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1978TB31776Franklin Center Penn.: The Franklin Library 1978. A Limited Edition. Fine in full light green leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A octavo measuring 8 1/2 by 6 inches containing 610 pages of text including an index. One of the volumes in The Franklin Press' collection of The Great Books Of The Western World. A beautiful tight clean and crisp copy with no names dates notations or former owner's book plates. The Franklin Library hardcover books
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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
196344130NY: Limited Editions Club 1963. Hardcover. Very good. #610 of 1500cc. Light foxing to boards esle very good in slightly darkened slipcase that has some insect dmage to the paper title label. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club 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
3609Folding lithographed diagram. 8vo orig. pale green cloth head & foot of spine with slightest chipping occasional unimportant foxing covers stamped in blind spine lettered in gilt. New York: D. Appleton 1860. First American edition "second issue" with three quotations on verso of half-title. A very good and bright copy preserved in a slip-case. ❧ Freeman 378. For the first edition see Horblit 23b; Dibner Heralds of Science 199; and Printing & the Mind of Man 344b. hardcover books
196336482New York: The Limited Editions Club 1963. quarter leather slipcase. Limited Editions Club. small 4to. quarter leather slipcase. xxxii 470 2 pages. With a New Preface by Charles G. Darwin. Illustrated with Wood Engravings by Paul Landacre. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Landacre LEC 344. Printed at the Griffin Press in Australia with design by Douglas A. Dunstan. Well preserved copy. The Limited Editions Club unknown 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
75003NY:: Modern Library. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. N.D. Hardcover. Modern Library Giant number 27. Both books complete and unabridged in one volume. A later printing. Very good in a very good moderate edge wear a bit faded along the spine dust jacket. . Modern Library, hardcover books
UDARORI00vgDolphin Books. Very Good. Darwin Charles. Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection. Garden City NY: Dolphin Books ND. 517pp. Indexed. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good. Top of spine bumped with clean pages and tight binding. Dolphin Books paperback 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
198027875Stanfordville: Earl M. Coleman 1980. Hardcover. Very good. Very good hardback in a lightly rubbed jacket that is foxed on the spine. <br/><br/> Earl M. Coleman hardcover books
200989913n.p.: Black Oyster Publishing Company Inc 2009. Paperback. Near Fine. frontis 45p. Softcover in original wrapper. 26cm. Edited by Tom Thomas statement on title-page. <br/><br/> Black Oyster Publishing Company, Inc paperback books
1986RDARCOR01RJBCambridge University Press 1986. Very Good. Darwin Charles. The Correspondence of Charles Darwin Volume 2 : 1837 - 1843. Cambridge U.K.: Cambridge University Press 1986. First printing. 603pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Book condition: Very good with very light bumps to extremities. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with very light rubbing to extremities. In clear dust jacket protector. Cambridge University Press 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
18711308103John Murray UK 1871. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. London: John Murray 1871 1871. 2 volumes octavo. Original green cloth titles to spines gilt sides with panels blocked in blind blue coated endpapers. The covers are in good condition and very secure - both spines have been professionally rebacked. Gilt nice and bright. There is a scuffing to the covers and the corners are a bit bumped but with very little loss - a quite presentable set. The bindings are very tight and square having been repaired strengthened and re-cased. Internally both volumes are very good indeed. The endpapers have been expertly reinforced with matching period paper - something that could well be missed without careful scrutiny. Previous owner name and notes in light pencil to the verso of the half-title which could be easily erased. Some foxing to first and last few leaves of each volume but the text pages are clean and bright throughout with very little foxing that I can see and no previous ink marks. The original adverts are complete and dated January 1871. Cloth very lightly rubbed a lovely set. 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. Along with Darwins Origin of Species one of the most important books in all of science and thus in all of human knowledge. Quite uncommon in the true first issue. John Murray, UK hardcover books
19801337593Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library 1980. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; 658 pages; VG-; bound in fine Green genuine leather with Gilt text; gilt textblock; silk bookmark; silk endpapers; some wear to edges rubbing to gilt wear to gilt on textblock rubbing to corners white marks on front cover; Shelved in Easton Press. 1337593. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Franklin Library hardcover books
1871D17750New York: D. Appelton and Company 1871. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. Dated 1871 on title page but a later issue. Original brown cloth yellow endpapers. Cheap paper toned. A coulple of signatures beginning to loosen. Darwin's book ends with the following lines: "We must however acknowledge as it seems to me that man with all his noble qualities with sympathy which feels for the most debased with benevolence which extends not only to other men but to the humblest living creature with his god-like intellect which has penetrated into the movements and constitution of the solar system with all these exalted powers Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin." <br/><br/> D. Appelton and Company hardcover books
1871140939389London: John Murray 1871. First Edition. Very Good. 2 Volumes. First edition both volumes first issue with "transmitted" the first word on page 297 in Volume I and with the errata on the verso of the title page of Volume II. Bound without ads in contemporary calf decorated in gilt with all edges marbled; the postscript page is present though bound at the end of Volume II. Light rubbing to joints and edges. Small scuff to front cover of Volume I and thin scuff to the front cover of Volume II. Small bookplate to front pastedowns in both volumes endpaper foxed. A lovely set in which the word "evolution" appears for the first time in Darwin's work. John Murray unknown 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
