271 résultats
1861304713London John Murray 1861. 1861. Third edition with additions and corrections seventh thousand. 8vo. Half title page folding diagram at p. 123. 2 pages of advertisements at end. Original green cloth stamped in gilt and blind; brown coated endpapers. Binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants on back pastedown. A fresh bright tight copy of a book that is usually found in worn condition. No foxing. Small booksellers label on verso front free endpaper. Neat signatures of two previous owners on the half title page. Freeman 381. "The most important biological book ever written" Freeman p. 73. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, John Murray, 1861. hardcover books
2009UDARORI00mfBridge-Logos 2009. Very Good. Darwin Charles. The Origin of the Species. Alachua: Bridge-Logos 2009. 150th Anniversary Edition. 298pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Bridge-Logos paperback books
1978108819The Franklin Library Pennsylvania 1978. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Fine limited edition from The Franklin Library. 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of "The Great Books of the Western World". Full leather bound with gilt detailing and a satin ribbon book marker. Previous owner's bookplate on the front free end page. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania hardcover books
18972786New York: D. Appleton and Company 1897. First Thus. Near Fine. The first authorized collected edition of Darwin's works in 15 volumes.Original red half morocco over marbled boards with gilt to spine. Top edges gilt. Light occasional spotting and some sunning to spines. Small tear to the foot of spine on Descent of Man. Uncommon in the original morocco this set of Darwin's most influential work is overall a pleasing and neat addition to any collection.<br/><br/>"Perhaps no one has influenced our knowledge of life on Earth as much as English naturalist Charles Darwin. His theory of evolution by natural selection now the unifying theory of life sciences explained where all of the astonishly diverse kinds of living things came from and how they became exquisitely adapted to their particular environments" Wyhe. The present set was the first one to be authorized by Darwin himself bringing together his most important scientific contributions into one beautiful and functional reference library. Near Fine. D. Appleton and Company unknown books
188969842New York: D. Appleton and Company 1889. Hardcover. Good. Third edition with an appendix by Prof. T.G. Bonney D.Sc. F.R.S. F.G.S. 344 p. with three folding plates and the publisher's ads. Octavo. Original brown cloth binding with decorative gilt and black stamping. An ex-library copy with minimal markings: a bookplate to the front pastedown and a small numeric label to the spine. Minor creases to the folding plates. The top edge is a trifle dust stained with some mild foxing to the fore-edge. There is also a small bit of rubbing to the corners and tips. From the library of the esteemed American paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould 1941-2002. In his essay "Worm for a Century" from the collection Hen's Teeth and Horse's Teeth: Further Reflections in Natural History 1983 Gould argued that this Darwin's first book on a specific subject is essential to understanding his theoretical approach: "This book is about coral but it is also about historical reasoning. Vegetable mold formed fast enough to measure its rate directly; we capture the past by summing effects of small and observable present causes. But what if rates are too slow or scales too large to render history by direct observation of present processes For such cases we must develop a different method. Since large-scale processes begin at different times and proceed at diverse rates the varied stages of different examples should exist simultaneously in the present. To establish history in such cases we must construct a theory that will explain a series of present phenomena as stages of a single historical process. The method is quite general. Darwin used it to explain the formation of coral reefs. We invoke it today to infer the history of stars. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
18311501511London Colburn and Bentley 1831. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. A collection of reports of military and scientific expeditions in 1830 including a fascinating and important section on the expedition of the Beagle which included Charles Darwin. Author unknown but possibly Darwin himself. In any case includes information about the expedition that is reported nowhere else. London Colburn and Bentley hardcover books
1868140941214London: John Murray 1868. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first issue; one of 1500 copies. Two volumes bound in publisher's original green cloth decoratively ruled in blind with spine lettered in gilt. viii 411 pp. 32pp first issue ads dated April 1867; viii 486 pp. 2pp first issue ads dated February 1868; with five lines errata in volume 1 and 7 lines errata in volume II. .Near Fine with light soiling light edge wear light rubbing and light bubbling to cloth. Inner hinges repaired former owner name to title pages and bookseller ticket to rear pastedowns. Features the first appearance of the iconic Darwinian phrase "survival of the fittest. John Murray unknown 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
1897150519004New York: D. Appleton and Company 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes. 473 p.; 494 p. Authorized edition. Illustrated. Very Good condition. Clean pages. Scratching to marbled cloth; wear to crimson cloth at heads. Bumped corners with exposed tips. 1913 bookplates on paste downs. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
18821294613London: John Murray 1882. Second Edition Third Thousand. Hardcover. Octavo xvi 300 pages; G; bound in publisher's green cloth rebacked with spine preserved; gilt lettering to spine; moderate wear and rubbing to corners board edges; interior clean; illustrated with 38 woodcuts; This book is 'the first of the volumes of supporting evidence for natural selection'. The first edition Freeman 800 was published on May 15th 1862 and the second in 1877 Freeman.; Freeman 801; shelved case 10. 1294613. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. John Murray hardcover books
19569006Cambridge: Limited EditionsClub 1956. Hardcover. Full sailcloth stamped in brown with native tapa design. Near fine in worn slipcase. Gibbings Robert. 490 pages. Illustrated with wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings. Designed by John Dreyfus. Introduction by Gavin de Beer. Limited edition copy 149 of 1500 signed by Gibbings. NEWMAN & WICHE 266. Limited EditionsClub hardcover books
189720038New York: D. Appleton and Company 1897. Octavo 15 volumes bound in three quarters red morocco over marbled boards. Top edge gilt gilt titles and tooling to the spine. Engraved plates numerous other illustrations throughout maps and charts. In excellent condition. Charles Darwin has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western thought. His books were widely read by specialists and the general public and his influence had been extended by almost continuous public debate over the past 150 years. His most well known works are The Origin of Species The Descent of Man and Voyage of the Beagle. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
18811504737John Murray 1881. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Printing part of the Four thousand as stated on the title page. Same year as small first printing. Very good in original green cloth. Some light foxing on first few pages but otherwise very clean. John Murray hardcover books
1988UDARVOY00vgMentor Books 1988. Good. Darwin Charles. Voyage of the Beagle. New York: Mentor Books 1988. 456pp. Indexed. Mass Market. Book condition: Good. Lightly rubbed covers creased spine and clean pages. Mentor Books paperback books
1989UDARVOY00fpPenguin 1989. Very Good. Darwin Charles. Voyage of the Beagle. New York: Penguin 1989. 432pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges rubbed and faint crease on front cover. Penguin paperback books
198038839Wellington NZ: Nova Pacifica 1980. Darwin Charles 1809-82 ed. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle during the years 1832-1836. Facsimile reprint. 3 vols. 4to. Variously paginated. 111 plates incl. color. Wellington New Zealand: Nova Pacifica 1980. 319 x 250 mm. Original quarter morocco cloth boards. Fine. No. 147 of 750 copies. Excellent facsimile reproduction of one of the rarest Darwin titles "a superb example of nineteenth-century scientific book publishing" "Publisher's Note". Originally published in parts and in book form between 1838 and 1843 The Zoology of the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle had never been reprinted prior to this facsimile edition. Nova Pacifica unknown books
1973045426New York: D. Appleton and Company 1973. 1st American Edition. vii 374p. plus ads b/w illus. including foldout original brown cloth with gilt spine lettering very slight fraying at the head of the spine o/w unfaded and very clean cloth. D. Appleton and Company unknown books
1978S11557Folkstone UK:: Dawson 1978. 1978. 8vo. 309 pp. Text figs. Green cloth gilt-stamped spine title dust jacket. Burndy bookplate. Fine. Dawson, (1978). hardcover books
193156866NY:: Macmillan Company. Very Good. 1931. Hardcover. First edition. Remainder stamp on front free endpaper else very good in blue cloth with gilt lettering. No dust jacket. . Macmillan Company, hardcover books
1932007904London: Nonesuch Press 1932. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First thus edition. Octavo 8vo. 46 pages of text. Original hardcover binding is rubbed at the extremities with overall minor soiling and shelfwear; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Combined and redesigned edition with plates in black & white. If issued with a slipcase it is no longer present. Nonesuch Press Hardcover books
19761042448vo. London: Adam and Charles Black 1976. 8vo xv 198pp. Brown cloth stamped in gilt to backstrip pictorial dust jacket two plates with eight illustrations between pp. 112-113. Slight bumping to corners and base of backstrip. Very good. § First edition thus. Not in D&J. A sampling of Darwin’s wit and writing regarding the sport of golf for the most part. Adam and Charles Black hardcover books
104243N.P.: Ailsa Inc. Flagstick Books 1997. 8vo xiv 264pp. Original red cloth stamped in silver to top cover and backstrip. Fine condition without dust jacket as issued. § First edition thus. D&J D7450. A charming collection of essays from one of the foremost writers on the sport. Ailsa hardcover books
19841042688vo. London and Canada: Souvenir Press 1984. 8vo 223pp. Original black buckram lettered in gilt to backstrip lime green dust pictorial dust jacket lettered in black white and red with black & white decoration. One small red smudge to edge some slight shelf wear to dust jacket. Near fine. § First edition. A pleasing anthology of Bernard Darwin’s work on the sport of golf. D&J H26230 under Hughes. Souvenir Press hardcover books
1947104263slim 8vo. London: Collins 1947. slim 8vo 48pp. Original blue and white pictorial paper-covered boards. Taped backstrip some warping to boards browning to endpapers no dust jacket. Very good. § First edition third impression. Part of the ‘Britain in Pictures: The British People in Pictures†series from Collins which includes the title ‘British Golf’ also written by Darwin. This volume includes a short history of British golf courses and other sporting clubs. Not in D&J. Collins hardcover books
199910184n.p.: Ailsa Inc. Fine. 1999. Hardcover. 0940889498 . Foreword by Sidney Kahn. A reprint of the 1926 Sidgwick and Jackson edition. Fine in blue cloth. No dust jacket as issued thus. ISBN: 0940889498. . Ailsa, Inc. hardcover books