DARWIN Charles, BARRETT Paul H. [Editor]

The Collected Papers of Charles Darwin Volume One [&] Volume Two

University of Chicago Press, 1980. Phoenix edn 2 vols in 1. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (small crease at bottom corner of lower cover - otherwise VG). Pp. xviii + 277 [&] viii + 326, with b&w illus (light pencil annotations in margins). .

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Book number: 178204

Catalogue: Natural History

DARWIN Charles, DE BEER Sir Gavin

Darwin's Notebooks on Transmutation of Species Volume 2 Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

British Museum [Natural History], 1959-1960. 5 vols. Tall 8vo. Original printed card covers (softbacks) (1 and 2 covers spotted - otherwise a VG set). Pp. various (no inscriptions). .

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Book number: 172447

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DARWIN Charles

Darwin on Humus and the Earthworms the Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms with Observations on Their Habits

Faber and Faber, 1948. New edn 3rd imp. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (spine lettering faded and boards lightly discoloured at edges - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 153, illus with b&w drawings (endpapers toned and prelims lightly spotted; previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper). .

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Book number: 178171

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DARWIN Charles

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex

John Murray, 1901. New edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (small nicks at head and tail of spine and light wear at corners). Pp. xix + 1031, illus with b&w figures throughout (endpapers lightly spotted and with small tears at gutters; previous owner's neat inscription on front free endpaper). .

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Book number: 176866

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WHYMPER Charles

Egyptian Birds for the Most Part Seen in the Nile Valley

Adam and Charles Black, 1909. 1st edn presentation copy signed by author on front prelim. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered pictorial tan cloth, top edge gilt (a little bumped at head and tail of spine and some light marks on lower board - otherwise bright VG). Pp. x + 221 + publisher's catalogue at rear, illus with 51 coloured plates with captioned tissue guards and line drawings (presentation copy blind-stamp on title page; front prelims tanned and some light spotting throughout; no other inscriptions). .

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Book number: 108448

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DARWIN Charles, DARWIN Francis, SEWARD A.C. [Editors]

More Letters of Charles Darwin a Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished Letters in Two Volumes

John Murray, 1903. 1st edn. 2 vols. Tall 8vo (9 x 5¾ ins). Original gilt lettered blue cloth, top edges blue (upper board of vol II lightly discoloured - otherwise VG). Pp. xxiv + 494 [&] viii + 508, errata slip tipped-in facing p. viii vol II, illus with b&w frontispieces with tissue-guards and b&w plates (endpapers tanned; no inscriptions). .

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Book number: 178496

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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 First Reprint of the 1859 Edition.

Watts & Co. 1950. 8vo (8 x 5¼ ins). Original gilt lettered green cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (chipped at head and tail of spine - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xx + 426, illus with frontispiece facsimile of the original "Whale-Bear" passage (endpaper lightly toned; no inscriptions). .

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Book number: 178622

Catalogue: Natural History

DARWIN Charles, MOULINE J.-J. [Translator]

L'Origine Des Especes Au Moyen de la Sélection Naturelle Ou la Lutte Pour L'Existence Dans la Nature

Paris: Reinwald et Cie, 1873. 8vo (9 x 5¼ ins). Original gilt lettered green cloth (boards discoloured and lightly chafed at edges - in protective cover). Pp. xx + 642, illus with folding table (previous owner's neat inscription in contemporary hand on title page; pages lightly toned throughout). [French text]. .

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Book number: 178162

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LYELL Charles, RUDWICK Martin J.S.

Principles of Geology Volume I, Volume II, Volume III

The Unversity of Chicago Press, 1990-1991. Facsimile of 1830 1st edn with new introduction. 3 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG in protective covers). Pp. lviii + 511 [&] xii + 330 [&] xxxi + 398 + appendices and glossary, illus with b&w plates, maps and engravings in text (sporadic pencil annotations throughout text). .

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Book number: 179800

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DARWIN Charles

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication in Two Volumes

Brussels: Culture et Civilisation, 1969. Facsimile of 1868 first edition. 2 vols. Tall 8vo (9 x 5¾ ins). Original gilt lettered cream cloth (light spotting on top edges - otherwise VG). Pp. viii + 411 [&] + advt [&] viii + 486, with b&w illus in text (light pencil annotations in margins throughout). .

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Book number: 178463

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DARWIN Charles, BARRETT Paul H., FREEMAN R.B. [Editors]

The Works of Charles Darwin 29 Volumes [Complete]

New York University Press, 1987-1989. Pickering Masters edn. 29 vols. Tall 8vo (9½ x 6¼ ins). Original uniform gilt lettered green buckram cloth (faint spotting on top edges - otherwise a VG set). Pp. various, illus with facsimile title pages, coloured and b&w plates, folding maps and in figures in text (no inscriptions). Diary of the Beagle, Journal of the Beagle, Zoology of the Beagle, Geology of the Beagle, Origin of Species Foundations. Cirripoedia Lepadidae I, Ballanidae I & II, Fossil Lepadidae and Fossil Balanidae, Origin of Species 1859, 1876, Fertilization of Orchids, Climbing Plants, Variation under Domestication, Descent of Man, Expression of Emotions, Insectivorous Plants, Cross and Self Fertilization, Different Forms of Flowers, Power of Movement in Plants, Formation of Vegetable Mould by Worms, Erasmus, Darwin Autobiography Index. .

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Book number: 178495

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HAILEY Charlie

The Porch Meditations on the Edge of Nature

University of Chicago Press, 2021. Uncorrected page proof. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 257, illus with b&w photos and drawings (no inscriptions). .

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Book number: 151654

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IMPEY Chris

Worlds without End Exoplanets Habitability and the Future of Humanity

MIT Press, 2023. Uncorrected proof copy. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. vi + 345, with b&w illus (no inscriptions). .

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Book number: 179365

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ONDAATJE Christopher

The Man-Eater of Punanai a Voyage of Discovery to the Jungles of Old Ceylon

Colombo: Vijitha Yapa Publications, 2014. 9789556652031. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG). Pp. 270, illus with coloured photos (no inscriptions). .

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Book number: 140844

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MANSEL-PLEYDELL John Clavell

The Flora of Dorsetshire with a Sketch of the Topography River System and the Geology of the County

Dorchester: Dorset County Chronicle, 1895. 2nd edn inscribed by author on verso of front free endpaper . 8vo (9 x 5¾ ins). Original blind-ruled gilt decorated brown cloth (lightly rubbed at edges - otherwise VG in protective cover). Pp. xxxxiii + 345 + xxv (errata and index), illus with 2 coloured folding maps (frontispiece map with sellotape repaired tears endpapers, b&w plates and b&w drawings in text (neat ink annotation in margins). .

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Book number: 177969

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