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1871réf. D17750New York: D. Appelton and Company 1871. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. Dated 1871 on title page but a later issue. Original brown cloth yellow endpapers. Cheap paper toned. A coulple of signatures beginning to loosen. Darwin's book ends with the following lines: "We must however acknowledge as it seems to me that man with all his noble qualities with sympathy which feels for the most debased with benevolence which extends not only to other men but to the humblest living creature with his god-like intellect which has penetrated into the movements and constitution of the solar system with all these exalted powers Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin." D. Appelton and Company hardcover
2000réf. 34584Boulder Colo: Roberts Rinehart 2000. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Signed by author. Pages are clean and unmarked. Boards are clean and square. Binding is tight. Text block is clean. Roberts Rinehart hardcover
réf. BOOK_0931689031Paperback. New. New Condition Soft Cover Book. Cover may show light shelf wear. Ships via USPS Mail. Any questions please contact me. Thanks for looking and have a great day!! paperback
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
1881réf. 75301D. Appleton and Company New York 1881. hardback. good condition in red brown cloth with moderate wear and bumpng. There is a bit of spine darkening and a rubbed spot on the spine . There is a bookplate a pen name and rubber stamped names. there are a number of marginal pencil mnotes. no dust jacket D. Appleton and Company, New York hardcover
1936réf. 75002The Modern Library 1936. hardback. Very good condition in a dust jacket with a chip on the bottom of the front and a moderately darkened spine. There is a bookplate sticker on the front end page The Modern Library hardcover
1927réf. 2222070Octavo. Illustrations with six b/w photographs. 5 page foreword by Darwin with his facsimile signature. Small illustration on title page. Original gilt stamped wrappers gilt dull soft crease down the center. Does not have 2 pages of "Sportex" samples present in some copies. Very good. 35 pages. Printed by Henry Stone & Son. Ltd. London. Dormeuil Freres paperback
1981réf. 11834New York: St. Martin's 1981. Hardcover. 1st U.S. edition 1st printing. 333 pp. Bibliography index. Fine book no markings; several very light moisture marks to light blue topstain on textblock / Very Good dust jacket price not clipped; 1/2" tear and crease to top edge of rear dust jacket panel light edgewear. A clean solid copy. St. Martin's hardcover
1889réf. 60London: John Murray 1889. Hardcover. Fair. Original green board in plastic protective covers. Gilt on spine and illusltration on front cover. Spine weak but holding - front portrait of Darwin almost detached and foxing to protective tissue paper Otherwise a nice well kept copy of this early edition. John Murray hardcover
1952réf. 002670London: Hodder & Stoughton 1952. Biography of the Golfer James Braid.Green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in green dustwrapper illustrated with photographs Very good book which is faded on the top and bottom edges in a price clipped dustwrapper which is a little chipped and creased at the corners and spine ends. First Edition. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1954réf. 002760London: Burke Publishing Co. Ltd. 1954. Cream buckram with blue and gold lettering illustrated with plates222 pages plus introduction 6 X 9 inches a very good copy without a dustwrapper. First Edition. Burke Publishing Co. Ltd. hardcover
1935réf. 56218London: Faber & Faber 1935. Spine split and chipped boards rubbed shaken gutters cracked foxed throughout mug stains to front endpapers. Unfortunately there are child scribbles throughout mainly to the margins of the text pages endpapers and prelims the illustrations remain clean and bright on the whole as do the rhymes. Please enquire for photos. Hard. Poor. 12mo Landscape. Faber & Faber Hardcover
1976réf. 9863Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1976. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. With a new preface by Charles G. Darwin. Illustrated with wood engravings by Paul Landacre. 470 pp. Glossary index. Full black leather with raised bands gilt decorations silk end papers ribbon marker bound in all edges gilt. Fine book a few scuffs to the gilt edges mostly on the bottom edge / No dust jacket as issued. A clean fresh copy. Easton Press hardcover
1969réf. 70404New York: AMS Press 1969. Reprint. Hard cover. Good. 0 Hb xlib gd bk/ no dj clean and tight. AMS Press hardcover
1917réf. 006612Chicago: American Technical Society 1917. For Repair Men Chauffeurs and Owners; Covering the Construction Care and Repair of Pleasure Cars Commercial Cars and Motorcycles with Especial Attention to Ignition Starting and Lighting Systems Garage Design and Equipment Welding and Other Repair Methods. Prepared by a Staff of Automobile Experts Consulting Engineers and Designers of the Highest Professional Standing. Profusely Illustrated. Complete with Five Volumes. Dark soft leather covers with gilt lettering on spine. Volume I: Engine Parts Carburetors Valves Clutches Transmissions. 473 pp with index and review questions. Volume II: Chassis Final Drive Motors Garages Shop Kinks. 552 pp with index and review questions. Volume III: Electricity Ignition Lighting Starting Wire Diagrams. 473 pp with index and review questions. Volume IV: Starters Ford Types Battery Care Motorcycles Welding. 522 pp with index and review questions. Volume V: Electrics Storage Cells Steam Cars Commercial Cars Index. 425 pp with index and review questions. All books have significant wear to covers covers in Fair/Good- condition including rubbing/chipping to edges and corners corners torn and missing scuffing and wear to cover faces rubbing to joints and some tears spine ends are torn/chipped or are completely missing. Darkening/small holes or tears to endpapers. Hinges broken. Light staining to interior pages. Interior pages are crisp and easily legible. Overall books in Good condition. Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Profusely Illustrated. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". Automobiles. American Technical Society Paperback
1986réf. 10945London: Robert Hale Ltd. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0709028113 . SIGNED by author on title page. Black cloth very minor wear previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper slight yellowing on endpapers. Dust jacket like new. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 188 pages; Signed by Author . Robert Hale Ltd hardcover
réf. elala3050New York: D.Appleton And Company 1899. “Prepared under the advice of Lyell and Hooker this was Darwin’s greatest work and one of the most important books ever published…The evidence for the existence of evolution and that it resulted from the survival of the fittest by natural selection is marshaled and set out as never before. Garrison considered this “the most wonderful piece of synthesis in the history of science”. Darwin’s influence on biology was fundamental its full implications being by no means yet exhausted.” Garrison & Morton Freeman 458a. cfGarrison & Morton 220. cfGrolier/Horblit 23b. cfPrinting and the Mind of Man 344b. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xxvi 365; vii 338. with half-titles. folding diagram. contemporary half morocco t.e.g. spines & corners worn New York: D.Appleton And Company, 1899 unknown
réf. elala2636London: John Murray 1888. Second Edition Revised By Francis Darwin. These meticulous studies form a minor contribution to the evolutionary series by the study of the adaptations of such plants to impoverished conditions. Darwin was helped by various physiologists and chemists in the experimental work particularly by Professor Edward Frankland of the Royal College of Chemistry. His sons helped with the illustrations . Freeman Freeman 1225. 8vo. pp. xiv 377 1 32 publishers catalogue dated September 1888. with half-title. several text illus. original cloth light foxing to outer leaves London: John Murray, 1888 hardcover
réf. elala2638London: John Murray 1872. Sixth Edition Twelfth Thousand. Generally regarded as the last edition the sixth was extensively revised and included a new chapter VII inserted to refute the views of the Roman Catholic biologist St. George Mivart and a glossary compiled by W.S.Dallas. The title was changed to The Origin of Species and the word evolution in this text for the first time. Prepared under the advice of Lyell and Hooker this was Darwins greatest work and one of the most important books ever published The evidence for the existence of evolution and that it resulted from the survival of the fittest by natural selection is marshaled and set out as never before. Garrison considered this the most wonderful piece of synthesis in the history of science. Darwins influence on biology was fundamental its full implications being by no means yet exhausted. Garrison & Morton Freeman 392. cfGarrison & Morton 220. cfGrolier/Horblit 23b. cfPrinting and the Mind of Man 344b. 8vo. pp. xxi 458. folding diagram. original cloth spine ends frayed inner hinges partly cracked London: John Murray, 1872 hardcover
1877réf. elala118New York: D.Appleton And Company 1877. 1877. 12mo. pp. 1 leafads viii 352 10ads. several text illus. original black & gilt-stamped cloth extremities bit frayed inner hinges cracked. First American Edition. "It is here shown that each different form of flower although possessing both kinds of sexual organs is specially adapted to be fertilized by the pollen of another form and that when artificially fertilized by its own pollen less vigorous offspring bearing some resemblance to hybrids are produced. He says "no little discovery of mine ever gave me so much pleasure as the making out of the meaning of heterostyled flowers"." Encyc. Brit. 11th Edn. Freeman 1278. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New York: D.Appleton And Company, 1877. Hardcover
1888réf. elala123London: John Murray 1888. 1888. 8vo. pp. ix 1errata 208 32 publishers catalogue dated February 1888. with half-title. several text illus. original cloth light wear to extremities. First published as a paper in the Journal of the Linnean Society in 1865. "Darwins interest in climbing plants was not that of a systematic botanist but an attempt to discover what adaptive value the habit of climbing has." DSB The illustrations were drawn by the authors son Charles Darwin. Freeman 843. Soft cover. London: John Murray, 1888. Paperback
1874réf. RWeDARWI83London: Smith Elder & Co. 1874. 1874. 8vo. pp. xx 278. 6ads. with half-title. 3 folding maps 2 partly coloured. original cloth light foxing to outer leaves outer edge of map darkened & tatty & 1 short split along fold no loss. Hardcover. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1874. Hardcover
1873réf. elala120New York: D.Appleton And Company 1873. 1873. 12mo. pp. vi 1 leaf 374 14ads. 7 heliotype plates 3 foldinng. 21 wood-engraved text illus. 6 full-page. A nice tight copy in original cloth. First American Edition of the foundation work for the sciences of animal behaviour and communication theory. " The Expression Of The Emotions In Man And Animals contains studies of facial muscles and means of expression in man and mammals emission of sounds erection of hair and so forth and their correlation with suffering sobbing anxiety grief despair joy love devotion reflection meditation sulking hatred anger pride disdain shame surprise fear horror acceptance affirmation and rejection negation. With this book Darwin founded the study of ethology animal behaviour and conveyance of information communication theory and made a major contribution to psychology." DSB Freeman 1143. cfGarrison & Morton 4975. 1st Edition. New York: D.Appleton And Company, 1873. hardcover
1888réf. elala119London: John Murray 1888. 1888. 8vo. pp. xxiv 352 32 publishers catalogue dated September 1888. several text illus. original cloth extremities bit frayed. "It is here shown that each different form of flower although possessing both kinds of sexual organs is specially adapted to be fertilized by the pollen of another form and that when artificially fertilized by its own pollen less vigorous offspring bearing some resemblance to hybrids are produced. He says "no little discovery of mine ever gave me so much pleasure as the making out of the meaning of heterostyled flowers"." Encyc. Brit. 11th Edn. Freeman 1283. Hardcover. London: John Murray, 1888. Hardcover
1872réf. 8306New York. D. Appleton and Co. 1872. Bound in gilt titled decorated embossed red cloth. 8vo. Second American edition Third issue. One leaf ads vol. 1: Six leaves ads vol. 2. Postscript to volume 2. Illustrated throughout. Covers rubbed. Headpiece lacking to volume 1. Crude repair to cloth at rear hinge of volume 1. Endsheets lacking at inner-hinges of volume 1. Rear free endsheet torn to volume 1. Despite these flaws a tight servicable set. D. Appleton and Co. hardcover
