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1877Best.-Nr. 16962New York: D. Appleton and Company 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Erratum slip tipped-in before the Content page. About Very Good. Brown publisher's binding rubbed and bumped at the edges and corners some fraying at the spine. Square and firmly bound old store blindstamp on the front endpapers clean otherwise. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1970Best.-Nr. 17572Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1970. Paperback. Near Fine. Preface by Konrad Lorenz. With the original University of Chicago bookstore receipt. Fourth Printing. Near Fine. Wraps lightly toned and rubbed. Square and firmly bound toned from the receipt inside the front cover price stamps on the front endpaper clean otherwise. University of Chicago Press paperback books
1958Best.-Nr. 168233Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1958. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1958 film noir showing Dana Andrews. Based on the 1945 novel by Darwin Teilhet about a Korean War veteran who upon returning home to Washington DC discovers that his research firm has been overtaken by communists. The third and final film collaboration between Andrews and director Jacques Tourneur following "Canyon Passage" 1946 and "Curse of the Demon" 1957. Shot on location in Washington DC. 8 x 10 inches. Lightly toned else about Fine. Grant US. United Artists unknown books
1912Best.-Nr. 1691Adelphi W.C.: The Eugenics Education Society 1912. First edition. SCARCE PROCEEDINGS OF FIRST INTERNATIONAL EUGENICS CONGRESS PRESIDED BY LEONARD DARWIN. 15.5x24 cm hardcover publisher's green cloth binding gilt title to spine institutional library bookplate to front paste-down "withdrawn" handstamp to front free endpaper i-xix 490 pp. Rebacked preserving original spine cover corners worn front hinge cracked light foxing to first and last pages browning to page edges binding tight and pages clean and unmarked. Good in custom archival mylar cover. Papers in English French and Italian. CONTENTS: Variazione E Erededita Nell'uomo Variation and Heredity in Man G. SERGI; On the Increase of Stature in certain European Populations SOREN HANSEN; Le Cosidette Leggi Dell'Ereditarieta Nell'Uomo The So-called Laws of Heredity in Man V. GUIFFRIDA-RUGGERI; The Inheritance of Fecundity . RAYMOND PEARL; La PsicoLOGiA Ethnica e La Scienza Eugenistica Ethnic Psychology and the Science of Eugenics ENRICO MORSELLI; The Inheritance of Epilepsy DAVID F. WEEKS; L'influence de l'age des Parents sur les Caracteres Psycho-Physique DES ENFANTS The Influence of Parental Age on the Psycho-Physiological Characters of Children ANTONIO MARRO; Genetics and Eugenics R. C. PUNNETT; Rapport sur l'organisation Pratique de l'Action Eugenique Report on the Practical Organisation of Eugenic Action LOUIS QUERTON; Marriage Laws and Customs C. B. DAVENPORT; Eugenique Selection et Determinisme Des Tares Eugenics Selection and the Origin of Defects FREDERIC HOUSSAY; La Puericulture avant la Procreation General Considerations upon " Education before Procreation " ADOLPHE PINARD; Preliminary Report to the First International Eugenics Congress of the Committee of the Eugenics Section American Breeders' Association to Study and Report as to the Best Practical Means for Cutting off the Defective Germ-Plasm in the Human Population BLEEKER VAN WAGENEN; Eugenics and the New Social Consciousness SAMUEL G. SMITH; Practicable Eugenics in Education F. C. S. SCHILLER; Elite Fisio-Psichica e Elite Economica The Psycho-Physical Elite and the Economic Elite ACHILLE LORIA; La Cause de l'Inferiorite des Characteres Psycho-Physiologiques des Classes Inferieurs . The Cause of the Inferiority of Physical and Mental Characters in the Lower Social Classes ALFREDO NICEFORO; La Fertilite des Mariages suivant la Profession et la Situation Sociale The Fertility of Marriages according to Profession and Social Position LUCIEN MARCH; Eugenics and Militarism VERNON L. KELLOGG; Eugenics in Party Organization ROBERTO MICHELS; The Influence of Race on History W. C. D. and C. D. WHETHAM; Some Interrelations between Eugenics and Historical Research ADAMS WOODS; II Contributi Demografici ai Problemi dell' Eugenica The Contributions of Demography to Eugenics CORRADO GINI; Maternity Statistics of the State of Rhode Island State Census of 1905 FREDERICK L. HOFFMAN; Sur la Prophylaxie de la Syphilis Hereditaire et Son Action Eugenique On the Prophylaxis of Hereditary Syphilis and its Eugenic Effect Dr. HALLOPEAU; Alkohol und Eugenik The Effect of Alcohol on the Germ-Plasm Dr. ALFRED MOEN; Alcoolisme et Degenerescence. Statistiques du Bureau central d'Administration des Alienes de Paris et du Departement de la Seine de 1867 a I912 Alcoholism and Degeneracy. Statistics from the central office for the management of the insane of Paris and the Department of the Seine from 1867 to 1912 Drs. MAGNAN and FILLASSIER; Rassenhygiene und Arztliche Geburtshilfe Eugenics and Obstetrics AGNES BLUHM; The Place of Eugenics in the Medical Curriculum L E. JORDAN; The History of a Healthy Sane Family showing Longevity in Catalonia VALENTI Y VIVO; Heredity and Eugenics in Relation to Insanity F. W. MOTT; Quelques Considerations sur les Enfants Arrieres Some Remarks on Backward Children RAOUL DUPUY. LEONARD DARWIN 1850 – 1943 son of Charles Darwin and president of the Congress was an English politician economist and eugenicist. He was president of the Royal Geographical Society from 1908 to 1911 and chairman of the British Eugenics Society from 1911 to 1928 – succeeding his half-cousin once removed Francis Galton. Darwin played an important part in the life of the geneticist and statistician Ronald Fisher supporting him intellectually morally and sometimes financially. Cited by RC Engs in The Eugenics Movement 2005: "As the early-twentieth-century eugenics movement spread on both sides of the Atlantic the First International Eugenics Congress brought together eugenics leaders from the United States Britain Germany and other countries. The congress held at the University of London Jiily 24-30 1912 was hosted by the British Eugenics Education Society. Attendance included 324 individuals from around the world. The conference name tags bore the likeness of Francis Galton the father of eugenics. This major race improvement or eugenics conference was aimed at all organizations and individuals studying eugenics race hygiene and heredity. Britain's pivotal eugenics leader Leonard Darwin son of naturalist Charles Darwin served as chairman. Other British delegates included eugenics author C. W. Saleeby geneticist William Bateson 1861-1926 and Winston Churchill 1874-1965 then secretary of state for home affairs and later prime minister. Eugenics supporter and Statistician R. A. Fisher as a student served as a steward; statistician Karl Pearson did not attend. From the United States 'vice presidents' or those who helped organize the conferences included inventor Alexander Graham Bell eugenics leader Charles Davenport university presidents Charles Eliot and David Starr Jordan. Other notable American delegates were anthropologist Henry Fairfield Osbom; eugenics supporter Madison Grant; and geneticists William E. Castle Frederick A. Woods and Raymond Pearl. The conference sessions were divided into four categories the relationship of eugenics to 1 biological research 2 sociological and historical research 3 legislation and social customs and 4 the practical applications of eugenic principles. The papers and proceedings from the conference program were published by the Eugenics Society in two volumes. Vol. I. Problems in Eugenics: Papers Communicated to the First International Eugenics Congress 1912 contained 490 pages. Most of the papers presented at the conference were found in this volume offered here. Specific titles included "Eugenics and Militarism" "The Influence of Race on History" and "Backward Children." Vol. 2 Problems in Eugenics: Report of Proceedings contained 189 pages. Although it ineluded a few papers its primary focus was discussion following presentations. A planning committee was formed to plan the next congress in 1913. However due to World War I the committee did not meet until October 1919 in London where it agreed to hold a Second Intemational Congress of Eugenics in New York in 1921." The Eugenics Education Society hardcover books
1871Best.-Nr. 10230London: John Murray 1871. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First issue of Volume I second issue of Volume II. Complete in two volumes. Good. Green cloth generally rubbed and soiled at the surface and edges. Both volumes bound with forward leans hinges reinforced chipped half-title of Volume I restored with paper backing foxing throughout. Darwin's influential work that furthers his theories about evolution and natural selection. In fact the first issue of this book features Darwin's first use of "evolution. John Murray hardcover books
1950Best.-Nr. 194710New York: Henry Schuman 1950. First edition thus. Hardcover. 266 pages. Edited by Sir Francis Darwin. Features Charles Darwin's notes and letters depicting the growth of the "Origin of Species." Includes an introductory essay by George Gaylord Simpson. A near fine copy in cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with a tear to the top of the rear panel and some other minor wear. Henry Schuman unknown books
1859Best.-Nr. 69648London: John Murray 1859. Full Description: DARWIN Charles. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. London John Murray 1859. First edition first issue. With two quotations on p. ii. Octavo 7 3/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 198 x 125 mm. ix 1 1-502 32 pp. Publisher's advertisements dated June 1859. One folding diagram. Original green diagonal wave-grain cloth decoratively stamped in blind on covers. Spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Brown coated endpapers. Corners very slightly rubbed. Bookplate to front pastedown. Front inner hinge cracked but firm rear inner hinge just starting. Tiny short tears to top and bottom of spine from shelf-wear else fine. A clean fresh and bright copy. Housed in a custom green cloth clamshell. Overall a near fine good copy of Darwin's greatest achievement that created a revolution in biology and in almost every department of thought. Housed in a full green morocco clamshell case. One of the most influential scientific works of the nineteenth century On the Origina of Species was and still is one of the most controversial. In it "Darwin not only drew an entirely new picture of the workings of organic nature; he revolutionized our methods of thinking and our outlook on the natural order of things. The recognition that constant change is the order of the universe had been finally established and a vast step forward in the uniformity of nature had been taken" Printing and the Mind of Man. Dibner 199. Freeman 373 "the most important biological book ever written". Garrison and Morton 220. Grolier 100 English 96. Grolier/Horblit 23b "the most influential scientific work of the nineteenth century". Printing and the Mind of Man 344b. HBS 69648. $325000. John Murray unknown books
1839Best.-Nr. 69647London: Henry Colburn 1839. KING Capt. Philip Parker; FITZROY Robert. FITZROY Robert editor. KING Capt. Philip Parker contributor. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle. between the years 1826 and 1836 describing their examination of the southern shores of South America and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. In three i.e. four volumes. London: Henry Colburn 1839. Full Description: DARWIN Charles and others. FITZROY Robert editor. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836 describing their examination of the southern shores of South America and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. In three i.e. four volumes. London: Henry Colburn 1839. First edition with Volume III comprising the first edition first issue of Darwin's first published book. Four octavo volumes including appendix to Volume II. xxviii 4 597 3 blank; xiv 2 694 1 1 blank; viii 352; xiv 608 609-629 addenda 609-615 index 1 blank pp. Volume I with seventeen plates including frontispiece and one folding and two folding maps bound at rear. Volume II with twenty-five plates and maps including frontispiece and two folding maps bound at rear. Appendix to Volume II with six charts and diagrams and two folding maps bound at rear. Volume III with two folding maps bound at front and two more bound at the rear plus four woodcuts in the text. All half-titles called for present. Bound without publisher's ads at end of Appendix. Contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards spines with gilt and blind tooled bands and gilt lettering green-gray endpaper top edges gilt. Minor old dampstain to lower blank margin of last volume. Frontispiece of first volume with outer margin a bit trimmed. Previous ower's bookplates to front pastedowns of each volume. Overall an excellent set very bright and fresh of this monumental work. One of the most famous nineteenth-century accounts of voyages of exploration "Darwin's first published book is undoubtedly his most often read and stands second only to On the origin of species as the most often printed. It is an important travel book in its own right and its relation to the background of his evolutionary ideas has often been stressed.The first issue forms as is well known the third volume of The narrative of the voyages of H.M. Ships Adventure and Beagle edited by Captain Robert Fitzroy and published in three volumes and an appendix to Volume II in 1839. In this form it bears the subsidiary title Journal and remarks. Since then it has changed its name four times so that today it is universally referred to as The voyage of the Beagle" Freeman Darwin pp. 31-32. Freeman Darwin 10. Hill I pp. 104-105. Norman Library 584. HBS 69647. $45000. Henry Colburn unknown books
1871Best.-Nr. 52438London: John Murray 1871. Darwin disliked having to open the unopened pages of books--a common aspect of many 19th century publications. For that reason he ordered a small number of presentation copies from John Murray with trimmed edges. Trimming the edges made the book blocks shorter so the original cloth bindings in which these presentation copies were issued are slightly shorter than the regular edition. John Murray unknown books
1846Best.-Nr. 140950017New York: Harper & Brothers 1846. First American Edition. Near Fine. First American edition first printing. viii 1-351; vii-324 8 4pp. Two volumes bound in publisher's brown ribbed cloth stamped in gilt and decorated in blind. Near Fine with some loss to cloth especially at spine ends name effaced from front paste downs previous owner's name in old hand to title pages. Slight lean to spine of volume 1 occasional light soiling to text. A lovely set of the first appearance of Darwin's work in America colloquially known as The Voyage of the Beagle. Freeman 16. Harper & Brothers unknown books
1871Best.-Nr. 19750London: John Murray 1871. First Edition First Issue. Cloth. Near fine. The first edition first issue of The Descent of Man and Selection In Relation To Sex by Charles Darwin published in 1871. The first appearance of the word "evolution" in works by Darwin. Octavo two volumes viii 423pp 1 16pp ads; viii 2 475pp 1 16pp ads. Publisher's green blind stamped cloth title in gilt on spine. Wood engraved illustrations throughout. The first issue of both volumes with "transmitted" the first word of p. 297 in volume I errata on verso of title leaf in volume II tipped in "postscript" after viii in volume II. Includes half titles in both volumes advertisement for "Popular Works" dated January 1871 in Volume I and "Standard Works" dated January 1871 in Volume II. Blue coated endpapers solid text blocks. Both spines rebacked with original cloth laid down. Housed in a custom green cloth slipcase. Freeman 938 Garrison & Morton 170 Norman 599 A scarce first issue of this important work. The Descent of Man first appeared in February of 1871 and quickly sold out. A second run of 4500 copies was in print by March 1871. Numerous revised editions appeared starting in 1873 with edits by Darwin and his son George. John Murray unknown books
1846Best.-Nr. 19751New York: Harper & Brothers 1846. First American Edition. Cloth. Very good. The first American edition of Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle titled "Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World" published in 1846. Octavo two volumes vii 1 351pp.; v 1 7-324pp. 8 4. Includes the publisher's advertisements. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth titles in gilt on spines with gilt torch vignettes on the front boards. Illustrated with wood engravings throughout the text. Spine title "Darwin's Voyage of a Naturalist." Light rubbing to boards both spines rebacked with the original cloth laid down. Period ownership inscription of W. Alexander in both volumes. Ownership stamps of Ralph J. Clark and Sr. Ramón Alcázar also appear in both volumes. Housed in a custom brown cloth slipcase. Freeman 16 Sabin 18647. Darwin's account records the 1831-1836 voyage of H.M.S. Beagle and is now generally known as The Voyage of the Beagle. This work was first published in 1839 as Volume III of Robert FitzRoy's Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle. Darwin's volume was titled Journal and Remarks 1832-1836. Later in 1839 Colburn issued the same sheets separately as Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle. Freeman F11. The revised London edition followed in 1845 and the first American edition in 1846 was based on that revised text. Harper & Brothers unknown books
1838Best.-Nr. 69522London: Smith Elder and Co 1838. OWEN Richard. WATERHOUSE George R. The Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle. Under the Command of Captain Fitzroy R.N. During the Years 1832 to 1836. Part I II. Mammalia. London: Smith Elder and Co. 1838. Full Description: DARWIN Charles. OWEN Richard. WATERHOUSE George R. The Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle. Under the Command of Captain Fitzroy R.N. During the Years 1832 to 1836. Part I II. Mammalia. London: Smith Elder and Co. 1838-1840. First editions of Part I and Part II of Mammalia in two quarto volumes 12 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches; 307 x 241 mm. Part I. Owen Richard. Fossil Mammalia. 1838-1840. 2 iv iv 111 1 colophon pp. Complete with thirty-two lithographic plates by G. Scharf one of which is folding and two which are double paged. With the preface to the whole work and a geological introduction by Charles Darwin. Bound without the half-title but with the additional fly-title. Part II. Waterhouse George Robert. Mammailia. 1839. 4 xii 97 3 blank pp. Complete with thirty-two hand-colored lithographic plates and three numbered engraved plates. With the errata slip bound in before B1. Bound without the half-title but with the additional fly-title. This volume with a geographical introduction and notes by Darwin. Two volumes uniformly bound in half tan calf over contemporary marble boards. Spines each with red and green morocco spine labels lettered in gilt. Contemporary endpapers. All edges speckled red. Some repairs to inner hinges. Text is very clean. The final three plates in volume II with some foxing otherwise all plates are very clean. Overall a very good copy of these two volumes. These first two volumes out of the complete work in 5 volumes are the only two volumes to be published with introductions by Charles Darwin. In the first volume he writes a Geological Introduction and in the second volume he writes a Geographical Introduction. "Darwin contributed a geological introduction to Part I the Fossil Mammalia pp. 3-12 and a geographical introduction to Part II the Mammalia pp. i-iv." Freeman p 26. In 1832 Captain Robert Fitzroy of the Royal British Navy undertook a five-year circumnavigation of the earth. Fitzroy who was only twenty-seven at the time asked a young Charles Darwin to be the naturalist for the voyage. The five-year journey included passing the coastlines of South America and particularly the Galapagos Islands near Ecuador. Darwin collected numerous specimens and data from this now famous area and these became the basis for his theory of natural selection which was a key component in his masterful theory of evolution. "The lavish scientific record of Darwin's collecting endeavours during the five-year voyage of the Beagle originally issued in 19 numbers. The 166 plates 82 finely hand-colouredof the complete works were due to the tireless energy and flair which the relatively untrained ship's scientist put first into the collection of specimens and then into ensuring that the zoological specialists duly reported on them after his return. The cost of the plates was covered by a treasury grant of one thousand pounds but to complete the work for Smith and Elder who were publishers of large illustrated books and government publications Darwin had to persevere as steadily with his pen as with his gun and geological hammer turning himself into a considerable authority during the course of five years spent editing the work of others." Christies "He superintended the Zoology's text wrote introductions for the different parts and added notes from his various Beagle records about animal behaviour and habitats wherever appropriate while also supervising the printers proofreading the sheets arranging artists for the plates chivying the experts and keeping them all moving forward within a tight self-imposed budget" Janet Browne Charles Darwin: Voyaging 2003 p. 370. Freeman Darwin 9.1 & 9.2. Nissen IVB 384. Nissen ZBI 1391. Sabin 18649. HBS 69522. $25000. Smith, Elder and Co unknown books
1859Best.-Nr. 372885London: John Murray 1859. First Edition one of only 1250 copies. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound with half-title and without publisher's adverts. Folding diagram lithographed by W. West. Late 19th-century half brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf spine lettered and ruled in gilt raised bands marbled sides and endpapers top edge gilt brown silk bookmarker. Red morocco book label of Valentine Hollingsworth 1883-1942. Front joint repaired. Light rubbing slight darkening to spine a few light spots of foxing to preliminaries but otherwise crisp and clean tiny closed tear at foot of title page folding diagram with short closed tear and neat repair at foot: a very good smartly bound copy. First Edition one of only 1250 copies. 1 vols. 8vo. "The most important single work in science brought man to his true place in nature" Heralds of Science 199. Darwin "revolutionized our methods of thinking and our outlook on the natural order of things. The recognition that constant change is the order of the universe had been finally established and a vast step forward in the uniformity of nature had been taken" PMM 344. "The publication of the Origin of Species ushered in a new era in our thinking about the nature of man. The intellectual revolution it caused and the impact it had on man's concept of himself and the world were greater than those caused by the works of Copernicus Newton and the great physicists of more recent times. Every modern discussion of man's future the population explosion the struggle for existence the purpose of man and the universe and man's place in nature rests on Darwin" Mayr. Freeman 373; PMM 344; Norman 593; Garrison-Morton 220; Grolier/Horblit 23b; Brent Charles Darwin p. 427 John Murray unknown books
1871Best.-Nr. 69501London: John Murray 1871. Full Description: DARWIN Charles. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. With illustrations. London: John Murray 1871. First edition first issue with "transmitted" appearing as the first word on p. 297 of Volume I with printer's imprint on the verso of the half-title of Volume II and with twenty-five errata seventeen for Volume I and eight for Volume II on the verso of the title leaf to Volume II and with the leaf pp. ix-x containing Darwin's note on "a serious and unfortunate error" tipped in leaf after p. viii in Volume II. Two small octavo volumes 7 1/2 x 4 15/16 inches; 191 x 126 mm Volume II is 5 mm shorter than volume I. viii 423 1 printer's imprint 16 publisher's ads; viiiix-x "Postscript" 475 1 printer's imprint 16 publisher's ads pp. The 16 pages of publisher's advertisements at the end of each volume are both dated January 1871 . Wood-engraved text illustrations. Original green cloth with covers stamped in blind and spines stamped and lettered in gilt. Black-coated endpapers. Head and tail of spines with some minor shelf-wear. Corners slightly bumped. Some very light rubbing to board edges. Some minor bubbling to cloth of front board of volume II. Front inner hinge of volume I with a mostly closed crack holding firm. Previous owner's armorial bookplate on front pastedown of volume II. Some minor pencil markings to volume I otherwise very clean inside. Overall an exceptional set. The first issue of 2500 copies was published on February 24 1871 and the second of 2000 copies in March. "The book in its first edition contains two parts the descent of man itself and selection in relation to sex. The word 'evolution' occurs for the first time in any of Darwin's works on page 2 of the first volume of the first edition that is to say before its appearance in the sixth edition of The Origin of Species in the following year. The last chapter is about sexual selection in relation to man and it ends with the famous peroration about man's lowly origin the wording of which differs slightly in the first edition from that which is usually quoted" Freeman p. 129. "In the Origin Darwin had avoided discussing the place occupied by Homo sapiens in the scheme of natural selection stating only that 'light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history.' Twelve years later he made good his promise with The descent of man in which he compared man's physical and psychological characteristics to similar traits in apes and other animals showing how even man's mind and moral sense could have developed through evolutionary processes. In discussing man's ancestry Darwin did not claim that man was directly descended from apes as we know them today but stated simply that the extinct ancestors of Homo sapiens would have to be classified among the primates; however this statement as misinterpreted by the popular press caused a furor second only to that raised by the Origin" Norman Library. This title created almost as much sensation as his Origin of Species. In it he elaborated further on his views adding sexual selection and using the word 'evolution' for the first time. Milestones of Science 48. Freeman Darwin 937. Garrison-Morton 170. Norman Library 599. HBS 69501. $5500. John Murray unknown books
1871Best.-Nr. 376128London: John Murray 1871. First edition first issue with errata on verso of vol. II title-leaf. viii 423 1; viii ii 475 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth. Light wear to covers expertly recased. Bookplate. First edition first issue with errata on verso of vol. II title-leaf. viii 423 1; viii ii 475 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Darwin's Descent of Man created an uproar second only to his Origin of the Species; however "contrary to popular error prevalent now as well as then Darwin never said that man was descended from apes let alone monkeys; what he claimed was that man's ancestors if alive today would have to be classified among the Primates" De Beer Charles Darwin pp. 210-1. ODNB further clarifies "The Descent understood by Darwin as a sequel to the Origin was written with a maturity and depth of learning that marked Darwin's status as an élite gentleman of science" Freeman 937 John Murray unknown books
1846Best.-Nr. 371065New York: Harper & Brothers 1846. First American edition. 2 vols. Small 8vo. Publisher's cloth spine chipped with loss wityh blindstamps on title-page from GTS. First American edition. 2 vols. Small 8vo. First American edition of Darwin's important first published book containing the observations and field work that form the basis for On the Origin of Species. "The five years of the voyage were the most important event in Darwin's intellectual life and in the history of biological science. Darwin sailed with no formal scientific training. He returned a hard-headed man of science knowing the importance of evidence almost convinced that species had not always been as they were since the creation but had undergone change. The experiences of his five years in the Beagle how he dealt with them and what they led to built up into a process of epoch-making importance in the history of thought" DSB. Darwin's Journal "his first published book is undoubtedly the most often read" Freeman 31. It is "one of the most interesting records of natural history exploration ever written and is one of the most important for it was on this voyage that Darwin prepared for his lifework ultimately leading to The Origin of Species" Hill I 104-5. First published in 1839 as "the third volume of The Narrative of the Voyages of H.M. Ships Adventure and Beagle edited by Captain Robert Fitzroy. Since then it has changed its name four times so that today it is universally referred to as The Voyage of the Beagle. On its first appearance in its own right also in 1839 it was called Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History etc. The second edition of 1845 transposes 'Geology' and 'Natural History'. and the spine title is Naturalist's Voyage" Freeman 32. This first American edition is based on that 1845 second London edition. Issued as Harper's New Miscellany Volumes X and XI. Freeman 16; Sabin 18647 Harper & Brothers unknown books
1901Best.-Nr. 52738London: Jarrold & Sons 1901. First printing. Near fine. First edition advance review copy of this scarce turn-of-the-century primer on Darwinism for "every day people." A popular introduction to evolution by means of natural selection for "the young person the person with little education the person who is not studious the masses in short." Influenced by renowned naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace with whom he became acquainted due to their mutual work in land nationalization projects Ogilvy turned his attention to the still widely misunderstood concept of evolution. Wallace who had already provided the introduction for Ogilvy's THE THIRD FACTOR OF PRODUCTION also reviewed the manuscript for this book. Certainly with his connection to Darwin as "a co-discoverer and friend" he was one of the best possible beta readers for such a text. Ogilvy stresses that this book was written to make the principles of Darwinism accessible to all by making the subject "simple clear and interesting" and avoiding "technicalities and dry structural details" - addressing what he felt was a general misunderstanding of Darwin's findings amongst the population he sought to reach. A contemporary review in the science journal NATURE confirms this referring to a "widespread . ignorance and misapprehension of Darwin's teaching among the general public." Another from THE EXPOSITORY TIMES praises the "blessed simplicity in Mr. Ogilvy's way of presenting the subject." Laid into this copy is a typed letter signed by the publisher sending it to a journal editor for review. OCLC locates only a handful of US holdings and only a few more elsewhere. A gorgeous copy. 7.25'' x 4.75''. Original green cloth with dark green stamped Art-Nouveau design lettered in red to front board and in gilt to spine. Pictorial endpapers. 160 pages. Single typed sheet dated 21 March 1901 and signed "Jarrold Sons" laid in. Boards with touch of wear to extremities. Faint offsetting to endpapers light foxing to edges. Crisp and tight. Jarrold & Sons unknown books
1892Best.-Nr. 48692London: John Murray 1892. Very good plus. Sixth edition "forty-third thousand" overall - and the first to use the term "evolution" to describe the mechanism of natural selection that Darwin introduced in the book. "Evolution" - the word now most associated with THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES - was not used to describe natural selection in the publication until the sixth edition. By then Darwin was well aware that he had a phenomenon on his hands with the title - it was time to widen his audience. The 6th edition was purposefully set in smaller type slimming the book's profile and making it more affordable "I have been told on authority which I can trust that . workmen club together to buy the Origin" Darwin noted of previous editions in correspondence in 1871. It also contains a glossary for the first time making the text more accessible to a non-specialist audience. Appropriately this copy was once owned by James G. Mead whale biologist and longtime curator of marine mammals at the Smithsonian. Mead is a particular proponent of the anatomical study of marine mammals a method of examination that Darwin also favored; THE NEW YORK TIMES notes that Mead's use of this technique "has given scientists a detailed look at species that often can be observed only fleetingly in the wild." A notable edition of an iconic work. 7.5'' x 5''. Publisher's green cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. Floral patterned endpapers of the John Murray monogram. xxii 432 pages including index; folds from page 185 on are unopened. Small owner name to front flyleaf "J. G. Mead" dated Feb. 1972. Small owner name to title page "Jas Probert" dated July 1893. Binding with faint spotting to edges light bumping to corners and spine ends. Light foxing to endpapers. Interior clean. John Murray unknown books
1878Best.-Nr. 365957New York: D. Appleton and Company 1878. New Edition from the Sixth English Edition with Additions and Corrections. xxi 1 1-458pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Publisher's russet cloth blocked in black. Near fine. New Edition from the Sixth English Edition with Additions and Corrections. xxi 1 1-458pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. "Certainly the most important biological book every written . The sixth edition which is usually regarded as the last appeared in London in February 1872 . It is again extensively revised and contains a new chapter VII. . It is in the edition that the word 'evolution' occurs for the first time. It had been used in THE DESCENT OF MAN in the previous year but not before in this work" Freeman p. 79. The present 1878 edition is the fifth issue of the American edition based on the sixth edition. A lovely copy of an early American edition. Freeman 403 D. Appleton and Company unknown books
1944Best.-Nr. 41454Boston: Brown and Company 1944. Very good plus in very good jacket. First edition of this WWII-era Dick Whittington mystery set in London. 7.5'' x 5''. Original brown cloth red lettering to front spine. In original unclipped $2.50 dust jacket. 300 pages. Old Capital Club ink stamp to front free endpaper. Jacket moderately edgeworn with some shallow chipping at spine faint spot of dampstain to rear corner. Foxing to top edge. Sound unmarked clean. Brown and Company unknown books
1873Best.-Nr. 484671873. Darwin Charles 1809-82. Origin of certain instincts. In Nature 7 1873: 417-418. Whole number. cix - cxii 417-436 cxiii - cxvi pp. 269 x 183 mm. Without wrappers. First and last leaves conjugate detached but very good otherwise. First Edition of one of Darwin's lesser-known discoveries. Darwin was the first to postulate in this paper the existence of an inertially-based navigational system in animals; his suggestion was confirmed by studies done in the 20th century. This type of navigational system now known as path integration uses input from the vestibular organs and other sensors in the body to enable an animal such as a migrating bird to estimate its position with relation to its home. Freeman The Works of Charles Darwin 1760. . unknown books
1869Best.-Nr. 315466Down Beckenham Kent 1869. 3 pp. Bifolium of Down Bromley Kent stationery with "Bromley" crossed out and corrected to Beckenham. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine. 3 pp. Bifolium of Down Bromley Kent stationery with "Bromley" crossed out and corrected to Beckenham. 1 vols. 8vo. Unpublished. Charles Darwin 1809-1882 writes to Charles Layton London agent for Appleton about bringing out a revised and expanded second American edition of On the Origin of Species. The letter is a reply to Layton's of the day before in which he'd inquired after stereotyped plates of the English edition. In part: "The last or 5th Edit. of the Origin was printed off some months ago & it is impossible to supply stereotypes. I hope that you will inform Mr. Appleton of what I have said of the increased size of this last & 5th Edit. As 2000 copies of this Edit were printed there will not be a new Edit. for a considerable time . If Mr. Appleton will reprint this 5th Edition . I will pledge myself to endevour to persuade Mr. Murray to supply stereotype plates of my new book on the Descent of Man; but as I never before heard of such such a scheme I have no idea whether he will comply. At any rate I will please myself on the above conditions & on the terms suggested in your letter to send over the sheets as printed & stereotype casts of the woodcuts. But please remember my new book will not got to press for many months." Appleton had published the first American edition of Origin in 1860 from Murray's second English edition. In keeping with the terms of the present letter Appleton published the second American edition based on the 5th English edition in 1870 followed by the first American edition of The Descent of Man in 1871. See Darwin Correspondence Project DCP-LETT-7003 for Layton to Darwin 22 November 1869. unknown books
1882Best.-Nr. 451781882. Darwin Charles 1809-82. Funeral of Mr. Darwin. Westminster Abbey Wednesday April 26th 1882 at 12 o'clock precisely . . . G. G. Bradley Dean. Printed card black-bordered with the Dean's seal in black wax in the left margin and the letters "C. H." in red ink on either side of the seal. N.p. 1882. 92 x 122 mm. Fine. Darwin had died at Down House on 19 April 1882 expecting to be buried in the local churchyard. His fame and reputation were such however that Huxley Galton and others felt it would be appropriate to have him buried at Westminster Abbey one of the highest honors that can be bestowed on a British citizen. As Desmond and Moore put it "getting a freethinker into the Abbey was not easy" Darwin p. 666. But Huxley stepped in supported in Parliament by Darwin's neighbor Sir John Lubbock and by a press campaign led by The Standard. The Reverend George Granville Bradley Dean of Westminster Abbey was happy to acquiesce. The Chapter House to which our card allows admission is where those who were to follow the coffin into the Abbey assembled: "On that grey day committees adjourned judges put on mourning dress and Parliament emptied as members trooped across the road. From embassies scientific societies and countless ordinary homes they came. Under leaden skies they converged on the Abbey anticipating the awe and spectacle of a state occasion. In the Chapter House where Parliament had once met the elders of science State and Church the nobility of birth and talent stood waiting to file though the cloisters behind the coffin. They were "the greatest gathering of intellect that was ever brought together in our country" said one' Desmond and Moore p. 672. Darwin was laid to rest beneath the monument to Newton at the north end of the choir screen. . unknown books
1909Best.-Nr. 45210Cambridge: University Press 1909. 47pp. Original printed wrappers 3-inch strip missing from lower spine corners chipped split along rear hinge. University Press unknown books
