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1893W1020CDNew York: D. Appleton and Company 1893. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and rules and boards decorated in black and blindstamped. Damp staining on edges and pre and postliminaries. A good reading copy of an important Darwin work. First American Edition. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. D. Appleton and Company Hardcover books
18692002020London: John Murray 1869. 5th. very good. Fifth edition tenth thousand as stated on title page and copyright page. Book very good repair at front and rear gutters. Page 29/30 missing. Comes with custom-made slipcase. John Murray unknown books
187318366Cambridge: Riverside Press. Very Good. 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers spotted mottled; some staining to contents; light foxing; Good; first edition . Riverside Press hardcover books
1896002387S.-Peterburg St. Petersburg: Tipografiia A. A. Porokhovshchikova 1896. Late 19th-century Edition. Very good. Late 19th-century edition; 8 1/2 x 6; pp. 3 6-232 2 I-XXIV; rebound in 1/4 cloth and marbled paper over boards; small rubbed spots to corners; thin strip from remnants of original wraps along hinge on title page and a few scattered spots; illustrated with 24 wood-engraved plates; very good condition. A beautifully-illustrated edition of Darwin's work on the domestication of animals and plants it was first published in Russian in November of 1867 two months before the actual English-language edition as the translator - philosopher and paleontologist Vladimir Kovalevskii - had personally corresponded with Darwin and had translated and prepared the text for the Russian publication well in advance. No copies in OCLC or in the trade as of December 2018. Tipografiia A. A. Porokhovshchikova hardcover books
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 books
1882451781882. <p>Darwin Charles 1809-82. Funeral of Mr. Darwin. Westminster Abbey Wednesday April 26th 1882 at 12 o'clock precisely . . . G. G. Bradley Dean. Printed card black-bordered with the Dean's seal in black wax in the left margin and the letters "C. H." in red ink on either side of the seal. N.p. 1882. 92 x 122 mm. Fine.</p> <p> Darwin had died at Down House on 19 April 1882 expecting to be buried in the local churchyard. His fame and reputation were such however that Huxley Galton and others felt it would be appropriate to have him buried at Westminster Abbey one of the highest honors that can be bestowed on a British citizen. As Desmond and Moore put it "getting a freethinker into the Abbey was not easy" Darwin p. 666. But Huxley stepped in supported in Parliament by Darwin's neighbor Sir John Lubbock and by a press campaign led by The Standard. The Reverend George Granville Bradley Dean of Westminster Abbey was happy to acquiesce.</p> <p> The Chapter House to which our card allows admission is where those who were to follow the coffin into the Abbey assembled: "On that grey day committees adjourned judges put on mourning dress and Parliament emptied as members trooped across the road. From embassies scientific societies and countless ordinary homes they came. Under leaden skies they converged on the Abbey anticipating the awe and spectacle of a state occasion. In the Chapter House where Parliament had once met the elders of science State and Church the nobility of birth and talent stood waiting to file though the cloisters behind the coffin. They were "the greatest gathering of intellect that was ever brought together in our country" said one' Desmond and Moore p. 672. Darwin was laid to rest beneath the monument to Newton at the north end of the choir screen. </p> . unknown books
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
187520274New York: D. Appleton and Company 1875. First US edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. x462pp. followed by 8pp of publisher's ads. Original brick-colored cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and in black on the covers. Pale yellow coated endpapers. Illustrated. Index.<br/> <br/>Some wear to the hinges and boards else a near fine bright copy superior in condition to most. <br/> <br/>Freeman 1220. The American edition was printed form stereos of the first English edition. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
18930000378London: John Murray 1893. Original Cloth. Very Good. 2nd Edition Sixth thousand. 8vo 18.8 x 11.9 cm. Original green cloth binding as for first edition. Collation: xiv 377 pp. numerous drawings. The binding is very good witn only minor rubbing along edges and corners. Text is very good. Moisture residual on free end papers. Hinges with paper c~racked. This edition was revised by Sir Francis Darwin who had done a number of his own experiments with insectivorous plants. Freeman 1227. <br/><br/>This edition was revised by Sir Francis Darwin who had done a number of his own experiments with insectivorous plants. Freeman 1227. John Murray hardcover books
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
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
18897060London: John Murray 1889. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. 519 pages 4 pages of ads; original gilt decorated green cloth. Light wear at extremities neat owner name bookplate. Front inner hinge cracked; altogether a very good copy of an early printing. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
189868080NY:: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good. 1898. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes. Edited by his son Francis Darwin. Authorized edition. Octavos bound in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering along the spines top edges gilt. Fading along the spines else both volumes are very good. Some unopened pages. Bindings are solid. . D. Appleton and Company, hardcover books
1839125508London: Henry Colburn 1839. First edition of the account of the most famous voyage in the history of biological science and modern thought volume III being the first issue of Darwin's Journal his first published book containing the observations and fieldwork that form the basis for On the Origin of Species. Octavo four volumes including Vol. II of the Appendix bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt half-titles present 7 engraved folding maps and charts 48 plates and charts and 6 in-text illustrations. From the library of the British Royal Navy's Office of the Admiralty this copy was borrowed by Captain Richard Charles Mayne and used on board the HMS Nassau during his survey expedition to the Straits of Magellan 1866-1869. With an annotated typed note laid in signed by Lieutenant Commander Andrew David of the Admiralty's Hydrographic Department which reads: The voyages of Adventure and Beagle was apparently used by Captain Richard Maybe of H.M.S. Nassau for his surveys of Magellan Strait which commenced in 1866. The corrections given in the Errata et Corrigenda were inserted in 1866. Some of the amendments to positions given in the appendix to volume II agree with those given in the Hydrographic archives from Nassau's observations and they both seem to be in the same handwriting. "ACF David" A.C.F. David Lieutenant Commander Hydrographic Department 28th July 1974 Other marginalia eg Vol II page 594 by G.H. Richards later Hydrographer. David has also added a later annotation to the note: "The pencil notation on page 325 of the Appendix to Vol 2 stating that Morrice Pocket Chronometer 6144 was also on the Nassau confirms my supposition below ACF David 25th August 1989." Upon learning of Mayne's planned for a survey expedition to the Straits of Magellan Darwin requested the Lords of the Admiralty to ask Capt. Mayne to collect several boatloads of fossil bones of extinct species of quadrupeds. Admiral Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan had previously discovered an astonishingly rich accumulation of fossil bones not far from the Straits which were found to have belonged to a more ancient period than the fossils collected by Darwin on HMS Beagle and therefore of great interest to science. In near fine condition. With the British Royal Navy's Office of the Admiralty Library stamp the Hydrographer's Office stamp and ACF David's bookplate to each volume. In very good condition. An exceptional example of this landmark work with noted provenance. "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. In his own words: 'The voyage of the Beagle has been by far the most important event in my life and has determined my whole career' Charles Darwin Life and Letters I p.61. Darwin's Journal "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" 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:104-05. Volume I contains Captain King's account of the first expedition which surveyed the coasts of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego; Volume II with its appendix volume is Captain Fitzroy's account of the second voyage of the Beagle. Complete with 44 plates four inserted charts and maps and eight folding maps. Folding charts and maps originally issued loose have been bound into their respective volumes at the rear. Bound with half titles. Bound without publisher's advertisements at rear of Appendix volume lacking the map of the Keeling Islands frontispiece and 4 plates to vol. I trimmed and mounted. Freeman 10. Norman 584. Hill I:104-05. Sabin 37826. Henry Colburn hardcover books
186542842London: Longman Green Longman Roberts & Green 1865. <p>Darwin Charles 1809-84. On the movements and habits of climbing plants. In Journal of the Linnean Society 9 nos. 33 & 34 1865: 1-118. Text wood-engravings. Whole number. 128pp. 224 x 144 mm. uncut and unopened. Original blue-green printed wrappers a bit chipped at extremities very minor spotting. Very good copy. Preserved in a cloth folding box.</p> <p>First Edition journal issue of Darwin's book-length paper on climbing plants containing the essence of his discoveries in this field. The book-form second edition published ten years later by which his work on this subject is generally known is actually a revision and enlargement of the above. Darwin found that climbing was the result of the bending in a revolving plane of the apex of a plant's stem while it grows. He later studied the mechanism of bending and showed that it was due to a substance that comes down from the apex when acted upon by light. This research laid the foundation of the science of growth hormones in plants.</p> <p>The first printing of Darwin's monograph appeared in three forms all from the same setting of type: the double number of the Linnean Society Journal as above which was issued to the Fellows; a commercial offprint for sale to the public; and an offprint for the author. It made its first appearance between hard covers in 1875. Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Freeman 833. Norman 596.</p> . Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green unknown books
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
1859116380London: John Murray 1859. First edition of "certainly the most important biological book ever written" Freeman one of 1250 copies. Octavo bound in original cloth half-title one folding lithographed diagram without advertisements. In fine condition with a touch of shelfwear. Housed in a custom clamshell box. An exceptional example of this landmark work one of the nicest extant. 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
18593310London: John Murray 1859. First edition. Very Good . Octavo. Original green diagonal-wave-grain cloth binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnant to rear pastedown spine lettered and decorated in gilt covers ornamentally blocked in blind pale brown coated endpapers. Folding diagram lithographed by W. West. 32-page publisher's catalogue at rear dated June 1859. Engraved bookplate of Thomas Cope Huyton to front pastedown; later ownership inscriptions of George Taylor and Alexander Glass Darien CT the latter dated 4-15-62 to half-title a few small pencil marks in margins. Cloth lightly marked on front cover spine ends and inner hinges neatly restored a little light spotting to early leaves chiefly marginal overall a very good copy. House in a green cloth bookform slipcase and chemise. <br/><br/>First edition of "the most influential scientific book of the 19th century" Horblit and "certainly the most important biological book every written" Freeman. Only 1250 copies were printed. With the provenance of Thomas Cope 1827-1884 a prosperous manufacturer of cigars and tobacco products in Liverpool in the mid-19th century. He was the first person in England to hire women to make cigars and was speaker of the Liverpool Parliamentary debating society. <br/><br/>Dibner 199. Freeman 373 binding variant b advertisements variant 2 no priority. Garrison-Morton 220. Horblit 23b. Norman 593. PMM 344b. Very Good . John Murray unknown books
186096973London: John Murray 1860. Rare second edition second issue in Freeman's binding variant "a" of Darwin's magnum opus. Freeman 376; Norman 594. Octavo original publisher's green cloth. In excellent condition with the spine gilt bright contemporary owner's signature to the title marginalia on pages 72 and 132. A nice example. 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. Darwin wrote in his diary that all 1250 copies of the first edition published on November 24 were sold on the first day; however more accurately nearly all of the edition had been sold to the trade immediately with the exception of personal copies set aside for Darwin and review copies. John Murray hardcover books
186268006First Edition in Original Cloth of Darwin's Work on Orchids With Pre-Publication Advertisements DARWIN Charles. On the Various Contrivances by Which British and Foreign Orchids. Are Fertilised by Insects and on the Good Effects of Intercrossing. With Illustrations. London: John Murray 1862. First edition. Octavo 7 3/4 x 5 inches; 195 x 125 mm. vi 365 1 colophon 32 publisher's advertisements pp. With 33 woodcuts in the text and one woodcut folding plate. With publisher's 32 page advertisements dated December 1861. These advertisements being dated before publication indicate that this is a very early copy. Original full maroon cloth. Covers stamped and ruled in blind. Front board with gilt central device of an orchid. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Brown coated endpapers. Spine with some sunning. Some very minor foxing mainly to preliminaries. Small old bookseller's label on front free endpaper. Overall a near fine copy. "Darwin was adept at flanking movements in order to get around his critics. He would take seemingly intractable subjectsólike orchids flowersóand make them test cases for 'natural selection.' Hence the book that appeared after the Origin was to everyoneÃs surprise The Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects 1862. He showed that the orchidÃs beauty was not a piece of floral whimsy 'designed' by God to please humans but honed by selection to attract insect cross-pollinators. The petals guided the bees to the nectaries and pollen sacs were deposited exactly where they could be removed by a stigma of another flower." Brittanica Freeman Darwin. Hunt. McGill/Wood. Nissen BBI. Nissen ZBI. Darwin Collection 779. HBS 68006. $5500 John Murray hardcover books
188337678London: Macmillan 1883. Orig. cloth. Fine. Macmillan unknown books
1865WRCAM54258St. Petersburg 1865. viii5401; 3viii466pp. plus frontispiece. 12mo. Half titles. Modern half calf and marbled boards spines gilt with raised bands. Light dampstaining at top edge of a few leaves light tanning and foxing throughout. Very good. The very rare first edition in Russian of Darwin's classic scientific journal and travel account of his experiences and observations aboard the H.M.S. Beagle. "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. Despite recording over 250 editions of Darwin's JOURNAL and eighteen in Russian Freeman misses this initial printing translated into Russian by Elizaveta Bekatova and edited by her husband Andrei Beketov. OCLC records only one copy at the University of Toronto. FREEMAN pp.31; 52-53 ref. 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
187112819First Edition First Issue. Extremely scarce. With "transmitted" the first word on p.297 in the first volume; in the second volume printer's note on verso of half-title errata on verso of title and the postscript leaf after p.viii. January ads in both volumes.<br />The First Edition contains two parts: The Descent of Man itself and Selection in Relation to Sex.<br />"The word 'evolution' in Volume 1 .2 occurs for the very first time in any of Darwin's worlds." Freeman 128-9.<br />Often misunderstood Darwin never said that man was descended from apes let alone monkeys; that statement of his -- what he claimed and that highly important and still controversial statement today was that man's ancestors if alive today would have to be classified among the primates.<br />One of the most significant books ever written SIGMUND FREUD Freeman 937; GarrisonMorton 170; Printing and the Mind of Man 169; Rieber 12.<br />SCARCE AND HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE<br />Both volumes endpapers highly foxed otherwise in surprisingly decent condition gilt titles clean and in volume two surprisingly bright.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> John Murray hardcover books
18711409510John Murray Albemarle Street London 1871. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition 1st issue. London: John Murray 1871 1871. 2 volumes octavo. Original green cloth titles to spines gilt sides with panels blocked in blind blue coated end papers. The covers are in very good condition. Gilt nice and bright. There is scuffing to the covers and the corners are a bit bumped. The bindings are very tight and square. Internally both volumes are very good. Gutters of vol.1 have been repaired. Previous owners' name and initial on front free end paper and half-title page of vol. 1 on front free end paper of vol.2. Some foxing to first and last few leaves of each volume but the text pages are clean and bright throughout. The original adverts are complete and dated January 1871. Some scuffing to front paste-down of vol.2. Cloth very lightly rubbed. Engravings throughout. First edition first issue with the errata on the verso of the title leaf of vol. II. Here the word "evolution" appears for the first time in any of Darwin's works preceding its appearance in the sixth edition of The Origin of Species the following year. Darwin had hoped that one of his supporters might tackle the thorny question of human evolution but was forced to face the logic of his own theory himself. Darwin deviated from his ostensible subject of mankind to describe sexual selection in the animal kingdom enabling him to answer those who saw peacock tails as an expression of divine aesthetics. Darwin also set out a definite family tree for humans tracing their affinity with the Old World monkeys and laid out his views on the evolutionary origins of morality and religion. "The Descent understood by Darwin as a sequel to the Origin was written with a maturity and depth of learning that marked Darwin's status as an "élite gentleman of science" ODNB. Housed in a custom-made collectors slipcase. Quite uncommon in the true first issue. John Murray, Albemarle Street, London hardcover books
