London: Collins, 1958. Octavo, original cloth boards, b&w frontis portrait plate, b&w plates, pp 253.Few minor marks boards, top of spine bumped, very good condition. First edition, second impression of the first complete edition of Darwin's autobiography.
New York: John Murray, 1885. Octavo, original green clth boards with gilt, b&w illus, pp xvi, 693. Second edition, revised and augmented, nineteenth thousand. Previous owner's bookplate. Corners bumped. Very good condition. Ground-breaking considerations on the origins of humankind, covering evolutionary development, the brain, and the role of sexual selection.....
New York: John Murray, 1891. Two volumes. Second edition, revised and augmented, twenty-third thousand. Large octavo, original green cloth boards with gilt titles to spine, pp xvii, 507; viii, 528. Vol. I has a long, slanting, faintly orange-coloured line of fading across the upper board. Rubbed to the head and.....
New York: D. Appleton, 1871. 1st US Ed., second issue, 2 Volumes (complete), original cloth boards decorated in black, gilt spine titles. b&w illus, pp vi, 409; v, 436 plus publisher's ads (including ads for On the Origin of Species). Professionally recased in original boards. Very good condition. Ground-breaking considerations.....
London: John Murray, 1873. 1st ed., third issue (tenth thousand), octavo, original green cloth boards with blindstamped border, spine lettered in gilt, b&w plates, text illus and heliotype plates from photographs, pp vi, 374. Two sets of the publisher's catalogue: the first dated November 1872 (4 pp), and the second.....
London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1901. octavo, original cloth boards, gilt title, b&w plate (figure, statue of Darwin opp. page 288), pp 389, ii. Ex-library stamps, boards worn and faded. Some foxing, occasional marks, ink mark lower page 13. Fair condition. Fair copy of Darwin's landmark work: the text is.....
London: John Murray, 1905. Ed. Francis Darwin. Volume II, original blindstamped decorated cloth boards, b&w illus, pp xii, 605, vi. Rubbed and bumped to edges. Previous owner's signature and stamp. Good condition. First published in 1868, Darwin's discussion of the mechanisms of variation: this 'Popular Edition' was edited by his.....
New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1969. Reprint, 8vo, pp. 524, Index, b/w frontis, b/w ills., original leatherette boards, gilt decorated, light crease centre spine otherwise very good. Reproduction of Darwin's classic work. Harvard Classics Series, Deluxe Volume.
Connecticut: Grolier Enterprises (Harvard Classics), 1980. Ed. Charles W. Eliot. Octavo, full leatherette binding decorated in gilt, spine with gilt title and raised bands, all edges gilt, dec endpapers, ribbon marker, pp 424. Darwin's classic account of the voyage which made possible his later theories on evolution.
London: John Murray, 1893. Ed. Francis Darwin. Volumes I and II (complete), original cloth boards with gilt to spine and blindstamped rule to boards, pp xiv, 473; x, 495, plus 32 pp later publisher's ads. Second edition revised, eighth thousand. School presentation plate front endpaper both volumes, school's blindstamp corner.....
London: John Murray, 1893. Second edition, sixth thousand, Original green cloth boards with gilt, b&w text lllus, pp xiv, 377 plus 32 pp publisher's ads. School presentation plate front endpaper and facing the title page. School blindstamp corner preliminary pages. A small, neat cut to the top of the spine.....
New 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.....