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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
49639John Murray London 1876 Sixth edition - eighteenth thousand with additions and corrections to 1872. . 8vo XV 458pp. Hardcover in publisher's original bottle green cloth with gilt title on a slightly softening spine plus bruised corners and fraying and chipping to top and bottom of spine with a tiny white spine abrasion as well and no d/w as issued plus a protective cover in clear archival material with top and fore-edges faded green Well loved now but overall the condition is still very good despite minor gutter cracking at a few points plus some hinge cracking with an abrasion mark to ffep and a small pencil ownership name as well with the half-title bearing a tiny tear to the head plus a binder's label to rear pastedown and a Glasgow bookseller's ticket to the front pastedown. The folding plate at pge. 91 remains attached and undamaged o/t peripheral spotting. This very good copy of the rare Sixth 'Eighteenth Thousand' Edition contains Darwin's final changes before he died including the first use of the term 'evolution' and the removal of 'On' from the title being also a cheaper popular edition with smaller format and type apparently. So this is the final text as Darwin left it being an issue of 1250 copies only thus being equalled only by the small printing of the rare First Edition. Very scarce with about 150 years of age patina too. John Murray London 1876 (Sixth edition - eighteenth thousand) with additions and corrections to 1872. hardcover
52998Fine illustrated and antiquarian Natural history . 1st. Ed. Pub. John Murray. 1876. pp.viii 482 one diagram 109 tables and 3 line Errata slip at p.viii. 8vo. Two short closed tears to bottom margin of p.419 o/w. contents in fine condition. Original green cloth boards very lightly shelf-rubbed o/w. in fine condition. A nr. fine copy. Very pleasing. Freeman 1249. This ‘The first edition which has an errata slip of three lines facing p.viii was published on November 10 1876.’ Freeman. Fine illustrated and antiquarian Natural history hardcover
1883104581London: John Murray 1883. Ealry printing of Darwin's final work published shortly before his death. Octavo original cloth illustrated. In near fine condition Bookplate to the pastedown. A sharp example of this work by the leading mind in evolutionary biology. One of the most important figures in human history English naturalist geologist and biologist Charles Darwin became internationally renowned for his contributions to the science of evolution. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors and in a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding. Darwin published his theory of evolution with compelling evidence in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species overcoming scientific rejection of earlier concepts of transmutation of species. By the 1870s the scientific community and much of the general public had accepted evolution as a fact. However many favored competing explanations and it was not until the emergence of the modern evolutionary synthesis from the 1930s to the 1950s that a broad consensus developed in which natural selection was the basic mechanism of evolution. Darwin's scientific discovery is the unifying theory of the life sciences explaining the diversity of life. Published in 1883 The Formation Of Vegetable Mould Through The Action of Worms covers in depth the important role of the earthworm on the constantly changing topsoil of the earth. John Murray hardcover books
1868CDAR012London: 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
1883104581London: John Murray 1883. Ealry printing of Darwin's final work published shortly before his death. Octavo original cloth illustrated. In near fine condition Bookplate to the pastedown. A sharp example of this work by the leading mind in evolutionary biology. One of the most important figures in human history English naturalist geologist and biologist Charles Darwin became internationally renowned for his contributions to the science of evolution. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors and in a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding. Darwin published his theory of evolution with compelling evidence in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species overcoming scientific rejection of earlier concepts of transmutation of species. By the 1870s the scientific community and much of the general public had accepted evolution as a fact. However many favored competing explanations and it was not until the emergence of the modern evolutionary synthesis from the 1930s to the 1950s that a broad consensus developed in which natural selection was the basic mechanism of evolution. Darwin's scientific discovery is the unifying theory of the life sciences explaining the diversity of life. Published in 1883 The Formation Of Vegetable Mould Through The Action of Worms covers in depth the important role of the earthworm on the constantly changing topsoil of the earth. John Murray hardcover
1868CDAR012London: 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
1860136919London: John Murray 1860. Hardcover. very good. tenth thousand. xv519pp. 32pp. catalog dated January 1863pp. Octavo. Green cloth covered boards. Gilt title and decoration on spine. Blind stamped decoration to boards. Brown endpapers with bookbinders sticker Edmonds & Remnant on rear pastedown. Slight soiling to endpapers with subtle previous owners name to ffep. Cloth in good state. Boards show light bumping to corners and bow inwards slightly. 13 engravings in text. Slight foxing to preliminaries though generally text block is clean bright and tight. A very nice copy. very good Freeman 20. Final definitive text with new preliminaries and a postscript on p. VII. First printing to be bound in the same style as the three editions of 'The Origin of the Species'. "The page height is nearly two centimetres greater than before and the wider margins give the whole book a much better appearance". 1860 John Murray hardcover
186113209NY: D. Appleton & Company. Very Good. 1861. Third Edition. Hardcover. Rubbing at the spine ends. The contents are "fine" or better. Looks as if it's never been read. Gilt title is faded. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 440 pages . D. Appleton & Company hardcover
186329135Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung und Druckerie 1863. Boards. Very Good. VIII 551 1 blank pages. Plus original albumen photograph of Darwin mounted on thin board inserted before the half title with original tissue guard still present. 8vo. 1/4 leather gilt over marbled boards. Light overall wear to the binding. Bookseller ticket LW Schmidt New York German Bookseller on front pastedown. Lightly browned pages clean internally. A nice copy. Boards. The first German translation of Darwin's "Origin of the Species" was published in 1860 by the same publisher. This edition is notable for the inclusion of an albumen frontispiece of Darwin a very early portrait. Van Wyhe's Complete Photographs of Darwin identifies this portrait as a sitting by Maull & Polyblank from 1857. This image is identified as a variant of that image "1.1. Albumen photograph 15.3x11.5cm uncropped mounted on thick paper. Below image "Phothogr. v. Buchner / Charles Darwin. / E. Schweitzerbart'sche Verlagshandlung in Stuttgart." Frontispiece to Origin 2d ed. in German 1863 F673." If not the first it was certainly among the first albumen images of Darwin to be published in a book. A nice addition to any Darwin collection.<br /> <br /> The albumen print is by Carl Johann Sigmund Buchner.<br /> <br /> Literature:<br /> Freeman Bibliographical Handlist 2nd edition #673<br /> Van Wyhe's Complete Photographs of Darwin. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung und Druckerie unknown
1952159992London: Cassell & Company Ltd 1952. Handsomely bound copy First edition. The other contributors are H. Gardiner-Hill; Sir Guy Campbell; Henry Cotton; Henry Longhurst; Leonard Crawley; Enid Wilson; Lord Brazabon of Tara. Quarto 270 x 196 mm. With 5 colour plates and numerous half-tone plates from photographs. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco spine lettered gilt raised bands twin rule to turn-ins gilt burgundy endpapers gilt edges. A fine copy. hardcover
187782941Paris: C. Reinwald & Cie 1877. Fine. C. Reinwald & Cie Paris 1877 14.50 x 23.50 cm reliure de l'éditeur First edition of the French translation established by Edmond Barbier. Biographical introduction and supplementary notes by Charles Martins. Publisher's full green percale binding smooth spine head caps lightly rubbed blind fillet frame on covers grey paper endpapers and pastedowns. Some minor foxing of no consequence. Work illustrated with 30 figures in the text. Very rare and handsome copy. C. Reinwald & Cie unknown
18627863CB1862. Zweite verbesserte und sehr vermehrte Auflage. Stuttgart Schweizerbart 18621863. 8°. VIII 551 S. Mit einem fotografischen Portrait und einer Tafel. Halblederband der Zeit. Freeman 673. Zweite deutsche Ausgabe. Nur dieser Ausgabe hinzugefügt die Porträt-Fotografie von Carl Johann Sigmund Bucher. Das Papier durchgehend gebräunt und stockfleckig. Der Einband berieben. unknown
200039709Cambridge: Cambridge University press 2000. A beautiful set of the year 2000 reprint of the original 1985 publication. 2 volumes have a small light mark to closed pages and the dust wrappers are ever so slightly bumped to top and bottom edges else immaculate. 3rd Reprint. Hard. Near Mint/Near Mint. 8vo. Cambridge University press Hardcover
1868GT091London: John Murray 1868. 1st editon . Hardback. Fine. 8vo. viii 411; viii 486pp 43 text figures in volume one. Original fine half-calf brown polished bindings with marbled boards. Finely finished gilt dec. compartments and decoration. Red and green gilt lettered labels. No adverts bound-in. Some scattered foxing to the end-papers. Two volume first edition set both dated 1868 with a first issue Volume One and second issue Volume Two. Freeman F877.1 and F878.2 The first volume having the six line errata and volume two no errata. The first issue of 1500 sold out in a week in Jan 1869 and a further 1250 with corrections stated in the first issue errata lists corrected were issued. The different issues have identical title pages. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS <br/> <br/> John Murray hardcover
49651London: William Pickering 1986-89. Green cloth. Some vols have the odd small scuff to closed edges or tiny mark to boards last vol has slightly rubbed boards but over all looks a barely used set very tidy indeed. Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo. William Pickering Hardcover
1870018309London: John Murray 1870. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. The Descent of Man 2 volumes 1st edition 2nd issue London: John Murray 1871 half-titles 16 pp. publisher's advertisements dated January 1871 at rear of each volume wood-engraved illustrations to text spotting to preliminaries and advertisements of both volumesend papers spotted ink ownership signature dated 1950 to upper margin of both half-titlesspine ends rubbed dark blue-black endpapers original green cloth gilt 8vo. Freeman 938. 2500 copies of the first issue were published in February 1871 and 2000 of the second issue published in March. The word 'evolution' occurs for the first time in any of Darwin's works appearing on page 2 of volume one of the first edition. <br/> <br/> John Murray hardcover
albda06eda2293a3f42Darwin C. Illustrated collection of works by Charles Darwin in 8 volumes. In Russian /Darvin Ch. Illyustrirovannoe sobranie sochineniy Charlza Darvina v 8 tomakh. St. Petersburg. Lepkovsky Edition 1907-1909. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalbda06eda2293a3f42.
1876140638London: John Murray 1876. Hardcover. Near fine. 1st Edition. viii482pp. Octavo. Original green blind stamped cloth. Gilt title on spine. Top edge untrimmed. Coated brown endpapers. Armorial bookplate on front paste down. Errata slip. Tables in text. A touch of very light wear otherwise a very attractive bright copy. Freeman 1249. A survey of the nature of the mechanisms favouring cross fertilisation and the advantages to be gained by it. 1876 John Murray hardcover
1868H-143<p><strong>1st issue with 5-line errata in volume I and 7-line errata in volume II</strong></p><p>2 volumes Octavo <strong>1st edition</strong> 1st issue London: John Murray <strong>1868. </strong>This remarkable work by Darwin contains the <strong>first occurrence of the phrase "survival of the fittest"</strong> originally coined by Herbert Spencer in <em>Principles of Biology</em> 1864.<br /><br />Wood-engraved illustrations advertisement leaf at end of volume II bound without the 32 pp. advertisements at end of volume I.</p><p>Contemporary tan half calf spines with green and brown labels and <strong>splendid gilt decoration</strong> a superb clean copy.</p> John Murray hardcover
1892119959London: John Murray 1892. Sixth edition one of 2000 copies of "certainly the most important biological book ever written" Freeman. Octavo bound in original cloth gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom full morocco clamshell box. A nice presentation. Darwin "revolutionized our methods of thinking and our outlook on the natural order of things. The recognition that constant change is the order of the universe had been finally established and a vast step forward in the uniformity of nature had been taken" PMM 344. "Without question a watershed work in the history of modern life sciences Darwin's Origin elaborated a proposition that species slowly evolve from common ancestors through the mechanism of natural selection. As he himself expected Darwin's theory became and continues to be in some circles the object of intense controversy" American Philosophical Society. "The five years of Darwin's voyage on the Beagle were the most important event in Darwin's intellectual life and in the history of biological science. Darwin sailed with no formal training. He returned a hard-headed man of science. 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" PMM. John Murray hardcover books
18776668London: John Murray 1877. First edition. Very Good. Octavo 20 cm; viii 352 32 ads pages. Ads dated March 1877. Original green cloth titled in gilt on spine. Foxing to endleaves and to fore edge else clean and unblemished. <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. Sachs singles out this work The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species as particularly significant in that it explores the theme of co-evolution between two or more interdependent species such as elongated flowers developing together with insects capable of pollinating them with a long proboscus. John Murray hardcover
189723584New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1897-1898 1897. Book. Good . Half Leather. Octavo. 15 Volumes Authorized Edition. Half maroon leather and marbled boards gilt spine titles top edge gilt illustrated with many line-drawings plates and maps some unopened. Volumes include: The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs. 1897 Third Edition plates & 1 folding map; Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America during the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle. 1897 Third Edition with maps and illustrations some in colour and many folding; 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. 1897; The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication. In Two Volumes. 1897 illustrated; Insectivorous Plants. 1897 illustrated; The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species. 1897 illustrated; The Power of Movement in Plants. 1897 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. 1898; The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. 1898 Second Edition Revised and Augmented illustrated; The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. 1898 with Photographic and other illustrations; The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms with Observations on Their Habits. 1898 illustrated; The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin Including and Autobiographical Chapter. In Two Volumes. Edited by his son Francis Darwin. 1898 illustrated. Very lightly scuffed at the spine ends. A clean and tight set. D. Appleton & Co., 1897-1898 Hardcover
