Darwin charles darwin francis editor (6 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Books are lightly worn from shelf wear and handling, showing only minimal external edge/spine wear. Volumes remain intact, square, and firm. Pages are worn on their edges and are slightly foxing, minimal markings present inside preliminary pages, text and main interiors remain unmarked on both volumes. Binding remains intact and firm. Good reading/collecting copies.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 395 pages. 8.75x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Softcover. Octavo, three volumes. In Very Good condition. Green and yellow spines with green lettering. Covers and textblocks have mild shelving wear. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Multi-Volume Area (ND-MV). 1402906. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. First US Edition. Boards with light rubbing to extremities and with light fraying to spine ends. Former owner's name on first blank page.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; viii, 558, [1], iv, 562, [1] pages.

A handsomely bound set of The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, edited by his son Francis and with a chapter on 'The Reception of the Origin of Species' by Thomas Henry Huxley. This early printing was published in the same year as the first with revisions and the errata corrected. Fifth thousand, revised; 3 vols, 8vo (220 x 150 mm); engraved frontispiece to each volume, single plate to vols I & II, errata slip in vol. I, engravings in the text, bookplates to pastedowns, occasional light spotting to first and last few leaves; contemporary half red morocco by Birdsall & Son, gilt ruled marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt in six gilt compartments, top edges gilt, a touch of rubbing, a very good set; 395; 393; 418 pp. Freeman 1453. …

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good binding. An attractive First Edition of this fore-runner of one of the most important books of the 19th century.~~Two essays written in 1842 and 1844, in which Darwin's theory of natural selection is first considered; the 1842 essay was published earlier that year, but this is the first appearance in print of the 1844 essay, and thus the first appearance of the two essays together. Of note is that "[t]he sketch of 1844 bears, on the whole a striking resemblance to the origin of species . even some of the sentences are identical." [DNB, Vol. V (1917), p. 526] Darwin himself provides evidence of the high estimate he had formed of the sketch: "A letter exists, addressed to his wife, in which he made provision, in case of his death, for the publication of the manuscript . stating that he believes his conclusions to be 'a considerable step in science'" [ibid.]~~Large Octavo; in the publisher's green buckram binding with spine lettered in gilt and beveled edges; xxix, [1]. 263 pages including the Index; top edge gilt with other edges rough-cut; there is a small and neatly penned name on the front endpaper; with photogravure portrait frontispiece, protected with a tissue guard and a facsimile; the spine is just a bit darkened; a previous owner's signature on the front pastedown. ~~~ (DNB , Vol V, (1917), p. 527). Very Good binding.…