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1866Best.-Nr. 1259011866. Signed. DARWIN Charles. Autograph letter signed. Down Beckenham Kent: Dec 17 1866. One leaf of black-edged mourning stationery measuring 4-1/2 by 7 inches penned on recto for one page; floated matted and framed with an early photographic card; entire piece measures 17 by 14 inches. $29500.Fine unpublished 1866 autograph letter written by Charles Darwin answering the questions of an anonymous correspondent concerning editions of his landmark work On the Origin of Species boldly signed by him with his full name ""Charles Darwin"" he often used ""C."" or ""Ch."" instead of his full given name. Beautifully framed with an early photographic card.The letter reads in full: ""Down Beckenham Kent Dec. 17th. Dear Sir Four editions of the Origin have appeared; that published last month is considerably added to & can be procured through any bookseller. I am glad to hear that you are interested in the subject. Dear sir yours faithfully Charles Darwin."" In November Darwin had copies of the substantially revised and augmented fourth edition of the Origin sent to Huxley and Wallace among others; their letters acknowledging receipt and praising the new edition are dated November 11 and November 19 respectively. The mourning stationery reflects the death of Darwin's sister Susan Elizabeth Darwin in October; another sister Emily Catherine Langton had died in January that year. See ""Darwin in letters 1866; Survival of the Fittest"" Darwin Correspondence Project online. Darwin Correspondence Project 5310F summary only. Very faint fold marks. Darwin's full signature bold and fine. Letters in which Darwin discusses his landmark work are particularly scarce and desirable. unknown
1879Best.-Nr. 32820659One page. Original folds. Very good condition. Nicely framed. Darwin discusses the hereditary transmission of behavior and a vivid example of the phenomenon from the opening chapter of The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. In this letter Darwin thanks Fanny Kellogg for "communicating the curious case of an habitual gesture like that which I have described as inherited. I may add that since I wrote the action has been transmitted to another generation. Your case shall be sent to Mr. Galton who gave me the information." In The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals 1872 Darwin had discussed the heritability of habitual gestures. There he cited at length a remarkable case related to him by his cousin Francis Galton. Galton a distinguished scientist in his own right was keenly interested in the inheritance in humans and the two men often shared findings and theories. Darwin quoted Galton in The Expression of the Emotions on page 33: "A gentleman of considerable position was found by his wife to have the curious trick when he lay fast asleep on his back in bed of raising his right arm slowly in front of his face up to his forehead and then dropping it with a jerk so that the wrist fell heavily on the bridge of his nose. The trick did not occur every night but occasionally and was independent of any ascertained cause. Sometimes it was repeated incessantly for an hour or more. The gentleman's nose was prominent and its bridge often became sore from the blows which it received. At one time an awkward sore w as produced that was long in healing on account of the recurrence night after night of the blows which first caused it. His wife had to remove the button from the wrist of his night-gown as it made severe scratches and some means were attempted of tying his arm." Galton went on "Many years after his death his son married a lady who had never heard of the family incident. She however observed precisely the same peculiarity in her husband but his nose from not being particularly prominent has never as yet suffered from the blows. The trick does not occur when he is half-asleep as for example when dozing in his arm-chair but the moment he is fast asleep it is apt to begin …" Galton further noted that the behavior had been passed down to the son's daughter. Darwin's letter offered here reveals that he learned after the publication of Expression of Emotions that yet another generation has acquired the remarkable habitual behavior! This fascinating letter demonstrates the lengths to which Darwin went gathering data and telling examples for his writings. His published books reached a wide audience producing additional correspondence with yet more evidence for his theories. The letter is also noteworthy for being signed in full "Charles Darwin" instead of the more usual abbreviated "Ch. Darwin."
1869Best.-Nr. 315466Down Beckenham Kent 1869. 3 pp. Bifolium of Down Bromley Kent stationery with "Bromley" crossed out and corrected to Beckenham. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine. 3 pp. Bifolium of Down Bromley Kent stationery with "Bromley" crossed out and corrected to Beckenham. 1 vols. 8vo. Unpublished. Charles Darwin 1809-1882 writes to Charles Layton London agent for Appleton about bringing out a revised and expanded second American edition of On the Origin of Species. The letter is a reply to Layton's of the day before in which he'd inquired after stereotyped plates of the English edition. In part: "The last or 5th Edit. of the Origin was printed off some months ago & it is impossible to supply stereotypes. I hope that you will inform Mr. Appleton of what I have said of the increased size of this last & 5th Edit. As 2000 copies of this Edit were printed there will not be a new Edit. for a considerable time . If Mr. Appleton will reprint this 5th Edition . I will pledge myself to endevour to persuade Mr. Murray to supply stereotype plates of my new book on the Descent of Man; but as I never before heard of such such a scheme I have no idea whether he will comply. At any rate I will please myself on the above conditions & on the terms suggested in your letter to send over the sheets as printed & stereotype casts of the woodcuts. But please remember my new book will not got to press for many months." Appleton had published the first American edition of Origin in 1860 from Murray's second English edition. In keeping with the terms of the present letter Appleton published the second American edition based on the 5th English edition in 1870 followed by the first American edition of The Descent of Man in 1871. See Darwin Correspondence Project DCP-LETT-7003 for Layton to Darwin 22 November 1869. unknown
1900Best.-Nr. 003924Original signed note. DARWIN Francis 1848-1925. Autograph Postcard Signed addressed to L. Cohen 14 Balham Park Road London SW. Camberley postmark 7 July 1900. 115 x 90 mm postcard with manuscript message to the correspondence side and address panel to reverse franked. Light handling wear otherwise very good. An interesting botanical note concerning the identity of the Irish shamrock. Responding to an enquiry Darwin cites Prior's Popular Names of British Plants and explains that "Shamrock means in Gaelic a small trefoil". He continues by observing that it is "impossible to say that it is any particular species of Trifolium" adding that "Dutch clover is commonly sold as shamrock". The note touches upon a long-standing botanical question namely the precise plant represented by Ireland's national emblem. Francis Darwin 1848-1925 botanist and son of Charles Darwin was a Fellow of Christ's College Cambridge and a leading authority on plant physiology. A desirable Francis Darwin autograph with scientific content relating to the identification of the shamrock. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1900. Original signed note paperback
191632°, PIENA PELLE A SBALZI E TITOLO ORO AL PIATTO ANTERIORE (FIGURA DI D. CAMBELLOTTI), SOVR., RISGUARDI FIGURATI (CAMBELLOTTI), SEGNALIBRO IN SETA GIALLA, PG. 182 (6), PREFAZIONE FIRMATA G. V. (GINO VALORI).
1962Tela ed. in-16, sovr., privo di sovrac., coll. "NUE" n. 2, trad. it. di L. Fratini, app.ce e Note a c. della nipote N. Barlow, pref. di G. Montalenti, p.XIX-(1)-224-(4). Parzialmente abraso il tit. al ds.
1914Best.-Nr. feb026491914. First Czech Edition of Autobiography by Charles Darwin. Vlastní životopis Used book For more details and availability please contact me Svetova knihovna
1889Best.-Nr. feb027021889. First Norwegian Edition of Autobiography in 3 Volumes by Charles Darwin Son - Francis Darwin. liv og breve med et kapitel selvbiografi Used book For more details and availability please contact me Bibliothek for de tusen hjem hardcover
1935Best.-Nr. feb026411935. First Chinese Edition of Autobiography. 达尔文自传. 全巨èªè¯‘ Used book For more details and availability please contact me Commercial Press paperback
1888Best.-Nr. feb026671888. First French Edition of Autobiography in 2 Volumesby charles Darwin son Fancis Darwin. La vie et la correspondance de Charles Darwin avec un chapitre autobiographique Used book For more details and availability please contact me C. Reinwald hardcover
1945Best.-Nr. feb026281945. First Argentine Edition of Autobiography by Charles Darwin. Autobiografía Used book For more details and availability please contact me Nova hardcover
1909Best.-Nr. feb026551909. First Danish Edition of Autobiography by Charles Darwin Son Fancis Darwin. Selvbiografi Used book For more details and availability please contact me Gyldendalske boghandel nordisk Forlag hardcover
1959Best.-Nr. feb026341959. First Bulgarian Edition of Autobiography by Charles Dariwn ÐÐ²Ñ‚Ð¾Ð±Ð¸Ð¾Ð³Ñ€Ð°Ñ„Ð¸Ñ Used book For more details and availability please contact me People Education hardcover
Best.-Nr. feb740031896: Russian Edition of Autobiography ÐÐ²Ñ‚Ð¾Ð±Ð¸Ð¾Ð³Ñ€Ð°Ñ„Ð¸Ñ Used. For more details please contact me St. Petersburg hardcover
1957Best.-Nr. feb740251957: First Romanian Edition of Autobiography by Charles Darwin Amintiri despre dezvoltarea gandirii si caracterului meu. Autobiografia 1809-1882 Used. For more details please contact me Academiei hardcover
1977Best.-Nr. feb585161977: First Spanish Edition of Autobiography in 2 Volumes by Charles Darwin Autobiografía y cartas escogidas Used. For more details please contact me Alianza paperback
1891Best.-Nr. feb739671891: First Polish Edition of Autobiography by Charles Darwin Autobiografia i wybór listów. Wydane przez Syna Used. For more details please contact me Wydawnictwo Przeglądu Tygodniowego hardcover
1987Best.-Nr. feb586151987:First Finnish Edition of Autobiography by Charles Darwin Elämäni Used. For more details please contact me Pohjoinen
1930Best.-Nr. feb585561930: First Latvian Edition of Autobiography Dzīve un mÄcība Used. For more details please contact me A.Ranka
1887Best.-Nr. feb584941887:First German Edition of Autobiography in 3 Volumes bounded into one by Charles Darwin Used. For more details please contact me E. Schweizerbartsche Verlagshandlung hardcover
2002Best.-Nr. Q-0140433902Penguin Classics 2002-09-24. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Classics paperback
1919Best.-Nr. 129553Sydney: Finn Brothers Printers 1919. First Edition. Paperback. Sydney Finn Brothers Printers 1919. Quarto 40 pages including a 6-page nominal roll of No. 32 Quota with numerous illustrations. Four-colour pictorial card covers a little marked creased and slightly worn along the spine; inner hinges pulled; some tears to the gutter of the first leaf where it has been pulled away from the staples; minor signs of age and use; a presentable copy. A souvenir of the repatriation voyage of the troopship 'Port Darwin' in June and July 1919. Not in Dornbusch; not in Fielding and O'Neill. Finn Brothers, Printers paperback
1933Best.-Nr. 3202Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1933. VII, 244 S., Original-Kartonband mit Deckel- und Rückentitel. Guter Zustand, Preisangaben in Bleistift am Umschlag, zahlreiche Unterstreichungen in Bleistift.
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1871Best.-Nr. 013873London: Published by the author printed by Spottiswoode & Co 1871. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Nobleman author's vanity binding of his ant-Darwin treatise with complimentary ALS from Darwin's publisher John Murray PM Gladstone Napoleon III Times publisher John Walter and 37 others bound-in. 8vo custom contemporary binding likely commissioned by the Baron himself in polished grey full leather gilt ruled covers front hinge recently repaired 137 pages of text followed by 41 ALS bound-in and in the rear 6 pages one-sided of a pasted-in newspaper review of the book from an unidentified publication. The review observes that Sir Walsh "found it necessary in drawing a parallel between astronomy and geology to allude to Darwin and Buckle Lord Ornathwaite makes their theories the subject of severe criticism." The ALS's bound-in are from peers and public figures variously complimenting Sir Walsh on his work many agreeing with the intellectual aspersions that Sir Walsh heaps on Darwin. Gladstone admits to not being particularly familiar with Darwin's work but posits nevertheless that evolutionary theory tears away at the "fabric of belief". But it is John Murray Darwin's own publisher who is shameless in criticizing the most famous author he will have published: "Although I happen to publish the works both of Buckle & Darwin I do not hesitate to myself a sceptic in the theories of both & I hope one day to see these fallacies exploded & should not be sorry to aid in this result." Most of the letters are on baronial estate or residential letterhead and bound-in chronologically from the end of 1871 through July 1872. Published by the author, printed by Spottiswoode & Co hardcover books
