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1870E20731London: John Murray 1870. Hardcover. Good. Stated "New Edition" on the title page with the "Postscript" dated Feb. 1 1860 at p. vii. Octavo x 519 pp. with index. Occasional small engravings in the text. This copy is bound in a late 19th or early 20th century college prize binding so stamped in gilt on the front board; raised spine hubs marbled endpapers and edges of text block. The spine which was once ornately decorated no longer has gilt on the stamping and has a snag to the rear corner of the head; the boards are also scuffed and worn about the edges. Calligraphy owner's name and Christmas 1872 notation second front blank. Though the text block is tight and clean tiny stain top outer corner of blanks and title page a rebinding candidate. John Murray hardcover
1896vg005.002GB: T Nelson 1896. Dark blue publisher's cloth lettered and decorated in gold and black.Half title frontis & plates. Prize label for The Boys' Brigade to front free endpaper.Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. . Reissue. Hardback. VG-/No DW. T Nelson Hardcover
1870011457London: John Murray 1870 library plain cloth rebound which is rubbed gilt titled spine new endpapers library stamps x 519pp page edges trimmed when rebound a tidy copy. Pagination; new free endpaper / blank fly/ title i-ii / dedication to Charles Lyell iii verso blank iv / preface vi-viii/ contents ixx/ then pp1-519 final page is blank 520. New edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Ex-Library. John Murray hardcover
189712094London: John Murray 1897. Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Later Edition. Hardcover. Previously owned by Oliver Sacks. This volume contains "in the form of a Journal a history of our voyage and a sketch of those observations in Natural History and Geology.I have in this edition largely condensed and corrected some parts and have added a little to others in order to render the volume more fitted for popular reading; but I trust that naturalists will remember that they must refer for details to the larger publications which comprise the scientific results of the Expedition. The Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle."--Darwin.<br /> From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Shaken and loose but intact. Moderately shelf worn toned bumped corners foxing throughout and light discoloration to edges else tight bright and unmarred. Bound original green cloth boards blind-stamped gilt lettered/decorative. 8vo. xi 500pp. illus. frontis portrait with overlay. indexadverts. John Murray hardcover
186433345New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1864. Cloth. Good. 1864 New York. A Good copy. Volume I only. 12mo. 351 pp. bound in publishers decorated brown cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Spine is sunned tips and edges chipped & rubbed. Paper is lightly age toned text is unmarked binding is solid. A Very Good book inside Good covers. Harper & Brothers, Publishers unknown
1839612<p>London Henry Colburn 1839 FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE publisher's cloth rebacked replacing original spine. 8vo uncut pp xiv i.e. xii 615 1 blank <em>Addenda</em> 609-629 two folding charts a little foxing to charts as usual with 16 pp inserted publisher's advertisements dated August 1839 8pp prospectus for other publications.</p><p>First edition first issue an attractive copy of the first separate issue of Darwin's <em>Journal </em>his first formal publication and a classic of natural history travel narrative. It was perhaps the most important scientific voyage ever undertaken for it gave impetus and direction to all of Darwin's later research. 'The five years of the voyage were the most important event in Darwin's intellectual life and in the history of biological science. Darwin sailed with no formal scientific training. He returned a hard-headed man of science knowing the importance of evidence almost convinced that species had not always been as they were since the creation but had undergone change. He also developed doubts of the value of the Scriptures as a trustworthy guide to the history of the earth and of man with the result that he gradually became an agnostic. The experiences of his five years in the <em>Beagle</em> how he dealt with them and what they led to built up into a process of epoch-making importance in the history of thought' Gavin de Beer in DSB.</p><p>The <em>Journal of Researches</em> was issued as part of the <em>Voyage of the Beagle</em> volumes and also as a separate book as above; this separate issue comprises sheets from the same print-run but with cancel half-title and title-page. Both were published and available in June 1839.</p><p><em>Freeman 11 </em></p> Henry Colburn hardcover
189028915Nelson & Sons 1890. Later Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Later impression of the Nelson edition which first appeared in 1888 - see Freeman 63. Clean and sound copy in the original dark blue cloth and gilt binding. Wear and rubbing to edges fading to the fore edges of the bevel edged boards. Ownership inscription to the half title. 615 pages wood engraved plates throughout index. Approx. size 8" x 6". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science & Technology; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 28915. . Nelson & Sons hardcover
1872020064NY: D. Appleton 1872. Book. NVG. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Book has wear to corners head and heel of the spine. Lettering and design is clean and complete thus nearly very good. D. Appleton Hardcover
1874010959New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1874 1874. v 2 8-324pp bound in a green blind stamped cloth gilt on spine still bright binding and hinges tight occasional text illustration. Other than a penciled date on the front free endpaper there are NO LABELS INSCRIPTIONS NOR MARKINGS. Covers show light edge wear. A single independent sheet of Publisher's Advertising is folded and laid inside the back cover. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
1899059278New Yor: D. Appleton And Company 1899. 3rd Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Xii 512 Pp. Three Quarter Red Morocco Gilt Marbled Boards Top Edge Gilt. Reprint Of Appleton's 1896 Authorized Edition.Small Former Owner's Name. Near Fine Small Fray At Lower Front Tip. <br/> <br/> D. Appleton And Company hardcover
1846371065New York: Harper & Brothers 1846. First American edition. 2 vols. Small 8vo. Publisher's cloth spine chipped with loss wityh blindstamps on title-page from GTS. First American edition. 2 vols. Small 8vo. First American edition of Darwin's important first published book containing the observations and field work that form the basis for On the Origin of Species. "The five years of the voyage were the most important event in Darwin's intellectual life and in the history of biological science. Darwin sailed with no formal scientific training. He returned a hard-headed man of science knowing the importance of evidence almost convinced that species had not always been as they were since the creation but had undergone change. 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" DSB. Darwin's Journal "his first published book is undoubtedly the most often read" Freeman 31. It is "one of the most interesting records of natural history exploration ever written and is one of the most important for it was on this voyage that Darwin prepared for his lifework ultimately leading to The Origin of Species" Hill I 104-5. First published in 1839 as "the third volume of The Narrative of the Voyages of H.M. Ships Adventure and Beagle edited by Captain Robert Fitzroy. Since then it has changed its name four times so that today it is universally referred to as The Voyage of the Beagle. On its first appearance in its own right also in 1839 it was called Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History etc. The second edition of 1845 transposes 'Geology' and 'Natural History'. and the spine title is Naturalist's Voyage" Freeman 32. This first American edition is based on that 1845 second London edition. Issued as Harper's New Miscellany Volumes X and XI. Freeman 16; Sabin 18647 Harper & Brothers unknown
1890S57943London: T. Nelson and Sons 1890. x 3 14-615 frontis 20 engraved plates some double-page text figs. . HB. 8vo orig. plum cloth gilt bevelled boards spine slightly faded; minor wear to spine ends; small chip to cloth towards top of front joint. Occasional light foxing/spotting. Early owner's name and later gift inscription to flyleaf. Vg. Second impression of Thomas Nelson's illustrated edition first published 1888. Taken from Darwin's journals while on the H.M.S. Beagle these notes form a background for ideas he would later develop in <i>On the Origin of Species</i> while also serving as an excellent travel narrative of the voyage around South America New Zealand and Australia as well as the famous survey of the Galapagos Islands.Freeman 63. T. Nelson and Sons hardcover
1900S58841London: Ward Lock & Co. n.d. c. 1900. 492 portrait frontis 15 plates wood engravings to text. . HB. 8vo cont. black half leather spine with raised bands gilt title and gilt motifs to compartments marbled endpapers teg. Lightly rubbed to extremities. Some foxing to edge of text block and occaional light foxing internally. Owner's name to half-title. Vg. With a biographical introduction by G.T. Bettany. Taken from Darwin's journals while on the H.M.S. Beagle these notes form a background for ideas he would later develop in <i>On the Origin of Species</i> while also serving as an excellent travel narrative of the voyage around South America New Zealand and Australia as well as the famous survey of the Galapagos Islands.Freeman 95. Ward, Lock & Co. hardcover
188950609London: Ward Lock and Co. 1889. Fourth edition thus. xix i 381 15 pp. Publisher's khaki green cloth gilt lettered to the spine black lettered to the upper board patterned endpapers. Frontispiece portrait and 15 plates. Dulling to the spine minor wear to the extremities else very good. Freeman 55. "The Minerva Library of Famous Books" - first published in this series in the same year. London: Ward, Lock and Co. unknown
1845A63207London: John Murray 1845. viii 519 1 14 text figs. . HB. Small 8vo 178x124mm rebound in antique-style half calf spine with raised bands gilt rules blind stamped floral motifs to compartments leather title piece marbled boards. Occasional light foxing/spotting. Vg. Second edition corrected with additions. Taken from Darwin's journals while on the H.M.S. Beagle these notes form a background for ideas he would later develop in <i>On the Origin of Species</i> while also serving as an excellent travel narrative of the voyage around South America New Zealand and Australia as well as the famous survey of the Galapagos Islands.Freeman 14. John Murray hardcover
18607701London: John Murray 1860. 8vo pp. xv i 519 1 32 ads. Original green cloth by Edmonds & Remnants boards blocked in blind spine blocked in gilt brown endpapers. A little minor spotting contents leaves toned. Extremities bumped spine darkened and torn at head boards a little marked and endpapers rubbed. Newspaper clipping tipped to front flyleaf. An early issue of the definitive edition of Darwin’s first published book containing his final additions to the text. Originally published in 1839 the extensively revised second edition followed in 1845 and was reprinted several times all in a small-format Colonial and Home Library series. For this edition the stereotypes of the text are printed on larger paper and Darwin adds a new postscript; the whole is then bound to match the early editions of the Origin of Species so giving ‘the whole book a much better appearance’ Freeman. In this copy the ads at the rear are dated January 1863 - in the earliest copies they were December 1861 and Freeman notes they can be as late as September 1868. The next printing was 1870. Freeman F20. John Murray hardcover
18782005856New York: D. Appleton 1878. New Edition. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Much wear to the tips corners and edges of the book spine legible some foxing to the preliminaries much less in the text 9 vignette illustrations in the text. Indexed with a 10 page list of "scientific works" published by Appleton last page shows an ink mark else clean and unmarked. Binding tight although the hinges are cracking. "The second voyage of HMS Beagle from 27 December 1831 to 2 October 1836 was the second survey expedition of HMS Beagle made under her newest commander Robert FitzRoy. FitzRoy had thought of the advantages of having someone onboard who could investigate geology and sought a naturalist to accompany them as a supernumerary. At the age of 22 the graduate Charles Darwin hoped to see the tropics before becoming a parson and accepted the opportunity. He was greatly influenced by reading Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology the book is dedicated to Lyell during the voyage. By the end of the expedition Darwin had made his name as a geologist and fossil collector and the publication of his journal later known as The Voyage of the Beagle gave him wide renown as a writer." from Wikipedia. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Tracking number and estimated delivery date always provided. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997 <br/> <br/> D. Appleton hardcover
1860967676John Murray 1860. Hardcover. Used-Good. Orig. dec. cloth 519 pp. 32 pp. ads. Illus. New edition; Tenth thousand. Final text. General wear to binidng and endpapers with visible repairs to spine. Endpapers quite edgeworn but beyond them the copy is quite good internally. John Murray hardcover
18527904London: John Murray 1852. 8vo pp.viii 519 1. Original red cloth blocked in blind spine lettered direct in gilt. A touch soiled. A little shaken boards marked and somewhat grubby a touch of insect damage head of spine slightly defective. Binder’s ticket of Edmonds & Remnants London to rear pastedown ownership inscription to title-page. An early issue of the revised edition of Darwin’s first published book. Despite the title-page advertising it as a new edition it is an otherwise-unchanged reprint of the 1845 2nd edition from plates. This second edition was substantially revised from its initial publication as a supplementary volume to Captain Fitzroy’s 2 volume ‘Narrative of the Voyages of H.M. Ships Adventure and Beagle’ in 1839 and despite the addition of a new postscript in 1860 this 1845 version remained the definitive lifetime text. This issue and its immediate predecessor are issued and bound as part of publisher Murray’s ‘Colonial and Home Library’ of cheap reprints described by Freeman as ‘a miserable piece of printing in small type with mean margins’ while the 1860 edition was printed on larger paper and given a green cloth binding to match the previous year’s ‘On The Origin of Species’ and reflects the growth in status and importance of the work and its author. Freeman F17. John Murray hardcover
189672393New York: D. Appleton & Company. VG. 1896. New Edition. Leather Bound. Hardback in Very Good condition without dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 519 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
1860191556London: John Murray 1860. In the distinctive original cloth The definitive version of Darwin's first published and most widely read book. This botanical and zoological travelogue outlines much of the fieldwork which led to the Origin of Species. The text is the same as the first Murray edition 1845 but includes new preliminaries and a postscript and is the first in the distinctive green Murray cloth. The Journal now popularly known under its later title The Voyage of the Beagle first appeared as the third volume of Fitzroy's Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle published in May 1839. "The five years of the voyage were the most important event in Darwin's intellectual life and in the history of biological science" DSB. Darwin himself would state that "the voyage of the 'Beagle' has been by far the most important event in my life and has determined my whole career. I have always felt that I owe to the voyage the first real training or education of my mind; I was led to attend closely to several branches of natural history and thus my powers of observation were improved" Life and Letters I p. 61. Octavo. Diagrams within text. With 32 pp. of publisher's advertisements at rear. Original green wave-grain cloth spine lettered ruled and decorated in gilt covers framed and decoratively stamped in blind brown coated endpapers binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants on rear pastedown. With early 20th-century bookseller's stamp on front free endpaper. Gilt and cloth bright extremities bumped adhesive remnant on endpapers cords occasionally visible. A very well-preserved copy. Freeman 20. Francis Darwin ed. The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin 1887. hardcover
1891S59012London: T. Nelson 1891. x 3 14-615 frontis 20 engraved plates several double-page text engravings. . HB. 8vo orig. blue cloth gilt bevelled boards minor rubbing to joints. Some foxing to prelims and edge of text block. Very good. Inscription to endpaper dated 1892 from Arthur Greg to the British archaeologist Charles Dawson 1864-1916. Dawson claimed to have made a number of archaeological and palaeontological discoveries including the Piltdown Man which were later exposed as frauds. Dawson's name stamp to half-title. Also later ownership stamp and signature of British arachnologist David R. Nellist to flyleaf.Freeman 68. Third impression of Thomas Nelson's illustrated edition first published 1888. Taken from Darwin's journals while voyaging on the H.M.S. Beagle these notes form a background for ideas he would later develop in <i>On the Origin of Species</i> while also serving as an excellent travel narrative of his voyage around South America New Zealand and Australia as well as the famous survey of the Galapagos Islands.Freeman 68. T. Nelson hardcover
189057934London: T. Nelson and Sons. 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. Original cloth stamped in gilt and blind beveled boards brown eps. Bookplate remnant to ffep. Tissued frontis and illustrations. Spine ends and points frayed. Spine sunned. Sound and square.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 615 pages . T. Nelson and Sons hardcover
1889DARWINCH007633Ward Lock London. 1889. Sixth edition of the corrected and enlarged edition of 1845. Issued in the Minerva Library of Famous Book series. Biographical Introduction by G.T. Bettany. Octavo. pp xx 381. 14 adverts. Illustrations. Original olive-green cloth. Very good indeed. Ward Lock, London. hardcover
1874001776Harper & Brothers 1874. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Hardcover 1874. Volumes 1 & 2. Harper and Brothers. 4 1/2" by 6 3/4". 351 324 pages with index. Original publisher's terra cotta cloth boards. Geometric and ruled designs in blind to front and rear panel with gilt to spines. Some general edgewear and light soiling consistent with age. Binding solid. Diagonal crease to upper left corner of rear board of volume 2; board is solid but rear pastedown cracked along the crease. Leaves somewhat tanned but not at all brittle - still eminently readable. Harper & Brothers hardcover
