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8vo., Fifth Thousand, [Second Edition, Second Issue], with folding diagram, neat contemporary signature in pencil at head of title, with second pencilled signature lower down, front free endpaper a little chafed at fore-edge, three or four small fox-spots each on half-title, title and diagram; original green cloth, boards elaborately blocked in blind, gilt back, , brown endpapers, uncut, expertly recased with original endpapers preserved, a remarkably bright, fresh copy in minimally restored publisher's binding. With 32pp publisher's catalogue (dated January, 1860) bound in at end, and the binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants on rear paste-down. The second edition, second issue is not so named on title but simply labelled 'Fifth Thousand'; Freeman records that 3000 copies were printed following the 1250 copies of the first edition. Although Darwin considered this edition a rapid revision to meet demand, his changes are much more than mere correction. 'The total number [of changes] in this edition is impressive enough. No chapter was untouched' (Peckham). The most famous alteration is the dilution of the whale bear passage on p.184, which Darwin later regretted although he never restored it. With the signed and ruled advertisements which Freeman considers the first issue. Freeman 113 variant a; Freeman F376.
8vo., Sixth Edition, Thirtieth Thousand, with folding diagram, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original green cloth, boards with Oxford frame in blind, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, uncut, a remarkably bright, fresh, firm copy. The sixth edition 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 423.
Hardcover, first edition of Dawkins' sequel to The Selfish Gene, and what is considered his principal contribution to evolutionary theory. Original green cloth boards and original dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket has minor edgewear, no other notable flaws. AD Used
8vo., Sixth Edition, Fifty-Sixth Thousand, with folding diagram, neat contemporary inscription on half-title, endpapers and preliminary leaves (to Contents) lightly spotted; original green cloth, boards with Oxford frame in blind, gilt back, uncut, a remarkably bright, fresh, firm copy.
In 8, pp. XL + 126. Stampato su carta forte. Bella legatura coeva ai piccoli ferri con decorazione 'a ventaglio' e stemma vescovile con 6 nappe che si dipartono dal cappello ecclesiastico. Spelature al margine interno del piatto anteriore e alcuni piccoli danni agli angoli. Dorso decorato ai piccoli ferri con nervature (piccole mancanze). Mancanza alla della parte superiore del dorso mascherato da etichetta applicata. Rara edizione che apre con una prolusione sull'uso della figura del grifo ( o grifone) nell'emblematica. L'opera raccoglie 40 problemi riguardanti curiosita' scientifiche riguardanti in particolare caratteristiche umane e animali. Ad esempio: Per qual ragione veggonsi nel genere degli animali altri che vanno soggetti al fenomeno della tosse ed altri no; Donde procede che l'uomo solo fra gli altri animali sen vada alla vitiligine...; Vedere il come debba stare che dalle capre e dalle pecore tanto piu' di latte si ritragga e tanto meno dalle femmine umane e bovine...; Come vada che i maschi... riescano sempre di una mole maggiore in paragon delle femmine; Come sia che alcuni degli animali partoriscono piu' feti in una volta siccole il majale, il cane il lepre ed altri no, siccome l'uomo il leone...; Per qual motivo sia massimamente dell'uomo lo sternutare; Perche' all'uomo specialmente fra tutti gli animali dee toccare il caso di nascere storpio nelle gambe....
MAUPERTIUS Pierre Louis Moreau De. Venus Physique. S.l., 1751. In 16mo; pp.240, 5. Ampi margini. Cart. coevo. Blake, pag.293; Garrison Morton, 215.2.
Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Signed and dedicated by author on FEP. Jacket is lightly shelf and edgeworn, board spine is tanned. Annotations in pen on a few late pages and small labels in margins on pages 149 and 150. No other notable flaws, very good condition throughout. AD Used
Hardcover without jacket. First edition, good condition. Boards are slightly worn with fading to the spine and edges. Light scuffing to the spine head and foot but binding remains solid with no loose pages. Page block is tanned but internally the text remains excellent throughout with just very light foxing to the end papers. Minor cutting error on one page and lower corner extends a few mm out of text block, corner is folder so as not to protrude. Pages are sound and clean. DP Used
No dust jacket. Hardcover. Two or three small surface marks on boards. Area near upper leading corner of front board is a little faded. Small mark across lower part of spine which stretches slightly across front board. Spine ends are worn, frayed and nicked. Leading corners are worn and bent. Head of page block is rather scratched. A few small liquid stains on foot of page block. One or two small green marks on rear pastedown. Pages are a little sunned. Binding is sound and pages are tight throughout. Contents remain clear. AF Used
8vo., Third Impression, with fine portrait frontispiece toned in sepia (original tissue guard present), numerous illustrations in the text (a number full-page) and folding coloured map; original green diced cloth, sides ruled in blind, gilt back, green endpapers, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a very good, bright, crisp, clean copy. With 2pp publisher's advertisement at end. Wallace's exposition was first published in May 1889 with a second (corrected) edition following in August. This third impression appeared in October, five months after the first edition. ALL EARLY PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman 3866.
Features: Great cover photo of men viewing Paris election news; What it is like to live in Warsaw - the daily struggle to achieve the ordinary wears a man out, physically and spiritually, but Poles have not yet quite lost their pride and hope, gaiety and individualtiy; France Chooses a new Assembly - with great photos; Big Three of Algeria's Rebels - Premier Ferhat Abbas, Foreign Minister Mohammed Lamine-Debaghine, and Belkacem Krim, Vice Premier; A 600 Billion Dollar Economy?; The Egghead vs. the Muttonhead - too few people dare to be themselves; Small Wonder Called the Gene - How will radioactive fallout affect human genetics?; Rodgers and Hammerstein Brand on a Musical; Real World in the Abstract - photos; He Calls the Signals for Pro Football - Article on NFL Commissioner Bert Bell; Fantastic two-page color-photo as for American Airlines promotes the first jet service in the U.S.A., 707 service scheduled to begin in January, New York to Los Angeles in 5.5 hours!; Impressionistic View of an Art Opening; When Cities Put Out the Welcome Mat to host conventions; Captains of the Subway - brief article on New York subway conductors, with photos; Two Movies - Two Audrey Hepburns; Stuffing recipes; Building the Child's Sense of Ethics; Fashion photos of two-piece swimwear for women; Photo-feature of new five-story Manhattan home designed by Felix Augenfeld and Jan H. Pokorny; Photos of "The Disenchanted" starring Jason Robarts; and more. 96 pages. Many fascinating black and white reproductions of photos plus sensational fashion ads, some of which are in color. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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.
8vo., First Edition thus, with folding coloured map as frontispiece, 4 coloured plates and 8 woodcut illustrations in the text; original red cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a very good, bright, clean copy. Published as no. 64 in the series 'Scott Library', with 18pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. The first of the two editions edited by Williams, following those of Bonney (1889) and Judd (1890). VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman 91.
Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. First edition in very good condition. Minor edgewear to jacket, no other notable flaws. AD Used
381 pages. Contents divided into the following sections: The Resource; Physiology and Genetics; Site Classification; Factors Influencing Productivities; Regeneration; Management; Harvest and Utilization; The Future of the Industry; Field Tours; Poster Session Abstracts. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Excellent copy. Book
8vo., Second Edition, Thirty-Third Thousand, with numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, free endpapers lightly browned, neat contemporary signature on half-title; original arches-style green cloth blocked in blind, gilt back, patterned endpapers, uncut, joints very lightly rubbed, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. The second edition, first published in 1874, is divided into three parts instead of the two of the first, sexual selection in relation to man being separated off as a third part. The printing of 1877 (the twelfth thousand) has added at the end, pp. 620-624, a supplemental note reprinted from 'Nature' of 2 November 1876, p.18. This is the definitive text of the work, reproduced in the present edition. The Descent of Man is notable as the first of Darwin's works to contain (on p.1 of the Introduction in this edition) the word 'evolution' (see Freeman, p.30). Freeman, 268.
3 vols., 8vo., Mixed Editions, with 3 portrait frontispieces (two with original tissue guards present), a coloured plate, a full-page facsimile and very numerous wood-engraved illustrations (many full-page) in the text; original blue cloth, gilt backs, gilt tops, boards of second volume lightly spotted at fore-edge else a near fine set. With 16pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end of second and third volumes. The set comprises Vol. I: The Darwinian Theory (fourth edition, 1910); Vol. II: Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility (third edition, 1906); Vol. III: Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection. Arguably the author's most important work, the three volumes were first published in 1892, 1895 and 1897 respectively. The youngest of Darwin's academic colleagues, Romanes met Darwin at Cambridge after which thy remained friends for life. A staunch supporter of his mentor, he coined the term 'neo-Darwinism' and promoted the topic of evolution frequently from his position at University College London. In later years he founded the Romanes Lectures (still extant) and was pleased to note that Huxley consented to deliver the second series. A lovely set in publisher's original and uniform binding. Very scarce in anything like this condition.
Hardcover with printed boards, no dust jacket. Minor shelfwear to boards and light rubbing of board corners. Pages excellent, spine tight. AD Used
Hardcover, complete 2-volume set, fully bound in red cloth, no dust jackets. Former library copies with usual stamps and large penned number sequence to page block feet. Spines are sunned and board corners worn. No other notable flaws, contents are clean and spines are tight. AD Used
Hardcover, 2-volume set, without dust jackets. Volume I: Growth Phases, Composition, and Biophysical Chemistry of Bacteria and their Environment; and Energetics. Volume II: Effects of Environment Upon Microorganisms. Blue cloth boards are foxed along edges, lightly marked and edgeworn. Foxing to page blocks and to some internal pages; pages are faintly tanned. Despite the exterior wear, both of these copies are clean and unmarked throughout and the spines are tight. AD Used
Hardcover, scarce first edition, without dust jacket. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. Now in the public domain, this a rare opportunity to own a copy that has not been part of any library's collection. It is free of all markings and annotations, though there is some light foxing to the internal pages, the text and illustrations are all clean and clear. The boards are edgeworn, with a water mark to the front and other marks to spine and rear board. Spine is sunned, endpapers tanned and page block foxed. AD Used
Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Light wear to jacket at rear upper edge. No other notable flaws. AD Used
8vo., Thirteenth Thousand [Third Impression], with 15 figures on 10 plates; decorative green arches-style cloth, boards framed and lettered in blind, gilt back, a remarkably bright, clean copy. Third Impression of the Thirteenth Thousand, the first to replace with plates the woodcut illustrations of earlier issues. Freeman (Darwin), 331; Freeman (BNHB), 917.
Paris Librairie Germer Bailliére et Cie 1881, grand In-8 relié demi chagrin vert, dos à nerfs et fleurons dorés entre nerfs. XII + 611 p. Complet du tableau dépliant . Bel exemplaire sans rousseurs.
Monumentale volume in-8° (cm. 24,5x17.2), pp. 922. Cartone editoriale ill. SCARASCIA Gian Tommaso (Roma 1925-2011), docente di genetica, studioso di genetica e citogenetica vegetale, rettore, presidente dell'Accademia nazionale delle scienze.
