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1972réf. 43722NY:: Heritage Press. Very Good. 1972. Hardcover. Preface by Ashley Montagu. Drawings by Fritz Kredel. A reprint edition. Fine in a very good cracked along bottom corner slipcase. . Heritage Press, hardcover books
1891réf. 1381521London United Kingdom: John Murray 1891. First Edition Fifth Thousand. Hardcover. Octavo 208 pages. In Good plus condition. Dark evergreen spine with gilted lettering. Boards have mild shelving wear mild wear along edges ring stains on rear board bends along corners and moderate wear along spine head and tail edges. Textblock has denting along the tail edges of pages 103 - 118 tearing along the tail edges of pages 105 - 112 mild age-toning along head of pages splitting to gutter from pages 67 - 80 mild foxing on end-pages moderate age toning along edges and mild wear along edges. Shelved ND-A. 1381521. FP New Rockville Stock. John Murray hardcover books
1980réf. 102257Franklin Center:: Franklin Library. Near Fine. 1980. Hardcover. With the original illustrations. Limited edition. Octavo fully bound in green leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along spine all edges gilt silk moire endpapers sewn-in ribbon bookmark. Near fine. . Franklin Library, hardcover books
1883réf. 1353921New York: D. Appleton and Company 1883. Second Edition Revised Fourth Thousand. Hardcover. Octavos Two Volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in red cloth with black stamping to front boards blind stamping to rear boards and gilt titling to spines. Mild shelf wear and rubbing to binding. Volume 1 with one leaf of undated ads in rear; Volume 2 with four leaves of undated ads in rear. Gift inscription to front free endpapers. Stated "Second Edition Revised Fourth Thousand" but actually a reissue from the plates with only the date changed. Freeman Bibliographical Database: F884; also showing reissues of the 1876 printing in 1884 and 1887. Shelved in Case 10. 1353921. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1896réf. 002387S.-Peterburg St. Petersburg: Tipografiia A. A. Porokhovshchikova 1896. Late 19th-century Edition. Very good. Late 19th-century edition; 8 1/2 x 6; pp. 3 6-232 2 I-XXIV; rebound in 1/4 cloth and marbled paper over boards; small rubbed spots to corners; thin strip from remnants of original wraps along hinge on title page and a few scattered spots; illustrated with 24 wood-engraved plates; very good condition. A beautifully-illustrated edition of Darwin's work on the domestication of animals and plants it was first published in Russian in November of 1867 two months before the actual English-language edition as the translator - philosopher and paleontologist Vladimir Kovalevskii - had personally corresponded with Darwin and had translated and prepared the text for the Russian publication well in advance. No copies in OCLC or in the trade as of December 2018. Tipografiia A. A. Porokhovshchikova hardcover books
1919réf. 000265Privately printed by the New York Life Insurance Company 1919. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition; 8vo; pp. 14 13-439 5; 3/4 red morocco and marbled boards; elaborate gilt decorations and title to spine with 5 raised bands; slight wear to edges of covers and corners; roughly cut fore-edge; few small dark spots to upper part of spine; minor age-darkening to margins of first free page else text clean; very good or better condition. Signed/inscribed by Darwin Kingsley on upper margin of title page. Contains Kingsley's speeches on different topics - Democracy life insurance golf freedom etc. Darwin P. Kingsley was president of the New York Life Insurance Company in the early part of the 20th century. He was known among other things for inventing and implementing new types of insurance. An interesting fact of these times was that civil rights leader Susan B. Anthony was one of their first female policy holders. Privately printed by the New York Life Insurance Company hardcover books
1927réf. 000266Privately printed by the New York Life Insurance Company 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. Undated c1927; first edition; 8vo; pp. 6 vii-xvi 1-434 2; 3/4 red morocco and marbled boards; gilt decorations and title to spine with 5 raised bands; some wear to edges of spine; small closed chip to head of spine; corners rubbed; roughly cut fore-edge; pages clean; overall in very good condition. Signed/inscribed by Darwin Kingsley on first free page. Darwin P. Kingsley was president of the New York Life Insurance Company in the early part of the 20th century. He was known among other things for inventing and implementing new types of insurance. An interesting fact of these times was that civil rights leader Susan B. Anthony was one of their first female policy holders. Privately printed by the New York Life Insurance Company hardcover books
1868réf. CDAR012London: John Murray 1868 Two volumes. First edition first issue. One of 1500 copies. Bound in three-quarter contemporary brown calf over red marbled boards spines lettered and decorated in gilt all edges marbled marbled endpapers. A very good set with some wear and rubbing along edges and spines former owner bookplate to front pastedowns some foxing to the first few leaves otherwise clean. Freeman 878. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. London: John Murray hardcover books
1925réf. 45305London: The Nonesuch Press 1925. 1st Edition Keynes 27. Original tan paper boards with red decorations & red medallion in center of top board. No dust jacket. General wear & soiling to boards. Top board faint vertical crease. Corners curled. Withal Very Good. Unpaginated. Beautifully illustrated with color lithographic plates. Oblong format: 7-5/8" x 10-1/4" The Nonesuch Press hardcover books
1831réf. 1501511London Colburn and Bentley 1831. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. A collection of reports of military and scientific expeditions in 1830 including a fascinating and important section on a pre-Darwin expedition of the Beagle which later included Charles Darwin. Author unknown. Includes information about a Beagle expedition that is reported nowhere else. London Colburn and Bentley hardcover books
1892réf. 2305016London: John Murray 1892. 6th. hardcover. very good. 6th edition as stated on title page. Book very good minor rubbing along edges minor wear to spine ends. Housed in custom-made slipcase. John Murray unknown books
1873réf. 2206004D. Appleton and Co 1873. first. hardcover. very good. First US edition 1873 stated on title page. Book very good former owner's bookplate attached to front paste-down gutters have been repaired but still cracked. D. Appleton and Co unknown books
1971réf. 74805Adelaide: Limited Editions Club. Near Fine. 1971. Fine Binding. 11 x 8 3/4 inches bound in wood veneer boards and brown morocco spine with gilt decoration - signed by Kredel and limited to 1500 copies. A beautiful copy housed in a slightly worn slipcase. . Limited Editions Club unknown books
1930réf. 56106New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good. 1930. Hardcover. Previous owner signed covers are slightly toned with a discolored spine contents are clean and nice. A very good copy. . The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1977réf. 1001303Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1977 First edition. Cloth. Two volumes octavo. Fine in near fine dust jackets. Spines of jackets slightly faded. University of Chicago Press, hardcover books
1927réf. 28010924London: The Nonesuch Press 1927. Second impression. Unpaginated. Illustrated paper litho on board. Twenty 20 full page color illustration. Rhyming text verso facing illustration. The adventures of Mr. Tootleoo and Mrs Cockyollybird on land sea and in the air. Measures 7 3/4" x 10 1/2 The Nonesuch Press unknown books
1978réf. 108819The Franklin Library Pennsylvania 1978. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Fine limited edition from The Franklin Library. 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of "The Great Books of the Western World". Full leather bound with gilt detailing and a satin ribbon book marker. Previous owner's bookplate on the front free end page. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania hardcover books
réf. B21814-ND. Appleton and Company. Collectible - Acceptable. 1868 Appleton early US edition brown cloth edgewear wear to corners and spine heel about 1 3/4 inch of backstrip at spine head is missing tears to backstrip at sides front hinge cracked owner stamp to front pastedown pencil notes to page opposite half-title owner name in pencil to title page foxing and pencil underlining to some pages pencil arrows in some margins o/w clean hinge cracked in a couple of places but binding still sound diagram opposite p108 is in very good condition no dust jacket photo on Amazon shows frontis of Darwin - our copy does not have a frontis not sure if it ever did. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1896réf. 87298NY:: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good. 1896. Hardcover. B00CNVFFHW . Complete in one volume. With illustrations. Second edition revised and augmented authorized edition. Octavo half bound in burgundy leather with gilt lettering on the spine marbled boards top edge gilt. Light edge wear and some moderate rubbing to the marbled boards previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down else very good. Binding is solid.; 688 pages . D. Appleton and Company, hardcover books
1896réf. 87303NY:: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good. 1896. Hardcover. B000JK7CFM . Authorized edition. Octavo half bound in burgundy leather with gilt lettering on the spine marbled boards top edge gilt. Age darkened along the spine moderate edge wear previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down else very good. Binding is solid.; 519 pages . D. Appleton and Company, hardcover books
1917réf. 67094London:: John Murray. Very Good. 1917. Hardcover. First edition. Ex-library copy with typical markings else very good in green cloth. No dust jacket. . John Murray, hardcover books
1896réf. 87304NY:: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good. 1896. Hardcover. B000JK7CFM . Authorized edition. Octavo half bound in burgundy leather with gilt lettering on the spine marbled boards top edge gilt. Strip of abrasion at the base of the spine moderate edge wear else very good. Some unopened pages. Binding is solid.; 519 pages . D. Appleton and Company, hardcover books
1898réf. 68080NY:: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good. 1898. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes. Edited by his son Francis Darwin. Authorized edition. Octavos bound in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering along the spines top edges gilt. Fading along the spines else both volumes are very good. Some unopened pages. Bindings are solid. . D. Appleton and Company, hardcover books
1903réf. 13858London: John Murray 1903 Brown cloth with gilt spine. Two volumes octavo. Plates. Gilt largely faded from spines binding extremities lightly rubbed old bookplate. A little foxing to preliminaries light spot on fore-edge of Volume I. A good set tight and clean. John Murray, hardcover books
réf. 3336New York: D. Appleton and Company 1901. . 8vo terracotta cloth front stamped in black back cover blind. Immaculate copy in superb condition New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1901. hardcover books