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Darwin, F. (Ed.). The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin (Volume 1). John Murray, 1887.
Price: US$12.82 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Octavo. Green cloth covers with gilt lettering on backstrip. Bumped corners and scuffed edges. Covers coming loose. Foxing. Previous attempts at taping pages in have been made. Contains loose pages. Loose binding. Chipped page edges. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Price: US$18.24 + shipping
Description: This vol only. Super octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Price: US$19.23 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Volume 1. Edited by his son, Francis Darwin. Usual library stickers. Damage to spine. Text clean.
Seller: siop lyfrau'r hen bost, Blaenau Ffestiniog, United Kingdom
Price: US$24.32 + shipping
Description: THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, iv + 418pp, VG- (heavy chipping to spine extrems with some sl loss, moderate tanning to spine, light bruising to board extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light cracking to gutters throughout, moderate foxing to prelims)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Price: US$25.64 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Vol II. only 393pp. Splitting to edges and numbers written on spine. Exlib., with stamps and other inserts. Front board and endpapers shaken and almost detached. Foxing to contents. A fair copy.
Seller: Richard Booth's Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Francis Darwin (ed.). The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin Volume III. John Murray, 1887.
Price: US$34.10 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1887. Second Edition. 418 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Volume III. Black and white portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding slightly loose. Frontispiece tissue guard detaching slightly. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and heavy fraying to spine ends. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is moderately dulled. Some additional marks and staining.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 3 volume set. Hardcover. Library stamps and markings. Shelf wear. Gutters weakened. Textblock starting. Edges rubbed. Some pages loose. Scattered markings through out. Sold with all faults. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$115.38 + shipping
Description: Three volume set with b/w. illus. 8vo. Hardback. Bookplate plus name and address of Dr. Richard Harper, with his neat marks and annotations in margins and to feps. Scattered foxing, mainly to ends of each vol., otherwise contents nr. fine. More recently rebound in green cloth with leather spine labels, a little spine lean, o/w. thor. vg.
Seller: C. Arden (Bookseller) ABA, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Price: US$121.79 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A first edition of Francis Darwin's biographical collection relating to the life of his father, Charles Darwin. Lacking the first volume. Lacking volume I.Best known for his theory of evolution, Charles Darwin was one of the most important naturalists of all time, widely responsible for commonly held ideas regarding evolution as written in his 1859 work 'On the Origin of Species'.Edited by Darwin's son Francis, a British botanist known for his works in phototropism. As well as the letters of Charles Darwin, Francis also edited his autobiography and Thomas Huxley's 'On the Reception of the Origin of Species'.With the library bookplate of the Hunterian Museum, of the Royal College of Surgeons.Volume II is illustrated with a facsimile letter and a frontispiece portrait of the subject; volume III is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the subject.The first edition of this work, lacking the first volume. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart; a little bumped to the head and tail of the spine and the extremities. Internally, generally firmly bound, with a slight strain to the front hinges of each volume. Pages are occasionally slightly spotted. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 395&393pp. -- NO VOL.III -- HBs 1/2 bound; lt.brwn.leather w/brwn.-blue designe trim&pastedwns.--Rebind w/orig.spine titles; rubbed w/wear on edges&corners; foxing on endpapers&titles; clean,tight pgs. NO VOL.III. "In choosing letters for publication I have been largely guided by the wish to illustrate my father's personal character."
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
Darwin, Francis (Son). The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin. 3 Vols.. John Murray., London, 1887.
Price: US$141.02 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: x, 339 + 393 + iv, 418pp, illustrated. Includes an autobiographical chapter. Ex Reference library-usual treatments but very clean, only real fault is the final illustration is upside down. 3kg
Seller: EmJay Books, Bradford., United Kingdom
Price: US$224.35 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: ix, [1], 395 [mis-numbered 539], [2]; [iv], 393 [2]; iv, 418, [2], 3 portrait frontispieces, 1 plate, 3 text illus. . HB. 3 vols, 8vo, orig. cloth, spines faded, lettering dull, some staining. Good set from an institutional library, with small labels removed from spines; ink stamps of the Royal Army Medical College library to endpapers, title pages and verso of frontispieces, marked in ms 'The Fayrer Gift'; also with ink stamp of the Zoological Society of London, marked withdrawn. Lengthy inscription to Sir Joseph Fayrer F.R.S. to endpaper of Vol. I, 'from his very old friends at Oakfield Lodge . Denmark Hill, 23rd January, 1888'. Sir Joseph Fayrer (1824-1907) was a British physician who served as Surgeon General in India. He is noted for his writings on medicine, work on public health, including the official investigation on cholera, and his studies on snakes and the treatment of snakebite, in India, including his classic, Thanatophidia of India. Being a Description of the Venomous Snakes of the Indian Peninsula, with an Account of the Influence of Their Poison on Life, 1874. Fifth thousand revised, with errata corrected (second issue of the first edition, published in the same year as the first). Complete in 3 volumes. Freeman 1453.
Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United Kingdom
Price: US$224.35 + shipping
Description: Fifth thousand. Three volumes. 8vo. Publisher's grey-green cloth, gilt lettering to the spines, later bookplates to the front pastedowns. Frontispiece portraits, 2 plates and 2 illustrations in the text. Volume I neatly recased, some discolouration to the upper boards, a decent set overall. Freeman, 1453, almost matching the first edition of the same year, but with revisions and the errata corrected.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 3 volumes. 1887. Second Edition. Green cloth. Vol. II is more worn the Vol I and III. The pages are all in great shape. Freeman 1452.
Seller: Garrett Herman, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$330.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Complete set in three volumes. Frontis of Darwin to each volume, 2 plates. ix,539,396,418 pages, Index. Gren cloth, large octavos with titles in gilt. Volume I has contemporary inscription dated 1887. Some foxing to endpapers, notes in pencil to rear endpaper of each volume, a few pages have some minor pencilling, otherwise clean. Corners bumped, spines show fading, light edgewear with usual light wear to top and bottom of spines, bindings tight.
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$352.55 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 3 volumes 5th thousand revised. Volume 1 has X pp + 395 pages and advert leaf (last page mis-numbered 539), Volume 2 has 393 pages + advert leaf. Volume 3 has IV pp + 418 pages and an advert leaf at rear, all three volumes have a frontispiece, volume 1 has 3 other engravings from photos and volume 2 has a facsimile page from Darwin's diary of 1837. Grey cloth boards a little worn and some fading at spine, titles dull, partly unopened and uncut. full octavo (9 x 6 inches) 22.5 x 15 cm. *NOTE: This set has the armorial bookplate to each volume, inside the front boards of; Sir John Tomlinson Brunner, 1st Baronet, DL (1842–1919) was a British chemical industrialist and Liberal Party politician. Went on to create the chemical company Brunner Mond & Co, initially making alkali by the Solvay process. As a Member of Parliament he represented Northwich, Cheshire, in 1885–1886 and then from 1887 to 1910. He was a paternalistic employer and as a politician supported Irish Home Rule, trade unions, free trade, welfare reforms and a generous benefactor to the towns in his constituency and to the University of Liverpool. He is the great grandfather of the Duchess of Kent.
Seller: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, United Kingdom
Price: US$352.55 + shipping
Description: Front., illus. Orig. light green cloth; heads & tails sl. worn, vol. III sl. marked. This third edition was published in the same year as the first edition.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: 3 vols.: ix, 395; 393; iv, 418 p. 23 cm. Frontispiece portrait in each volume. Family tree chart. 2 b&w drawings in vol. I. Facsimile page in vol. II. Green cloth. Corners bumped, cloth on vols. II & III rubbed and wrinkled. Vol. I spine a bit cocked. Vol. III has tear in bottom of rear hinge. Vol. I has small label on front endpaper, ink stamp on next leaf and title. Older subscription library bookplates on front pastedowns. Some spotting to text block edges. Vol. I plate opposite p. 320 is loosening at bottom. Contains a selection of 87 letters from the correspondence of Charles Darwin, an autobiographical chapter written by Charles Darwin for his family, and an essay by Thomas Huxley "On the reception of the 'Origin of Species'". Correspondents include Charles' wife Emma, his brother Erasmus, cousin William Darwin Fox, Asa Gray, Charles Kingsley, Thomas Huxley, Charles Lyell, John Murray II, Herbert Spencer, Alfred Russel Wallace and others. First Edition. Vols. II & III state Seventh Thousand Revised.
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Francis Darwin. The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin (3 volumes). John Murray, 1887.
Price: US$416.65 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 3 volumes. Scuffs and chips to extremities, no jackets. Plates and previous owner details on endpapers and prerlim pages. All title pages clipped. Tanning/foxing. Bindings tight.
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Original cloth. Bubbling in cloth of Vol. I. Corners of covers of Vol. II worn. Corners of covers of Vol. III bumped. This copy does NOT have any library markings. First Edition. Freeman 1452.
Seller: Scientia Books, ABAA ILAB, Arlington, MA, U.S.A.
Charles Darwin; Francis Darwin. The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin. John Murray, London, 1887.
Price: US$506.38 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A smartly bound copy of the first edition of Francis Darwin's edited collection of the letters of Charles Darwin, written to various prominent correspondence, including Thomas Henry Huxley. The first edition of this work.Complete in three volumes.A collection of eighty-seven letters of the notable scientist Charles Darwin, edited by his son, Francis. Also included is an autobiographical chapter written by Darwin for his family, and an essay, 'On the Reception of the 'Origin of Species'', by Thomas Huxley. The autobiographical chapter was edited to remove the references of Darwin's views on religion.Some of the correspondents in this work includes his wife Emma, his brother Erasmus Alvey Darwin, and his cousins William Darwin Fox, and Sir Henry Holland. Some of the other correspondents are H. W. Bates, Asa Gray, Charles Lyell, John Lubbock, Thomas Henry Huxley, Adam Sedgwick, and more.Volume I with a frontispiece, one plate, and two in-text engravings.Volume II with a frontispiece, and one plate.Volume III with a frontispiece.Collated, complete. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, smart. Spines are faded. Light rubbing to the leather, a little heavier to Volume I, with a small amount of lifting to the front joint. A small amount of loss of leather to the rear joint of Volume III. Minor bumping to the extremities. Some light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean with the occasional scattered spot. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$506.38 + shipping
Description: Hardcover books , Three volume set in half leather bindings. Third edition. Edited by his son Francis Darwin. Portrait frontis to each volume. Volume 1. 539 pages. Volume II 393 pages Volume III. 418 pages. Tipped into book Volume I is a hand written note reading we believe ' With Francises Kindest Love and best wishes to ? and ? for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The Tree volumes have been professionally bebound using the original marbled board with new and highly decorated leather spines with maroon title panel and black volume Number panel. The Binders invoice is enclosed for £240.00 for the three volumes. A Fine set. The original boards slightly rubbed , the odd bit of foxing but contents generally clean. A lovely looking set. Pictures available.
Seller: David Ford Books PBFA, Cley-next-the-Sea, United Kingdom
Price: US$621.22 + shipping
Description: 3 Bände. Gross-8°. IX, 3 n.n. S., 539 (recte 395) S.; 2 Bl.,393 S.; IV, 418 S. Mit 3 Frontispiz, 1 Faksimile und Illustrationen im Text. Originalleinwandbände. Freeman 1455. - Das 3. Tausend der ersten Briefauswahl und der Biografie durch Francis Darwin. - Alle Bände mit Exlibris von Elizabeth (von Arnim) mit dem Text "This Book belongs to Elizabeth. Chanterai ma chanson" auf den Innendeckeln. Zusätzlich mit einem handschriftlichem Besitzvermerk "Herbert Clemence, January 3rd, 1888". - Einbände beschabt. Rrücken des 2. Bandes mit Fehlstelle. Titelblätter und Frontispiz fleckig. Hinterer Vorsatz des 1. Bandes knittrig. Sprache: englisch.
Seller: Daniel Thierstein, Biel, Switzerland
Price: US$711.35 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 3 vol., 3 portraits-front., John Murray, 1887, in-8, 3 vol, 3 portraits-front, IX-[1]-395-[1] pp, 1 pl. + [4]-393-[1] pp, 1 pl. + IV-418 pp, Demi-veau rouge à coins, dos lisses et filetés, tranches rouges, Papillon d'erratum au T. I (devant la p. 1). Vie et correspondance de Charles Darwin (1809-1882) par son fils Francis (1845-1925). Seconde édition, parue la même année que l'originale. Francis Darwin, botaniste spécialisé en physiologie végétale, collabora avec son père à partir de 1875, notamment pour la rédaction de The Power of Movement in Plants (1880). Il enseigna à Cambridge à partir de 1884 et y occupa la chaire de botanique de 1888 à 1904. Petites rousseurs, pages légèrement jaunies. Petits accrocs aux dos. Bon exemplaire.
Seller: Librairie Alain Brieux, paris, France
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: London: John Murray, 1887. 2nd. Edition. 3 volumes, 8vo., pp. [x], 395 + 1; [iv unpaginated], 393 + 1; [iv], 418, Period full gilt calf extra signed English binding in very fine condition, near mint, unopened with as new joints and inner hinges, errata at pp. x, added errata slip at pp. x, 3 portrait frontis , 2 text illustrations, 1 plate, 1 facsimile of a page from a note book of 1837, photo-lithographed , as called for in the plate list, edited by his son Francis Darwin, 3 large 8vo. volumes, extra postal charges, Note, given the note of 2nd edition on title page indicates this is a 2nd issue of the 1887 1st edition. Originally published in green cloth, now this is a handsome set of a key essential item in any collection of Charles Darwin.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The FIRST EDITION, first printing of this comprehensive biography of Charles Darwin, edited by his son, Francis Darwin, and illustrated throughout. A comprehensive biography of noted nineteenth-century English naturalist and biologist Charles Darwin. Complete in three volumes. The first edition of this work. Volume I includes an autobiographical chapter as well as chapters on childhood and the Darwin family, as well as an extensive collection of letters. Volume II covers the beginnings of Darwin's 'Origin of Species' and the spread of evolution. Volume III covers approximately the last twenty years of Darwin's life and corresponding works, as well as a collection of botanical letters. Also including four lengthy appendices with a frontispiece to each volume and a photolithograph facsimile of Darwin's handwriting, another engraved plate, and two in-text engravings. Collated and complete. Edited by Darwin's son, Francis Darwin. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, mild shelf wear to the boards and fading to the spine and extremities. A small amount of cockling to the cloth on Volumes I and II. Internally, the hinges are in good shape and haven benefited from some professional strengthening. Pages are lightly age-toned to the extremities but are otherwise generally bright and clean. Now housed in a custom green slipcase.
Seller: Reginald C. Williams Rare Books, Glendale, CA, U.S.A.