. II pp. ii; blank viii 436 12 - advertisements 2 -blank; 51 text illustrations extensive index; a very good set. The second edition reprinted of Darwin's important work on natural selection. The third US edition based on the second U.K. issue of the previous year Freeman 938 with no list of Errata to Volume I and with the errors corrected. Freeman 943. Â hardcover
rif. 117411London John Muray 1881. 8vo. vii blank 326 2 pp. with 15 woodcuts in pagination. Half-titel and title page with foxing verso of title with off-setting. Publ. standard green cloth edges trimmed a slight crack in inner front hinge but still firm. Owner’s signatur of Bernhard Lundgren dated 1888 library stamp of E. W. Olbers and book plate of Nils Uddenberg. Freeman 1358. First edition second issue. ”The first edition went to press on May 1 1881 and was published on October 10. The issue was said to have been of 2000 copies but this cannot be entirely correct because copies of the second thousand have this printed on the title page. However these two are otherwise identical. The binding was standard with the word 'Earthworms' in the spine title although this does not occur on the title page” Freeman.Nils Uddenberg 1938-2025 was physician and author of works in scientific history. He wrote several articles about Darwin and also translated ”The Descent of Man” to Swedish in 2006 ”Människans härkomst och könsurvalet”. hardcover
2002rif. x-0521824133Cambridge Univ Pr 2002. Hardcover. New. 736 pages. 9.50x6.75x1.75 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
rif. 70206London Murray 1877. Green guilt cloth 693 39 pages 19.5 x 12.5 cm English text. Second edition twelfth thousand. good condition first page top of page teared no damage to text. . The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex is a book by English naturalist Charles Darwin first published in 1871 which applies evolutionary theory to human evolution and details his theory of sexual selection a form of biological adaptation distinct from yet interconnected with natural selection. Darwin used the word "descent" to mean lineal descendant of ancestors. The book discusses many related issues including evolutionary psychology evolutionary ethics evolutionary musicology differences between human races differences between sexes the dominant role of women in mate choice and the relevance of the evolutionary theory to society. London Murray 1877 hardcover
1980rif. 332690Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; The Great Books of the Western World. Franklin Library hardcover
1978rif. 332680Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Walter Rane. Near Fine Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; The Great Books of the Western World. Franklin Library hardcover
1975rif. 217978Franklin Center Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1975. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Accented in 22kt gold printed on archival paper with gilded edges smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. Book plate to second free end page. A Limited Edition. First Franklin Library Edition.; The 100 Greatest Books of all Time. Franklin Library hardcover
1994rif. x-0521451566Cambridge Univ Pr 1994. Hardcover. New. 645 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.75 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
2006rif. 008797London: The Folio Society 2006. Hardcover. Fine. Pleasant decorative Folio Society editions of Darwin's key works: On the Origin of Species by the Means of Natural Selection 2007 fourth printing; The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals & the Autobiography 2008 first thus; Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Counties visited during The Voyage of the HMS Beagle 2007 fourth printing; The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex 2008 first thus. With colour images. Introductions by Richard Keynes Richard Dawkins and Stephen Pinker. Complete with slipcases. Some mild shelfwear to slipcases. Volumes are crisp and pristine. Fine condition. Due to size and weight extra shipping fees may apply to overseas orders The Folio Society hardcover
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1992rif. x-0521385644Cambridge Univ Pr 1992. Hardcover. New. 709 pages. 9.50x7.00x1.50 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
1990rif. ZB1329168NYU Press 1990. 354 pp. hardcover top edge lightly foxed else fine lacks dust jacket. - 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. NYU Press hardcover
2008rif. NOCT17-9780078136665-115Academic Press 2/25/2008. Hardcover. New. NEW TEXTBOOK SHIPS WITH EMAILED TRACKING FROM USA Academic Press hardcover
1898rif. 1iiBf0019New York: D. Appleton & Company 1898. Book. Very Good. Decorative Hardcover. Authorized Edition. 8vo or 8° Medium Octavo: 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 365 xxvi pp. Vol I issue only! A rare hard-to-find out-of-print true collectible gem! A wonderful copy! A scarce copy! Gold edging on top. Fold-out illustration diagram. Still some uncut/unopened pages. Stains on front cover board. Minimal discoloration. Tear on first front end page. No dust jacket. . D. Appleton & Company Hardcover
rif. 123659London: John Murray Printed by William Clowes and Sons 1890 2nd edition revised; seventh thousand. hardcover xiv 473pp 1; x 495pp. Good. Two volumes. 12mo. In original green cloth; lettering and decorative device in gilt to spine; decorative bands in gilt at head and heel of spine; top and bottom boards with simple blindstamped decorative borders. Cloth rubbed most pronounced at edges; cloth chipping at head and heel of spine. Edges of vol.II dirtied most prominent on fore-edge. Plain brown EPs. Both volumes with remnants of previously removed label bookplate to ffep. Previous owner's signature at head of first blanco of each volume. Library rubber stamps in vol.I to first blanco preface page p.vii list of illustrations p.97 and final page p.473. Library rubber stamps in vol.II to first blanco title page first contents page and verso-rfep. Occasional leaf with creased corner. Vol.II starting at front gutter and p.464 / 465; all entirely secure. Textblock clean and square. Illustrated throughout; tables. An early printing of this important edition revised by Charles Darwin. Of all the corrections which Darwin made for this edition the reworking of his provisional hypothesis of pangenesis in Ch.27 is especially important. John Murray (Printed by William Clowes and Sons) Hardcover
1989rif. 333541Alabama: Gryphon Editions 1989. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Owner nameplate on second front end page. Gryphon Editions hardcover
1985rif. ND201931985-1997 xxix, 702, xxxiii, 603, xxix, 523, xxxiii, 711, xxix, 705, xxix, 637, xxxv, 671, xxxvii, 766, xxxiii, 609, xxxvii, 936 p., several figs & pls, num. portraits, cloth (dust jacket). Four volumes with the signature of Dr. A. Brouwer in first end-papers, else clean and spotless.Good set of the cloth-bound edition (in good dust jackets) of the first 10 volumes, which includes the very interesting years just before, during and after the first appearance of ''The Origin of Species".
1991rif. 335719Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Paul Landacre. Very Good Leather Bound. Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Owner personalization pressed into second front end page.; The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Collector's Edition. Easton Press hardcover
rif. mon0003804955Easton Press 9999T. leather_bound. Very Good. 12.0000 12.0000 12.0000. 4-volume set. Fine copies bound in full leather with raised bands and gilt decoration. All edges gilt pages clean. Bookplate of former owner affixed in prelims. Easton Press hardcover
2011rif. x-0415665663Routledge 2011. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 224 pages. 9.33x6.46x0.75 inches. Routledge hardcover
1888rif. A55274London: John Murray 1888. ix 1 395 2; iii 393 2; iv 418 1 3 portrait frontispieces 2 plates 2 illus. . HB. 3 vols 8vo orig. grey-green cloth blind double-ruled border to boards gilt title and rules to spines; a little rubbed to extremities minor wear to the foot of one spine; a few conrners lightly bumped; endpapers and facing leaves browned; minor spotting to edges of text block of Vol. III. Vg set. With bookplates of Leicestershire botanist F.A. Sowter 1899-1972. Seventh thousand revised. The first published version of Darwin's autobiography which went through five printings of which this is the fifth in little more than a year. Edited by Sir Francis Darwin 1848-1925 a botanist and son of Charles Darwin. Francis Darwin's books on his father have provided the basis for all subsequent scientific biographies and papers on Darwin. Freeman 1457. John Murray hardcover
2024rif. x-1032750456Routledge 2024. Hardcover. New. 250 pages. 9.19x6.13x9.21 inches. Routledge hardcover
2009rif. x-0521517575Cambridge University Press 2009. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 650 pages. 9.50x6.75x1.25 inches. Cambridge University Press hardcover
18868vo., Second Edition, Seventeenth Thousand, neat signature on blank front preliminary and dedication; original dark green arches-style cloth blocked in blind, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, uncut and partially unopened, very neatly recased, backstrip very lightly chafed (but without material loss) at head and tail else an unusually good, clean copy. With 32p publisher's catalogue (dated April 1886) bound in at end and the trade ticket of Beavis Stewart of Newcastle-on-Tyne on front paste-down. Quite apart from its scientific value, Darwin's first published text (1839) is an important travel work in its own right. This issue retains Darwin's separate Postscript, first seen in the tenth thousand of 1860 and from 1890 onwards incorporated in the text. Freeman (Darwin), 18.
