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1876ref. A38228London: Smith Elder & Co. 1876. xiii 1 647 2 folding maps 5 folding plates 1 hand-col of geological sections 40 woodcuts to text. . HB. 8vo 186x130mm cont. half calf rebacked with orig. backstrip retained raised bands and gilt tooling to compartments a little rubbed and dulled marbled boards rubbed edges and endpapers. Light foxing to plates and Index. Short tear to inner edge of one map and a several plates. Vg. Second edition. Originally published in 1844 and 1846 as parts 2 Volcanic Islands and 3 South America of Darwin's geological results of the Beagle voyage. In this edition both parts are combined and although called a second edition the text was not altered apart from a few new references given in the Preface. This is the final edition published during Darwin's lifetime.Freeman 276. Smith, Elder & Co. hardcover
ref. 212341John Murray 1876. First edition octavo green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind rule to boards brown coated eps viii 482pp VG moderate fraying to cloth of board edges & corners some bruising & fraying to spine extrems 2cm tear to cloth of spine side some staining to boards moderately heavy browning to page edges some foxing throughout John Murray 1876 hardcover
1902ref. mon0000215149John Murray London 1902-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Well read copy with a well worn cover including some pen marks and worn edges of pages but still very useable. John Murray, London hardcover
1872ref. 28651Good condition. This is the 1872 first French edition of La Descendance de l'Homme published in Paris by Reinwald translated by Jean-Jacques Moulinié and reviewed by Charles Martins. Issued in the same year as the English edition it was the first foreign-language printing of Darwin's work applying natural selection to human origins and sexual selection. Presented in two octavo volumes the set includes numerous in-text wood engravings and retains the structure of the original English publication. Bound in green publisher's cloth with blind-ruled boards and gilt spine titles. Mild wear to spine ends and board corners; cloth stained and bubbled in areas. Bindings are secure. Original grey endpapers present. Pages remain untrimmed with occasional foxing. Volume I contains the complete 24-page Reinwald catalogue at rear. The illustrations throughout are clearly printed and complete. This edition was issued during Darwin's lifetime and includes one of the earliest appearances of the term "evolution" in his published works. Darwin described human ancestors as members of the primate group avoiding assertions of direct descent from apes. Referenced in Freeman 937 PMM 169 and Garrison & Morton 170. A complete unrestored example of this significant early continental edition. Item Number: #28651. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. C. Reinwald & Cie hardcover
1873ref. 2505026D. Appleton and Co 1873. first 2nd issue. hardcover. very good. First edition 2nd issue no errata list on back of title page in vol. 2. Books very good plus minor rubbing minor foxing. D. Appleton and Co unknown
1909ref. 33754Cambridge: Printed at the University Press 1909. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. First and Only Edition commemorated the celebration held at Cambridge from June 22 to June 24 1909 marked the centenary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 50th anniversary of the publication of "On the Origin of Species." This event was a significant gathering of scientists and scholars from around the world to honour Darwin's contributions to science.The Darwin Celebration of 1909 was a landmark event commemorating the profound impact of Charles Darwin's work on the scientific community and the broader understanding of the natural world. The proceedings reflected both the historical significance and the ongoing influence of Darwin's ideas in various scientific disciplines. This particular edition was owned by E.M.Forster as well as Laura Mary Forster. Charles Darwin stayed at her house in Surrey in 1879 and Laura was a lifelong friend of Darwin's eldest daughter Henrietta. Size: 8.1/2" x 10 1/2" in the original quarter beige buckram dark brown paper sides. The cover has Gold and Red stamping as well as blind embossing around the University of Cambridge emblem. The spine has browning and on the back cover a small layer of the paper has been rubbed off. All binding tight and no markings. This is a unique and very good copy of a scarce limited edition publication. Printed at the University Press unknown
1985ref. 0007135Cambridge various dates - 1985-2014. Mostly first printings. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Vols. l through 21 in 22 vols. - volume 16 in two parts. Cambridge hardcover
1873ref. 2505026D. Appleton and Co 1873. first 2nd issue. hardcover. very good. First edition 2nd issue no errata list on back of title page in vol. 2. Books very good plus minor rubbing minor foxing. D. Appleton and Co unknown books
1939ref. feb01431939. First Persian Iranian Edition of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin. بنیاد انواع بوسیله انتخاب طبیعی Used book For more details and availability please contact me Culture House
1913ref. feb0138Arvi A. Karisto 1913. First Finnish Edition of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin Lajien synty Used book For more details and availability please contact me Arvi A. Karisto hardcover
1873ref. feb026761873. First Edition in Hungarian - On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin A fajok eredete a természeti kiválás útján Volume 12 Used book For more details and availability please contact me Tarsulat hardcover
1876ref. feb027181876. First Spainish Edition of The descent of man and selection in relation to sex by Charles Darwin El origen del hombre: La seleccion natural y la sexual Used book For more details and availability please contact me Renaixensa hardcover
1872ref. feb026701872. First Russian Edition of The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin. О выражении ощущений у человека и животных Used book For more details and availability please contact me St. Petersburg hardcover
1880ref. feb1182411880: First French Edition of The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin La faculté motrice dans les plantes Used. For more details please contact me C. Reinwald hardcover
1887ref. 1458501887: First Polish Edition of The Voyage of the Beagle and selection in relation to sex by Charles Darwin Podróż naturalisty Wydawnictwo Przeglądu Tygodniowego hardcover
1922ref. feb1202891922. First Croatian Edition of The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin. Put jednoga prirodoslovca oko zemlje Used book For more details and availability please contact me Zagreb
1882ref. feb026851882. First French Edition of Vegetable Mould and Worms by Charles Darwin Role des vers de terre dans la formation de la terre végétale Used book For more details and availability please contact me C. Reinwald hardcover
ref. 72375London Nature 1877-1878. Folio 28.2 x 19.6 cm. Five Two; three pp. In: issues 17422 pp. xxxiii-xl 77-96 and 17440 pp. clxxxi-clxxxviii 441-460. = This notice by Darwin includes his introduction approval and comments on the contents of a letter to Darwin by the German-Brazilian botanist and entomologist Johann Friedrich Theodor "Fritz" Müller 1821-1897. Müller's letter is also printed verbatim. The complete issue published on 29 November 1877. ADDED: a lengthy review of Darwin's The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species Freeman 1277. This is a subject touched by the correspondence between Darwin and Müller. This anonymous three page review was published in number 440 of the same volume 4 April 1778. Uncut as issued. Weak vertical fold to both due to the method of dispatching a few light spots on the wrappers Darwin papers clean otherwise two very good clean copies. Freeman 1781. unknown
1899ref. 51349John Murray 1899. 8vo. Sixth Edition Fifty-Sixth Thousand with folding diagram front endpapers and half-title very lightly spotted; original green arches-style cloth boards framed in blind gilt back uncut a near fine copy. With publisher's advertisement leaf at end. 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. VERY SCARCE INDEED IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman 144. John Murray, hardcover
18838vo., Eighth Edition, WANTING FRONTISPIECE (original tissue guard present), with engraved title-vignette, 7 plates, very numerous illustrations and 8 maps (a number full-page) in the text, folding coloured map and folding map coloured in outline (maps vey lightly spotted, mainly on blank margins); original green cloth, upper board framed in black and blocked in gilt, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, expertly recased, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front paste-down, small stamp on title, and neat stamp in a few blank margins of text. With 2pp publisher's catalogue at end BUT TRAGICALLY WANTING THE FRONTISPIECE 'ORANG-UTAN ATTACKED BY DYAKS'. The most celebrated work, dedicated appropriately to Darwin, by the co-discoverer of the process of evolution through natural selection. The eighth edition is based on the revised third edition of 1872. His well-known appendix on the crania and the languages of man in the archipelago includes a glossary of one hundred and seventeen words in thirty-three languages of the region. A LOVELY COPY OF A KEY WORK IN THE LITERATURE OF EVOLUTION. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
1878ref. 52862London: John Murray 1878. Sixth edition twentieth thousand. 8vo. xxi i 458 pp. Publisher's green cloth gilt to the spine A folding plate. Neatly recased free endpapers slightly worn to the edges light spotting at the front and rear else very good. Freeman 403. The second issue of the definitive text. London: John Murray unknown
1842ref. 60134London, University of London, 1842. 8vo. In contemporary half calf. In ""The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science"", Vol. XXI. July - December, entire volume offered. Spine with wear and lacking bits of the leather especially affecting front hinge. Leather brittle. Front hindge loose. Exlibris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Internally nice and clean. [Darwin's paper:] Pp. 180-88. [Entire volume: viii, 568 pp.].
1839ref. 54344(London, Richard and John E. Taylor, 1839). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London."", 1839, Part I. Pp. 39-81 and 2 plates. (1 engraved map and 1 lithographed plate). Both plates with a few brownspots.
1872ref. 52105Kjøbenhavn, Gyldendalske Boghandel (F. Hegel), 1872. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half calf with 4 raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Spine rubbed. A few light brownspots throughout. Otherwise a fine and clean copy. (10), XIII, 605, (1) + 1 plate.
1872ref. 47264Kjøbenhavn, Gyldendalske Boghandel (F. Hegel), 1872. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt and with gilt lettering. Spine slightly rubbed. Corners a bit bumped. (10),XIII,605,(1) pp. and 1 folded plate. A few faint brownspots to the first leaves.