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DARWIN, Charles.. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex.. John Murray London, 1888.
Price: US$115.45 + shipping
Description: Second edition, revised and augmented. Twenty-third thousand. With illustrations. ix, 690pp. including Index. Orig. dark green cloth, gilt. Front end papers removed. Bds. sl. rubbed, spine ends and extremities crumpled and quite worn o/w contents sound.
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Charles Darwin. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. John Murray, 1888.
Price: US$165.36 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Second edition, revised and augmented. Twenty-First Thousand. Green cloth boards with gilt titles. A little wear to the edge of the boards. Previous owners name dated 1889 on the end paper.Cracked at the front hinge but the binding is tight. Photograph of Darwin tipped into the front end paper.
Seller: Rare and Recent Books, County Mayo, MO, Ireland
Charles Darwin. The Origin of Species Vol II. John Murray, London, 1888.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: This is a sixth edition stated on the title page. Measuring approximately 7.75" x 5" with 339 numbered pages. This book is volume II only. This book is in very good condition. Minor bumping and chipping to both ends of spine. Gilt lettering on spine is still full and vivid. Moderate staining and scuffing to both boards. Moderate foxing on fore-edge and bottom edge of textblock. Minor foxing throughout textblock. "Origin of Species" is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. The book presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N4-97).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Darwin, Charles. The Descent of Man, and selection in relation to sex.. John Murray, London, 1888.
Price: US$256.55 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second edition (22nd thousand). 2 vols. 8vo. Pp xvii, errata leaf, 507; viii, errata leaf, 528. Illustrations & figures in the text. Single page listing of the author's book to the rear of both volumes. Vol 2 partially unopened. Original cloth, light uniform wear. Foxing to fore-edges. A nice copy. Postage at cost.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
DARWIN, Charles. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. London: John Murray, 1888.
Price: US$256.55 + shipping
Description: Second edition, "revised and augmented", 22nd thousand, two volumes, (xx), 507, (1); (x), 528, (2) pp. Contemporary booklabel to paste downs, later signature to front blanks. Original gilt titled grey-green cloth, spines darkened, some minor rubbing and marks, foot of the upper joint to volume I slightly torn. Freeman, 965. The first issue of the "Library Edition", published uniformly with a two volume edition of "The Origin of Species" and the first edition of Darwin's "Life and Letters"
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Pp. xvi, 693; 18 text-figures (woodcuts). Publishers original forest green cloth with spine lettered in gilt and with ornate gilt decorations at the top and bottom of the spine, the front and rear cloth-covered boards have blind-stamped border decorations, brown clay-coated endpapers, 8vo. This is Freeman 966, which is the second revised and augmented edition, the 23rd thousand. Darwin tackled the question of human evolution and natural selection in this work. It was a topic he avoided in previous works. There is a full-page annotation on the front free endpaper by John Macdonald, dated April 1889, that criticizes Darwins writings in favor of the account presented in Genesis. No other ownership marks. A few slight wrinkles to the outer corners of three pages in the frontis matter, the binding is bright and clean with no signs of wear, a near fine copy.
Seller: Natural History Books, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A.
Price: US$448.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xvi, 688 pp. Second edition, revised and augmented. Eleventh thousand. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Spine chipped at head & foot with slight loss. Corners rubbed. Internally clean copy. Small bookseller's ticket to front pastedown. No ownership names. Illustrations. Binding firm. [Freeman 945] 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom