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1902réf. 26061London: John Murray. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1902. Hardcover. Dampstain to lower corner of rear board. Small 4mm loss of cloth at tip of lower corner of front board. Minor foxing. Previous owner's small blind-stamp on title page "J.A.GRAY".; Sixth thousand in this form. A one volume abridgement of the 1887 "The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin Including an Autobiographical Chapter". The one volume abridged edition was first published by John Murray in 1892. vi 348 pages photogravure portrait frontispiece 1 plate facsimile letter. Without advertisements. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine dark green lettering and decoration on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 197 x 127mm. Frontispiece portrait of a bearded and hatted Darwin from a photograph by Elliot & Fry. "It is pleasure to me to acknowledge the kindness of Messrs. Elliott & Fry in allowing me to reproduce the fine photograph which appears as the frontispiece to the present issue. Francis Darwin" - from the Note to the Second Edition dated April 1902. Reference: Freeman 1473 . John Murray hardcover
1902réf. 12581London: John Murray 1902. Second Edition Sixth Thousand in this Form. Hardcover. Very Good. Second Edition Sixth Thousand in this Form. Hardcover. The portrait frontispiece is engraved from the study by Mrs. Cameron. The abridged version of Francis Darwin's life of his father the fourth edition of the 'Life and Letters' overall first app.eared in 1892. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Light shelf/edge wear focused at tips and hinges head/tail front joint cracked but tight light even toning to text block else tight bright and unmarred. 8vo 348pp. illus b/w plates with a tissue-guarded photogravure toned in sepia portrait frontispiece index. Green cloth boards with stamped designs gilt titling. John Murray hardcover
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1902réf. 23058London: John Murray. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1902. Hardcover. Fading to spine. Binding a little shaken with some splits to gutters between gatherings.; "New Edition. With a Portrait." vi 4 368 pages portrait frontispiece 1 plate facsimile letter. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and rule on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 191 x 127mm. . John Murray hardcover
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1887réf. 20781Schweizerbart Stuttgart 1887-1899. 1887. originalgetreuer Einband Faks. 3 Bände gr 8° in gutem Zustand AZC17. HC Schweizerbart, Stuttgart 1887-1899., unknown
1892réf. 142075Cambridge: Privately Printed 1892. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. Cloth-backed boards. Four illustrations drawn within the text in pencil; text printed only on the rectos. Original owner's inscription to the title page: "Joseph A. Daniel/Christ's College/Cambridge". Minor amount of wear to the edges of the boards. Ex-libris of Richard Freeman bibliographer of Charles Darwin initialed by him with notes of cost on ffep. An exceptionally rare item with fantastic provenance. COPAC lists three copies at Cambridge the Natural History Museum and the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew; no copies have come up at auction. It is unclear as to who has done the illustrations in this copy; the copy held at Cambridge has similar drawings with some variations. Perhaps the illustrations were all done by hand by the authors though this isn't explicitly stated anywhere in the book. There are references to Charles Darwin throughout this work most notably on f.42 where a letter from Charles Darwin to Joseph Hooker is quoted. 1892 Privately Printed hardcover
1887réf. 99172New York: Appleton and Company 1887. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Two volumes. Volume 1: 558 pages. Volume 2: 562 pages. Both volumes: B/w frontispiece. Dark red cover boards black design on front covers gilt title on spines. Chipping to top and bottom of spine. Tanning to edges and pages from age. Spines straight. Binding good. Biography of Charles Darwin including correspondence edited by his son Francis Darwin. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Record # 99172 Appleton and Company hardcover
réf. 63-6781NY: Appleton 1896. 8vo. Gilt Three Quarter Burgundy Leather on Marbled Boards 562 pp. Fair with corners and some edges worn to boards staining some mold on endpapers leather on spine split; except for some staining text block is in Very Good shape. Illustrated frontispiece facsimile of Darwin's handwriting. NY: Appleton, 1896. hardcover
1903réf. BCNH2009Complete two-volume set. An ex-library copy from the Ipswich Public Libraries featuring a large institutional bookplate affixed to the front pastedown of each volume and official reference library ink stamps to the preliminary leaves and margins. Bindings show shelf wear with significant rubbing colour loss and fading to the cloth grain along with fraying at the spine tips and corners. Spines are slightly cocked. Internally the front inner hinge of Volume I is cracked and roughly reinforced at the title-page spread resulting in some creasing and tearing to the gutter edge of the title sheet. Text blocks remain otherwise complete and readable. A solid functional study set of an indispensable historical reference. John Murray, Albemarle Street hardcover
1903réf. 5260048New York: D. Appleton & Company 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary marks. Hinges cracked binding sound. Pages clean tanned. Deckled pages. Cloth over boards is shelf worn with gilt lettering on front and spine and label at lower spine. Editor was Charles Darwin's son. Illustrated. Ex-Library; 8.75" tall; 1002 pages. D. Appleton & Company hardcover
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