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1868ref. 016038Orange Judd 1868. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 2 Volume In Green Cloth. First American Edition 1868 A Bit Of Light Staining. Excellent Fresh Set of This Science Classic. Orange Judd Hardcover books
1868ref. 5018Two Volume Set; First Edition/Second Issue; A Very Good set. A remarkably well preserved set of this expanded work on the Origin of Species the only follow up work published in Darwin's lifetime; an important addition to the Theory of Evolution canon. The first issue sold out in a week prompting the 2nd issue printing which corrected a number of mistakes from the first issue. This set is in very good or better condition with 3/4 calf and marbled boards gilt spines with raised bands and marbled endpapers; rubbing and chipping to the spine ends and edges endpapers rubbed and a previous owner's stamp to the front free paper. Overall a highly collectible set of an important work. Not remaindered not ex-library; will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box. John Murray hardcover books
18902 vols., 8vo., Second Edition, Seventh Thousand, with 43 illustrations in the text, some very occasional underlining (mainly in pencil), a little light spotting to the first several leaves of each volume; original arches-style binding of green cloth, gilt backs, chocolate endpapers, uncut, backstrips lightly chafed (without loss) at heads and tails, lower joints mildly rubbed and a little tender else a very good, bright, clean copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue (April, 1889) bound in at end of second volume as called for. First published in 1868, Darwin's longest work was extensively revised for the 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. Freeman (Darwin), 241; Freeman (BNHB), 910.
18752 vols., 8vo., Second Edition, Fourth Thousand, with 43 illustrations in the text, neat personal blind-stamp on titles; original arches-style binding of green cloth, gilt backs, chocolate endpapers, uncut, backstrips lightly chafed (without loss) at heads and tails, a near fine copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue (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 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. Freeman (Darwin), 241; Freeman (BNHB), 910.
1868ref. 24571London: John Murray 1868. First Edition second issue. leather_bound. Full tree calf gilt decorated borders marbled endpapers and edges. Very good. 2 Vols. 411 486 pages. 22 x 14 cm. 43 black and white illustrations. Comprehensive Index. Bound without the advertisements. The book's slow progress towards publication was due not only to its size but the author's ill health. "About half of the eight years that elapsed between its commencement and completion were spent on it. The book did not escape adverse criticism: it was said for instance that the public had been patiently waiting for Mr. Darwin's justificatives and that after eight years of expectation all they got was a mass of detail about pigeons rabbits and silkworms. The work contains the first appearance of the phrase 'survival of the fittest' in any of Darwin's works p. 6 of 1st volume. Single erratum in Volume I. FREEMAN 878. NORMAN. 597. Backstrip decorated with gilt florets and gilt lettered spine labels lacking Vol. II label. John Murray books
1894ref. 16963New York: D. Appleton and Company 1894. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. Complete in two volumes. Good. Matching publisher's bindings generally rubbed and worn small white labels at the heads of the spines. Bound with reading wear and forward leans former owner's name inside each marginalia and some notes at the endpapers. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1868ref. 2642London: John Murray 1868. FIRST EDITION. Original Cloth. Very Good. FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE IN ORIGINAL CLOTH of Darwin's sequel to the Origin of Species including his first use of the term "survival of the fittest". "The Variation was a full statement of the facts on which the theories of the Origin were based. "After the Origin's publication Darwin embarked on two broad lines of research: botanical experiments and studies of variation sexual selection and emotional expressions in humans and mammals. In 1860 he began recycling the early as yet unpublished chapters of 'Natural selection' and studying the osteology of domestic pigeons ducks and geese for a book on how breeders and horticulturists modify species. This was The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication 1868. Its two volumes were intended to provide overwhelming evidence for the ubiquity of variation although they would also incidentally answer Lyell and Gray who maintained that variations had not occurred purely by chance but were providentially directed. Darwin showed that breeders indeed selected from a vast array of minute random variations. He gave numerous instances of the causes of variability including the direct effect of the conditions of life reversion the effects of use and disuse saltation prepotency and correlated growth. "The Variation also addressed a key criticism of the Origin of Species: that it lacked an adequate understanding of inheritance. Darwin's 'provisional hypothesis of pangenesis' was constructed to explain how heritable traits were passed from parents to offspring. He supposed that each part of a parent organism throws off minute particles or 'gemmules' which circulate in the body and collect in the sexual organs to be transmitted in reproduction. Because gemmules are received from two parents the offspring develop to resemble them both more or less. 'The child strictly speaking does not grow into the man but includes germs which slowly and successively become developed and form the man' Darwin Variation. "The term 'survival of the fittest' borrowed at Wallace's insistence from Herbert Spencer's 1866 Principles of Biology first appeared in the Variation. It was a partial substitute for Darwin's more anthropomorphic 'natural selection' which many critics took to imply the existence of a 'selector'. Mistaking Darwin's metaphor they concluded that intelligence lay as much behind nature's selecting as behind a pigeon fancier's. Nevertheless Darwin defended his use of 'natural selection' while conceding that he had personified it too much" Dictionary of National Biography. First issue: with 1-line publisher's imprint on cloth at base of spines 5 lines of errata in vol. I and 7 in vol. II. Complete with 32 pages of ads dated April 1867 at rear of vol. I 2 pages of ads dated February 1868 at rear of vol. II as issued and 43 in-text wood engravings. London: John Murray 1868. Octavo original cloth. Two volumes. Handsome bookplate and small bookseller's Foyle's sticker on front pastedown of each volume and neat owner signature in pencil on flyleaves. A little foxing to flyleaf and title of volume 2 otherwise text generally clean. Cloth with only a little rubbing and a few mild spots of soiling. Volume 1 possibly recased spine cloth tight against text block. Spine gilt exceptionally bright. A handsome copy in original cloth of an essential Darwin text. John Murray unknown books
1868ref. 6645London: John Murray 1868. First edition. Fine. 2 volumes octavo 23 cm. First issue points: 5 errata on 6 lines in Vol. I and 9 errata on 7 lines in Vol. II. LACKS ADS apparently discarded when bound by Henry Southeran. Bound in full tan polished calf double-ruled in gilt; six-compartment spine tooled in blind and gilt with black title labels. Marbled edges and endleaves. Ticket of Henry Southeran. A very handsome set! Darwin's sequel to the Origin of Species including his first use of the term "survival of the fittest" and his much-admired essay on pigeons. John Murray unknown books
1883ref. 1353921New York: D. Appleton and Company 1883. Second Edition Revised Fourth Thousand. Hardcover. Octavos Two Volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in red cloth with black stamping to front boards blind stamping to rear boards and gilt titling to spines. Mild shelf wear and rubbing to binding. Volume 1 with one leaf of undated ads in rear; Volume 2 with four leaves of undated ads in rear. Gift inscription to front free endpapers. Stated "Second Edition Revised Fourth Thousand" but actually a reissue from the plates with only the date changed. Freeman Bibliographical Database: F884; also showing reissues of the 1876 printing in 1884 and 1887. Shelved in Case 10. 1353921. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1868ref. CDAR012London: John Murray 1868 Two volumes. First edition first issue. One of 1500 copies. Bound in three-quarter contemporary brown calf over red marbled boards spines lettered and decorated in gilt all edges marbled marbled endpapers. A very good set with some wear and rubbing along edges and spines former owner bookplate to front pastedowns some foxing to the first few leaves otherwise clean. Freeman 878. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. London: John Murray hardcover books
1868ref. 13360London: John Murray 1868. FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE. With several text illustrations. Original publisher's green cloth a few small bumps minor wear to boards; approximately 2 inches of the top of the fly-leaf of both volumes cut out. Generally a very nice set uncut with the presentation bookplate of the University of Southern California Messrs. Milton and Stanley Slotkin in each volume ownership signature on the title to Volume II. First edition first issue of Darwin's great contribution to the descent theory and the foundation on which all later racial-biological research was based. This work expands in detail material that Darwin had intended to include in his Origin. The most novel element in the work is Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis by which he attempts to explain hereditary resemblance inheritance of acquired characteristics atavism and regeneration. Although proven invalid this theory was nevertheless of prime importance in the history of genetics. "Darwin carried out numerous investigations with pigeons and various plants. He recognized continuous and discontinuous variation; he concluded that crossing tends to keep populations uniform" G&M. John Murray unknown books
1884ref. 92544New York: D. Appleton and Company 1884. Second American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 20 x 13 cm. xvi 300pp 8 ads. Bound into brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and black stamped cover design. 38 in-text woodcut illustrations. Stated second American edition originally done in London in 1862. Minor rubbing to head and tail of spine. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. There is foxing to the 2nd and 2nd from last leaf. Very nice copy overall. Reference: Freeman F804. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
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ref. mon0003826414D. Appleton & Co. hardcover. Good. . 1886 copy. decorative cloth cover shows minor wear and rubbing fading. bookplate of former owner on the ffep. pages tanned and clean. D. Appleton & Co. hardcover
