DARWIN Charles

The Autobiography of Charles Darwin 1809-1882. With original Omissions restored. Edited with Appendix and Notes by his Grand-Daughter Nora Barlow. [Second Impression.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Collins,, 1958. 8vo., Second Impression, with portrait frontispiece, 3 plates and full-page pedigree in the text, small neat inscription on front free endpaper; original green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly frayed at edges and with small loss around head of backstrip. Published a month after the first edition. Dustwrapper artwork by John Woodcock. The first complete edition to appear in print, edited by Barlow from the original MS. SCARCE. Freeman, 371.

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DARWIN (ed.) Francis

Charles Darwin: His Life told in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of his Published Letters. New [Abridged] Edition. NEAR FINE COPY

John Murray,, 1902. 8vo., [Fifth Edition], with fine portrait frontispiece in photogravure toned in sepia (original tissue guard present) and a full-page facsimile (of Darwin's holograph) in the text, endpapers very lightly browned; original green decorative cloth blocked in blind, gilt back, fore-edge faintly spotted else a near fine copy. The abridged version of Francis Darwin's life of his father (the fourth edition of the 'Life and Letters' overall) first appeared in 1892. Freeman states that this New Edition includes an addition to the preface. The portrait frontispiece is engraved from the famous study by Mrs. Cameron. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman (Darwin), 351.

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DARWIN Charles

Charles Darwin. His Life told in an Autobiographical Chapter and in a selected Series of his published Letters. Edited by his Son Francis Darwin. Fourth Thousand in this Form. FIRM WORKING COPY

John Murray,, 1902. 8vo., with portrait frontisiece (original tissue guard present), endpapers, frontispiece and title lightly spotted; original arches-style green cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in blind, gilt back, boards mildly age-soiled, top a little browned, upper hinge starting (but binding entirely sound), a good, firm working copy. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. First published in 1892.

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DARWIN Charles

The Descent of Man, and Selection in relation to Sex. Second Edition, Revised and Augmented. Twenty-Seventh Thousand. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE SECOND EDITION

John Murray,, 1890. 8vo., Second Edition, Twenty-Seventh Thousand, with numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, free endpapers lightly spotted; original arches-style green cloth blocked in blind, gilt back, patterned endpapers, uncut, upper board lightly age-marked, joints very lightly rubbed, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. With nineteenth-century personal bookplate on front paste-down. The second edition, first published in 1874, is divided into three parts instead of the two of the first, sexual selection in relation to man being separated off as a third part. The printing of 1877 (the twelfth thousand) has added at the end, pp. 620-624, a supplemental note reprinted from 'Nature' of 2 November 1876, p.18. This is the definitive text of the work, reproduced in the present edition. The Descent of Man is notable as the first of Darwin's works to contain (on p.1 of the Introduction in this edition) the word 'evolution' (see Freeman, p.30). Freeman, 268.

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DARWIN Charles

The Descent of Man, and Selection in relation to Sex. Second Edition, Revised and Augmented. Twenty-Third Thousand. [Library Edition, Second Issue.] BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE TWO-VOLUME SECOND EDITION

John Murray,, 1891. 2 vols., 8vo., Second Edition, Twenty-Third Thousand, with numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, free endpapers lightly spotted; original library-style green cloth framd in blind, gilt backs, black endpapers, uncut, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. With publisher's 2pp advertisement leaf at end of first volume. The second edition, first published in 1874, is divided into three parts instead of the two of the first, sexual selection in relation to man being separated off as a third part. The printing of 1877 (the twelfth thousand) has added at the end, pp. 620-624, a supplemental note reprinted from 'Nature' of 2 November 1876, p.18. This is the definitive text of the work, reproduced in the present edition. In 1888 there was an entirely new printing, the Library Edition, comprising two volumes bound in pale green cloth rather than Murray's familiar 'arches' style and matching the Library 'Origin' of the same year. This is the Second Issue of the same. The Descent of Man is notable as the first of Darwin's works to contain (on p.2 of the Introduction in this edition) the word 'evolution' (see Freeman, p.30). SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman, 974.

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DARWIN Charles

The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms with Observations on their Habits. Thirteenth Thousand [Third Impression] with Illustrations. [Corrected by Francis Darwin]. REMARKABLY BRIGHT COPY OF THE FIRST ISSUE WITH PLATES

John Murray,, 1904. 8vo., Thirteenth Thousand [Third Impression], with 15 figures on 10 plates; decorative green arches-style cloth, boards framed and lettered in blind, gilt back, a remarkably bright, clean copy. Third Impression of the Thirteenth Thousand, the first to replace with plates the woodcut illustrations of earlier issues. Freeman (Darwin), 331; Freeman (BNHB), 917.

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DARWIN Charles

The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms with Observations on their Habits. Eleventh Thousand (corrected). REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

John Murray,, 1888. 8vo., Eleventh Thousand [First Impression], with 15 woodcuts (a number full-page) in the text, small corner loss from front free endpaper, neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary; green decorative arches-style cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt back, uncut, chocolate endpapers, a remarkably bright, clean copy. First impression of the Eleventh Thousand which contains the altered footnote on p.7. Edited by Francis Darwin. Freeman (Darwin), 327; Freeman (BNHB), 917.

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DARWIN] [Charles

Historical and Descriptive Catalogue of the Darwin Memorial at Downe House, Downe, Kent. NEAR FINE COPY

E&S Livingstone,, 1969. 8vo., First Edition, with pedigree in the text; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.

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DARWIN Charles

The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants. Third Thousand. [Second Edition]. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM AND FINAL TEXT

John Murray,, 1882. 8vo., Second Edition, Third Thousand, with 13 woodcuts in the text, small inoffensive label scars to front free endpaper; original green arches-style cloth, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, uncut, small skilful repair to bottom of backstrip, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, crisp copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue (dated January 1882) bound in at end. The woodcut illustrations are by George Darwin, the author's son. The first printing of the first edition was in Vol. IX of the Journal of the Linnean Society of London (dated 1867 but issued in 1865). The second edition, the first in book form (greatly revised and enlarged) was published in 1875 with a second 'Thousand' (actually only 500 copies) in the following year. The present edition is the first to carry the author's appendix to the Preface, and a five-line list of errata on last leaf of Contents. Since these refer to author's errors rather than to literals and remain uncorrected through subsequent reprintings from stereos, this represents the final text of the work. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman (Darwin), 222; Freeman (BNHB), 909.

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DARWIN Charles

The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants. Second Edition, Revised. With Illustrations [by the author's son]. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM; SIGNED MUDIE BINDING

John Murray,, 1875. 8vo., Second Edition, with 13 woodcuts in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper verso; handsomely bound in early twentieth century half calf BY MUDIE, marbled boards, back with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second compartment with leather label lettered and ruled in gilt, third compartment with author's name in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with a floral spray, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, backstrip faded (but all gilt just legible) else a most attractive copy of a scarce work. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. The publisher's catalogue sometimes found at end has not been bound with this copy. The first printing of the first edition was in Vol. IX of the Journal of the Linnean Society of London (dated 1867 but issued in 1865). The present edition, the first in book form, is greatly revised and enlarged; Freeman notes that 1500 copies were printed. The woodcut illustrations are by George Darwin, the author's son. SCARCE. Freeman (Darwin), 220; Freeman (BNHB), 909.

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DARWIN Charles

A Naturalist's Voyage. Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of HMS 'Beagle' round the World, under the Command of Captain FitzRoy. Seventeenth Thousand.

John Murray,, 1886. 8vo., Second Edition, Seventeenth Thousand, neat signature on blank front preliminary and dedication; original dark green arches-style cloth blocked in blind, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, uncut and partially unopened, very neatly recased, backstrip very lightly chafed (but without material loss) at head and tail else an unusually good, clean copy. With 32p publisher's catalogue (dated April 1886) bound in at end and the trade ticket of Beavis Stewart of Newcastle-on-Tyne on front paste-down. Quite apart from its scientific value, Darwin's first published text (1839) is an important travel work in its own right. This issue retains Darwin's separate Postscript, first seen in the tenth thousand of 1860 and from 1890 onwards incorporated in the text. Freeman (Darwin), 18.

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DARWIN Charles

A Naturalist's Voyage. Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of HMS 'Beagle' round the World, under the Command of Captain Fitz Roy. With Portrait.

John Murray,, 1897. 8vo., with a portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 6 illustrations in the text, neat signature on half-title; original dark green, rhea hunt blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, patterned endpapers, joints lightly rubbed corners very lightly bruised, lower hinge starting (but binding entirely sound), a little age-worn else a very good, clean copy. With 32p publisher's catalogue (dated January 1898 and partially unopened) bound in at end. Quite apart from its scientific value, Darwin's first published work (1839) is an important travel work in its own right. This is essentially a re-issue of Murray's 1890 edition (Freeman 28) with the postscript incorporated in the text, but preserving the gilt 'rhea' hunt on upper board and gilt '3/6' on backstrip first seen in the 1889 edition (Freeman 21). In addition Captain Fitzroy's name is reset as 'Fitz Roy' on title. Freeman (Darwin), 49.

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DARWIN Charles

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Fifth Thousand. [Second Edition, Second Issue]. BRIGHT, FRESH COPY OF THE SECOND 'ORIGIN'

John Murray,, 1860. 8vo., Fifth Thousand, [Second Edition, Second Issue], with folding diagram, neat contemporary signature in pencil at head of title, with second pencilled signature lower down, front free endpaper a little chafed at fore-edge, three or four small fox-spots each on half-title, title and diagram; original green cloth, boards elaborately blocked in blind, gilt back, brown endpapers, uncut, expertly recased with original endpapers preserved, a remarkably bright, fresh copy in minimally restored publisher's binding. With 32pp publisher's catalogue (dated January, 1860) bound in at end, and the binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants on rear paste-down. The second edition, second issue is not so named on title but simply labelled 'Fifth Thousand'; Freeman records that 3000 copies were printed following the 1250 copies of the first edition. Although Darwin considered this edition a rapid revision to meet demand, his changes are much more than mere correction. 'The total number [of changes] in this edition is impressive enough. No chapter was untouched' (Peckham). The most famous alteration is the dilution of the whale bear passage on p.184, which Darwin later regretted although he never restored it. With the signed and ruled advertisements which Freeman considers the first issue. Freeman 113 variant a; Freeman F376.

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DARWIN Charles

On the Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs. Edited, with an Introduction, by Joseph W. Williams. FIRST SCOTT LIBRARY EDITION

Walter Scott,, n.d. [c.1900]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with large folding coloured map as frontispiece, 4 coloured plates and 8 woodcut illustrations in the text, free endpapers lightly browned; original series binding of dark green cloth, upper board ruled, blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, laid endpapers, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy. Published as no. 64 in the series 'Scott Library', with 16pp publisher's series and general catalogues bound in at end. The second of the two editions edited by Williams, following those of Bonney (1889) and Judd (1890). Also includes 'On Certain Areas of Elevation and Subsidence' (serial publication 1837; Freeman 1647). SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman 293.

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DARWIN Charles

The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. [Sixth Edition], Thirty-Seventh Thousand. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, FRESH COPY

John Murray,, 1889. 8vo., Sixth Edition, Thirty-Seventh Thousand, with folding diagram, endpapers lightly spotted; original green cloth, boards with Oxford frame in blind, gilt back, patterned endpapers, uncut, a remarkably bright, fresh, firm copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue (dated January 1889) bound in at end. The sixth edition (first issued in 1872) is the last published in Darwin's lifetime and contains his final major corrections and revisions. It is the first edition with the title The Origin of Species, and includes among many other revisions a new chapter inserted to confute the views of the Catholic biologist St. George Mivart. There is a glossary, and the word 'evolution' is used in the text for the first time. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman 426.

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