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Description: (Wallace, A. R.) "Principles of Geology; or, the Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants considered as illustrative of Geology. By Sir Charles Lyell.tenth and entirely revised edition." In: Quarterly Review, London, John Murray, 1869, vol 126, January & April 1869. iv,iv,596pp. Bound in original half calf abd marbled boards. Very nice, solid, crisp copy. The binding as a bit of scuffing to the very decorated spine (raised bands, red-ish labels, 3 gilt stamped dentelles in the open panels. VG copy. The Wallace review is on pp 359-394. [++] (Sir Charles Lyell on Geological Climates and the Origin of Species [Reviews of Principles of Geology (10th ed.), 1867- 68, and Elements of Geology (6th ed.) 1865, both by Sir Charles Lyell].) [++] "An anonymously penned review of Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology and Elements of Geology published in the April 1869 issue of Quarterly Review. At the end of this essay Wallace famously states his objections to Darwinian views on human evolution."--Alfred Russell Wallace page online. [++] This is the first appearance of Wallace's continental glaciation, coming a few months earlier than when it was featured in fuller details in his "Island Life." that was published in 1870. "The book ["Island Life"] includes historys first theory of continental glaciation based on a combination of geographical and astronomical causes" [in relation to glaciation processes to the known characteristics of geographical distribution of plants and animals].--from the preface by David Quammen in the 2013 edition of Wallace's "Island Life, or, the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras, Including a Revision and Attempted Solution of the Problem of Geological Climates" [++] "But, in 1869, Wallace reversed course, arguing that consideration of certain human characteristics, forced the conclusion that, in contrast to all other extant species, human beings had been created by a higher intelligence. The focus of Wallaces argument in the 1869 article, and in a more extensive chapter published the following year, involved the human brain and mind. Some writers considering his defection from evolutionary orthodoxy have focused on Wallaces conversion to spiritualism in the years preceding the 1869 paper in "The Quarterly Review". Although I am convinced that spiritualism played a major role, in the pages that follow, I follow Frank Turner (1974), in emphasizing the impact of Wallaces commitment to phrenology, as a critical component of the events that led Wallace to reject natural selection as the sole determinant of human origins. The path that led to the disagreement between Darwin and Wallace over human evolution was lengthy and complex." AND: "In 1869, when Wallace was 43 years of age, he suddenly rejected Natural Selection as the sole element involved in the genesis of humanity. The vehicle was a review by Wallace of several books on Geology by Charles Lyell in the Quarterly Review, a popular journal of intellectual society. Scanning the Table of Contents for that issue illustrates the extent to which science was embedded in the fabric of English intellectual life, with Wallace review of serious geological text sandwiched between the poetry of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning and an article on English Statesman Since the Peace of 1815. Wallace (1869) now decided that human hairlessness, the structure of the human hand and the vocal power of the larynx could not have contributed to survival and reproduction and therefore could not have been selected. But the center of Wallace objections involved behavioral attributes and the human brain (the underlining in the following passage is Darwins, as found in Darwins copy of the Wallace review."--Stephen E. Glickman, "Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace, and the Evolution / Creation of the Human Brain And Mind. [++] Wallace published his main arguments supporting the occurrence of cyclic ice ages in two papers in 1879 and the
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Description: 4 leaves, 144 pp; 67 figs.; publisher's ads (dated September 1868). Original cloth. Very Good. English translation, with additions by the author, of Garrison-Morton 221(citing 1st German ed., 1864). Müller's book "was a fundamental contribution to evolutionary biology at a critical moment during its infancy. . . . Darwin's Origin of Species led Müller to test those evolutionary ideas by applying them to the Crustacea. He traced the genealogies of various groups, hoping to uncover affinities and the origins of fundamental (primitive) forms. While Darwin offered general propositions, Müller provided a specific test case in the development of the Crustacea. His verdict was rendered in favor of Darwin's views. . . . Publication of such enthusiastic sympathetic views led to a lengthy correspondence with Darwin, who provided the financial backing for the English translation [offered here] of Für Darwin in 1869, frequently sent Müller's letters to journals for publication, and quoted him extensively in his own work" (Dictionary of Scientific Biography, 9: 559-60). The correspondence between Darwin and Fritz Müller concerning an English translation of Müller's book Für Darwin, is accessible for free online (search online for Darwin Correspondence Project). The letters are: 1. Darwin's letter of March 16, 1868, proposing to Müller an English translation of Für Darwin; 2. Müller's letter of April 22, 1868, approving Darwin's proposal of an English translation; 3. Darwin's letter of June 3, 1868, in response to Müller's approval of an English translation; and 4. Darwin's letter of March 18, 1869, after publication of the English translation. Fritz Müller is the same person who proposed an explanation for the evolution of mimetic resemblances among unrelated, unpalatable butterfly species, which is called Müllerian mimicry.
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Description: Fifth edition, first to use the term 'survival of the fittest.' xxiii, 596 pp. with folding plate. Hardcover, bound in calf boards, edges marbled, rebacked with new endpapers. The half title with marginal tanning and closed tears; the plate and facing leaves with a small marginal stain.
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Description: Illustrated with 1 folding lithographed diagram, facing page 132. xxiii, [1], 596 pages. Thick 8vo, original deep green textured cloth with decorative blind-stamped covers and gilt-stamped spine (some light discolorations on backstrip along with a small blank paper label; neat repairs to spine ends, otherwise just a bit of rubbing overall and the original black glazed endpapers are well preserved; several inked signatures on half title, dated 1870 & 1927, but otherwise rather clean; several pages at rear have minor chipping in margin, one page has a longer closed tear, just touching the text). London: John Murray, 1869. Fifth edition, with additions and corrections, with "tenth thousand" designation. A very good(+) copy; clean and tight, with binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants on rear paste-down, bound without the rear advertisements. A nice copy of "the most influential scientific work of the nineteenth century" and "the most important biological work ever written" (Horblit, Freeman 387). Six editions were printed during Darwin's lifetime -- this is the fifth, and the first to use Herbert Spencer's expression "survival of the fittest" (chapter iv). "Tenth Thousand" -- one of only 2000 copies printed. The foundational evolutionary biology text and one of the most influential science books ever written. Although it has stirred near continuous debate since its publication in 1859, Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection has become the unifying theory of the life sciences.
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Muller, Fritz. Facts and Arguments for Darwin. London John Murray 1869, 1869.
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Description: First UK Edition. 144pp. Octavo. First English language edition. Bound in blindstamped royal green pebbled cloth with gold gilt title and rules stamped to the spine. Brown coated endpapers. Illustrated throughout with woodcut diagrams. Previous owner's inscription to verso of ffep. A tight and clean, fine copy. Freeman, p.21. This scarce book was originally printed in German; Charles Darwin was so impressed by the work that he had his publisher, Murray, print the translated version at Darwin's own expense on commission and bound in the same style as the first to third editions of Origin of Species. Muller and Darwin kept in close contact during the publication of the work and beyond.
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Description: [Evolutionary science] FIFTH Edition, tenth thousand. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xxiv; 596; 32. With the folding tree diagram to pg.132 and Murray's advertisements to rear. With 29 chief additions and corrections from the fourth edition. Publisher's green cloth ruled in blind to boards, with three gilt bands to top and bottom of spine. Gilt titles to spine. Dark blue endpapers. Edges untrimmed. Interior bright though lightly foxed. Previous ownership inscription in black ink to flyleaf verso. Small bookseller's label to front paste-down, binders label to rear. Front hinge split. Cloth gently rubbed and marked, 3cm split at joint. Spine and board extremities moderately bumped. Very good. Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (published 1859) is a seminal work in naturalist literature and without doubt the pivotal work and foundation of evolutionary science. It introduced the theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. Darwin's book was the culmination of evidence he had accumulated on the voyage of the Beagle in the 1830s and expanded through continuing investigations and experiments since his return. Freeman, The Works of Charles Darwin (Folkestone: Dawson, 1977), 387d.
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Description: Fifth Edition, with Additions and Corrections, one folding plate. (Tenth Thousand.) xxiii, 596 pages plus32 pages advertising. Original binding, 1cm tear at top of spine, small professional repair at bottom of spine, small name stamp on 2 pages. A nice copy
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Description: Fifth Edition, with Additions and Corrections (Tenth Thousand). 8vo. dark green hardback, gilt. Binder's label (Edmonds & Remnants) to rear pastedown. xxiii, 596pp., Indexed. Fold out Diagram. Pencil notes to blank facing half-title. Occasional light foxing, slightly heavier to prelims and foredge. Vertical crease to last couple of pages of Index and rfep. Light rubbing to all spine edges with a few small nicks to top and base of spine. Very slight scuffing to boards (please see photos). A GOOD+ COPY. (Shelf 4) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.
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Description: The notable fifth edition of Charles Darwin's influential 'On the Origin of Species', this edition is important because it is the first time that Darwin uses the term 'survival of the fittest'. Illustrated with a folding plate. The fifth edition, tenth thousandth of this work, an edition of two-thousand copies.This fifth edition is notable, as it was the first time the phrase 'survival of the fittest' was included. The phrase had been coined by the philosopher Herbert Spencer in his 1864 work 'Principles of Biology'. The term is used first in the heading of Chapter IV.Illustrated with one folding graph, facing plate 132.Sixteen pages of adverts to the rear, dated January 1871.Half-title is present.Collated, complete.Rebacked with new endpapers.'On the Origin of Species' is one of the most influential works on science ever published, this work considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology, and thus caused controversy upon its publication. To this day, it remains one of the most important biological works ever published. The work introduces Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, at a time when the theory of creation was the standard. It was written for a general audience, and though is naturally involves scientific ideas, it was popular with non-specialist readers.Some of the evidence Darwin gives in this work comes from his research undertaken on his surveys on the H.M.S. Beagle, and the ideas that were hinted at in his work 'The Voyage of the Beagle'.Despite the controversy, or perhaps because of it, 'On the Origin of Species' gained international interest, and started a wide debate on creation versus evolution. Some of those against the work included the bishop Samuel Wilberforce, who wrote a negative review on the work.Among the contemporary reception of this work, there was a debate in Oxford in 1860 including Thomas Huxley, Samuel Wilberforce, Robert FitzRoy, and Benjamin Brodie, all debating the subject of evolution. It is often known as the Huxley-Wilberforce debate. The debate is best remembered for the moment in which Wilberforce, during a heated exchange, asked Huxley whether it was through his grandmother or grandfather that he claimed his descent from a monkey. In a full rebacked cloth binding, with the original boards and spine restored, and new endpapers. Externally, mart. Light bumping to the extremities. Very light rubbing to the boards and spine. Only a couple of small marks to the boards. Spots to the fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with some scattered spots, mostly to the first and last few pages. Ink inscription and stamp to the half-title, and stamps to the title page. Very Good Indeed
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Charles Darwin. The Origin of Species. John Murray, London, 1869.
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Description: Fifth edition, tenth thousand, as stated on title page and copyright page. Book very good, repair at front and rear gutters. Page 29/30 missing. Comes with custom-made slipcase.
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Darwin, Charles. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES By Means of Natural Selection. John Murray, London, 1869.
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Description: THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of the Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. fifth Edition, with Additions and Corrections [TenthThousand) xxiii, 596pp, folding diagram [p132]. Freeman ref: F436. 32pp FINE PUBLISHER'S GREEN CLOTH with embossed 'Oxford frame' borders and gilt tiles to the spine. Small split to lower spine. Original black end-papers cracked but sound and intact. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS.[Freeman 387 with double gilt rules to the head and foot spine Variant A]. Size: 8vo fifth Edition with Additions and Correct.
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