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1909295380Cambridge at the University Press 1909. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. An attractive First Edition of this fore-runner of one of the most important books of the 19th century.~~Two essays written in 1842 and 1844 in which Darwin’s theory of natural selection is first considered; the 1842 essay was published earlier that year but this is the first appearance in print of the 1844 essay and thus the first appearance of the two essays together. Of note is that “the sketch of 1844 bears on the whole a striking resemblance to the origin of species . even some of the sentences are identical.†DNB Vol. V 1917 p. 526 Darwin himself provides evidence of the high estimate he had formed of the sketch: “A letter exists addressed to his wife in which he made provision in case of his death for the publication of the manuscript . stating that he believes his conclusions to be ‘a considerable step in science’†ibid.~~Large Octavo; in the publisher’s green buckram binding with spine lettered in gilt and beveled edges; xxix 1. 263 pages including the Index; top edge gilt with other edges rough-cut; there is a small and neatly penned name on the front endpaper; with photogravure portrait frontispiece protected with a tissue guard and a facsimile; the spine is just a bit darkened; a previous owner’s signature on the front pastedown. ~~~ DNB Vol V 1917 p. 527. Very Good binding. Cambridge at the University Press unknown
192814025London: Hodder & Stoughton 1928. First edition of the first volume of the author's autobiographical trilogy. Octavo original cloth. Illustrated with several plates from photographs including frontispiece portrait of the author. An excellent example in the rare dust jacket with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. Examples in the original dust jacket are rare. Green Memories is one of three autobiographies by Darwin considered the greatest golf writer of all time. This book is widely considered one of Darwin's finest works. "Thanks to Bernard golf has acquired the sturdiest literature of any game. The best is Darwin's. because he showed the writers who came after him how golf should be written" H.W. Wind. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover books
193614004London: Chapman & Hall 1936. First edition of this work by Darwin. Octavo original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears and light rubbing. First editions in the original dust jackets are uncommon and this is easily the nicest example we have seen or handled. Bernard Darwin a grandson of the British naturalist Charles Darwin was a golf writer and high-standard amateur golfer. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He was Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in 1934 and was President of the Golf Club Managers' Association from 1933 to 1934 and then again from 1955 to 1958. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
1871140940820New York: D. Appleton and Company 1871. First Edition. Good. First American edition. Complete in two volumes both dated 1871 on the title pages with postscript at front of Volume II. Good. CLoth soiled and darkened rubbed at extremities with chipping at spine ends. Pages toned. Pencil notations staple punctures and remnants of newsclippings to preliminary and terminal pages more so to volume I. D. Appleton and Company unknown books
186824571<p>London: John Murray 1868. First Edition second issue. leather_bound. Full tree calf gilt decorated borders marbled endpapers and edges. Very good. 2 Vols. 411 486 pages. 22 x 14 cm. 43 black and white illustrations. Comprehensive Index. Bound without the advertisements. The book's slow progress towards publication was due not only to its size but the author's ill health. "About half of the eight years that elapsed between its commencement and completion were spent on it. The book did not escape adverse criticism: it was said for instance that the public had been patiently waiting for Mr. Darwin's justificatives and that after eight years of expectation all they got was a mass of detail about pigeons rabbits and silkworms. The work contains the first appearance of the phrase 'survival of the fittest' in any of Darwin's works p. 6 of 1st volume. Single erratum in Volume I. FREEMAN 878. NORMAN. 597. Backstrip decorated with gilt florets and gilt lettered spine labels lacking Vol. II label.</p> John Murray
1944145701London: Chatto & Windus 1944. First edition of this golf classic. Octavo bound in full crushed levant morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels gilt-ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery marbled endpapers all edges gilt. In fine condition. Chatto & Windus unknown
192814025London: Hodder & Stoughton 1928. First edition of the first volume of the author's autobiographical trilogy. Octavo original cloth. Illustrated with several plates from photographs including frontispiece portrait of the author. An excellent example in the rare dust jacket with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. Examples in the original dust jacket are rare. Green Memories is one of three autobiographies by Darwin considered the greatest golf writer of all time. This book is widely considered one of Darwin’s finest works. “Thanks to Bernard golf has acquired the sturdiest literature of any game. The best is Darwin’s… because he showed the writers who came after him how golf should be written†H.W. Wind. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1873852London: John Murray Albemarle Street 1873. <br /> <br /> Early John Murray printing 1873 “Tenth Thousand†of Darwin’s The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals one of his most influential and innovative works following The Descent of Man. In this groundbreaking study Darwin argues for the evolutionary continuity of emotional expression between humans and animals proposing that facial expressions gestures and bodily reactions are inherited traits shaped by natural selection. The book presents his famous three principles of expression—serviceable associated habits antithesis and direct action of the nervous system.<br /> <br /> Notably this work was among the first scientific books to incorporate photographic illustrations as evidentiary material. The heliotype plates of infants and patients including the well-known crying children plates were revolutionary for their time and reflect Darwin’s commitment to empirical documentation. Illustrated throughout with engravings by T. W. Wood and others including expressive studies of cats dogs birds and primates. A cornerstone text in evolutionary psychology behavioral science and the history of photography in scientific publishing.<br /> <br /> Condition & Binding: Original publisher’s green cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorative tooling. Boards show moderate rubbing and light wear at extremities; corners lightly bumped. Spine gilt remains bright and legible. Cloth remains clean with minor surface scuffing. Hinges secure; binding firm. Interior clean overall with light scattered foxing and minor spotting primarily to preliminaries and some margins. Overall- very good. John Murray, Albemarle Street unknown
1872CDAR014London: John Murray 1872 First edition second issue with "htat" misprint on the first line of page 208. One of 7000 copies. Publisher's green cloth with decorative borders in blind to front and rear boards titles and decorations in gilt to spine green endpapers seven Heliotype Plates numbered in Arabic. Very good or better with light wear to spine hinges and corners a bit of toning to spine some spotting to the plates on pages 180 and 264 a few small notes in pencil to a couple pages and a touch of soiling to bottom edge of text block. Overall a solid copy of Darwin's "forgotten masterpiece" with very well-preserved plates. Freeman 1142. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals expands on Darwin's theories raised in On the Origin of Species 1859 and The Descent of Man 1871 arguing that there is an evolutionary explanation for the human expression of emotions. The book was originally intended by Darwin to be a chapter in The Descent of Man but grew until it was necessary to publish the work separately. An influential text in the field of psychology the book has also been described as "a pivotal turning point in the history of book illustration right up there with Alice in Wonderland" The Atlantic. With seven plates of heliotypes that represent various human emotions The Expression of the Emotions was one of the first scientific books to include photographs. These photographs were provided by a handful of photographers and researchers including Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne Adolph Kindermann George Charles Wallich James Crichton-Browne and Oscar Rejlander. Rejlander contributed nineteen of the thirty photographs in the book including the crying baby photo later dubbed "Ginx's baby" which became incredibly popular in its time. Interestingly Darwin's research for the book prompted him to circulate one of the first scientific questionnaires which he used to gauge people's ability to identify a handful of core emotions. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. London: John Murray hardcover
3735727<p>Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Privately Printed 1904. First edition one of 250 copies. 2 volumes 8vo. Half-titles present. Amply illustrated. Original publisher’s cloth with some browning toning and light rubbing. Internally very good and clean with some light foxing to fore-edges. From the library of Dr. George Basalla academic and author. Freeman 1552.</p> <p>Association Copy from Charles Darwin’s Granddaughter Nora Barlow with Laid-in Autograph Slip on Her Letterhead—A Work Dedicated to the Darwin Grandchildren</p> <p>First edition one of only 250 copies privately printed at the Cambridge University Press. An excellent association copy accompanied by a slip on Nora Barlow’s personal letterhead to A. Templeman dated December 27 1933. The University of Cambridge records a letter written by Templeman to to Lady Emma Nora Barlow née Darwin within their holdings.</p> <p>Edited by Henrietta Emma Litchfield A Century of Family Letters assembles the correspondence of Emma Darwin 1808–1896 and her extended family forming a deeply personal record of domestic life at Down House. Although presented as a memoir of Emma the two-volume set contains a substantial number of Charles Darwin’s letters documenting his habits humor and the intimate exchanges that shaped his intellectual and moral outlook. </p> <p>Issued privately for family and friends the edition was explicitly dedicated to Emma Darwin’s grandchildren. Nora Barlow one of the grandchildren to whom the book was dedicated later became the editor of The Autobiography of Charles Darwin 1958 and other Darwin family papers.</p> <p>This copy includes the rare six-page 1915 Postscript to “Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters†containing Bernard Darwin’s biographical sketch of Erasmus Darwin 1881–1915.</p> unknown
193114008London: Seeley Service & Company 1931. First edition deluxe issue of the author's classic work. Octavo original half green morocco over cloth. Inscribed by Roger Wethered in the year of publication "Hope this will help you to beat Harry! Roger Wethered 1931." Illustrated with plates which some folding from 100 photographs. In near fine condition. "The Game of Golf Lonsdale Library Vol. IX is an outstanding symposium on the game" Murdoch 843. Seeley, Service & Company hardcover books
193114008London: Seeley Service & Company 1931. First edition deluxe issue of the author's classic work. Octavo original half green morocco over cloth. Inscribed by Roger Wethered in the year of publication "Hope this will help you to beat Harry! Roger Wethered 1931." Illustrated with plates which some folding from 100 photographs. In near fine condition. "The Game of Golf Lonsdale Library Vol. IX is an outstanding symposium on the game" Murdoch 843. Seeley, Service & Company hardcover
1974mon0000160731Gale Research Co 1974-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. EX LIBRARY BOOK Gale Research Co hardcover
1869053547New York: D. Appleton and Company 1869. Fourth American Edition First Printing . Brown Pebbled Cloth Gilt. Very Good. Folding Chart. 116 Pp 116 - 121 117-425; 426-432 Supplement; 443-440; 2 Pp Ads At Rear. "A New Edition Revised And Augmented By The Author" Containing The Entire Fourth British Edition With Additions And Corrections From The 1869 British Fifth Edition Added As Asterisked Pages And In A Supplement At End Indicating Corrections/Insertions To Be Made Throughout This Fourth Edition To Update It To The Fifth Edition But Not Including Heading "Survival Of The Fittest" Which Occurred In That Edition. Catalog At End Beginning With Page 2 No Page One But Apparently As Bound And Issued Perhaps To Remove A Now Obsolete Listing For The Fourth Edition Of This Work Continuing With P. 3. Original Pebbled Brown Cloth Covers With Slight Wear Fading To Cloth Evenly Colored And Without The Usual Fading Gilt Clear Original Yellow Endpapers With Solid Hinges Pages Clean Square And Crisp. A Very Scarce Edition Apparently Issued For A Short Time Prior To The Regular 1870 American Printing Of The Fifth British Edition; "Darwin On Line" Shows 440 Pp. But States Same As 1863-1868 Editions And Makes No Mention Of The Asterisked Pages Or The Supplement For The Fifth Edition. Folding Plate Present Facing P. 108. <br/> <br/> D. Appleton and Company hardcover
188055102<p>FIRST ISSUE IN A HANDSOME BINDING<br />first edition first issue 8vo. 2 half-title & advt. x 592pp. 196 figures on text leaves handsome modern contemporary-style half light tan calf spine panelled by gilt-rolled raised bands large blind tool at panel centres red morocco label gilt old marbled paper on sides top edge gilt trivial old water stain at the extreme foot of the first few leaves. A nice copy.<br /><br />Freeman <em>Darwin Bibliography</em> 1325. First issue with 2 lines of errata on page x.<br />"This was an extension of the work on climbing plants to show that the same mechanism holds good for flowering plants in general. It was another specialist book and seems to have sold fewer copies than any other and was not reprinted in England after the year of Darwin's death until modern facsimiles appeared of the first thousand in 1966 and the second in 1969.The first edition was published on November 6 1880 and it is recorded that 1500 copies were sold at Murray's autumn sale. It was in a standard green cloth binding and cost 15s. . In this issue there are two lines of errata on page x which are corrected in the second thousand of the same year. . In the third thousand of 1882 the last Murray printing the preface is slightly altered" Freeman p.161.<br />This work follows up on his earlier <em>On the Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants</em> 1865 and was based on experiments that he conducted with the assistance of his son Francis Darwin. On p.569-70 he suggests natural selection as a possible explanation for plants' ability to bend towards or away from environmental stimuli.</p> John Murray hardcover
68564Fine illustrated and antiquarian Natural history . 1st. Ed. 2nd. Iss. Pub. John Murray. 1868. Two volume set with 32-pages of adverts dated April 1867 to rear of Vol. I and 2-pages of adverts dated February 1868 to rear of Vol. II. With Edwards & Remnants binders label to pastedown of Vol. I. 8vo. Hardback. With signature of possibly the first owner dated 68 to ffep of both vols. Some spotting to ends only very occ. elsewhere o/w. contents fine. Index sections unopened. Original publishers decorated green cloth showing light shelf wear o/w. nr. fine. Freeman 878. This set was clearly owned by someone who studied both this work and The Origin of Species. There are informed pencil notes within the text 17 in number alongside 12 annotations all leading to a larger pencil note at the end of Vol. II in which the writer puts forward his argument as to why Darwins argument breaksdown - this note dated 1871. Fine illustrated and antiquarian Natural history hardcover
1888677london: John Murray 1888. Later printing. Leather_bound. Very Good. Contemporary three quarter leather binding by Mudie. seventeenth thousand 519 pages including index plus i to ix preface. Beautiful /leather binding with raised bands to spine. Gilded lettering ruled lines and design to spine with the title on a black leather .background. Attractive marbled boards and endpapers. Tan calf leather in good condition - some surface loss to the corner pieces . All page ends also marbled - the pages edges are quite perfect with a noticeable gloss to them. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover
18716644London: John Murray 1871. First edition second issue of volume 1 seventh thousand of volume 2. Good. 2 volumes octavo 20 cm. Original green cloth. Spine cocked somewhat on volume 1. Both volumes well-read but quite good. Owner's name in pencil on title page of volume 1. <br /> <br />References: Norman 599; Garrison-Morton 170; <br /><br />Corrections to the text in volume 1 mark this printing as the first edition second issue. Volume 2 is the first restriking. It is noted that the word "evolution" occurs on page 2 of volume 1 for the first time in any of Darwin's works. John Murray hardcover
18922305016London: John Murray 1892. 6th. hardcover. very good. 6th edition as stated on title page. Book very good minor rubbing along edges minor wear to spine ends. Housed in custom-made slipcase. John Murray unknown
6087London: John Murray 1868. First edition. There is a faint crease to the front cover of volume 1 and minor bumps to the top rear outer corner of volume 1 and to the bottom front and rear outer corners of volume 2 these tiny bumps are barely noticeable; the text blocks and original bindings of both volume are very bright and clean; a tight very good copy. Pp. viii 411; viii 486 43 text woodcuts. Publisher's original blind-stamped green cloth with gilt-lettered spine 8vo. This is the first edition second issue of 'Variation of Animal and Plants' Freeman 878. Imprint at base of spine in two lines on both volumes there is single two-lines erratum at the end of the index and no errata lines in volume 2. No ads are present at the end of either volume. There are no ownership marks in this set of any kind. London: John Murray, 1868. First edition. hardcover
196360530Adelaide, The Limited Editions Club, 1963. 4to. In half wallaby over paper covered boards, imitating wooden boards. Spine in black wallaby hide with gilt lettering and ornamentation with green inlaid label. XXXII, 470 pp. + 6 engraved coloured plates and 72 illustrations in text. The paper was also produced in Australia for this specific edition. No. 785 out of 1500 copies. Housed in a green slip-case. A fine and clean copy.
196360530Adelaide The Limited Editions Club 1963. 4to. In half wallaby over paper covered boards imitating wooden boards. Spine in black wallaby hide with gilt lettering and ornamentation with green inlaid label. XXXII 470 pp. 6 engraved coloured plates and 72 illustrations in text. The paper was also produced in Australia for this specific edition. No. 785 out of 1500 copies. Housed in a green slip-case. A fine and clean copy. <br/><br/><em>First Australian edition of Darwin’s seminal ‘Origin of Spcies’ here – to honor this copy’s Australian origin – bound in wallaby hide and printed on paper produced in Australia. The Limited Editions Club was founded by George Macy in 1929 to publish finely printed illustrated and bound editions of literary classics in editions limited to 1500 copies. The books were available on a subscription basis. The company continued to produce books through multiple changes in ownership but has not released new books since 2010. </em> hardcover
174817931748 Chez L'Honoré et Fils, Amsterdam, 1748. 2 volumes in-8, plein veau, dos orné, filets dorés sur les plats, doré sur les trois tranches. (6 ff), (cxix), (4 ff), 208 pages; 231 pages, 1ff d'errata.
184440321BRAUNSCHWEIG: Friedrich Vieweg u. Sohn 1844. Primera edición alemana.- 4º.- Lomera y puntas pergamino de época lomera con tejuelo.- 2 tomos en 1 volumen.- I: XVI.- 319 páginas.- II: 301 páginas.- Ilustraciones entre texto más un mapa plegado fuera de texto de Sur América. Primera edición alemana del viaje de Charles R. Darwin en la expedición como naturalista a bordo del H.M.S. Beagle entre 1831 y 1836 dando la vuelta al mundo. Traducida por el Dr. Ernst Dieffenbach. Investigando nociones de geología entomología disección de invertebrados marinos etc. Saliendo de Plymouth van a Tenerife Cabo Verde Bahia Rio de Janeiro Monterideo Falkland Islands Valparaiso Callao Galapagos Sydney Hobart King George's Soward Mauritius Cape Town Bahia Azores y otra vez Plymouth. Sabin 18650 Friedrich Vieweg u. Sohn unknown
1875137070London: John Murray 1875. Hardcover. Very Good. London John Murray 1875 'Sixth edition with additions and corrections Fifteenth Thousand'/ 1872/ 1859. Octavo xxii 458 pages plus a folding diagram. Green cloth stamped in gilt and blind; covers a little rubbed marked and flecked with slight wear to the extremities; scattered foxing generally very light and a few marks internally; tiny tear to the top margin of five consecutive leaves pages 65-74 expertly sealed; a few other minor signs of age and use; a very good copy. The sixth edition was the first to use the term 'evolution' and to drop the word 'On' from the title. It was also a cheaper popular edition with smaller format and type. This copy is from a later printing but before Darwin's final changes were introduced in the 'Eighteenth Thousand' issued in 1876 Freeman page 80. Not least Chapter VII was entirely new to the sixth edition 'Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection' pages 168-204. <p>Freeman 398; see Peckam Morse editor: 'The origin of species by Charles Darwin: a variorum text' 1959 page 22. John Murray hardcover
