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1880806F23London: John Murray 1880 . Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. The very scarce second thousand of Charles Darwin's illustrated study of plant movement and response to external stimuli. The very scarce second thousand of Charles Darwin's study on phototropism and other types of movement in plants. First published on the 6th November 1880 and quickly selling out its first 1500 copies this second thousand was published within two months of the first.Authored with the assistance of Darwin's son botanist Francis Darwin the work concerns itself with how plants respond to external stimuli examining these processes in individual plants to gain understanding of general principles governing their growth and life. Featuring numerous vignette illustrations throughout.With a single page of publisher's advertisements to the verso of the half title and a thirty-two page publisher's catalogue dated January 1879 to the rear.From the library of prominent English botanist television presenter author and environmental campaigner David Bellamy.Remarked upon by Francis Darwin as a work that was 'widely reviewed and excited much interest among the general public' this is a lovely copy of a very scarce later work from Charles Darwin. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally bright some bumping and with light marks to front board. Front hinge strained a bit but with board holding firm. Internally firmly bound. One spot present from page 586 to 591 with some spotting to final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Pages otherwise exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good John Murray hardcover
1871chd05acLondon: John Murray. G: in good condition. Volume I - Cover lightly scuffed with some light damp staining on lower edge with minimal impact on contents. Aeg. Volume II - Cover lightly rubbed with some wear at spine ends. Browning to eps and to catalogue. Ownership details on prelim page dated 1873. 1871. First Edition first issue. Volume I- Green Morocco gilt with dentelles; Volume II - Green cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm 7" x 5". viii 423pp; viii ii 475pp 16pp catalogue. Illustrated. Issue Points: Volume I has 'kaola' misprint on page 27 and 'transmitted' as first word on page 297; Volume II has Errata page on verso of title and a Postscript page after page viii; also 16pp. catalogue at end of volume. Volume I bound by Seton & Mackenzie. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . John Murray hardcover
1868000931John Murray 1868. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first issue published by John Murray in 1868. 2 Volumes first issue printings with 5 point errata in 6 lines to volume i and 9 points in 7 lines to volume ii. A slightly larger format than many of the Murray editions demy octavo measuring approx 22.5x15cm. Volume i viii411132 pp ads dated April 1867. Volume ii viii4862 pp ads dated February 1868. Original smooth green cloth covers are fresh and bright some light bumping to the corners vol i has some minor indentations to the spine and the upper cover is very slightly bowed vol ii has a slight lean or spine slant. Both with bright gilt to the spines top edges a little dusty securely bound black endpapers with bookseller label first and last few pages with some spotting pages otherwise bright and mostly clean an occasional very minor mark volume i has a previous owners gift inscription in ink to the first blank page very good condition. Numerous black and white illustrations. Only 1500 copies were printed for the first issue of this important work by Darwin. Also comes with two newspaper articles of the Pall Mall Gazette dated 10th and 15th Feb 1868 with the header Darwin on Domestication and Variation. These are spotted. <br/> <br/> John Murray hardcover
1869GT319London: John Murray 1869. fifth Edition with Additions and Correct . Hardback. Fine. 8vo. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES By Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of the Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. fifth Edition with Additions and Corrections TenthThousand xxiii 596pp folding diagram p132. Freeman ref: F436. 32pp FINE PUBLISHER'S GREEN CLOTH with embossed 'Oxford frame' borders and gilt tiles to the spine. Small split to lower spine. Original black end-papers cracked but sound and intact. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS.Freeman 387 with double gilt rules to the head and foot spine Variant A. LACKING THE HALF-TITLE PAGE <br/> <br/> John Murray hardcover
1846140941473New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1846. First American Edition. Near Fine. First American edition first printing. Two volumes bound in publisher's original brown ribbed cloth stamped in gilt and decorated in blind. Near Fine. Light wear to cloth at extremities rubbing light soiling. Previous owner private ex-libris bookplate and rubber ownership stamp to front endsheets endsheets browned pages foxed. An important and early work by Charles Darwin foreshadowing his writings on evolution. Harper & Brothers, Publishers unknown books
187660588Moscow, izdanie V. P. Plemânnikova, 1876. 8vo. 3 parts bound in 2 uniform contemporary full cloth bindings with blind stamped titles to spines. Some soiling to extremities and part of cloth around hinges worn of. Internally with occassional brownspotting. (4), 168, (2), 393, (1), VII, (2) pp. + 4 folded plates.
195757927(Bucharest), National Academy, 1957. Folio. With the original printed wrappers in publisher's full cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt ornamentation to spine forming 6 compartments. A fine copy. (2), LXXXIV, 398, (2) pp. [plate with genealogical tree included in the pagination].
187660588Moscow izdanie V. P. Plemânnikova 1876. 8vo. 3 parts bound in 2 uniform contemporary full cloth bindings with blind stamped titles to spines. Some soiling to extremities and part of cloth around hinges worn of. Internally with occassional brownspotting. 4 168 2 393 1 VII 2 pp. 4 folded plates. <br/><br/><em>Rare first Russian translation of Darwin’s Insectivorous Plants published only one year after the English original. Freeman F1244OCLC only locates one copy in Poland Huntinton in Pasadena also holds a copy. </em> hardcover
195757927Bucharest National Academy 1957. Folio. With the original printed wrappers in publisher's full cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt ornamentation to spine forming 6 compartments. A fine copy. 2 LXXXIV 398 2 pp. plate with genealogical tree included in the pagination. <br/><br/><em>Rare first complete Romanian translation of Darwin's "Origin of Species". A preliminary and incomplete translation was made and published in 1950 48 pp. which also included a biography of Darwin Freeman 746.Freeman 747. </em> hardcover
1888feb02677<p>1888. First Polish Edition of Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication in 2 Volumes by Charles Darwin.<br /><br />Zmienność zwierząt i roślin w stanie kultury</p><p>Used book For more details and availability please contact me</p> Wydawnictwo Przeglądu Tygodniowego hardcover
187154640E-172: John Murray. Very Good. 1871. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo. John Murray. 1871. Two Volumes. Viii 423 pgs and viii 475 pgs. First Edition/Later Issue lacking transmitted on pg. 297 of the 1st volume and the errata slip at the beginning of volume 2; lacking the catalog at the end of volume 2. Bound in full blue leather with gilt rule gilt titles raised bands and red and black leather spine label present to the spine. Boards have some light wear present. Marbled endpapers. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The word "evolution" appears here for the first time in any of Darwin s works on page 2 of the first volume that is to say before its appearance in the sixth edition of the Origin of species in the following year Freeman p 129. In Origin Darwin had avoided discussing the place occupied by Homo sapiens in the scheme of natural selection stating only that light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history. Twelve years later he made good his promise with The descent of man in which he compared man's physical and psychological characteristics to similar traits in apes and other animals showing how even man's mind and moral sense could have developed through evolutionary processes. In discussing man's ancestry Darwin did not claim that man was directly descended from apes as we know them today but stated simply that the extinct ancestors of Homo sapiens would have to be classified among the primates; however this statement as misinterpreted by the popular press caused a furore second only to that raised by the Origin Norman. E-172; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . John Murray hardcover
1875CDAR013London: John Murray 1875 First edition first issue. One of 1000 copies. Original publisher's green cloth covers ruled in blind spine decorated and lettered in gilt. An excellent copy with light wear and rubbing to the extremities slight fraying to spine ends small former ownership ink signature to title in the month of publication. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. London: John Murray hardcover books
1871140939144London: John Murray 1871. First Edition. First edition second issue. Page height is 19 cm; p. 297 of Vol. I begins "When" rather than "transmitted"; list of nine titles on verso of title page in Vol. 2 rather than errata. Ads in both volumes dated January 1871. Freeman 938. Two volumes. viii 423 1 16 ads; viii 475 1 16 ads pp. Wood engravings in the text. Original green cloth spines lettered in gilt brown endpapers. Very Good with cloth rubbed along edges bumped corners light occasional foxing to text hinges cracked but holding. Small edge chip to rear endpaper of Vol. 1. Both paste downs sport the large armorial bookplates of Charles Drury Edward Fortnum English art collector and historian known as a benefactor of the University of Oxford. Ink ownership signatures of Margaret T. Aris to half-titles. A nice example of Darwin's seminal work on evolution extending his earlier hypotheses on the creation of species to include humanity. John Murray unknown books
1881140940727London: John Murray 1881. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Darkening to spine cloth and slight tear at head. Foxing to textblock edge preliminary and terminal sheets. Previous owner name in pencil to front paste down. Darwin's final work published shortly before his death in April 1882. John Murray unknown books
189097629NY:: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good. 1890s. Hardcover. An incomplete set: 14 of 15 volumes Volume I of The Origin of Species is missing. Animals and Plants Under Domestication two volumes Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America Insectivorous Plants The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin two volumes edited by his son Francis Darwin The Power of Movement in Plants The Origin of Species Volume II only The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle Round the World. Author's Edition Limited: this set is number 223 of 1000. Octavos half bound in burgundy leather marbled boards raised bands along the spines gilt lettering and design on the spines top edges gilt marbled endpapers illustrations photographs and fold-out maps. Light shelf wear and aging aptly the Insectivorous Plants volume has two small holes at the fore edge of the text block - insect damage one of the volumes has the previous owner's name and address on a front endpage else all volumes are very good. Texts are clean and bindings are sound. . D. Appleton and Company, hardcover
1881140940727London: John Murray 1881. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Darkening to spine cloth and slight tear at head. Foxing to textblock edge preliminary and terminal sheets. Previous owner name in pencil to front paste down. Darwin's final work published shortly before his death in April 1882. John Murray unknown
18686645London: 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! <br /><br />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
Modena, tipi di Nicola Zanichelli e soci, 1864 (1865 alla copertina), 8vo legatura ottocentesca in cartonato rigido e tassello al dorso, pp. XVI-403 con una tavola litografica f.t. (Freeman, n° 706 - Coccia, p. 157/160). La prima edizione italiana di questo monumento della cultura mondiale.
186149837London: John Murray 1861. Third edition seventh thousand. 8vo. xx 538 pp. Later green half straight grain morocco for Hatchards green cloth sides spine with raised bands gilt lettered direct to two panels and dated at the foot marbled endpapers with the bookplate of a Laurence Currie to the front pastedown top edge gilt. Folding table. Light rubbing to the extremities an attractive copy. Freeman 381. First published 1859 this edition includes a leaf detailing alterations from the second edition and also the historical sketch for the first time in a Murray edition. The latter had originally appeared in a shortened form in the first German edition and subsequently in the fourth American printing both 1860. London: John Murray unknown
1881163369London: John Murray 1881. A fresh copy of his last book in the original cloth First edition first issue of the author's final book. Published the year before his death it was a remarkable success and sold 6000 copies within a year initially selling faster than the Origin of Species had done. The culmination of ten years of intensive research and close observation on the interaction of earthworms with their physical environment and their influence on great earth movements the work was Darwin's "leitmotif explaining vast changes by minute incremental events: mountain uplift evolving life and now worms transforming the soil" ODNB. The first impression of 2000 copies was apparently split between two equal issues the first without a "thousand" statement as here and the second with "second thousand" on the title; all issues thereafter had such a statement. Octavo. Woodcut and engraved figures in the text. Publisher's advertisement leaf at rear. Original green cloth spine lettered and decorated in gilt covers panelled in blind brown coated endpapers. Ownership inscription on first blank. Cloth with couple of bumps and tiny wear to corners but fresh overall superficial splits to sound inner hinges outer leaves foxed contents clean inconsequential paper flaw to lower corner of pp. 1/2. A very good copy indeed. Freeman 1357. hardcover
1880156556London: John Murray 1880. It has always pleased me to exalt plants in the scale of organised beings First edition first issue of Darwin's penultimate book continuing his experiments with climbing plants and prepared with the assistance of his son Francis. The first issue is distinguished by the presence of two lines of errata on p. x which are corrected in the second issue of the same year. The collaborative authorship proclaimed on the title page reflects Darwin's interest in introducing his children into the world of science. Francis Darwin had trained as a doctor but turned from medicine to botany initially working as secretary and assistant to his father. In 1876 he had been for some months at the University of Würzburg learning laboratory methods from Julius Sachs. "The book was an extension of Charles Darwin's work on climbing plants and it showed that the same mechanisms can be observed in plants in general. By extending the idea of irregular circumnutation the Darwins analysed the growth movement of plants in response to factors of the environment such as light gravity and wounds. In addition they demonstrated that the mechanism of curvature in both roots and shoots was the result of differential growth rates. They could also confirm that the effect of the stimuli on the growth movement was indirect and that light and gravity act on some substance in the tip of the root and the shoot which is transmitted to other parts of the plant. Francis Darwin later refined some of the experimental techniques and modified their theoretical conclusions" ODNB. Provenance: with the ownership signature of Ralph W. Lewis dated 1949 on the half-title. Lewis was a professor of botany plant pathology biology and natural science at Michigan State University from 1937 to 1980. He is best known for his arguments in favour of formalizing evolutionary theory and recognizing evolution as a system of theories. Octavo. With 196 woodcuts in text; 32-page publisher's catalogue dated May 1878 at rear. Original green cloth spine lettered and decorated in gilt covers panelled in blind brown coated endpapers. Spine ends and corners gently bumped and rubbed small indentation at centre of spine some marks to rear cover professionally recased pp. 272-3 browned from slip of paper once laid in. A very good copy. Freeman 1325. hardcover
1868191093London: John Murray 1868. Darwin's earliest use of "survival of the fittest" First edition first issue of the first of Darwin's works to use the famous evolutionary phrase preceding its appearance in the fifth edition of the Origin of Species by a year. "Survival of the fittest" p. 6 was coined by the philosopher and sociologist Herbert Spencer. Variation provides a full statement of the facts on which the theories of Origin were based. This work was intended as the first section of Darwin's projected "big book" on evolution of which the Origin was an abstract. Its purpose was "to provide overwhelming evidence for the ubiquity of variation. Darwin 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. Variation also addressed a key criticism of Origin: that it lacked an adequate understanding of inheritance" ODNB. This is the only Darwin title published by Murray to appear in the larger format of demy octavo. This copy is from the first issue published in a run of 1500 and is distinguished by the presence of five errata in Volume I nine errata on seven lines in Volume II and the spine imprint on a single line. 2 vols demy octavo. With 43 woodcuts. Vol. I with 32 pp. of publisher's advertisements dated April 1867 Vol. II with 2 pp. of advertisements dated February 1868. Original green cloth spines lettered and ruled in gilt covers panelled in blind dark green coated endpapers binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants to rear pastedown of vol. I. Armorial bookplates of one John F. Sinclair. Cockling and faint marks to cloth spine ends and corners bumped and a little worn water soiling to lower inner corner of second volume rear cover and endpapers front inner hinge split but holding firm occasional short closed tears to outer margins: a very good copy. Freeman 877; Garrison-Morton 224.1; Norman 597. hardcover
183972639Volume I xxviii 4 597 pp errata. Volume II xiv 2 694 pp. Appendix Volumeviii 352 pp. 54 black and white plates which include 7 loose folding maps. The loose maps are all facsimiles and not originals. Published by Henry Colburn hardcover
1877feb115656<p>1877: First French Edition of Insectivorous plants</p><p>Les plantes insectivores<br /><br />Used. For more details please contact me</p> C. Reinwald hardcover
1871feb0128<p>1871: First Dutch Edition of The descent of man and selection in relation to sex by Charles Darwin in 2 Volumes <br />De afstamming van den mensch en de seksueele teeltkeus</p> Delft IJkema hardcover
