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1932025322London: The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1932. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 44 pp. unpaginated. Decorated maroon and gray paper-covered boards. Very good condition. Paper has rubbed of the joints on the spine sides top and bottom. Tips of the corners are bumped and worn through to boards.Outside covers have some streaks and light foxing and the rear cover has a light reddish 1" moisture stain on the bottom edge. The pages are stiff paper and lightly and evenly toned throughout. The hinge is exposed but strong between the sixth and seventh page. There is foxing on the hinge side of some but not all of the pages. Offsetting from the maroon free end papers to the second free end papers. "5 cent" in pencil on front free end paper that is barely visible against the maroon color. Charming black and white drawings illustrate every text page. The tale of Mr. Tootleoo is written in rhyming couplets. This is the first reprint of The Tale of Mr. Tootleoo published in 1925 and Tootleoo Two published in 1927. A delightful book about "A sailor jovial and brave/Who sailed upon the ocean wave." Size: Quarto. The Bobbs-Merrill Company Hardcover
1932662531932. 1932 Darwin Bernard and Elinor MISTER TOOTLEOO ONE & TWO London: The Nonesuch Press 1932 Unpaginated illus b/w drawings 4to As new unread copy in the original chipped glassine wrapper. unknown
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
190378218London: John Murray 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Blue cloth boards lightly bumped at the corners. Two ex libris plates on both volumes' endpapers from a college and then a monastery. Slightly lighter patch on both spines where a label may have been. Overall in very presentable condition. Size: Octavo standard book size. 2-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Natural History & Resources; Inventory No: 78218. . John Murray hardcover
1903379185London : J. Murray 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor library marks remain. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description : 494 pages ; illustrations portraits ; 23 cm. Contents : Partial contents Volume I -- Outline of Charles Darwin's life etc. -- Chapter I. An autobiographical fragment and early letters 1809-1842 -- Chapter II. Evolution 1844-1858 -- Chapter III. Evolution 1859-1863 -- Chapter IV. Evolution 1864-1869 -- Chapter V. Evolution 1870-1882 -- Chapter VI. Geographical distribution 1843-1867 -- Volume II -- Chapter VII. Geographical distribution 1867-1882 -- Chapter VIII. Man 1860-1882 -- Chapter IX. Geology 1840-1882 -- Chapter X. Botany 1843-1871 -- Chapter XI. Botany 1863-1881 -- Chapter XII. Vivisection and miscellaneous subjects 1867-1882. Subjects : Darwin Charles 1809-1882 ; Correspondence. Darwin Charles Charles Robert 1809-1882 ; Correspondence. Evolution. Naturalists England ; Celebrities. Famous Persons. History 19th Century. London : J. Murray hardcover
1903067057D. Appleton and Company 1903. Book. Very Good. Hard Covers. 1st Edition. Two volume set in brown cloth. Couple short repairs to hinges of volume I. Front end paper clipped at top corner of volume I. . Light rubbing to cloth. Short tear to cloth at bottom of spine of volume II. D. Appleton and Company Hardcover
1903F349NY: D.Appleton 1903. First. Cloth. Fine. Two volumes first editions. Dark tam linen cloth lettered in gilt and stamped with facsimilie signature of Darwin on the front boards. 494 and 508 pps. with index in volume II. Illustrated with photogravures. A fine fresh and tight with all gilt bright. An exemplary set. D.Appleton unknown
190313858London: John Murray 1903 Brown cloth with gilt spine. Two volumes octavo. Plates. Gilt largely faded from spines binding extremities lightly rubbed old bookplate. A little foxing to preliminaries light spot on fore-edge of Volume I. A good set tight and clean. John Murray, hardcover
19035260048New York: D. Appleton & Company 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary marks. Hinges cracked binding sound. Pages clean tanned. Deckled pages. Cloth over boards is shelf worn with gilt lettering on front and spine and label at lower spine. Editor was Charles Darwin's son. Illustrated. Ex-Library; 8.75" tall; 1002 pages. D. Appleton & Company hardcover
191849873Chicago: American School of Correspondence 1918. Very good plus. First printing of this distance-learning instructional manual for the self-taught motorcycle enthusiast from the early days when the two-wheeled motor vehicle first became widely popular for pleasure cruising deliveries and machine-gun-fitted wartime reconnaissance missions. MOTORCYCLES covers the early history of motorcycles from the early models of Daimler and Karl Benz through the modern innovations of the Harley-Davidson Indian Thor Excelsior and Dayton companies with illustrated technical discussions of their mechanisms and operations. 8'' x 5.25''. Original red and black cloth. Black and white illustrations. 74 4 pages. Light edgewear spine faintly sunned. Small 1'' closed tear to front hinge. Interior clean. American School of Correspondence hardcover
1935101122London: Faber & Faber Ltd 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Faber & Faber Ltd. 1935. Oblong small quarto 48 pages first two and last one blank with a pictorial title page 20 full-page plates and a small illustration on the second-last page; all illustrations are in colour. Colour-pictorial papered boards a little rubbed at the extremities; an excellent copy internally fine. A delightful children's book in verse by Bernard Darwin better known for his writings on golf and for being a grandson of the more famous Charles; the charming colour lithographs are by his wife Elinor. Faber & Faber Ltd 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
1935DARWINBE029539Faber and Faber London. 1935. First edition. Oblong quarto. Unpaginated. The third and last in the Tootleoo series. Rhyming couplets by Bernard Darwin illustrated in colour and in Edward Lear style by his wife Elinor. Colour pictorial binding.Covers rubbed at the edges. Very good. Not issued in dustwrapper. Faber and Faber, London. unknown
193556218London: Faber & Faber 1935. Spine split and chipped boards rubbed shaken gutters cracked foxed throughout mug stains to front endpapers. Unfortunately there are child scribbles throughout mainly to the margins of the text pages endpapers and prelims the illustrations remain clean and bright on the whole as do the rhymes. Please enquire for photos. Hard. Poor. 12mo Landscape. Faber & Faber Hardcover
193636556New York & London: Harper & Brothers. Good with no dust jacket. 1936. Hardcover. Harper & Bros. Printed the first american copy of this book in 1936 though this one states printed in Great Britain I believe it is the 1936 edition. Scarce title in Faber & Faber edition or this Harper edition. This copy does have edgewear especially at the spine and both top and bottom of spine are chipped. Some minor scuffs show up on the pictorial covers. No DJ. The text though is clean with just a few foxing spots and minor tanning and the wonderful illustrations are bright. No DJ. Author is grandson of Charles Darwin and primarily a golf writer. He died in 1961. His wife Elinor was an Irish engraver and portrait painter. ; Color drawings; 7.70 x 9.75 x 0.50 inches; Unpaginated pages . Harper & Brothers hardcover
1903121273London J. Murray 1903. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 464 pages; Description: xxiv 464 p. ; 23 cm. London, J. Murray hardcover
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
19809527-0304Italien, Privatdruck, ohne Jahresangabe (um 1980). Quart, Org.-Hardcover, ca. 120 einseitig bedruckte und unnumerierte Blätter, wohlerhaltenes Exemplar. Von uns nicht nachweisbarer Privatdruck eines italienischen Privatgelehrten über die Evolutionstheorien von Lamarck und Darwin. Von uns nicht nachweisbarer Privatdruck eines italienischen Privatgelehrten über die Evolutionstheorien von Lamarck und Darwin.
1992x-0471571385Wiley-Interscience 1992. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 304 pages. 9.75x6.50x0.75 inches. Wiley-Interscience hardcover
