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2008Best.-Nr. 44270Folio Society 2008. 8vo. First Edition thus with frontispiece coloured plates and numerous technical illustrations in the text; green pictorial cloth upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt green top a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Folio Society, hardcover
Best.-Nr. PJH39225John Murray 1889. Ownership stamp else exceptionally clean and bright copy in publishers green cloth gilt. Second Edition Revised and Augmented. ISBN B000W2FOZC John Murray 1889 hardcover
Best.-Nr. 25456London: John Murray 1909. Very good copy in green cloth covers with small ink stain to front board. London: John Murray (1909). hardcover
Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 62099849Cambridge University Press CUP . Papeback. New. pp. 366 Index Cambridge University Press CUP unknown
1876Best.-Nr. 50311John Murray 1876. 8vo. First Edition with numerous tables and a diagram in the text; strongly bound BY WILSON FOR TRINITY COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE in contemporary half calf green cloth sides ruled in gilt upper board with Trinity College arms blocked in gilt back with raised bands second and third compartments with red leather labels ruled and lettered in gilt first and last compartments blocked with with Trinity College Arms in gilt marbled edges marbled endpapers a very good bright clean crisp copy. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman BNHB 914; Freeman Darwin 297. John Murray, hardcover
1900Best.-Nr. 33615London: John Murray 1900. Second Edition 5th Impression. Illustrated with diagrams and 109 tables. 8vo publisher's original dark green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and decorated in blind with panel designs and border ruling on the covers. viii 487 pp. A very fine and bright copy indeed especially well preserved. A FINE COPY OF THIS ELUSIVE BOOK. Darwin considered this book to "form a complement to that on the Fertilisation of Orchids". "This book will form a a compliment to that on the Fertilisation of Orchids in which I showed how perfect were the means for cross-fertilisation and here I shall show how important are the results. 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. THE EFFECTS OF CROSS AND SELF FERTILISATION continues the work begun in 'ORCHIDS". John Murray hardcover
1892Best.-Nr. 33339London: John Murray 1892. An early reprinting of the first edition of 1872 the eleventh thousand. Well decorated with 21 illustrations throughout the text and with 7 Heliotype Plates from photographs. 8vo publisher's original dark green cloth lettered decorated and ruled in gilt on spine and with ornately framed borders on the upper cover and on the lower cover in blind. viii 394 pp. A beautifully preserved copy internally fine the binding very bright and clean and very solid and sturdy with the hinges in good order the colour holding strong with no hint of fading a small chip to the free-fly and a few spots to the pastedowns. A HANDSOME COPY FRESH AND FINE AND UNUSUALLY SO FOR ANY 19TH CENTURY PRINTING OF DARWIN. This is an important volume of Darwin's evolutionary writings and was written in part at least as a confutation of the idea that the facial muscles of expression in man were a special endowment. It was more importantly along with his 1871 book ‘The Descent of Man’ part of Darwin's attempt to address questions of human origins and human psychology using his theory of evolution by natural selection. Darwin noted the universal nature of facial expressions in the book: ".the young and the old of widely different races both with man and animals express the same state of mind by the same movements. John Murray hardcover
Best.-Nr. 6611164Cambridge University Press CUP . Papeback. New. pp. 424 2nd Edition Cambridge University Press CUP unknown
1881Best.-Nr. 51348John Murray 1881. 8vo. Fifth Thousand with 15 woodcuts a number full-page in the text; green arches-style cloth boards framed in blind gilt back chocolate endpapers uncut upper hinge just starting but binding entirely sound else a near fine copy. With publisher's advertisment leaf at end. Darwin's final work reverting to his early geological iterests. First published in October 1881 it was remarkably successful selling 6000 copies within the year a faster sales rate than the 'Origin'. In this fifth impression the errors of the first four are corrected and several new textual changes introduced.VERY SCARCE INDEED IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman Darwin 321; see also Freeman BNHB 917. John Murray, hardcover
1897Best.-Nr. 355490720961London: John Murray 1897. Hard Cover. Thirteenth Thousand with illustrations. Publisher's original green cloth with blind-stamped borders to front and rear boards gilt lettering to the spine very dark brown endpapers firm no splitting. pp. vii 326 with 15 text woodcuts. 19 works listed on verso of title page. A bookseller's ticket to the top left hand corner of the front past-down two former owner's names in fountain pen to the second front free end-paper slight softening to the spine tips overall VG with bright and clean boards. An attractive copy of Darwin's last book. Now smartly covered in removable clear acetate. Photographs/scans available upon request. John Murray hardcover
1896Best.-Nr. 053272D Appleton 1896. Early Reprint . Hardback. Good/No DW. marbled boards top edge guilt small loss of leather at the heel of the spine else very good D Appleton hardcover
1888Best.-Nr. 26371John Murray 1888. 8vo. Eleventh Thousand First Impression with 15 woodcuts a number full-page in the text small corner loss from front free endpaper neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary; green decorative arches-style cloth boards framed in blind gilt back uncut chocolate endpapers a remarkably bright clean copy. First impression of the Eleventh Thousand which contains the altered footnote on p.7. Edited by Francis Darwin. Freeman Darwin 327; Freeman BNHB 917. John Murray, hardcover
Best.-Nr. B9781016378970Hardback. New. hardcover
1887Best.-Nr. 34482London: John Murray 1887. 3 volumes. An early printing published in the year of the first edition. With seven illustrations including three portraits. Tall 8vo publisher's original pale grey-green cloth gilt lettered on the spines. x 395 1; iii 393 1; iv 418 1 pp. A clean and pleasing set with light evidence of age or use. AN IMPORTANT WORK. This is the first and basic life of Darwin. It contains the first version of Darwin's autobiography which was edited to avoid giving offense to his widow the full text was not published in English until 1958. The letters were selected with a more personal rather than scientific bias with particular emphasis on the period during which Darwin was writing and preparing for publication his ORIGIN OF SPECIES. There is particular emphasis on the period during which Darwin was writing and preparing for publication of his ORIGIN OF SPECIES. John Murray hardcover
1887Best.-Nr. 281The FIRST EDITION first printing of this comprehensive biography of Charles Darwin edited by his son Francis Darwin and illustrated throughout. A comprehensive biography of noted nineteenth-century English naturalist and biologist Charles Darwin. Complete in three volumes. The first edition of this work. Volume I includes an autobiographical chapter as well as chapters on childhood and the Darwin family as well as an extensive collection of letters. Volume II covers the beginnings of Darwin's 'Origin of Species' and the spread of evolution. Volume III covers approximately the last twenty years of Darwin's life and corresponding works as well as a collection of botanical letters. Also including four lengthy appendices with a frontispiece to each volume and a photolithograph facsimile of Darwin's handwriting another engraved plate and two in-text engravings. Collated and complete. Edited by Darwin's son Francis Darwin. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally mild shelf wear to the boards and fading to the spine and extremities. A small amount of cockling to the cloth on Volumes I and II. Internally the hinges are in good shape and haven benefited from some professional strengthening. Pages are lightly age-toned to the extremities but are otherwise generally bright and clean. Now housed in a custom green slipcase. John Murray hardcover
1882Best.-Nr. 24216John Murray 1882. 8vo. Second Edition Third Thousand with 13 woodcuts in the text small inoffensive label scars to front free endpaper; original green arches-style cloth gilt back chocolate endpapers uncut small skilful repair to bottom of backstrip a remarkably well-preserved bright crisp copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue dated January 1882 bound in at end. The woodcut illustrations are by George Darwin the author's son. The first printing of the first edition was in Vol. IX of the Journal of the Linnean Society of London dated 1867 but issued in 1865. The second edition the first in book form greatly revised and enlarged was published in 1875 with a second 'Thousand' actually only 500 copies in the following year. The present edition is the first to carry the author's appendix to the Preface and a five-line list of errata on last leaf of Contents. Since these refer to author's errors rather than to literals and remain uncorrected through subsequent reprintings from stereos this represents the final text of the work. SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman Darwin 222; Freeman BNHB 909. John Murray, hardcover
1875Best.-Nr. 9217John Murray 1875. 8vo. Second Edition with 13 woodcuts in the text neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper verso; handsomely bound in early twentieth century half calf BY MUDIE marbled boards back with five raised bands ruled in gilt second compartment with leather label lettered and ruled in gilt third compartment with author's name in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt with a floral spray all edges marbled marbled endpapers backstrip faded but all gilt just legible else a most attractive copy of a scarce work. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. The publisher's catalogue sometimes found at end has not been bound with this copy. The first printing of the first edition was in Vol. IX of the Journal of the Linnean Society of London dated 1867 but issued in 1865. The present edition the first in book form is greatly revised and enlarged; Freeman notes that 1500 copies were printed. The woodcut illustrations are by George Darwin the author's son. SCARCE. Freeman Darwin 220; Freeman BNHB 909. John Murray, hardcover
Best.-Nr. 185747Rupert Hart-Davis 1952. 1st edn 2nd impression. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth top edge red fore-edge spotted - otherwise near Fine dustwrapper lightly toned - otherwise VG in protective cover not price clipped. Pp. 210 previous owner's neat inscription on front free endpaper. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952 unknown
1899Best.-Nr. 51349John Murray 1899. 8vo. Sixth Edition Fifty-Sixth Thousand with folding diagram front endpapers and half-title very lightly spotted; original green arches-style cloth boards framed in blind gilt back uncut a near fine copy. With publisher's advertisement leaf at end. The sixth edition first issued in 1872 is the last published in Darwin's lifetime and contains his final major corrections and revisions. It is the first edition with the title The Origin of Species and includes among many other revisions a new chapter inserted to confute the views of the Catholic biologist St. George Mivart. There is a glossary and the word 'evolution' is used in the text for the first time. VERY SCARCE INDEED IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman 144. John Murray, hardcover
1872Best.-Nr. 33920London: John Murray 1872. The Highly Important Sixth Edition with additions and corrections thirteenth thousand the last edition which Darwin lived to amend and revise. This copy with pleasing provenance the copy of Anthony Traill Provost of Trinity College Dublin. Folding lithographed diagram by W. West. 8vo publisher's original green cloth gilt lettered on the spine and blocked in blind in a panel design on the covers original brown coated endpapers all edges untrimmed. xxi 458 pp. A very fine handsome bright and unmarked copy very clean and crisp throughout unusually so. A VERY FINE BRIGHT AND PLEASING COPY OF THE RARE SIXTH EDITION OF 1872 THE GREATEST BIOLOGICAL WORK EVER WRITTEN. IT IS CONSIDERED RARE AND WAS ISSUED IN A QUANTITY NOT EXCEEDING 2000 COPIES. This edition includes an expanded version of "An Historical Sketch of the Recent Progress of Opinion on the Origin of Species" as well as a table of corrections. The Sixth Edition of 1872 consisted of 3000 copies including three states of the title page reading "Eleventh" "Twelfth" and "Thirteenth" Thousand The Sixth Edition contained a new chapter VII written to address and to refute the views certain other scientists. A glossary appears for the first time and additionally it is in this sixth edition that Darwin used for the first time the word "evolution". The word was inserted three times into the text twice on pages 201 and three times on page 424. 'This edition was extensively revised by Darwin and the new chapter VII was inserted to confute the views of the Roman Catholic biologist S. George Mivart. The title changes to THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES and a glossary appears. It is in this edition that the word 'evolution' occurs for the first time. It had been used in the first edition of THE DESCENT OF MAN in the previous year but not before in this work. 'Evolved' had bee the last word of the text in all previous editions but 'evolution' had been omitted perhaps to avoid confusion with the use of the word by Herbert Spencer or with its more particular embryological meaning. The word had however been used in its transformist sense by Lyell as early as 1832 Principles of Geology Vol. II p. 11. On the verso of the title leaf of the 1872 issues there are advertisements for nine of Darwin's works whereas the 1873 reprint has ten. It must have been in press before November 1872 when EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS came out otherwise the new book would have been added. See Freeman Darwin's Revolutionary Masterwork in which he 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." PMM Together with Copernicus' DE REVOLUTIONIBUS and Newton's PRINCIPIA it is deemed one of the three greatest and most important scientific works ever penned. "The most influential scientific work of the nineteenth century" and "The most important biological work ever written" Horblit Freeman. Darwin's elaboration of the theory of natural selection laid the groundwork for the controversy over the evolution of man and with only slight modification by such scientists as Stephen Jay Gould Darwin's ideas remain the umbra under which most current biological research is conducted. Darwin had intended the book to be an abstract of his 'big book' on transmutation of which only the first part Variation Under Domestication 1868 was published in his lifetime. This copy was owned by Anthony Traill whose neat signature is found at the head of the half-title page. Traill was actively involved in politics during the 1870's and 1880's. He was an Ulster Unionist and in 1884 was appointed High Sheriff of Antrim. He was also chairman of the world's first electric tramway Portrush founded with his brother William. He was appointed Provost of Trinity College Dublin in 1904. During his time in the office he carried out many internal reforms. Traill refused to change the University's constitutional position at any time in his Provostship despite pressure. He remained the Provost until he died at the Provost's House in 1914. Anthony Traill. 1838-1914 Provost of Trinity College Dublin. LLD LLB MB MCh MD. Honorary LLD degrees from Glasgow Aberdeen and St. Andrews Dictionary of Irish Biography John Murray hardcover
1882Best.-Nr. 49299John Murray 1882. 8vo. Sixth Edition Twenty-Fourth Thousand with folding diagram neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper blank preliminaries and half-title lightly spotted; original green cloth boards with Oxford frame in blind gilt back chocolate endpapers uncut a remarkably bright fresh firm copy. With the trade ticket of Gilbert & Field of London on front paste-down. The sixth edition first issued in 1872 is the last published in Darwin's lifetime and contains his final major corrections and revisions. It is the first edition with the title The Origin of Species and includes among many other revisions a new chapter inserted to confute the views of the Catholic biologist St. George Mivart. There is a glossary and the word 'evolution' is used in the text for the first time. This is the earlier of the two issues of M24 published in June with seventeen titles listed on title verso. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman 407. John Murray, hardcover
1889Best.-Nr. 48343John Murray 1889. 8vo. Sixth Edition Thirty-Seventh Thousand with folding diagram endpapers lightly spotted; original green cloth boards with Oxford frame in blind gilt back patterned endpapers uncut a remarkably bright fresh firm copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue dated January 1889 bound in at end. The sixth edition first issued in 1872 is the last published in Darwin's lifetime and contains his final major corrections and revisions. It is the first edition with the title The Origin of Species and includes among many other revisions a new chapter inserted to confute the views of the Catholic biologist St. George Mivart. There is a glossary and the word 'evolution' is used in the text for the first time. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman 426. John Murray, hardcover
Best.-Nr. 6612450Cambridge University Press CUP . Papeback. New. pp. 608 Cambridge University Press CUP unknown
1875Best.-Nr. 51352John Murray 1875. 2 vols. 8vo. Second Edition Fourth Thousand with 43 illustrations in the text neat contemporary signature on front paste-downs ; original arches-style binding of green cloth boards framed in blind gilt backs chocolate endpapers uncut a near fine copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue dated January 1876 bound in at end of second volume as called for. First published in 1868 Darwin's longest work was extensively revised for thIs second edition of 1875 which became the final text. It is especially notable for containing in Chapter XXVII the first statement of the author's provisional hypothesis of pangenesis. No publisher in England other than Murray has ever printed this important work. VERY SCARCE INDEED IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman Darwin 234; Freeman BNHB 910. John Murray, hardcover
