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1877Best.-Nr. 33614London: John Murray 1877. Second edition revised. With numerous illustrations. 8vo publisher's original green cloth lettered in gilt on spine and blocked in blind on the covers. xvi 300 Index 32 ads. pp. A handsome and pleasing copy bright and clean and beautifully preserved. EARLY PRINTING IN VERY PLEASING CONDITION. One of Darwin's most important but often overlooked works. The LIFE AND LETTERS of Darwin III p. 274 quotes Asa Gray as saying that "if the Orchid-book with a few trifling omissions had appeared before the 'Origin' the author would have been canonised rather than anathematised by the natural theologians" and noted 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.'" The book was concerned with working out in detail the relationships between sexual structures of orchids and the insects which fertilize them their evolution being attributed to natural selection and therefore was the first of the volumes of "supporting evidence" for his ORIGIN OF SPECIES. Although it was praised highly by botanists it did not sell well only about 6000 copies by the turn of the century. John Murray hardcover
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1890Best.-Nr. 57934London: T. Nelson and Sons. 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. Original cloth stamped in gilt and blind beveled boards brown eps. Bookplate remnant to ffep. Tissued frontis and illustrations. Spine ends and points frayed. Spine sunned. Sound and square.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 615 pages . T. Nelson and Sons hardcover
1991Best.-Nr. 035049Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1991. Book. Illus. by Paul Landacre. Near Fine. Hardcover. 470 pp. Black leather-bound boards with gorgeous gold design of a dodo bird. This is the groundbreaking classic in a gift-able leather edition from Easton part of their 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Collector's Edtions. Size: Thick Octavo. The Easton Press Hardcover
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1860Best.-Nr. 033209New York: D. Appleton & Co 1860. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 432pp. First American edition first issue with two quotes opposite the title page.Gilt lettering on the spine is darkened. Spine professionally rebacked the original spine present. Bound in pebbled brown cloth brown endpapers and the foldout chart is present and in excellent condition. The corners of the front panel show moderate wear. Prev. owner's name in pencil on the front free endpaper and the title page. The hinges are tight and the text block is clean. Overall a very well preserved copy of this classic work. Darwins theory argued that organisms gradually evolve through a process he called natural selection. In natural selection organisms with genetic variations that suit their environment tend to propagate more descendants than organisms of the same species that lack the variation thus influencing the overall genetic makeup of the species. Size: Octavo. D. Appleton & Co Hardcover
1969Best.-Nr. 032140New York: Kraus Reprint Co. 1969. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile. 263pp. Dark Blue cloth. gilt lettering on the spine. light wear on the edges otherwise internally fine.This is a facsimile of the 1909 Cambridge edtion. Size: Octavo. Kraus Reprint Co. Hardcover
1846Best.-Nr. NF3922The natural history of these islands is eminently curious and well deserves attention. Most of the organic productions are aboriginal creations found nowhere else; there is even a difference between the inhabitants of the different islands; yet all show a marked relationship of America though separated from that continent by a open space of ocean between 500 and 600 miles in width. The archipelago is a little world within itself or rather a satellite attached to America whence it has derived a few stray colonists and has received the general character of its indigenous productions. Considering the small size of these islands we feel The more astonished at the number of their aboriginal beings and at their confined range. Seeing every height crowned with its crater and the boundaries of most of the lava-streams still distinct we are led to believe that within a period geologically recent the unbroken ocean was here spread out. Hence both in space and time we seem to be brought somewhat near to that great fact Ð that mystery of mysteries Ð the first appearance of new beings on this earth"------Charles Darwin Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the World under the Command of Capt. FitzRoy R.N. Harper & Brothers 1846 first American edition 2 volumes some wear to the fore edge corner tips and spine extremities of both volumes exhibiting some cloth loss some ROHRSCHACH type stains to the original yellow end-papers and paste-downs the first five textual leaves in volume one exhibit an old moisture tidal mark at the base and lower area of the gutters foxing throughout the text block of both volumes volume two shows wear and missing cloth along the outer front hinge else good copies of this most important and pioneering volume. Indeed Darwin's first book. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1896Best.-Nr. 026701New York: Appleton 1896. Book. Very Good. Leather. Authorized Edition. 495pgs. Bound in Uniform Half Red leather with marbled boards.TEG.Gilt lettering on spine. internally fine.This volume is exceptionally tight well preserved. This is Volume II of two volumes. Darwin retained an interest in the history techniques practices and processes of domestication. Artificial selection as practiced by plant and animal breeders in the mid-nineteenth century offered a ready and obvious model of how speciation under natural selection may have taken place. Therefore Darwin studied the work of cattle sheep and dog breeders. Additionally Darwin corresponded with humble pigeon fanciers and famous botanists. Size: Octavo. Appleton Hardcover
1932Best.-Nr. 025322London: The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1932. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 44 pp. unpaginated. Decorated maroon and gray paper-covered boards. Very good condition. Paper has rubbed of the joints on the spine sides top and bottom. Tips of the corners are bumped and worn through to boards.Outside covers have some streaks and light foxing and the rear cover has a light reddish 1" moisture stain on the bottom edge. The pages are stiff paper and lightly and evenly toned throughout. The hinge is exposed but strong between the sixth and seventh page. There is foxing on the hinge side of some but not all of the pages. Offsetting from the maroon free end papers to the second free end papers. "5 cent" in pencil on front free end paper that is barely visible against the maroon color. Charming black and white drawings illustrate every text page. The tale of Mr. Tootleoo is written in rhyming couplets. This is the first reprint of The Tale of Mr. Tootleoo published in 1925 and Tootleoo Two published in 1927. A delightful book about "A sailor jovial and brave/Who sailed upon the ocean wave." Size: Quarto. The Bobbs-Merrill Company Hardcover
1866Best.-Nr. 05098THE NOVELS OF GEORGE ELIOT in Atlantic Monthly for October 1866 first edition slight wear to the spine extremities some scattered foxing else a vg copy or better in wraps. This most uncommon individual issue also contains PASSAGES FROM HAWTHORNE'S NOTE-BOOKS by of course Nathaniel Hawthorne THE DARWINIAN THEORY by Charles Sprague USURPATION by George Boutwell which is a most important anti-Slave document and a denouncement of President Johnson et.al. The James contribution is among his earliest publications. Atlantic Monthly paperback
Best.-Nr. 3604Dunedin: Otakou Press / University of Otago 2009. First edition of these three interesting letters by Darwin all held by the library of the University of Otago. Edition limited to 120 numbered copies. Printed on fine wove paper. 8vo. Attractively bound in original cloth paper spine label. FINE AND BRIGHT. Dunedin: Otakou Press / University of Otago, 2009 hardcover
1877Best.-Nr. 010288N.Y.: Appleton 1877. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii 482p. A very good copy the spine of which has some wear at the top including some small tears the side edges of the spine are a little rubbed in places there is a former owner's bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper and there is another former owner's signature on the front free endpaper and on the following page and there is a small chip 1/8" x 3/4" on the fore-edge of the front free endpaper. There is an erratum slip tipped-in before the contents. This is an attractive copy bound in its original light brown cloth with the gold lettering on the spine being nice and bright and with black decorations on the covers which are nearly totally clean. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Appleton Hardcover
1886Best.-Nr. mon0004153614New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1886. Hardcover. Good. . rebound cover shows minor wear and rubbing. pages tanned and clean. bookplate and name in the prelims. New York: D. Appleton & Co. hardcover
