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1868réf. 010633New York: Orange Judd and Company 1868. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First American Edition. Authorized Edition with a preface by Asa Gray. Illustrated. 494 pages plus 6 pages ads in rear in Volume I and 568 pages plus 8 pages ads in rear in Volume II. Dark brown end papers. Green cloth covered blind stamped boards with gilt lettering to the spines.About Very Good. Volume I has modest wear to tips and spine ends slight sun darkened spine minimal rubbing. Both hinges opened. Front paste down with two different prior owner book plates. Front free end paper prior owner name in ink. Pages 191 to 210 loose from binding. Volume II has small ink stain to front board wear to tips and spine ends front hinge open showing webbing but holding nicely prior owner book plate glue shadow at paste down the plate laid in. Internally clean and unmarked. The later owner of this book was the noted University of Cincinnati chemist and educator William B. Jensen. Priced to allow for hinge repair. . Orange Judd and Company Hardcover books
1868réf. 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 In 1860 he began recycling the early as yet unpublished chapters of 'Natural selection' and studying the osteology of domestic pigeons ducks and geese for a book on how breeders and horticulturists modify species.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
1868réf. 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
1883réf. 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
1868réf. 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
1868réf. 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
1884réf. 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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réf. 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
1882réf. 000857John Murray 1882. Hardcover. Good. Second edition revised Third Thousand 1882 published by John Murray. xvi 300p 32 page list of works dated January 1883. Tidy original green covers bright gilt lettering to the spine square secure binding dark brown endpapers rough cut page edges a few spots to the prelims otherwise clear pages a rare minor mark many black and white illustrations. Good condition. John Murray hardcover
1904réf. C217867London: John Murray 1904. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. xvi 300pp. Original green cloth with gilt spine titles and dark green titles and decoration to front. Covers slightly rubbed at extremities spine slightly faded with tearing at head ex-library with the usual attributes otherwise very good. No jacket. Popular Edition. John Murray, hardcover
réf. 0266324940.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 67002E-354. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by D. Appleton and Company New York. 1889. Xvi 300 pgs. Illustrated. Second Edition Revised. Bound in red decorated with black and blind design to the boards. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards. Light foxing present. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In this book Darwin explains the complex ecological connection of the worldwide coevolution between orchids and insects. He emphasizes the role of insects in plant pollination and thus opened up new fields of research for subsequent botanists. Although this book first published in 1862 did not match the success of "On the Origin of Species" 1859 it did cement Darwin's reputation as a botanist. Many of his studies of English orchids were made near where he lived in Orchis bank" a place that is now a nature reserve and is still home to a large number of orchids insects and birds. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
1877réf. 33614London: John Murray 1877. Second edition revised. With numerous illustrations. 8vo publisher's original green cloth lettered in gilt on spine and blocked in blind on the covers. xvi 300 Index 32 ads. pp. A handsome and pleasing copy bright and clean and beautifully preserved. EARLY PRINTING IN VERY PLEASING CONDITION. One of Darwin's most important but often overlooked works. 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. Although it was praised highly by botanists it did not sell well only about 6000 copies by the turn of the century. John Murray hardcover
1899réf. 33340London: John Murray 1899. Second edition revised sixth impression. With numerous illustrations. 8vo original green cloth lettered in gilt on spine and blocked in blind on the covers. xvi 300 Index 32 ads. pp. A very fine copy bright and clean and beautifully preserved. EARLY PRINTING IN VERY FINE CONDITION. One of Darwin's most important but often overlooked works. 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. Although it was praised highly by botanists it did not sell well only about 6000 copies by the turn of the century. John Murray hardcover
1885réf. 48261John Murray 1885. 8vo. Second Edition Fourth Thousand with woodcut illustrations in the text; original arches-style green cloth boards with Oxford frame in blind gilt back chocolate endpapers uncut AND PARTIALLY UNOPENED a remarkably bright near fine copy. AN OUTSTANDING COPY. With the nineteenth-century engraved armorial bookplate of Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis on front paste-down and 32pp publisher's catalogue November 1886 bound in at end. The second edition first issued in 1877 truncates the title and omits the folding plate of the first edition but increases the number of woodcuts. Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis 1864-1935 British Conservative politician; Chairman of Kent County Council; seat Linton Park in Kent. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman 213 but dated 1885 bound 1886 rather than 1888. John Murray, hardcover
1877réf. C106423London: John Murray 1877. Second Edition Revised . Hardcover Hardcover. Good. Second Edition Revised 8vo. xiv 300pp 32pp ads 38 woodcut illustrations Original publisher's green cloth with blindstamped border design & gilt lettering to spine. Very slightly rubbed at spine ends a few light marks to covers spine clean and bright neat inscription on first blank dated 1879 slight foxing to prelims overall about very good solid copy with clean text and illus. John Murray, hardcover
1877réf. 9261917John Murray 1877. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. 8vo green leather boards. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Very light shelf wear. Red speckled page edges. Staining from rebounding tape on title page. White tape at back for binding. Some pages slightly age-toned and very light foxing. Pages and text are clear Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item650grams ISBN: John Murray hardcover
1888réf. 579906London: John Murray 1888. Second edition revised. Covers and backstrip scuffed and worn. Binding slightly loose. Some dampstaining and brownspotting on a few pages. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library. With usual stamps and markings. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item700grams ISBN: John Murray hardcover
réf. thl24London: John Murray 1904. . Second Edition Seventh Impression of “the first of the volumes of supporting evidence” for natural selection. Freeman Freeman 816. 8vo. pp. xvi 300 4ads. with half-title. numerous text illus. index. original cloth occasional hint of foxing. thl24 London: John Murray, 1904. hardcover
1877réf. 25-0522London: John Murray 1877. 300pp 32pp ads illus. original green cloth w/ blindstamped border design & gilt lettering to spine Second Edition Revised bottom corners slightly bumped back corners worn through some shelfwear to cover slight soiling to top pg edges owner's name to reverse of front free ep some foxing to front flyleaf owner's name to title pg contents clean & unmarked. Cloth. Very Good -/No Jacket. John Murray Hardcover
réf. 66298John Murray. London. 1890. Second edition Revised. Fifth thousand. pp. xvi 300 32 Catalogue. 38 text woodcuts. Original green cloth a very good copy. FREEMAN #810 - first issued in 1862 the book was not a success commercially. It was the first of Darwin's works to supply supporting evidence on natural selection. Darwin himself thought that '. it will do good to the 'Origin' as it will show that I have worked hard at details'. It was much praised by botanists. John Murray. London. 1890. Second edition, Revised. Fifth thousand. hardcover
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