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1876170104London: John Murray 1876. The more technical complement to the Fertilisation of Orchids First edition. Darwin's research on fertilization in plants was an offshoot of his work on evolution and natural selection. To demonstrate that genetic variation gave organisms an advantage in the struggle for survival he created weaker plants than those that had been cross-fertilized. Despite its technical nature the book proved popular; published on 10 November all 1500 copies had sold by the end of the year. Octavo. With 3-line errata slip facing p. viii. Diagram and 109 letterpress tables in text. Original green cloth spine lettered and decorated in gilt covers panelled in blind brown coated endpapers. Expertly recased and restored at spine ends and corners with a little remaining wear to latter cloth notably bright and clean light foxing to endleaves pencil annotation to p. 341 demonstrating close reading of text 15 mm closed tear to outer margin of leaf 2G7: a very good copy. Freeman 1249. hardcover
1876182511London: John Murray 1876. The technical complement to the Fertilisation of Orchids First edition. Darwin's research on fertilization in plants was an offshoot of his work on evolution and natural selection. To demonstrate that genetic variation gave organisms an advantage in the struggle for survival he created stronger plants in those that had been cross-fertilized as opposed to self-fertilized. Despite its technical nature the book proved popular; published on 10 November all 1500 copies had sold by the end of the year. Octavo. With 3-line errata slip facing p. viii. Diagram and tables within text. Original green cloth spine lettered and decorated in gilt covers panelled in blind brown coated endpapers. Bookplate of Henry Wade Deacon 1852-1932 son of the chemist and industrialist Henry Deacon and with his ownership signature dated 1877 on title page. Cloth bright and clean spine ends and corners bumped and a little worn foxing to endleaves: a near-fine copy. Freeman 1249. hardcover
1875191591London: John Murray 1875. The last lifetime edition Sixth edition fifth issue. The sixth edition was the first to feature the word "evolution" - a term first used by Darwin in The Descent of Man 1871 - and was the last published in Darwin's lifetime. It also featured a chapter inserted to refute the Catholic zoologist St George Jackson Mivart and a glossary by the entomologist William Sweetland Dallas. Darwin continually made revisions to the Origin of Species. The sixth edition was first published in February 1872 and "was aimed at a wider public and printed in smaller type. giving the general impression of a cheap edition which at 7s. 6d. it was" Freeman. The first issue read "eleventh thousand" on the title page noting the total issue of copies from the first edition of 1859 onwards. Octavo. Folding diagram facing page 91. Original green bead-grain cloth spine lettered in gilt decorative frames blocked in blind to covers brown coated endpapers binder's ticket of W. Bone & Son to rear pastedown. Book label of Thomas Olver Harding 1850-1896 graduated from Trinity College Cambridge as senior wrangler in 1873. Spine a little toned ends and corners bumped and worn inner hinges cracked but firm rear free endpaper sometime tipped in occasional light spotting to contents. A very good copy. Freeman 398. hardcover
187160107London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1871. Royal8vo. In publisher's original red embossed cloth. In ""Nature. A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science"", Vol. 3, November 1870 - April 1871. Stamp to title-page and ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Binding with considerable wear"" spine partly disintegrated and front board bended vertically, but bookblock firmly attached. Internally fine and clean. Darwin's paper: Pp. 502-503. [Entire volume: XII, 520 pp].
188753495Warszawa, 1887. 4to. In contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine and four raised bands. Spine with wear and top right corner (3 x 5 cm) of title-page lacking, not affecting text. Internally fine and clean. (4), II, 412, XVIII pp.
187160107London and New York Macmillan and Co. 1871. Royal8vo. In publisher's original red embossed cloth. In "Nature. A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science" Vol. 3 November 1870 - April 1871. Stamp to title-page and ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Binding with considerable wear; spine partly disintegrated and front board bended vertically but bookblock firmly attached. Internally fine and clean. Darwin's paper: Pp. 502-503. Entire volume: XII 520 pp. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of Darwin’s defense of his Pangenesis-theory. The Pangenesis theory was hypothetical mechanism for heredity in which he proposed that each part of the body continually emitted its own type of small organic particles called gemmules that aggregated in the gonads contributing heritable information to the gametes. He presented this 'provisional hypothesis' in his 1868 work The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication intending it to fill what he perceived as a major gap in evolutionary theory at the time. Darwin's half-cousin Francis Galton spent much time conducting wide-ranging inquiries into heredity which led him to refute Charles Darwin's hypothetical theory of pangenesis. In consultation with Darwin he set out to see if gemmules were transported in the blood. Galton was troubled because he began the work in good faith intending to prove Darwin right and having praised pangenesis in Hereditary Genius in 1869. Cautiously he criticized his cousin's theory although qualifying his remarks by saying that Darwin's gemmules which he called "pangenes" might be temporary inhabitants of the blood that his experiments had failed to pick up. In the present paper Darwin challenged the validity of Galton's experiment giving his reasons in an article published in Nature where he wrote. “Now in the chapter on Pangenesis in my Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication I have not said one word about the blood or about any fluid proper to any circulating system. It is indeed obvious that the presence of gemmules in the blood can form no necessary part of my hypothesis; for I refer in illustration of it to the lowest animals such as the Protozoa which do not possess blood or any vessels; and I refer to plants in which the fluid when present in the vessels cannot be considered as true blood." He goes on to admit: "Nevertheless when I first heard of Mr. Galton's experiments I did not sufficiently reflect on the subject and saw not the difficulty of believing in the presence of gemmules in the blood.†From the present paper The hypothesis was finally refuted in the 1900ies after Gregor Mendel's theory of the particulate nature of inheritance was accepted. The Pangenesis-theory however may be considered an eclectic mix of DNA RNA proteins and prions and can be regarded as being one of the earliest steps toward the modern mechanism for heredity namely DNA and RNA. Freeman 1751 </em> hardcover
188753495Warszawa 1887. 4to. In contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine and four raised bands. Spine with wear and top right corner 3 x 5 cm of title-page lacking not affecting text. Internally fine and clean. 4 II 412 XVIII pp. <br/><br/><em>Extremely rare first Polish translation of Darwin’s Journal of Researches: "His first published book is undoubtedly the most often read and stands second only to ‘On the origin of Species’ as the most often printed. It is an important travel book in its own right and its relation to the background of his evolutionary ideas has often been stressed."Freeman p. 31.Freeman 223 </em> hardcover
1862022337London: John Murray. Original maroon cloth with a gilt orchid on the front cover. First Edition. This volume followed Darwins On the Origin of Species and further supported his theory of natural selection. Woodcuts and the woodcut folding plate. Repair to spine some letters missing. Internals nice. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1862. John Murray hardcover
189613252New York NY: D. Appleton 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. Near fine set. 15 volumes - complete Authorized Edition 1896. Uncommon in the original red morrocco binding marbled boards plain endpapers. No former owner marks. Gilt spine titles top edge gilt. Illustrated with line-drawings plates and maps. This first authorized selected edition of Darwin's works brings together the most important and influential scientific contributions in what were then the latest editions. Set may be subject to additional shipping charges. Volumes include: The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs Third Edition with plates & 1 folding map;Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America during the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle Third Edition with maps and illustrations some in colour and many folding in rear; Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle Round the World under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy R.N.; The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication in Two Volumes Illustrated; Insectivorous Plants Illustrated; The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species Illustrated; The Power of Movement in Plants Illustrated; The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservaton of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life in two Volumes with Additions and Corrections from Sixth and Last English Edition; The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Second Edition Revised and Augmented Illustrated; The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals with Photographic and other Illustrations; The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms with Observations on Their Habits Illustrated; The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin 1809-1882 Including and Autobiographical Chapter in Two Volumes Edited by his son Francis Darwin. D. Appleton hardcover
1846111051New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1846. First American edition of the publisher's reissue of Darwin's journals and remarks regarding his 5-year second survey expedition aboard the HMS Beagle. Octavo two volumes in the original cloth with gilt titles to the spine gilt vignettes to the front panels. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplates to the pastedown. In near fine condition. Rare. The Voyage of the Beagle is the title most commonly given to the book written by Charles Darwin and published in 1839 as his Journal and Remarks which brought him considerable fame and respect. This was the third volume of The Narrative of the Voyages of H.M. Ships Adventure and Beagle the other volumes of which were written or edited by the commanders of the ships. Journal and Remarks covers Darwin's part in the second survey expedition of the ship HMS Beagle. Due to the popularity of Darwin's account the publisher reissued it in 1839 as Darwin's Journal of Researches the present volume. Darwin's notes made during the voyage include comments hinting at his changing views on the fixity of species. On his return he wrote the book based on these notes at a time when he was first developing his theories of evolution through common descent and natural selection. Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover books
18752105008London 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
18731507114John Murray 1873. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Fine. The 6th edition early 13th thousandth copy. Gorgeously rebound in leather. Fine condition. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. John Murray hardcover books
18766383London: John Murray 1876. First edition. Fine/"In which he began demonstrating the frequency with which plants had developed structures and processes favouring cross-pollination. . By experiment Darwin found that the plants which had been cross fertilized almost always grew taller and stronger than those which had pollinated themselves. . This was clearly a strong if circumstantial proof of his central thesis natural selection: the adaptations to ease cross-fertilization were connected with a general increase in vigour; vigorous plants were more likely to survive in competitive circumstances; thus over the vast periods of evolutionary development plants making cross-fertilization easier. . . will always have had an advantage over those that did not" Brent Charles Darwin New York 1981 p. 490 . Octavo 20 cm; viii 482 pages. Advertisements for other works of the author on the verso of the title 3-line errata slip tipped in prior to Chapter One. Original cloth. Owner's name in ink and old bookseller notations in pencil on front free endpaper. Else a fine copy in remarkably fresh condition. Reference: Freeman 1249. John Murray hardcover books
1846371065New York: Harper & Brothers 1846. First American edition. 2 vols. Small 8vo. Publisher's cloth spine chipped with loss wityh blindstamps on title-page from GTS. First American edition. 2 vols. Small 8vo. First American edition of Darwin's important first published book containing the observations and field work that form the basis for On the Origin of Species. "The five years of the voyage were the most important event in Darwin's intellectual life and in the history of biological science. Darwin sailed with no formal scientific training. He returned a hard-headed man of science knowing the importance of evidence almost convinced that species had not always been as they were since the creation but had undergone change. The experiences of his five years in the Beagle how he dealt with them and what they led to built up into a process of epoch-making importance in the history of thought" DSB. Darwin's Journal "his first published book is undoubtedly the most often read" Freeman 31. It is "one of the most interesting records of natural history exploration ever written and is one of the most important for it was on this voyage that Darwin prepared for his lifework ultimately leading to The Origin of Species" Hill I 104-5. First published in 1839 as "the third volume of The Narrative of the Voyages of H.M. Ships Adventure and Beagle edited by Captain Robert Fitzroy. Since then it has changed its name four times so that today it is universally referred to as The Voyage of the Beagle. On its first appearance in its own right also in 1839 it was called Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History etc. The second edition of 1845 transposes 'Geology' and 'Natural History'. and the spine title is Naturalist's Voyage" Freeman 32. This first American edition is based on that 1845 second London edition. Issued as Harper's New Miscellany Volumes X and XI. Freeman 16; Sabin 18647 Harper & Brothers unknown
18766383London: John Murray 1876. First edition. Fine. Octavo 20 cm; viii 482 pages. Advertisements for other works of the author on the verso of the title 3-line errata slip tipped in prior to Chapter One. Original cloth. Owner's name in ink and old bookseller notations in pencil on front free endpaper. Else a fine copy in remarkably fresh condition. Reference: Freeman 1249. <br /><br />In his eye-opening re-appraisal of Darwin's botanical books Oliver Sachs wrote that Darwin's botanical studies were "engines of war great missles of evidence lobbed at the skeptics of his theory of natural seledtion" The River of Consciousness. Sachs observes that the botanical studies are "even more overwhelming" than the author's magnum opus The Origin of Species in its presentation of natural seledtion as the basic fact of evolution. John Murray hardcover
18752105008London 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
1868151873London: John Murray 1868. First edition first issue of Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis in which he first uses the phrase "survival of the fittest" for the first time. First issue without publisher's advertisements errata with five items in six lines in the first volume on page vi and nine items in seven lines in the second volume on page viii. Octavo two volumes bound in full contemporary calf with titles and tooling to the spine double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels all edges marbled marbled endpapers illustrated with numerous in-text illustrations and a chart. In very good condition bookplates to the front pastedowns. Darwin's Variation Under Domestication “took up in detail that subject which had been confined to one chapter of the Origin. It contained Darwin’s hypothesis of pangenesis by means of which he tried to frame an explanation of hereditary resemblance inheritance of acquired characters atavism and regeneration. It was a brave attempt to account for a number of phenomena which were beyond the bounds of scientific knowledge in his day such as fertilization by the union of sperm with egg the mechanism of chromosomal inheritance and the development of the embryo by successive cell division. His hypothesis of pangenesis could not therefore give a permanently acceptable account of the multitude of phenomena it was designed to explain. It was however a point of departure for particulate theories of inheritance in the later 19th century†DSB. John Murray unknown
18324893England 1832. Letter written in brown ink on a folded sheet the back leaf containing an address in manuscript with a black wax seal a dragon with a D. The stamp has been cut from the letter without affecting the text. Letter by Francis Darwin announcing the death of his mother. The letter has been addressed to Samuel Tertius Galton in Birmingham the stamp has been cut from the letter without affecting the text. There is a black wax seal a dragon with a D on the verso. <br /> <br /> The text of the letter reads: My dear Galton /It has pleased God to remove our dearest mother from this world of sin & sorrow. She appeared to be much as usual until 2 o'clock & whilst sitting in her chair by the fire complained of general uneasiness. Sophie & I assisted her to the bed & she expired at 1/4 before 3 oclock in the presence of Dr. Bent & ourselves. She had thought herself so much better lately that Mrs. Hadley & Millicent were both sent home yesterday & the day before. /I hope Violetta will not suffer from this severe shock to us all. You shall hear again in a day or two. /Believe me affectionately yours / Frans S. Darwin.<br /> <br /> Violetta Darwin was the eldest daughter of Erasmus Darwin from his second marriage to Elizabeth Chandos Pole which took place in 1781. Violetta was married to Samuel Tertius Galton and the mother of Francis Galton. It is therefore likely that the Francis of this letter was one of her four brothers. unknown
185757211London and Edinburgh: John Murray; W. & A. K. Johnston 1857. A well-executed beautifully engraved map. Hand-colored. 16 x 13 inches 25 x 22 inches in mat and frame. Faint vertical center fold line else fine. Wheat 934. Not in Moffat. From the rare Atlas of the United States. 1857 by Rogers and Johnston. This is the only commercial atlas map of its time to show the Utah Territory on a single map and it is in its own right one of the rarest maps of the territory. In addition to county boundaries and information from Fremont's report the map provides a good deal of detail on springs Indians topographical features forts early roads and more. Portions of Nevada Colorado Arizona and New Mexico are included.<br /> <br /> The first separately printed map of Utah. This map was published at the time of the Utah War 1857-58 and depicts Brigham Young's original view of the large Deseret Territory. Fillmore City is shown as the capitol.<br /> <br /> The map includes a note from Fremont's report which states "The Great Basin is elevated above the sea between 4000 and 5000 ft. it is surrounded by lofty mountains and is believed to be filled with rivers and lakes which have no communication with the sea deserts and oases which have never been explored and savage tribes which no traveller has seen or described. John Murray; W. & A. K. Johnston unknown
1860156978London: John Murray 1860. The Voyage of the Beagle The final definitive text of Darwin's first published book the second edition of his outstanding account of natural history exploration. This botanical and zoological travelogue describes the fieldwork that ultimately led to the publication of On the Origin of Species 1859. "His first published book is undoubtedly the most often read and stands second only to On the Origin of Species as the most often printed. It is an important travel book in its own right and its relation to the background of his evolutionary ideas has often been stressed" Freeman. Darwin noted in his autobiography that "the voyage of the Beagle has been by far the most important event in my life and has determined my whole career. As far as I can judge of myself I worked to the utmost during the voyage from the mere pleasure of investigation and from my strong desire to add a few facts to the great mass of facts in natural science. But I was also ambitious to take a fair place among scientific men. The success of this my first literary child always tickles my vanity more than that of any other books.". This copy has been bound without the half-title. Octavo 190 x 120 mm. Near-contemporary green half calf spine and raised bands decorated in gilt black morocco label lettered in gilt green cloth sides edges sprinkled red green endpapers blue silk bookmarker. Bookplate of one J. I. Burhill to front pastedown with their ownership inscription to front free endpaper which has been superseded by a pasted-down ownership inscription of one G. E. Marks of Carmarthen. Extremities rubbed touch of wear to corners small mark to rear board top edge toned foxing to preliminary and end matter otherwise contents bright and clean a very good copy. Freeman 20. hardcover
1876153564London: John Murray 1876. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in green cloth. Neat owner name. John Murray hardcover
1872189795London: John Murray 1872. Completing Darwin's evolutionary writings First edition first issue "written as a confutation of the idea that the facial muscles of expression in man were a special endowment" Freeman. The plates are among the earliest commercially reproduced photographs in a scientific book. While researching this work Darwin invited the photographer Oscar Rejlander to make comparative studies of laughter and crying obtained photographs of asylum inmates from the asylum director James Crichton-Browne and consulted the French physiologist Guillaume Duchenne on his electrical research on facial muscles. In the first issue "that" is spelled correctly on the first line of page 208. The plates are lettered with Roman numerals; another state is known in Arabic numerals without priority of issue. Freeman suggests that the Arabic numeral plates were printed first but notes that "the two states seem to occur at random in the two issues of the text and Darwin's own copy at Cambridge has the Roman" Freeman. Octavo. With 7 tissue-guarded heliotype plates of which 3 folding woodcut illustrations within text. With 4 pp. publisher's advertisements dated November 1872 at rear. Original dark green cloth spine lettered in gilt covers panelled in blind black coated endpapers. Label partially removed from front pastedown; pencil ownership signature of one "Dudley Crawford". Rubbing to cloth spine darkened ends and corners bumped and worn inner hinges split outer leaves foxed neat tape repair to upper margin of pp. 1-2 chip to lower outer corner of pp. 311-2: in very good condition. Freeman 1141; Garrison-Morton 4975; Norman 600. hardcover
1868AQ29889London: John Murray 1868. In two volumes. viii 411 1 32; viii 486pp 2. Bound by Edmonds & Remnants ticket to REP of Vol. II in original publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked a little chipping to head and foot of spines. Hinges just starting occasional light spotting else a crisp set. A crisp copy of the first edition first issue with 12 errata across both volumes and the publisher's imprint featuring on a single line to the foot of each spine of English naturalist Charles Darwin's 1809-1882 ground-breaking study of variation within plants and animals caused by the modification of species by breeders and horticulturists. The variation of animals and plants under domestication is notable for containing the first appearance of the term 'survival of the fittest' as a substitute for Darwin's more anthropomorphic 'natural selection'; and the first expression of his theory of Pangenesis the inheritance of acquired characteristics. Freeman F877.1. First edition first issue. 8vo. John Murray hardcover
1839008349London: Henry Colburn 1839. Book. Good. Full-Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The first two volumes of the four volume set. Volume I - Proceedings of the First Expedition. 1826-1830 under command of Captain P. Parker King. xxviii 2 l. 597pp; Vol. II. - Proceedings of the Second Expedition 1831-1836 under the command of Captain Robert Fitzroy. xiv 1 l. 694p addenda 41 plates including 2 frontispieces lacking the four loose folding maps 2 maps in each volume and the "Chart of a part of South America" in volume I. Volume II is lacking the title page but has the half-title page. Browning mostly front portions of both books and plates some old marginal damp stains both books in full tree calf bindings recased with new marbled endpapers using original spine strips lower half of Vol. II spine strip sympathetically replaced. Gilt monogram of General Assembly library on both volumes. Please enquire if you are interested in purchasing volumes separately. Henry Colburn Hardcover
1864000780New York: Appleton 1864 "A new edition revised and augmented by the author" on title page three quotes on page facing title page. Internally a fresh clean copy with two small fox spots on each of the first few leaves and gone by page ix mostly unread. Respined with new spine covering retaining the original title. i -xi 4-440 2 pp ads. Appleton hardcover
