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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
1868250354<p>Vol. 1: iv 494 pages 6; Vol. 2: 568 pages 8.</p><p>Freeman 879 - First American Edition with a preface by Asa Gray. Previous owner's signature on flyleaf dated 1874 as well as another previous owner's stamp and a bookstore Acres of Books stamp in volume 2. No other library marks except label on spine.</p><p>Proceeds from the sale of this book go to The Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles</p> Orange Judd & Co. hardcover
1896026701New York: Appleton 1896. Book. Very Good. Leather. Authorized Edition. 495pgs. Bound in Uniform Half Red leather with marbled boards.TEG.Gilt lettering on spine. internally fine.This volume is exceptionally tight well preserved. This is Volume II of two volumes. Darwin retained an interest in the history techniques practices and processes of domestication. Artificial selection as practiced by plant and animal breeders in the mid-nineteenth century offered a ready and obvious model of how speciation under natural selection may have taken place. Therefore Darwin studied the work of cattle sheep and dog breeders. Additionally Darwin corresponded with humble pigeon fanciers and famous botanists. Size: Octavo. Appleton Hardcover
186813360London: John Murray 1868. FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE. With several text illustrations. Original publisher's green cloth a few small bumps minor wear to boards; approximately 2 inches of the top of the fly-leaf of both volumes cut out. Generally a very nice set uncut with the presentation bookplate of the University of Southern California Messrs. Milton and Stanley Slotkin in each volume ownership signature on the title to Volume II. First edition first issue of Darwin's great contribution to the descent theory and the foundation on which all later racial-biological research was based. This work expands in detail material that Darwin had intended to include in his Origin. The most novel element in the work is Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis by which he attempts to explain hereditary resemblance inheritance of acquired characteristics atavism and regeneration. Although proven invalid this theory was nevertheless of prime importance in the history of genetics. "Darwin carried out numerous investigations with pigeons and various plants. He recognized continuous and discontinuous variation; he concluded that crossing tends to keep populations uniform" G&M. John Murray unknown
1896020053New York: D. Appleton. Authorized Edition and Second Edition. Complete in 2 volumes. Half-bound in rust leather and marbled paper-covered boards. Vol. 1: Few small spots on spine Very Good. Vol. 2: Chipping at head of spine Very Good. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1896. D. Appleton hardcover
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 a pre-Darwin expedition of the Beagle which later included Charles Darwin. Author unknown. Includes information about a Beagle expedition that is reported nowhere else. London Colburn and Bentley hardcover
1898622237Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co. 1898. First edition hard cover with a loose plastic jacket no dust jacket both in very good condition. Green cloth boards have gilt title and author to front board gilt book details to spine. Gilt pageblock head present. General shelf and handling wear including light creasing and wear to board edges spine head and foot with tanning to pageblock this leading into pastedowns and page edges. The lower half of page 331 is damaged at the leading edge caused by the careless cutting of the leaves upon first use; page 330 has the narrow strip still attached to its own leading edge. Otherwise content is unmarked pages tightly bound. CN. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Houghton Mifflin and Co. Hardcover
1898008549Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Slight mildew fading along part of top edge of both covers bookplate Very Good Minus. George Howard Darwin was the son of Charles Darwin. . Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 1898. Houghton Mifflin hardcover
1873141586London: Henry S. King & Co 1873. First edition association copy of famed English philosopher Herbert Spencer's classic work on the evolution of society; presented and inscribed by him to Charles Darwin. Octavo original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine dark green endpapers. Association copy inscribed by the author on the title page "Charles Darwin with the Author's kind regards." English philosopher biologist sociologist and anthropologist Herbert Spencer invented the expression "survival of the fittest" which he coined in his Principles of Biology 1864 after reading Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species 1859. A description of the mechanism of natural selection in Principles of Biology Spencer drew parallels between his own economic theories and Darwin's biological ones: "This survival of the fittest which I have here sought to express in mechanical terms is that which Mr. Darwin has called 'natural selection' or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life." Darwin responded positively to Alfred Russel Wallace's suggestion of using Spencer's new phrase "survival of the fittest" as an alternative to "natural selection" and adopted the phrase in The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication published in 1868. In On the Origin of Species he introduced the phrase in the fifth edition published in 1869 intending it to mean "better designed for an immediate local environment" Gould. Darwin wrote on page 6 of The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication published in 1868 "This preservation during the battle for life of varieties which possess any advantage in structure constitution or instinct I have called Natural Selection; and Mr. Herbert Spencer has well expressed the same idea by the Survival of the Fittest. The term 'natural selection' is in some respects a bad one as it seems to imply conscious choice; but this will be disregarded after a little familiarity." He defended his analogy as similar to language used in chemistry and to astronomers depicting the "attraction of gravity as ruling the movements of the planets" or the way in which "agriculturists speak of man making domestic races by his power of selection." Spencer and Darwin were occasional correspondents and would regularly send each other copies of their latest works. Accompanied by an autograph letter signed by Charles Darwin's great grandson Edward Darwin gifting the book to a relative dated November 27th 1969. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. Books from Darwin's library are very rare to the market. Spencer developed an all-embracing conception of evolution as the progressive development of the physical world biological organisms the human mind and human culture and societies. “It is a function that no one has performed since†DSB. During his lifetime he was considered "the single most famous European intellectual" Eriksen 37. "The only other English philosopher to have achieved anything like such widespread popularity was Bertrand Russell and that was in the 20th century" Richards. Spencer's philosophies were heavily influenced by Darwin he cites Darwin several times in this book and references On the Origin of Species as "one of the most influential scientific publications of recent times." Given the primacy which Spencer placed on evolution his sociology might be described as social Darwinism mixed with Lamarckism. However despite its popularity this view of Spencer's sociology is mistaken. While his political and ethical writings had themes consistent with social Darwinism such themes are absent in Spencer's sociological works which focus on how processes of societal growth and differentiation lead to changing degrees of complexity in social organization. The evolutionary progression from simple undifferentiated homogeneity to complex differentiated heterogeneity was exemplified Spencer argued by the development of society. He developed a theory of two types of society the militant and the industrial which corresponded to this evolutionary progression. Militant society structured around relationships of hierarchy and obedience was simple and undifferentiated; industrial society based on voluntary contractually assumed social obligations was complex and differentiated. Society which Spencer conceptualised as a 'social organism' evolved from the simpler state to the more complex according to the universal law of evolution. Moreover industrial society was the direct descendant of the ideal society developed in Social Statics although Spencer now equivocated over whether the evolution of society would result in anarchism as he had first believed or whether it pointed to a continued role for the state albeit one reduced to the minimal functions of the enforcement of contracts and external defense. Henry S. King & Co hardcover
1888feb02687<p>1888. First Italian Edition of The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs by Charles Darwin.<br /><br />Sulla struttura e distribuzione dei banchi di corallo e delle isole madreporiche.</p><p>Used book For more details and availability please contact me</p> Torino hardcover
1878feb02666<p>1878. First French Edition of The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs.<br /><br />Les Récifs de Corail leur structure et leur distribution</p><p>Used book For more details and availability please contact me</p> Gremer Baillière paperback
1898138070New York: D. Appleton & Company 1898. Authorized Edition; Third Printing. Fine Binding. Very Good in boards. D. Appleton & Company unknown
1896B4118New York: D. Appleton & Company 1896. A fine copy in contemporary half red morocco. . Edition: Third Edition Binding: Original half crimson morocco with matching marbled boards blind tooled rules tooled gilt lettering on spine. Size: 8vo: 125mm x 195mm Illustration: Illustrated with 3 foldout maps and a few scientific diagrams Pages: P. Half title Full title edition Preface v-xv Description of plates xvii-xx 1-344. Category: Book Natural History;Book Geological Minerals & Mining; D. Appleton & Company hardcover
18898437<p>Full red cloth with gilt title to spine. Third Edition with Authorized Edition printed to rear of title page. Numerous pages of ads to rear along with three fold-out maps of which they have occational tears and previous owner's tape but are still intact. Previous owner's name to front fly dated 1896. Overall remains a clean and tight copy.</p><p>5.25 x 8 in</p> D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1889012558London: Smith Elder 1889. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. Third Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xx 334 pages 3 folding maps 2 coloured. Old name on front endpaper. Nice binding with red leather spine and corners marbled endpapers. With the prefaces of the first second and third editions . Smith, Elder Hardcover
18988797New York: D. Appleton and Company 1898. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. 5 x 8 in. xiii 648 pp. Illustrated with three fold-out maps one with blue colors. Very good in original half red morocco over marbled boards gilt lettering to spines still bright top edge gilt else some spots of rubbing to extremities. and some discoloration to leather. Considered the "authorized edition" edited by Darwin's son Francis Darwin. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1897106029New York: D. Appleton. 1897. 3rd authorised edition octavo original half-leather binding with marbled sides gilt lettering to spine top edge gilt three fold-out maps pp xx 344. Some scraping to the sides. Rubbing to the spine and the corners: the central area of the spine is significantly darkened. Internally clean. With the three fold-out maps two of which have coloured details and in excellent condition. Very good condition. First published in its original form as Darwin's first monograph under the title "The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs Being the first part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836" The monograph set out Darwin's theory of the formation of coral reefs and atolls. He extensively revised and rewrote the book for its 1874 second edition to take into account James Dwight Dana's 1872 publication 'Corals and Coral Islands' and work by Joseph Jukes. This is the third edition with Darwin's prefaces to the first and second edition and a preface to this edition by his son Francis Darwin. It also includes an appendix by the geologist Thomas George Bonney on the study of coral reefs since 1874. "The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs" remains an important landmark in the science of coral reefs and is relatively uncommon. Includes references to North-West coast of Australia and the Great Barrier Reef 3rd edition. Half leather. D. Appleton hardcover
18891260111.21<p>Smith Elder and Co. London 1889. Hardcover. Good. 8vo hardcover. No dj green cloth. Good condition. Significant water staining to rear cover not penetrating to contents; front board edges also lightly stained. Clear tape reinforcing to inner gutters. Contents free of writing or marking Binding secure. All three folding Plates present.</p> Smith, Elder and Co., London hardcover
188951986London: Smith Elder and Co. 1889. Third edition 8vo xx 344 4 advertisement pp. Three folding maps - two partly folding. Original green cloth spine and part of lower cover damp stained. Freeman 277. London: Smith, Elder and Co. unknown
1896023631N.Y: D. Appleton & Co. 1896. 344 pages. Red Decorative half leather binding. Original backing has been re-layed. Top edges gilded. Unique design on front and back cover. Gilded lettering on spine. Very good looking book A few worn leather spots. Corners of binding are lightly worn/ faded. Small black stain on spine. Top edge of spine lightly chipped. Authorized edition. 3rd Printing. All around a great book in good condition for a great price. Pictures upon request. 3rd Edition. Half Calf Leather. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. D. Appleton & Co. Hardcover
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
1874chd20bLondon: Smith Elder & Co. G : in good condition. Ex-lib. Library rebind with new eps. Tape repairs to maps. Page edges darkened. 1874. Second Edition Revised. Red hardback cloth cover. 200mm x 140mm 8" x 6". xx 278pp 6pp maps. 3 fold-out colour maps. . Smith, Elder & Co hardcover
