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Darwin, Charles. Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects [The]. John Murray, 1888.

Price: US$139.22 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1888. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Scarce. 2nd edition. Fine in original green blind embossed cloth covers with gilt titles to spine. Covers bumped and showing age and shelfwear. All pages intact and binding tight, however there is cracking inside front cover. Lightly toned pages. Ownership signature on title page. Light soiling on page edges. Text and illustrations crisp and clean and remains a fine copy. . . . .

Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland

Charles Darwin. The various contrivances by which orchids are fertilised by insec ts. John Murray, Uk, 1888.

Price: US$155.54 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 300 pages. 2nd edition revised 4th thousand - some age tanning-sc hool prize binding -raised banks -label /University college schoo l 1891 awarded to JOhn Aldous CLinch for mounting objects for the microscope-marbled end papers & edges

Seller: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand

Charles Darwin.. Various Contrivances By Which Orchids are Fertalized by Insects.. John Murray, 1888.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: Dark green cover, second (1888) edition revised, fourth thousand, John Murray, 300pp plus list of books currently available from the publisher. Very slight fraying at top and bottom of spine, two minor dings on spine, cloth barely worn through on the very tips of two outer corners; interior hinges just starting. moderate foxing on first couple and last couple of pages; about five pages in text where marks in margins have been erased but are still just barely detectable upon very close inspection. Nice condition. ** We are a small family business selling fine new and pre-owned books online since 1999. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA.

Seller: Brentwood Books, Kinnelon, NJ, U.S.A.

Darwin, Charles.. THE VARIOUS CONTRIVANCES BY WHICH ORCHIDS ARE FERTILISED BY INSECTS.. John Murray, 1888.

Price: US$257.31 + shipping

Description: 2nd Ed. Revised Fourth Thousand. xvi + 300pp. + 32pp. list. 38 woodcuts. Light age toning, ex.-Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham Girls School with bookmark and remains of labels and glue stains to front f.e.ps., occasional marginal ink stamps, gilt lettered green cloth, gilt lettered spine sl. chipped, large red lib. label to upper board. Freeman 808. US$251

Seller: Francis Edwards ABA ILAB, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom

DARWIN, Charles [Robert] [1809-1882].. Insectivorous Plants. London: John Murray, 1888., 1888.

Price: US$444.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo. pp. xiv, 377, [1] + 32 (publisher’s catalogue dated September 1888). with half-title. several text illus. original cloth (light foxing to outer leaves). Second Edition Revised By Francis Darwin. "These meticulous studies form a minor contribution to the evolutionary series by the study of the adaptations of such plants to impoverished conditions. Darwin was helped by various physiologists and chemists in the experimental work, particularly by Professor Edward Frankland of the Royal College of Chemistry. His sons helped with the illustrations ". (Freeman) Freeman 1225.

Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada