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ref. 54343showing him head and shoulders three quarter face with his full beard oval 4½" x 3½" on mount 10¾" x 8" no place no date circa The term Woodburytype refers to both a photomechanical process and the print produced by this process. The process produces continuous tone images in slight relief. A chromated gelatin film is exposed under a photographic negative which hardens in proportion to the amount of light. Then it is developed in hot water to remove all the unexposed gelatin and dried. This relief is pressed into a sheet of lead in a press with 5000 psi. This is an intaglio plate. It is used as a mold and is filled with pigmented gelatin. The gelatin layer is then pressed onto a paper support. It is thought to produce the finest photographic images. The Woodburytype was developed by Walter B. Woodbury in 1864 first used in a publication in 1866 and widely used for fine book illustration from about 1870 to 1900. unknown
1877ref. 82978Paris: C. Reinwald & Cie 1877. Fine. C. Reinwald & Cie Paris 1877 14.50 x 23.50 cm reliure de l'éditeur Rare first edition of the French translation established by Edmond Barbier. Biographical introduction and additional notes by Charles Martins. Publisher's full green cloth binding smooth spine headcaps skillfully restored blind-ruled frame on boards grey paper endpapers and pastedowns. Some foxing gift inscription dated in blue ballpoint pen at head of half-title page. Work illustrated with 30 figures in the text. C. Reinwald & Cie hardcover
1880ref. 231366London: John Murray 1880. First Edition. Green Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾. N/a. x 592 32 advertisements pp. 1880. First edition first impression. Two lines of errata to the tail of page x. The advertisements dated May 1878. No contemporary or other inscriptions. A very good clean tight copy. Original publisher's green cloth - gilt embossed to the spine. A few marks to the front board and some light mottling towards the lower and leading board edge of the front board and from the middle of the rear board to the leading edge. Slight not heavy in anyway splitting to the inner hinges. A 2cm short tear to the head of the half title page - now expertly repaired. A tiny contemporary 'Hatchards Piccadilly' sticker to the tail of the front paste-down. A very good clean tight well preserved first edition copy. John Murray hardcover
1862ref. 52936London John Murray 1862. FIRST EDITION 1862 RESTORED EX LIBRARY COPY no visible signs of being a library copy except for a pale patch on spine due to removal of library number variant b no vertical lines to cloth covers. 8vo approximately 200 x 130 mm 8 x 5 inches folding illustration at page 18 plus 33 woodcut illustrations in the text pages: vi 1-365 including index followed by 16 pages of publisher's catalogue dated January 1872 original publisher's plum cloth gilt lettering to spine central gilt orchid to upper cover blind stamped decoration to covers new black endpapers page edges untrimmed as issued. Binding expertly rebacked original backstrip laid on just showing a little new cloth at foot of spine slight rubbing to cloth slightly affecting gilt lettering and orchid a few small pale spots to covers pale browning to title page tiny repair to fold on blank side of folding plate with special archival clear tape hardly visible occasional small brown spot last 3 leaves of catalogue at rear foxed slight pale signs of handling in outer margins a good tight copy. See Freeman The Works of Charles Darwin pages 112-113 Freeman does not mention copies with publishers's catalogue dated January 1872. Fertilisation of Orchids was concerned with working out in detail the relationship between sexual structures of orchids and the insects which fertilise them their evolution being attributed to natural selection. It is therefore the first of the volumes of supporting evidence for Origin of Species. This is the only Murray Darwin between 1859 and 1910 not bound in green cloth. Life and Letters of Darwin Volume 3 page 274 quotes Asa Gray as saying 'if the Orchid-book with a few trifling omissions had appeared before the "Origin" the author would have been canonised rather the anathematised by the natural theologians' and notes that a review in the Literary Churchman found only one fault 'that Mr Darwin's expression of admiration at the contrivances in orchids is too indirect a way of saying' "O Lord how manifold are thy works"; Sotheby's catalogue Darwin's Century: The Jeremy Norman Collection page 53 No.127. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED. London, John Murray, 1862. hardcover
ref. 66299John Murray. London. 1872. Sixth edition with Additions and Corrections. Eleventh thousand. pp. xxi i 458. Folding plan. Original cloth recased retaining all original cloth and end-papers text clean a good-plus copy. FREEMAN #391. Long thought to have been Darwin's final text a position in the hierarchy of the Origin now occupied by FREEMAN #401 18th. thousand. John Murray. London. 1872. Sixth edition, with Additions and Corrections. (Eleventh thousand.). hardcover
ref. 53386London printed by J. Nichols 1786. Read at the ROYAL SOCIETY March 23 1786. Pamphlet 4to approximately 290 x 200 mm 11½ x 8½ inches pages: 2 title pages title page duplicated 1-36 padded out with blank pages at rear lacking original blue wrappers rebound in modern half morocco over marbled boards gilt lettered green label gilt rules gilt date to foot of spine blind decoration to spine marbled endpapers. Pale age-browning to first title page otherwise a very good clean copy. Reprinted later in Zoonomia with plates. Robert Waring Darwin FRS was an English medical doctor who today is best known as the father of the naturalist Charles Darwin. He was a member of the influential DarwinWedgwood family. Robert Darwin provided the first empirical evidence that small eye movements are made even when people attempt to keep them fixed. This he found during his studies of the after images of colored stimuli in which he noticed that while a person tried to fixate a colored circle a lucid edge appeared on the adjacent white-paper background. He concluded "as by the unsteadiness of the eye a part of the fatigued retina falls on the white paper". Wikipedia. See: Library Hub Discover only one copy listed in the University of Cambridge Libraries. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED. London, printed by J. Nichols, 1786. hardcover
1871ref. MS0006z2 volumes. viii42316 publisher's advertisements pages dated January 1871 with figures. viii47516 publisher's advertisements pages dated January 1871 with figures and index. Small octavos 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and blind stamped borders enclosing panel on boards. Untrimmed edges. Freeman 939 p. 128-132 First edition second state. 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. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex is a book by English naturalist Charles Darwin first published in 1871 which applies revolutionary theory to human evolution and details his theory of sexual selection a form of biological adaptation distinct from yet interconnected with natural selection. 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. In January 1871 Thomas Huxley's former disciple the anatomist St. George Mivart had published On the Genesis of Species as a critique of natural selection. Anonymously in a Quarterly Review article he claimed that the Descent of Man would unsettle "our half educated classes" and talked of people doing as they pleased breaking laws and customs. An infuriated Darwin guessed that Mivart was the author and thinking "I shall soon be viewed as the most despicable of men" looked for an ally. In September Huxley wrote a cutting review of Mivart's book and article which a relieved Darwin told him "How you do smash Mivart's theology. He may write his worst & he will never mortify me again". As 1872 began Mivart politely inflamed the argument again writing "wishing you very sincerely a happy new year" while wanting a disclaimer of the "fundamental intellectual errors" in the Descent of Man. This time Darwin ended the correspondence. Condition: Spine ends rubbed edge wear stained and soiling to covers volume one lacking back end paper inner hinges cracked in both volumes but holding. Volume two with dethatched front end paper corners bumped and rubbed Internal fingering and soiled else a fair set. John Murray hardcover
1876ref. 000859John Murray 1876. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. First edition first issue 1876 published by John Murray. viii with 3 line errata slip 482 pages. Original green cloth covers wear to the exterior hinges rubbed through in a couple of places spine ends and corners rubbed and bruised with some small tears some marks to the boards front hinge a little loose feeling the page block is sunken but all secure the front free endpaper has had a previous bookplate removed the top corner of the pages are indented where pages have been turned. rough cut page edges three cut clumsily causing loss to the margin not affecting the text an occasional minor spot or blemish pages otherwise bright a little dusty binding weave is visible between the rear endpapers. A little less than good condition. Comes with a Darwin related newspaper sheet by The Illustrated London News dated March 11 1871. John Murray hardcover
1872ref. 000904John Murray 1872. Hardcover. Good. 1872 Sixth edition thirteenth thousand published by John Murray. The sixth edition contains various additions and corrections and was the first to use the word evolution though he first used the term a year earlier in The Descent of Man. The first printing of the sixth edition is the eleventh thousand printed the same year as this. Green cloth covers with patchy fading or mottling spine ends rubbed and chipped corners rubbed secure binding endpapers bright and without any inscriptions the rear endpaper has a small tear and signs of glue to the hinge presumably a historical repair which is neat and secure. Half title spotted pages a little age toned with a few rare spots. Complete with pull out chart. Good condition. 19x13cm xxi 458 pages. John Murray hardcover
1878ref. 178890London: Samson Low Marston Searle and Rivington 1878. Capturing the evolution of Darwin A prime example of Darwin's personal iconography as an elder statesman of science. This photograph is taken from Lock & Whitfield's Men of Mark series - a portrait gallery of prominent Victorian individuals - and refashioned for open display. By 1878 the 69-year-old's fame was widespread. Despite his increasing retirement at Down House many continued to seek him out including Gladstone in 1877. As his son Francis recalled "He did not realise that people would know him from his photograph and I remember him at the Crystal Palace aquarium saying in uneasy voice that somebody had been looking at him & he supposed he must have been recognized" Van Whye. Men of Mark was issued in monthly parts comprising three portrait plates and biographical notices for 1s 6d. Darwin appeared in part 36 in December 1878. This image was later used as the frontispiece to the third edition in French of the Descent of Man. Photographic portrait 114 x 92 mm after a Woodburytype original by Lock & Whitfield mounted within contemporary wood frame with glazing and metal oval border 210 x 132 mm. Minimal finger-soiling slight scuffing to frame: in very good condition. Van Whye The Complete Photographs of Darwin 1878a.1. unknown
ref. 111774New York D. Appleton and Company 1871. . First US edition first impression; 2 vols; 20.5 x 13.5 cm; bookplate to front pastedowns dated ownership inscription in pencil to front free endpaper numerous illustrations errata to verso of contents leaf in vol. II 2pp ads to rear of vol. I 12pp to rear of vol. II; publisher's red cloth ruled in black arabesque cornerpieces spine lettered in gilt edges slightly rubbed The first US edition first impression containing his earliest published use of the term 'evolution'. A true sequel to Origin of a Species the Descent of Man picked up where the earlier work had left off discussing for the first time the place occupied by Homo sapiens in the Darwinian scheme of natural selection. An immensely popular work from the get-go over 5000 copies of Descent were sold within the first year cementing Darwin's status in the public mind as a 'gentleman of science'. Darwin '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' Freeman. Freeman 942. New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1871. hardcover
ref. 120011London John Murray 1872. . First edition second issue; 8vo; 7 plates from photographs 4-page publisher's ads dated November 1872 repaired tear to plate I mainly in the margin contemporary ownership inscription and small ink stamp of the title ink stamp also on I2 & T2 dark marks on Q7-R5 some light spotting to contents; original green cloth titles to spine gilt boards panelled in blind black coated endpapers spine rolled cloth a little rubbed with small worn spots at the corners and ends of spine very good condition; 374pp. First edition second issue with the preliminaries and signatures as noted by Freeman but with the first issue points of 'that' spelled correctly on page 208 the plates labelled with Roman numerals and the first issue ads. The Expression of the Emotions was a significant contribution to evolutionary theory and was one of the first books to be illustrated with photographic plates heliotypes. It was written 'in part at least as a confutation of the idea that the facial muscles of expression in man were a special endowment Freeman The Works of Charles Darwin p. 142. Here Darwin explicitly made the connection between the emotions and facial reflexes of humans and animals. He showed that human emotions were not unique but part of a shared evolutionary heritage with the rest of the animal kingdom. 'With this book Darwin founded the study of ethology animal behaviour and conveyance of information communication theory and made a major contribution to psychology' Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Freeman The Works of Charles Darwin 1141 & 1142; Hook & Norman The Norman Library of Science & Medicine 600; Garrison-Morton Medical Bibliography 4975. London, John Murray, 1872. hardcover
ref. 67909London: John Murray 1881. Biology FIRST EDITION. Octavo 20 x 14cm pp.2 vii 1 326 2 publisher's advertisement to rear. With numerous in-text illustrations throughout. Publisher's green cloth boards blind-ruled gilt titles to spine. Brown endpapers. With a loose photograph included. Minor infrequent spotting mostly to front and rear blanks. Hinges starting. A few faint white marks to boards spine toned joints lightly rubbed gentle edgewear. Very good. Darwin's last published scientific work surrounding the activity of earthworms and how they gradually by passing soil - or vegetable mould through their digestive systems over and over again literally form the ground we walk on. London: John Murray, 1881 unknown
ref. 125063London John Murray 1897. . Sixth edition; 8vo; folding chart bookplates a little light spotting to the half title but contents unusually clean; original green cloth blocked in blind titles to spine gilt brown coated endpapers some very light rubbed spots and a few tiny marks to the cloth which is clean and fresh an excellent copy; 432pp. Sixth edition an unusually nice copy in a lovely example of the publisher's cloth. The sixth edition of On the Origin of Species was the first in which the word evolution occurs following its use in The Descent of Man in 1871 and the final edition of Darwin's lifetime. As with previous editions it was extensively revised by the author and a new chapter was added to refute the views of the Roman Catholic biologist St. George Mivart. Other changes were made to increase its appeal to the general public including shortening the title by removing 'On' and the use of smaller type to reduce the size of the book. Freeman The Works of Charles Darwin 392. London, John Murray, 1897. hardcover
ref. 123176London John Murray 1898. . Sixth edition fifty-first thousand; 8vo 19 x 13 cm; folding diagram prize bookplate to front endpaper signed by an Admiral discreet stamp of the Lords of the Admiralty to verso of title; contemporary half calf cloth boards gilt spine in six compartments with gilt morocco lettering piece all edges speckled red touch of rubbing a very good copy; xxi 432 pp. Sixth edition. Prize copy presented by the Lords of the Admiralty with bookplate and presentation stamp to Major Henry James Jones O.B.E. R.A.O.C. who served in the Navy as an Engineer rising to be Chief Inspector of of Ordnance Machinery and was at one time technical adviser to the Inter-Allied Military Commission of Control for Austria. The sixth edition of On the Origin of Species initially appearing in 1872 was the first in which the word evolution occurs following its use in The Descent of Man in 1871 and is the final edition of Darwin's lifetime. As with previous editions it was extensively revised by the author and a new chapter was added to refute the views of the Roman Catholic biologist St. George Mivart. Other changes were made to increase its appeal to the general public including shortening the title by removing 'On' and the use of smaller type to reduce the volume's size. Freeman The Works of Charles Darwin 457. London, John Murray, 1898. hardcover
ref. 117204London John Murray 1888. . Sixth edition 35th thousand; folding chart 32-page publisher's ads at rear dated February 1888 a little spotting to the edges of the text block; original green cloth blocked in blind titles to spine gilt brown coated endpapers spine rolled cloth a little rubbed with some wear at the extremities a few light spots and marks to the cloth hinges cracked but firm very good condition; 458pp. Sixth edition 35th thousand. The sixth edition of On the Origin of Species was the first in which the word evolution occurs following its use in The Descent of Man in 1871 and the final edition of Darwin's lifetime. As with previous editions it was extensively revised by the author and a new chapter was added to refute the views of the Roman Catholic biologist St. George Mivart. Other changes were made to increase its appeal to the general public including shortening the title by removing 'On' and the use of smaller type to reduce the volume's size. Freeman The Works of Charles Darwin 392. London, John Murray, 1888. hardcover
ref. 23974London: John Murray. 1860. The first issue of the second definitive edition of Darwin's first published book. The first issue of the second definitive edition of Darwin's first published book. Tenth Thousand. Crown 8vo. Original green cloth with blind-stamped ornamental design to front and rear panels. Lettered ruled and with ornaments in gilt to the spine. 32 pp. of publisher's advertisements dated "December 1861" bound in at the rear Freeman notes that the inserted adverts in this edition "may be as late as September 1868". Illustrated with 11 black and white wood engravings and diagrams throughout the text. All edges untrimmed. A very good copy the binding square and firm with minor abrasion rubbing and some nicking to the spine tips and mild fraying to the outer hinges the lower portions of the gilt ruling a little worn. Front inner hinge partially cracked but holding. The contents with a previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown a faded ink signature to the front endpaper a small square of adhesive residue c. 2 x 2.5 cm visible to the lower edge of the rear pastedown due to removal of the original binder's label are otherwise clean with just a little light spotting to the prelims and final leaves. Charles Darwin's first published book now universally known as 'The Voyage of the Beagle' but not issued with that title until 1905 is as Richard Freeman notes in his bibliography of the author "undoubtedly the most often read and stands second only to 'On the Origin of Species' as the most often printed". Darwin's account of his travels aboard HMS Beagle between 1831 and 1836 has an appropriately circuitous bibliographical history. It was first issued as the third volume of three of 'The narrative of the voyages of H. M. Ships Adventure and Beagle' 1839 edited by Robert Fitzroy Captain of the Beagle; Darwin's volume simply titled 'Journal and remarks 1832-1836' was also reissued alone the same year. A second edition followed in 1845 as 'Journal or researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle round the world .' but it is this 1860 edition described by Freeman as the "Final definitive text" that became the template for the countless editions that followed. Darwin provided new preliminaries and a postscript dated Feb. 1st 1860 outlining changes and corrections made to the text. The work itself a groundbreaking fusion of travel narrative and scientific fieldwork is as Freeman notes"an important travel book in its own right" as well as its significance "in relation to the background of Darwin's evolutionary ideas". The green cloth binding for the 1860 edition is notable for being identical to that of the first three editions of 'On the Origin of Species'. Freeman 20. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: John Murray. 1860 hardcover
ref. 76065Down and London Elliott and Fry 1874. Albumen print mounted on cardboard with rounded edges and a red ink border 10.0 x 6.2 cm. With the name Darwin printed in black below the photo and red crowned logo on verso. Preserved in transparent sleeve. = Carte de visite. With a fine crisp portrait of Charles Darwin at an age of ca. 68 years. This photo was probably made in the studio of Elliott & Fry in 1874. ".while Darwin wrote and published two of his most important evolutionary tracts - Descent of Man and Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals - he took a hiatus from sitting for his photographic image. Once these books were out however he needed an updated carte-de-visite that he could send out to his friends and supporters. He turned again to the photographers who had made his most recent cartes Elliot and Fry". They produced at least four different poses which Darwin would have sent to friends and admirers." Darwin Project - photographic portraits. Van Wyhe gave the four known poses the letters a to d. This card is of his type b.4. The card bears the printed number 1391 and on its verso a red monogram "P". Very rare in such excellent condition. J. Van Wyhe in: Helvert P. van & J. Van Wyhe Darwin: a Companion 1874 b.4 p. 175. Not recorded by Freeman.
1877ref. 82941C. Reinwald & Cie | Paris 1877 | 14.50 x 23.50 cm | reliure de l'éditeur
1891ref. feb739671891: First Polish Edition of Autobiography by Charles Darwin Autobiografia i wybór listów. Wydane przez Syna Used. For more details please contact me Wydawnictwo Przeglądu Tygodniowego hardcover
1876ref. feb1120121876: First Russian Edition of Insectivorous plants in 2 Volumes by Charles Darwin ÐаÑекомоÑдные раÑÑ‚ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ñ Used. For more details please contact me Lifetime hardcover
1889ref. feb027031889 - 1890. First Norwegian Edition in 2 Volumes - On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin Arternes Oprindelse gjennem naturlig udvalg eller de bedst skikkede formers bevarelse i striden for livet. Oversat efter originalens VI. udgave af Ingebret Suleng. Used book For more details and availability please contact me Bibliothek for de tusen hjem paperback
1864ref. feb027111864. First Russian Edition On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin О Ð¿Ñ€Ð¾Ð¸Ñхождении видов путем еÑтеÑтвенного подбора родичей Used book For more details and availability please contact me Gubinski, St. Peterburg hardcover
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1910ref. feb027121910. First Portuguese Edition of The descent of man and selection in relation to sex by Charles Darwin. A Origem do Homem e a Seleção Sexual Used book For more details and availability please contact me Porto
