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1874RWeDARWI83London: Smith Elder & Co. 1874. 1874. 8vo. pp. xx 278. 6ads. with half-title. 3 folding maps 2 partly coloured. original cloth light foxing to outer leaves outer edge of map darkened & tatty & 1 short split along fold no loss. Hardcover. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1874. Hardcover
187826410London: John Murray 1878. Very Good. London: John Murray 1878. Sixth Edition Twentieth Thousand with additions and corrections. Octavo. 458 pp. with half title and folding plate facing page 91. Bound in contemporary quarter calf; five raised bands gilt decorating and black title label to spine; marbled edges and endpapers. <br /> <br /> Boards worn along edges with exposure corners bumped rubbing to joints and surface cracking to spine. Recent repair to joints; scraping with surface loss to endpapers; binding holding soundly. Bookplate of tea planter Henry Randolph Trafford to front pastedown. Ownership inscription to preliminaries; text block a bit stiff but pages unmarked and legible throughout. <br /> <br /> A Very Good later printing of the sixth edition which was originally published in 1872 and was the first to include the word "evolution" though all editions included "evolved" as the final word of text. John Murray unknown
1887281<b>The </b><b>FIRST EDITION first printing of this comprehensive biography of Charles Darwin edited by his son Francis Darwin and illustrated throughout. A comprehensive biography of noted nineteenth-century English naturalist and biologist Charles Darwin. Complete in three volumes. The first edition of this work. Volume I includes an autobiographical chapter as well as chapters on childhood and the Darwin family as well as an extensive collection of letters. Volume II covers the beginnings of Darwin's 'Origin of Species' and the spread of evolution. Volume III covers approximately the last twenty years of Darwin's life and corresponding works as well as a collection of botanical letters. Also including four lengthy appendices with a frontispiece to each volume and a photolithograph facsimile of Darwin's handwriting another engraved plate and two in-text engravings. Collated and complete. Edited by Darwin's son Francis Darwin. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally mild shelf wear to the boards and fading to the spine and extremities. A small amount of cockling to the cloth on Volumes I and II. Internally the hinges are in good shape and haven benefited from some professional strengthening. Pages are lightly age-toned to the extremities but are otherwise generally bright and clean. Now housed in a custom green slipcase.</b> John Murray hardcover
1920331115London: Country Life 1920. hardcover. near fine. 18 mounted color plates of seven British and eleven Dutch 'Old Master' paintings dating from the 16th to the 19th centuries depicting golf and its relatives Het Kolven Jeu de Mail and Kolf. 18 pages of text large folio decorative green boards. London: Country Life 1920. The book is near fine the pictorial board slipcase is quite worn at edges.<br/> <br/> Country Life unknown
1873484671873. <p>Darwin Charles 1809-82. Origin of certain instincts. In Nature 7 1873: 417-418. Whole number. cix - cxii 417-436 cxiii - cxvi pp. 269 x 183 mm. Without wrappers. First and last leaves conjugate detached but very good otherwise.</p> <p> First Edition of one of Darwin's lesser-known discoveries. Darwin was the first to postulate in this paper the existence of an inertially-based navigational system in animals; his suggestion was confirmed by studies done in the 20th century. This type of navigational system now known as path integration uses input from the vestibular organs and other sensors in the body to enable an animal such as a migrating bird to estimate its position with relation to its home. Freeman The Works of Charles Darwin 1760. </p> . unknown
187212139London: John Murray 1872. First Edition later state. Hardcover. Good. First Edition later state. Hardcover. Previously owned by Oliver Sacks. This is the first edition of Darwin's well-known work on animal behavior and communication theory. Darwin studied the movement of facial muscles and how they express emotion in man and animals. The heliotype photo plates are works of art and demonstrate a new breakthrough in Victorian photography.<br /> From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Craking and splitting hinge mostly intact moderate shelf/edge wear rubbing to boards toning else tight bright and unmarred. Bound in quarter calf with marbled boards gilt titles marbled edges and endpapers. 8vo.vi 374 4 pp. illus. b/w with 7 heliotype plates 3 folding and 19 text-figures Lacking publisher's advertisements dated November 1872. John Murray hardcover
1868137161New York: Orange Judd & Company 1868. First edition of Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis. Octavo original publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to the spine illustrated with numerous in-text illustrations and a chart. Preface by Asa Gray. In near fine condition. An exceptional example. 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. Orange Judd & Company hardcover
188112585London: Longmans Green Reader and Dyer and Williams and Norgate 1881. FIRST PRINTING. With 3 plates and 17 woodcuts in text. Original blue printed wrappers some minor chipping otherwise a very good unopened copy. FIRST PRINTING of this extensive article on the phototropism of plants written by Charles Darwin's son. He expounds upon a topic that his father had discussed on numerous occasions. Francis collaborated with him on the book On the power of movement in plants which was published a year earlier and this article is an extension of the research done with his father.<br /> <br /> Darwin 1848-1925 was his father's assistant as well as a botanist in his own right. He was the foreign secretary of the Royal Society a lecturer in botany at Cambridge and served as President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. He edited and in 1887 had published The life and letters of Charles Darwin. Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer and Williams and Norgate unknown
elala3050New York: D.Appleton And Company 1899. “Prepared under the advice of Lyell and Hooker this was Darwin’s greatest work and one of the most important books ever published…The evidence for the existence of evolution and that it resulted from the survival of the fittest by natural selection is marshaled and set out as never before. Garrison considered this “the most wonderful piece of synthesis in the history of scienceâ€. Darwin’s influence on biology was fundamental its full implications being by no means yet exhausted.†Garrison & Morton Freeman 458a. cfGarrison & Morton 220. cfGrolier/Horblit 23b. cfPrinting and the Mind of Man 344b. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xxvi 365; vii 338. with half-titles. folding diagram. contemporary half morocco t.e.g. spines & corners worn New York: D.Appleton And Company, 1899 unknown
186422591New York: D. Appleton and Company 1864. A new edition revised and augmented by the author. Hardcover. Octavo; 7 5/8 x 5 inches. xi 5-440 2pp publisher's advertisements at rear 1 folded plate. Includes pages numbered 116-121 and index. Contemporary previous owner bookplate for Barton O. Aylesworth who as President of the College of Letters and Science Drake University gained the distinction of being the youngest college president in America. Original publisher's pebbled green cloth with gilt spine lettering 'The Origin of Species/Darwin' yellow coated endpapers. Soiling and edgewear to covers with boards showing at extremities text block still tight a couple of dogeared pages and spots of minor foxing ex-library with pocket at rear no other indications and never loaned else a Very Good copy of this important "Printing and the Mind of Man" title. Freeman 383. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1987Q-0941421090Express Pr Ltd 1987-12-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Express Pr Ltd hardcover
202449044Folio Society 2024. 8vo. First Edition thus with frontispiece and 40 pages of plates; half goatskin mabled boards gilt edges ribbon marker a fine copy in publisher's cloth slip-case framed and lettered in gilt. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 COPIES. Folio Society, hardcover
1935144273London: Faber and Faber Ltd 1935. First edition first printing. This is the final Mr. Tootleoo book. Bernard Darwin 1876-1961 was the grandson of the naturalist Charles Darwin. He and his wife collaborated on their children's books with Bernard providing the text and Elinor the illustrations. Oblong quarto. With 20 full-page coloured illustrations and 2 vignettes by Elinor Darwin. Original illustrated boards titles to front cover in red. With dust jacket. Edges of book lightly rubbed edges of dust jacket also lightly rubbed and nicked. hardcover
18527904London: John Murray 1852. 8vo pp.viii 519 1. Original red cloth blocked in blind spine lettered direct in gilt. A touch soiled. A little shaken boards marked and somewhat grubby a touch of insect damage head of spine slightly defective. Binder’s ticket of Edmonds & Remnants London to rear pastedown ownership inscription to title-page. An early issue of the revised edition of Darwin’s first published book. Despite the title-page advertising it as a new edition it is an otherwise-unchanged reprint of the 1845 2nd edition from plates. This second edition was substantially revised from its initial publication as a supplementary volume to Captain Fitzroy’s 2 volume ‘Narrative of the Voyages of H.M. Ships Adventure and Beagle’ in 1839 and despite the addition of a new postscript in 1860 this 1845 version remained the definitive lifetime text. This issue and its immediate predecessor are issued and bound as part of publisher Murray’s ‘Colonial and Home Library’ of cheap reprints described by Freeman as ‘a miserable piece of printing in small type with mean margins’ while the 1860 edition was printed on larger paper and given a green cloth binding to match the previous year’s ‘On The Origin of Species’ and reflects the growth in status and importance of the work and its author. Freeman F17. John Murray hardcover
186844194London: John Murray 1868. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. xiv 473 1; x 495 1 pp. Contemporary half calf over dark blue cloth sides all edges speckled red a shadow on each of the front pastedowns showing faintly where a prior owner's bookplate has been removed. 43 illustrations in the text. Spines darkened and worn with a small loss to the head of volume I the contents very good. Freeman 877. The errata to the first volume has six lines as opposed to the four mentioned by Freeman which would appear to be a not-unusual variant. The second volume has a seven line errata as called for. The errata of the second issue was quite distinct with only one one line to the first volume and none to the second. London: John Murray unknown
1908g6551London: The Royal Society. G : in good condition plus without dust jacket. Lower board marked. Spine rubbed with light wear to head. Contents VG. 1908. First Edition. Maroon buckram backed cloth. 320mm x 230mm 13" x 9". iv 192pp. 2 coloured maps 21 plates including one folding and 7 of the aurora borealis in colour. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . The Royal Society hardcover
26773Portsmouth 22 Feb. 1849. Four pages 12mo some damage and staining but text clear apart from the loss of part of a "t" and "e" and of one or two other letters. SEE IMAGE. Text: "I have the pleasure of being able to express my concurrence with much of Mr. Parry's letter which I return and of being also able to assure you - from my own personal knowledge of that gentleman some years ago - that he is as honourable and accurate a witness with respect to facts - as could be desired. The present first Lieutenant of the Superb - 'Arthur Mellersh' - was in New Bay - and all along that coast - on the Survey - in 1833/4. May I beg that you will excuse my haste. Mr. C. Darwin lives at Down underlined near Croydon - or underlined - at Shrewsbury. I have the honour to be Sir Your abt servt Robert Fitzroy signature followed by recipient's name". Note: Simmonds also wrote about William Parry mentioned in the letter. Portsmouth, 22 Feb. 1849. unknown
1871025954Appleton 1871. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. First US edition first impression February 1871 or earlier; 2 volume set with first ownership dated Richard Blip Jr. Feb 1871 in pencil to front free endpaper and just his name in vol. II same spot. 16 entry errata of Vol. I to verso of contents leaf in vol. II 2pp ads to rear of vol. I 12pp to rear of vol. II; publisher's rust cloth ruled with decorations in black spine lettered in gilt. Some spine end wear dampstaining last pages & cover bottom of vol. II small chip lower edge FC vol. I app. 3/16" x 3/4" upper spine splits both FC's. The first US edition first impression of Darwin's second work. A true sequel to Origin of a Species the Descent of Man picked up where the earlier work had left off discussing for the first time the place occupied by Homo sapiens in the Darwinian scheme of natural selection. Quite scarce in this or indeed any state. <br/> <br/> Appleton hardcover
1887124949John Murray 1887. leather. Very Good. 1887 John Murray three volume set The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin Including an Autobiographical Chapter in 3/4 leather over marbled boards. 5 hub gilt accented spines all edges marbled as are end papers. Tight bindings no marks. Light scattered foxing. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. John Murray hardcover
18711803033John Murray 1871. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very good first edition second issue: The verso of the title leaf of Volume II of the second issue has a list of nine other works by Darwin and no errata which distinguishes it from the first issue. Previous owner's stamp on front free endpaper. Spine is worn down and chipped slightly detached at head and tail. Wear and rubbing at corners and edges. John Murray hardcover
18965553<p><strong>First edition of the significant Russian translation of 'On the Origin of Species' by Kliment Timiryazev.</strong></p><p>The first Russian translation of Darwin's '<em>On the Origin of Species</em>' was completed in 1864 based on the American edition of 1860 and heavily influenced by the first German translation 1860.</p><p>A second translation appeared in 1896 offered in two versions—one by journalist historian and mathematician Mikhail Filipov and the other by the renowned Russian botanist and physiologist Kliment Timiryazev 1843-1920 a prominent advocate for Darwin's theories in Russia. Both translations were based on Darwin's final 6th edition 1876.</p><p>This first volume of the four-volume series '<em>The Works</em>' by Darwin features Timiryazev's first translation. As a young student at the University of St. Petersburg in 1860 Timiryazev first encountered Darwin's theory of the origin of species. After graduating he traveled to Heidelberg for further study and research where he spent much of his time with Vladimir Kovalevsky a passionate Russian Darwinist. In 1877 Timiryazev after some difficulty managed to arrange a meeting with Charles Darwin at Down House. Upon returning to Russia Timiryazev devoted himself to defending and promoting Darwin's theories. His translations of Darwin's works are considered the highest quality both in translation accuracy and scientific editing.</p><p><strong><em>Please be advised that certain books in our collection may require an export permit for international shipping. If you are interested in purchasing such books for delivery abroad kindly contact our staff for assistance in obtaining the necessary permit. We appreciate your understanding.</em></strong></p> O.N. Popova hardcover
187750988Paris C. Reinwald et Cie 1877. 8vo. Uncut unopened in the original publisher's embossed full green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Small red label pasted on to top left corner of inner front board. Light brownspots throughout. XV 1 496 2 pp. <br/><br/><em>The rare first French translation of Darwin's work the first edition being published the year before in 1876 on cross and self-fertilization - a continuation of his "Fertilisation of Orchids". "It was too technical and too detailed to command a wide sale" which is why it was published in a rather small number.It was translated into French German and italian in Darwin's lifetime.Freeman 1265 </em> hardcover
187360133London 1873. Small folio. Extracted with traces from the sewn cords in the original printed wrappers. In "Nature" No. 179 Vol. 7 April 13. Entire issue offered. Front wrapper detached otherwise fine and clean. Housed in a portfolio with white paper title-label to front board. Darwin's notice: Pp. 417-18. Entire issue: Pp. 1 cx-cxvi 417-436. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of Darwin's comment to an article in NATURE of March 20 1873 containing his view on the origin of certain instincts. "THE writer of the interesting article in NATURE of March 20 doubts whether my belief “that many of the most wonderful instincts have been acquired independently of habit through the preservation of useful variations of pre existing instincts†means more than “that in a great many instances we cannot conceive how the instincts originated.†This in one sense is perfectly true but what I wished to bring prominently forward was simply that in certain cases instincts had not been acquired through the experience of their utility with continued practice during successive generations. I had in my mind the case of neuter insects which never leave offspring to inherit the teachings of experience and which are themselves the offspring of parents which possess quite different instincts. The Hive-bee is the best known instance as neither the queen nor the drones construct cells secrete wax collect honey &c." From the present paper. Freeman 1760. </em> unknown
18447627CB1844. Zwei Teile in einem Band. Braunschweig Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn 1844. 8°. XVI 319 S.; VIII 301 S. Mit 1 gef. Karte. Moderner Leinenband. Freeman 188. Erste deutsche Ausgabe. Das Papier durchgehend stärker stockfleckig und gebräunt. unknown
1876008445London: Smith Elder 1876. Book. Good. Red Cloth. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xiii 647 pages. 2 maps 5 plates one coloured at the back 40 text illustrations. Old bookplate on front endpaper old name and date on front endpaper. Slight soiling on covers small mottled area at bottom of spine. Endpapers split in gutters. Some of the plates at the back are creased but have no tears. This second edition combines Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands with Geological Observations on South America. It has a new preface by Charles Darwin. Rare early edition. Smith, Elder Hardcover