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2001rif. 2081502111704891Iwanamishoten 2001. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 446p Size: 15cm Iwanamishoten paperback
rif. 253207none: A.L. Burt no date. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good. Board edges and corners are somewhat rubbed and bumped. Spine ends are also worn. Foredges browned slightly. A.L. Burt hardcover books
1878rif. 26410London: John Murray 1878. Very Good. London: John Murray 1878. Sixth Edition Twentieth Thousand with additions and corrections. Octavo. 458 pp. with half title and folding plate facing page 91. Bound in contemporary quarter calf; five raised bands gilt decorating and black title label to spine; marbled edges and endpapers. Boards worn along edges with exposure corners bumped rubbing to joints and surface cracking to spine. Recent repair to joints; scraping with surface loss to endpapers; binding holding soundly. Bookplate of tea planter Henry Randolph Trafford to front pastedown. Ownership inscription to preliminaries; text block a bit stiff but pages unmarked and legible throughout. A Very Good later printing of the sixth edition which was originally published in 1872 and was the first to include the word "evolution" though all editions included "evolved" as the final word of text. John Murray unknown books
1869rif. 2002020London: John Murray 1869. 5th. very good. Fifth edition tenth thousand as stated on title page and copyright page. Book very good repair at front and rear gutters. Page 29/30 missing. Comes with custom-made slipcase. John Murray unknown books
1972rif. RO60065016Collier Books. 1972. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos plié, Intérieur acceptable. 512 pages. Mouillures en pages de garde et de titre.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1860rif. 55674London: John Murray 1860. Very good plus. Second edition of this epochal work - extensively and argumentatively annotated by a 19th-century reader who is both reasonably scientifically informed and morally shocked by its contents. The first printing of ORIGIN famously sold out in a single day in November 1859 leading publisher Murray to issue a second edition as soon as Darwin had made revisions in January 1860. The book was met with both considerable acclaim and criticism sparking heated debates across the country. It is possible that our annotator was among those who rushed out to obtain a copy of the second edition amidst this furor as aniline ink was commercially available by the 1860s. The comments range in length tone and depth of engagement suggesting an intense and frankly emotional reading experience for the annotator. Some annotations are insulting or flippant as when the annotator calls Darwin "cocksure" 477 or simply writes "stuff!" as in "rubbish" often used as a euphemism in place of cursing. Other annotations engage with the substance of the science asking "how can a genus descend from a species" 446 which does indeed contradict Linnaeus's traditional hierarchical taxonomy; and comparing Darwin unfavorably to Lyell whom "one has not to read over and over again in hopeless despair of finding meaning!" 282. ORIGIN OF SPECIES "dealt a body blow to traditional Western religious thought" Larsen 89 and some of the annotations are religiously inflected especially on the question of how Darwin's arguments were perceived to conflict with the belief in a divine Creator. The annotator argues "of course to talk of a Creator or God to sic odious to Mr D" 413 - a not unfounded comment as Darwin had actually revised this second edition to add the phrase "by the Creator" on the last page "in order to conciliate angry clerics" Kutschera. Indeed even Darwin's supporters were aware of the threatening religious implications: Thomas Henry Huxley claimed in an 1860 review that "Old ladies of both sexes consider it a decidedly dangerous book" quoted in Larson 83. These religious comments appear to underlie the fury of the annotator who expands them into a moral argument: "How arrogant how almost insolent for any man to write in this style as if he had been present throughout the ages and know the whole secret of animated nature" 356. The annotator injects morality into the science as when he complains about Darwin germinating seeds sourced from the droppings of birds: "I hope for the sake of his family he washed his hands. But these naturalists are dirty both in thought and conduct" 361. In a section on fertility in flowers the annotator argues "He must have had a very bawdy mind" 257 and wishes Darwin had never been born: "I wish to heavens either his male or female progenitor had been sterile" 256. The private nature of the marginalia here allows us an unfiltered glimpse at the raw response of a contemporary reader. At a later point someone appears to have attempted to erase many of them suggesting the effacer was themself angered or embarrassed or just annoyed by the commentary - yet the annotations remain important as both a distillation and reflection a broader wave of outrage that the book's publication spurred perhaps best summed up by the final marginal comment. Darwin's last line describes "endless forms most beautiful and wonderful have been and are being evolved." The annotator has underlined "and are being" and written "are they" A tremendously rich copy worthy of further research offering a detailed case study in the contemporary backlash to one of the most controversial books of all time. 8'' x 5''. Original green cloth stamped in blind gilt-stamped spine. Brown coated endpapers. Second issue as usual "fifth thousand". Publisher's catalogue at rear. 10 502 32 pages. Annotated by "E.H. Morels" throughout in pencil and aniline ink often very faded or effaced but largely legible more than 100 in all including an extensive note on the final page. Light wear and spotting to cloth with short nick to center of spine. Hinges firm. John Murray unknown books
1892rif. 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
1860rif. 2302021London: Murray 1860. Second. hardcover. Very good. The second edition in original cloth very good but for moisture stain in top corner of front endpapers. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Second edition second issue with "fifth thousand" on title page one of only 3000 copies and yet the largest printing of any edition or issue in Darwin's lifetime and the last English edition to contain the whale-bear story. Folding lithographed plate 32pp. of publisher's advertisements at rear. Original publisher's green cloth covers stamped in blind gilt spine. Murray unknown books
1892rif. 2305016London: John Murray 1892. 6th. hardcover. very good. 6th edition as stated on title page. Book very good minor rubbing along edges minor wear to spine ends. Housed in custom-made slipcase. John Murray unknown books
1888rif. 140943887London: John Murray 1888. Sixth Edition. Near Fine. Sixth edition thirty-fifth thousand. An unusually fresh copy bound in publisher's original green cloth ruled in blind and stamped in gilt with folding lithographic diagram. Near Fine with light wear to cloth small series of spots to the fore edge. A bright and sharp example. John Murray unknown books
1875rif. 2105008London UK: John Murray 1875. 6th. hardcover. very good. Sixth edition Fifteenth Thousand. Book very good cracking along front and rear gutters some wear previous owner's name on half-title and title page. Housed in provided fold-out case. John Murray unknown books
1978rif. 108819The Franklin Library Pennsylvania 1978. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Fine limited edition from The Franklin Library. 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of "The Great Books of the Western World". Full leather bound with gilt detailing and a satin ribbon book marker. Previous owner's bookplate on the front free end page. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania hardcover books
1936rif. 440679New York: The Modern Library 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First Modern Library edition. Octavo. 1000pp. Publisher's rust-colored cloth stamped in silver. Neat bookplate on the front endpaper light offsetting at the gutters spine ends gently bumped just about near fine in a dustwrapper with a lightly toned spine and a bit of chipping on the topedge very good save for one chip and a closed tear on the cover. Still a bright nicer than usual copy in the fragile dustwrapper. The Modern Library hardcover books
1985rif. RO80248055Penguin Classics. 1985. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement pliée, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 476 pages. Texte en anglais.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1897rif. 107462NY:: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good. 1897. Hardcover. Volume I only. With additions and corrections from the sixth English edition authorized edition. Fold-out chart. Octavo bound in burgundy clothwith gilt lettering and borders on the spine top edge gilt. Light shelf wear and aging else very good or better. Some unopened pages. Text is clean and binding is sound. ; 365 pages . D. Appleton and Company, hardcover books
1976rif. 107758Norwalk:: Easton Press. Near Fine. 1976. Hardcover. Preface by Charles G. Darwin. Wood engravings by Paul Landacre. Collector's edition "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". Quarto fully bound in black leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along the spine all edges gilt silk moire endpapers sewn-in ribbon bookmark. About fine.; 470 pages . Easton Press, hardcover books
1987rif. TB33685Birmingham: Gryphon Editions Inc. 1987. Special Edition of Gryphon Editions. Fine in dark blue leather covered boards with bright gilt decorations and text stamped on the spine and front and rear boards with three raised bands on the spine marbled end papers gilt edges to the text block and a silk placement ribbon sewn in at the head of the spine. A small 8vo measuring 7 3/4 by 4 3/4 inches. 502 pages including an index. An elegant reprinting in facsimile of the first edition of 1859. Gryphon Editions, Inc. hardcover books
rif. 35927New York: Hurst and Company No date. Reprint. Hardcover. g. Octavo. xix 501pp. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece Darwin portrait engraving. Reprinted from the sixth London edition with all additions and corrections. The ground breaking work on evolution with "Historical Sketch" of the progress of opinion in the origin of species previously to the publications of the first edition of his work. Binding with wear along edges some light fraying at tail of spine joints rubbed. Book block with light age-toning. Binding in overall good- interior in good condition. Hurst and Company hardcover books
1892rif. LCI-21891892 London Murray, John 1892 1 In 12 Couverture percaline verte 432[pp] Cartonnage Editeur;
1894rif. 59266BBSixth edition, with additions and corrections (Forty-fifth thousand.) London: John Murray. 1894. 8°. XXI S., 432 S. Bordeauxroter privater Lederband mit 2 schwarzen, goldgeprägten Rückenschildern, doppelter Deckelfiletierung mit Eckfleurons und Stehkantenvergoldung (sign. Mudie).
1930pp. xvi, 1000. 8vo. 210mm. Original full cloth binding. Spine darkened. MOD LIB BX 1
1962rif. S11575New York:: Collier Books 1962. 1962. Sm. 8vo. 512 pp. Index. Paperback; small nick on fore-edge. Very good . Collier Books, (1962). paperback books
1919rif. 544710London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press 1919. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. 16mo. 454 8 pp. Green cloth. Offsetting from binder's glue on half-title sunned spine with wear at the ends very good. Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press hardcover books
1979rif. 615454New York: Gramercy 1979. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Reprint. With a new foreword by Patricia Horan. 459pp. Illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket. From the library of the artists Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn with an estate label designed by their son Jonathan Shahn. Laid in is a postcard written out to "Ms. Shahn" updating her on a classroom of students who used her books for a research project. Gramercy hardcover books
1861rif. 304713Third edition with additions and corrections seventh thousand. Octavo. Half title page folding diagram at p. 123. 2 pages of advertisements at end. Original green cloth stamped in gilt and blind; brown coated endpapers. Binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants on back pastedown. A fresh bright tight copy of a book that is usually found in worn condition. No foxing. Small booksellers label on verso front free endpaper. Neat signatures of two previous owners on the half title page. Freeman 381. "The most important biological book ever written" Freeman p. 73. John Murray hardcover books
