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1868157199London: John Murray Titles state 1868. First Edition second issue. Hardcover. Good. 2 vols.: viii 411 32; viii 486 2 p. 23 cm. 43 b&w illustrations in vol. I. Original publisher's green cloth with blank impressing on boards gilt on spine. Corners worn some dents to edges softening to spine ends stains and rubbing to cloth. Vol. II has scuff on lower spine. Bookplates on front pastedowns. Endpapers at front have stuck together in vol. II and were formerly stuck in vol. I; the latter has scuffs at front. Light stains to vol. I bottom edge. <br/><br/>32 p. publisher's catalogue at rear of vol. I dated February 1871. 2 p. publisher's list at rear of vol. II dated February 1868. One line Erratum to vol. I and no errata to vol. II. Incudes the first appearance of the phrase "survival of the fittest" in any of Darwin's works on p. 6 of vol. I where he gives credit for the phrase to Herbert Spencer. A large part of the book contains discussion of artificial selection and pangenesis the mechanism he suggested to explain heredity. John Murray hardcover
1868010633New York: Orange Judd and Company 1868. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First American Edition. Authorized Edition with a preface by Asa Gray. Illustrated. 494 pages plus 6 pages ads in rear in Volume I and 568 pages plus 8 pages ads in rear in Volume II. Dark brown end papers. Green cloth covered blind stamped boards with gilt lettering to the spines.About Very Good. Volume I has modest wear to tips and spine ends slight sun darkened spine minimal rubbing. Both hinges opened. Front paste down with two different prior owner book plates. Front free end paper prior owner name in ink. Pages 191 to 210 loose from binding. Volume II has small ink stain to front board wear to tips and spine ends front hinge open showing webbing but holding nicely prior owner book plate glue shadow at paste down the plate laid in. Internally clean and unmarked. The later owner of this book was the noted University of Cincinnati chemist and educator William B. Jensen. Priced to allow for hinge repair. . Orange Judd and Company Hardcover
1868172871London: John Murray 1868. Survival of the fittest First edition first issue of the first of Darwin's works to use the famous evolutionary phrase preceding by a year its first appearance in Origin of Species fifth edition 1869. "Survival of the fittest" was coined by the philosopher and sociologist Herbert Spencer on reading Origin and remains the most succinct summary of Darwin's theory of natural selection. Variation under Domestication represents "the first two chapters of the projected 'big book' on the origin of species of which Origin was an abstract; this was the only section of the 'big book' published during Darwin's lifetime" Norman. It was "intended to provide overwhelming evidence for the ubiquity of variation although it would also incidentally answer Lyell and Gray who maintained that variations had not occurred purely by chance but were providentially directed. Darwin showed that breeders indeed selected from a vast array of minute random variations. He gave numerous instances of the causes of variability including the direct effect of the conditions of life reversion the effects of use and disuse saltation prepotency and correlated growth. Variation also addressed a key criticism of Origin: that it lacked an adequate understanding of inheritance" ODNB. As such Variation is a full statement of the facts on which the theories of Origin were based leaving aside an account of human evolution for Descent of Man 1871. This is the only Darwin title published by Murray to appear in the larger format of demy octavo. The first issue was published in a run of 1500 copies for which this copy has all the relevant points: five errata in Volume I nine errata on seven lines in Volume II and the spine imprint on one line. The second issue with substantial textual variations was published in a run of 1250 copies in February and is distinguished by a single erratum in Volume I no errata in Volume II and a two-line imprint on the spine. 2 vols demy octavo. With 43 woodcuts in text. Vol. I with 32 pp. of publisher's advertisements dated April 1867 vol. II with 2 pp. of advertisements dated February 1868. Original green cloth spines lettered and decorated in gilt covers panelled in blind dark green coated endpapers binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants to rear pastedown of vol. I. Bookplates and markings of the Ashmolean Natural History Society to front pastedowns and title pages. Spine ends and corners bumped spine panel of vol. II creased at centre cloth lightly cockled and with damp stain to rear cover rear inner hinge of vol. II split but holding gathering 2C of same starting cords occasionally visible contents clean: a very good copy. Freeman 877; Garrison-Morton 224.1; Norman 597. hardcover
1868AQ29889London: John Murray 1868. In two volumes. viii 411 1 32; viii 486pp 2. Bound by Edmonds & Remnants ticket to REP of Vol. II in original publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked a little chipping to head and foot of spines. Hinges just starting occasional light spotting else a crisp set. A crisp copy of the first edition first issue with 12 errata across both volumes and the publisher's imprint featuring on a single line to the foot of each spine of English naturalist Charles Darwin's 1809-1882 ground-breaking study of variation within plants and animals caused by the modification of species by breeders and horticulturists. The variation of animals and plants under domestication is notable for containing the first appearance of the term 'survival of the fittest' as a substitute for Darwin's more anthropomorphic 'natural selection'; and the first expression of his theory of Pangenesis the inheritance of acquired characteristics. Freeman F877.1. First edition first issue. 8vo. John Murray hardcover
1876142603250018D. Appleton and Company 1876. Hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. DAMAGED. LEATHER RUBS OFF WHEN HANDLED. COVER MAY NOT MATCH THE PICTURE ON THIS SITE. AN EXCELLENT READING OR REFERENCE SET! Set of 2 Hardcovers. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show edge wear with RUBBING AND SCUFFING Binding is tight hinges strong. DAMAGED.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1868191093London: John Murray 1868. Darwin's earliest use of "survival of the fittest" First edition first issue of the first of Darwin's works to use the famous evolutionary phrase preceding its appearance in the fifth edition of the Origin of Species by a year. "Survival of the fittest" p. 6 was coined by the philosopher and sociologist Herbert Spencer. Variation provides a full statement of the facts on which the theories of Origin were based. This work was intended as the first section of Darwin's projected "big book" on evolution of which the Origin was an abstract. Its purpose was "to provide overwhelming evidence for the ubiquity of variation. Darwin gave numerous instances of the causes of variability including the direct effect of the conditions of life reversion the effects of use and disuse saltation prepotency and correlated growth. Variation also addressed a key criticism of Origin: that it lacked an adequate understanding of inheritance" ODNB. This is the only Darwin title published by Murray to appear in the larger format of demy octavo. This copy is from the first issue published in a run of 1500 and is distinguished by the presence of five errata in Volume I nine errata on seven lines in Volume II and the spine imprint on a single line. 2 vols demy octavo. With 43 woodcuts. Vol. I with 32 pp. of publisher's advertisements dated April 1867 Vol. II with 2 pp. of advertisements dated February 1868. Original green cloth spines lettered and ruled in gilt covers panelled in blind dark green coated endpapers binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants to rear pastedown of vol. I. Armorial bookplates of one John F. Sinclair. Cockling and faint marks to cloth spine ends and corners bumped and a little worn water soiling to lower inner corner of second volume rear cover and endpapers front inner hinge split but holding firm occasional short closed tears to outer margins: a very good copy. Freeman 877; Garrison-Morton 224.1; Norman 597. hardcover
189672394New York: D. Appleton & Company. VG. 1896. Leather Bound. Hardbacks in Very Good condition without dust jackets. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 970 pages. Bound in 3/4 leather. Some uncut pages . Quick shipping excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information . D. Appleton & Company hardcover
1868660059Orange Judd & Co 1868. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover in panelled green cloth gilt titles to spine. Volume Two Only. 12mo - over 6¾ in. - 7¾ in. 568pp. Mild wear to board covers bumping to fore-edge corners two mild dents to front fore-edge slight dampstain to lower text block corners binding solid and strong bookplate to front pastedown interior text clean. Very Good copy. Orange Judd & Co hardcover
1868151873London: John Murray 1868. First edition first issue of Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis in which he first uses the phrase "survival of the fittest" for the first time. First issue without publisher's advertisements errata with five items in six lines in the first volume on page vi and nine items in seven lines in the second volume on page viii. Octavo two volumes bound in full contemporary calf with titles and tooling to the spine double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels all edges marbled marbled endpapers illustrated with numerous in-text illustrations and a chart. In very good condition bookplates to the front pastedowns. 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. John Murray unknown
186810685<p>New York: Orange Judd & Company. Very Good. 1868. Hardcover. Faint small spots of discoloration along the foredge of first 193 pages - does not affect legibility or integrity of the volume. Bumped two lower corners of covers. Bookplate to inside front cover. ; Book is in excellent condition. Volume 2 is concerned with how species inherit particular characteristics Darwin first published his 'provisional hypothesis' of pangenesis. This theory of 'gemmules' was not met with much acceptance and today is not valuable as scientific explanation but it was important in laying down the key questions that needed to be answered regarding the processes of genetic inheritance. Darwin also used volume 2 to challenge the theories of evolution by design expounded by the botanist Asa Gray. Darwin's arguments were some of the very first in a long debate that remains hot today. The work was intended to counter critics of Origin of Species particularly those who questioned the reality of variation and the mechanism of inheritance. It is considered a classic in evolutionary biology providing crucial support for the theory of evolution. It laid groundwork for modern plant and animal breeding and genetics. ; ; 568 pages .</p> Orange Judd & Company hardcover
1896160101New York: D. Appleton and Company 1896. Authorized Edition." Includes preface to the second edition. Hardcover. Good. 2 vols.: xiv 473; x 493 p. 21 cm. Photos and other b&w illustrations. Half burgundy leather with marbled paper boards. Top edges gilt. Worn edges bumped corners scratches to boards some faint marks and scratches on spines and spine head on vol. II a bit chipped. Some page edges a bit roughened and a few pages uncut. <br/><br/>Part of the selected works of Darwin 1896-7 in 15 vols. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
189019325London: John Murray 1890. Second edition revised. Tenth thousand. Cloth. Very good. Two volumes small octavo 5" x 7.5" dark green cloth with gilt titles. Covers decorated in blind. xiv 473pp 1 with ad leaf; x 495pp. with index. Illustrated with wood engravings. A tight clean set with a minor rubbed spot on each spine. There is a faded area at the fore-edge of the cover of volume one. A very attractive set. The first appearance of the term pangenesis in which Darwin postulated the existence of a hereditary material inside cells called gemmules which could be modified by the organism's environment and passed on to the offspring. John Murray hardcover
189274513London: John Murray 1892. Second Edition Revised - Fourth Thousand. Hardcover. Very Good. First published in 1868 this book began as an expansion of the first two chapters of On the Origin of Species 1859: "Variation under Domestication" and "Variation under Nature" and it developed into one of his largest works; Darwin 1809-82 referred to it as his "big book." The first volume deals with the variations introduced into species as a result of domestication through changes in climate diet breeding and an absence of predators. He began with an examination of dogs and cats comparing them with their wild counterparts and moved on to investigate horses and asses; pigs cattle sheep and goats; domestic rabbits; domestic pigeons; fowl; and finally cultivated plants. The work is a masterpiece of nineteenth-century scientific investigation and a key text in the development of Darwin's own thought and of the wider discipline of evolutionary biology.<br/> <br/> Octavo two volumes: xiv 473 p. x 495 p. with publisher's advertisements 43 textual figures and numerous tables. Original brown cloth bindings with gilt titles and decorative black and blind stamping. The boards are especially clean and bright with only some light wear to the corners and tips. Quite lovely uncommon thus. John Murray hardcover
1882020464London. : John Murray 1882. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vol. I xiv 473 pages Vol. II x 495 pages plus 32 pages of other John Murray publication. Green cloth with gilt print on spine. On both volumes the boards are lightly rubbed its edges lightly chipped and both have an ownership stamp and a gift inscription else a clean unmarked copy in solid binding. An attractive set. Second Edition Revised Fifth Thousand. "A large proportion of the book contains detailed information on the domestication of animals and plants but it also contains in Chapter XXVII a description of Darwin's theory of heredity which he called Pangenesis." From Darwin's Preface: "The eleventh chapter and that on Pangenesis are those which have been most altered parts having been re-modelled; but I will hive a lisy of the more important alterations for the sake of those who may possess the first edition of this book <br/> <br/> John Murray hardcover
18831353921New York: D. Appleton and Company 1883. Second Edition Revised Fourth Thousand. Hardcover. Octavos Two Volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in red cloth with black stamping to front boards blind stamping to rear boards and gilt titling to spines. Mild shelf wear and rubbing to binding. Volume 1 with one leaf of undated ads in rear; Volume 2 with four leaves of undated ads in rear. Gift inscription to front free endpapers. Stated "Second Edition Revised Fourth Thousand" but actually a reissue from the plates with only the date changed. Freeman Bibliographical Database: F884; also showing reissues of the 1876 printing in 1884 and 1887. Shelved in Case 10. 1353921. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1896016140New York.: D. Appleton and Company. Burgundy leather with marbled boards and gilt spine title. Leather chipped at the fore corners and chipped at the spine head minor cracking across the width of the spine leather to volume one some spine darkening. NW4 . Good. Three-Quarter Leather. 1896. D. Appleton and Company 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
18682642London: John Murray 1868. FIRST EDITION. Original Cloth. Very Good. FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE IN ORIGINAL CLOTH of Darwin's sequel to the Origin of Species including his first use of the term "survival of the fittest". "The Variation was a full statement of the facts on which the theories of the Origin were based. <br /> <br /> "After the Origin's publication Darwin embarked on two broad lines of research: botanical experiments and studies of variation sexual selection and emotional expressions in humans and mammals. In 1860 he began recycling the early as yet unpublished chapters of 'Natural selection' and studying the osteology of domestic pigeons ducks and geese for a book on how breeders and horticulturists modify species. This was The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication 1868. Its two volumes were intended to provide overwhelming evidence for the ubiquity of variation although they would also incidentally answer Lyell and Gray who maintained that variations had not occurred purely by chance but were providentially directed. Darwin showed that breeders indeed selected from a vast array of minute random variations. He gave numerous instances of the causes of variability including the direct effect of the conditions of life reversion the effects of use and disuse saltation prepotency and correlated growth.<br /> <br /> "The Variation also addressed a key criticism of the Origin of Species: that it lacked an adequate understanding of inheritance. Darwin's 'provisional hypothesis of pangenesis' was constructed to explain how heritable traits were passed from parents to offspring. He supposed that each part of a parent organism throws off minute particles or 'gemmules' which circulate in the body and collect in the sexual organs to be transmitted in reproduction. Because gemmules are received from two parents the offspring develop to resemble them both more or less. 'The child strictly speaking does not grow into the man but includes germs which slowly and successively become developed and form the man' Darwin Variation.<br /> <br /> "The term 'survival of the fittest' borrowed at Wallace's insistence from Herbert Spencer's 1866 Principles of Biology first appeared in the Variation. It was a partial substitute for Darwin's more anthropomorphic 'natural selection' which many critics took to imply the existence of a 'selector'. Mistaking Darwin's metaphor they concluded that intelligence lay as much behind nature's selecting as behind a pigeon fancier's. Nevertheless Darwin defended his use of 'natural selection' while conceding that he had personified it too much" Dictionary of National Biography. <br /> <br /> First issue: with 1-line publisher's imprint on cloth at base of spines 5 lines of errata in vol. I and 7 in vol. II. <br /> <br /> Complete with 32 pages of ads dated April 1867 at rear of vol. I 2 pages of ads dated February 1868 at rear of vol. II as issued and 43 in-text wood engravings. <br /> <br /> London: John Murray 1868. Octavo original cloth. Two volumes. Handsome bookplate and small bookseller's Foyle's sticker on front pastedown of each volume and neat owner signature in pencil on flyleaves. A little foxing to flyleaf and title of volume 2 otherwise text generally clean. Cloth with only a little rubbing and a few mild spots of soiling. Volume 1 possibly recased spine cloth tight against text block. Spine gilt exceptionally bright. A handsome copy in original cloth of an essential Darwin text. John Murray unknown
18686645London: John Murray 1868. First edition. Fine. 2 volumes octavo 23 cm. First issue points: 5 errata on 6 lines in Vol. I and 9 errata on 7 lines in Vol. II. LACKS ADS apparently discarded when bound by Henry Southeran. Bound in full tan polished calf double-ruled in gilt; six-compartment spine tooled in blind and gilt with black title labels. Marbled edges and endleaves. Ticket of Henry Southeran. A very handsome set! <br /><br />Darwin's sequel to the Origin of Species including his first use of the term "survival of the fittest" and his much-admired essay on pigeons. John Murray unknown
1868GT091London: John Murray 1868. 1st editon . Hardback. Fine. 8vo. viii 411; viii 486pp 43 text figures in volume one. Original fine half-calf brown polished bindings with marbled boards. Finely finished gilt dec. compartments and decoration. Red and green gilt lettered labels. No adverts bound-in. Some scattered foxing to the end-papers. Two volume first edition set both dated 1868 with a first issue Volume One and second issue Volume Two. Freeman F877.1 and F878.2 The first volume having the six line errata and volume two no errata. The first issue of 1500 sold out in a week in Jan 1869 and a further 1250 with corrections stated in the first issue errata lists corrected were issued. The different issues have identical title pages. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS <br/> <br/> John Murray hardcover
1899030422NY and London: D. Appleton: 1899. First published in 1868 this book is the Second edition from 1899 edition 461 pages illustrated in b&w. "During the seven years which have elapsed since the publication of 1868 of the first edition of this Work I have continued to attend to the same subjects as far as lay in my power; and I have thus accumulated a large body of additional facts chiefly through the kindness of many correspondents. Of these facts I have been able to here use only those which seemed to me the more important. I have omitted some statements and corrected some errors the discovery of which I owe to my reviewers. Many additional references have been given. The eleventh chapter and that on Pangenesis are those which have been most altered parts having been re-modeled; but I will give a list of the more important alterations for the sake of those who may possess the first edition of this book." This is Darwin's Preface to this second edition. VERY GOOD- HARDCOVER in red cloth lettering is bright on spine. Volume I of a 2 volume set. . Hard Covers. Very Good-/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. D. Appleton: hardcover
18681224New York: Orange Judd 1868. 1st American Edition. Two volume FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of "ONE OF DARWIN'S MOST INFLUENTIAL AND WIDE-RANGING BOOKS. IT IS ALSO HIS LONGEST AND MOST DETAILED WORK" Freeman The Works of Charles Darwin 879. It is also "the only section of Darwin's big book on the origin of species which was printed in his lifetime and corresponding to its first two intended chapters" ibid. <br /> <br /> Darwin's intent was "to provide overwhelming evidence for the ubiquity of variation" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. "This work is notable not only for Darwin's prodigious amassing of facts concerning artificial selection of traits to demonstrate an analogy for natural selection. It also advances his hypothesis of pangenesis and gemmules as the agents of the inheritance of characteristics" DSB.<br /> <br /> Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis "here expounded for the first time" Freeman. Was the 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 latter nineteenth century' DSB Freeman. "Other chapters consider "the amount and nature of the changes which animals or plants have undergone whilst under man's dominion" employing observations of inheritance within a species in an effort to understand the causes of variability" ibid. <br /> <br /> While as said Darwin's two volumes "were intended to provide overwhelming evidence for the ubiquity of variation" they also "incidentally answered Lyell and Gray who maintained that variations had not occurred purely by chance but were providentially directed. Darwin showed that breeders indeed selected from a vast array of minute random variations. He gave numerous instances of the causes of variability including the direct effect of the conditions of life reversion the effects of use and disuse saltation prepotency and correlated growth" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. CONDITION & DETAILS: Two volumes. Complete. 8vo 18.7 x 12.2 cm. Vol. I: 6 x 494 14 Vol. II: 4viii 568 12. Solidly bound in original publisher's green cloth; gilt-lettered at the spine. Scuffing at the edges with minor chipping at the head and foot of the spine. Clean and bright throughout both volumes. Very good. Orange Judd hardcover
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
1882BB2290London: John Murray 1882. Original Cloth. Fine. Second Edition Revised Fifth Thousand two volumes complete in fine original bindings featuring first occurrence of the phrase "survival of the fittest." Crown 8vo 188 x 118: xiv4731; x4951pp with 43 woodcut illustrations. Publisher's green cloth covers paneled in blind arches style spine stamped in gilt chocolate coated end papers top edge rough-trimmed. A superb set with bright bindings uncracked hinges and virtually spotless pages. Very mild rubbing to corner tips dusty top edges else very fine. Freeman 883. Intended originally as the first two chapters of a monumental work that Darwin envisioned but never published on the origin of species not the Origin of 1859 which Darwin viewed as only an abstract of a more substantial project. This second edition substantially revised and enlarged from the first edition of 1868 is the final text in which Darwin proposed the concept of pangenesis his provisional hypothetical mechanism for heredity which was proven obsolete by the 1900 rediscovery of Mendel's theory of the particulate nature of inheritance and in which he detailed and discussed at length artificial selection. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition carefully preserved in archival removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. John Murray unknown
187575303in 2 vols vol 1 xiv 1-473 pages vol 2 x 1-495 pages contains 43 black and white figures Published by John Murray hardcover
