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Darwin, Charles.. The Expression Of Emotions In Man And Animals.. John Murray, London, 1872.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Octavo (19 cm); vi, 374 pages including 21 text illustrations, and seven photogravure plates, three of them folding, . Lacks half title and ads. In custom prize binding for the London School of Dental Surgery, polished red calf ruled in gilt, with gilt emblem of the school on upper board, gilt-tooled spine in six compartments with green leather title label; marbled edges and endleaves, by Bickers and Son. Ownership autograph and ink stamp of Henry B. Mason (1855-1923). About fine. Seen by some as the origin of modern understandings of emotion, and incidentally the first English Language science book to be illustrated with photographs.

Seller: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio, ABAA, Tuxedo, NY, U.S.A.

Darwin, Charles. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals.. London: John Murray, 1872.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, second issue with "htat" misprint on the first line of page 208. One of 7000 copies. Publisher's green cloth with decorative borders in blind to front and rear boards, titles and decorations in gilt to spine, green endpapers, seven Heliotype Plates numbered in Arabic. Very good or better with light wear to spine hinges and corners, a bit of toning to spine, some spotting to the plates on pages 180 and 264, a few small notes in pencil to a couple pages, and a touch of soiling to bottom edge of text block. Overall, a solid copy of Darwin's "forgotten masterpiece," with very well-preserved plates. Freeman 1142. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals expands on Darwin's theories raised in On the Origin of Species (1859) and The Descent of Man (1871), arguing that there is an evolutionary explanation for the human expression of emotions. The book was originally intended by Darwin to be a chapter in The Descent of Man, but grew until it was necessary to publish the work separately. An influential text in the field of psychology, the book has also been described as "a pivotal turning point in the history of book illustration, right up there with Alice in Wonderland" (The Atlantic). With seven plates of heliotypes that represent various human emotions, The Expression of the Emotions was one of the first scientific books to include photographs. These photographs were provided by a handful of photographers and researchers, including Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne, Adolph Kindermann, George Charles Wallich, James Crichton-Browne, and Oscar Rejlander. Rejlander contributed nineteen of the thirty photographs in the book, including the crying baby photo, later dubbed "Ginx's baby," which became incredibly popular in its time. Interestingly, Darwin's research for the book prompted him to circulate one of the first scientific questionnaires, which he used to gauge people's ability to identify a handful of core emotions.

Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Charles Darwin .. The Origin of Species (6th edition).. John Murray, 1872.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Description: Very nice condition. Green cover with gold lettering and two decorative bands on spine, blind stamped border on front and rear covers; John Murray, 1872 (6th) edition, 1875 printing, 458pp, foldout diagram between pages 90 and 91. Cover almost like new--slight loss of color on edges at top and bottom of spine, cloth just barely worn through on very tips of outer corners. Binding tight and square. A little pencil writing on first two white pages won't quite erase; foxing on first few and last few pages; text like new; foldout diagram like new. ** 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 Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. John Murray, London, 1872.

Price: US$1523.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, second issue. London: John Murray, 1872. Octavo (7 3/8" x 4 15/16", 188mm x 126mm). With 7 heliotype plates, of which 3 are folding. Bound in the publisher's green cloth. Spine gilt. Black-coated end-papers. Rubbed at the extremities, with small patches of wear. Bumped and cocked. Splits to the text-block at quires K, L and M. Split to the fold and some creases to pl. 6. Z2.3 unopened. A very good copy. Although Darwin's (1809-1882) magnum opus was the Origin of Species (1859), which sought to explain the mechanism of evolution of all species by natural selection, his reading public clamored for studied of humans. Indeed, the Origin was long mis-interpreted as implying that Homo sapiens was the terminus of all evolution. The Descent of Man (1871) sought specifically to satisfy this burning interest, and the present work addresses a particular red herring: that humans developed physical structures (muscles, eyebrows etc.) specifically for the expression of emotions. Darwin, though not a specialist in this particular field (he relies heavily on the work of Sir Charles Bell in particular), dispels the notion that there are muscles of expression; facial expressions in particular are common to a great many species and to many situations other than the display of emotion. The second issue of the work is distinguished by a few authorial corrections and additions, hastily made (since the first issue was published in November, and almost immediately sold out its run of 5,000 copies). Although Duchenne de Boulogne had pioneered the use of photography for the study of emotional expression (Mécanisme de la physionomie humaine, Paris: 1862), Darwin here employs it to fine effect. The plates are heliotypes, a variant of the collotype. The first (and one of the most delicate) method of commercial photographic dissemination, a glass plate was treated with light-sensitive gelatin, which would harden where exposed; the unexposed parts could be washed away, leaving dark channels in which ink would collect. The gelatin itself -- naturally quite friable -- could be used to print, but only for a few hundred impressions at most. Freeman 1142.

Seller: Arader Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Charles Darwin. The Origin of Species 1872 Thirteenth Thousand. John Murray, 1872.

Price: US$1625.84 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1872 Sixth edition, thirteenth thousand, published by John Murray. The sixth edition contains various additions and corrections, and was the first to use the word evolution (though he first used the term a year earlier in The Descent of Man). The first printing of the sixth edition is the eleventh thousand, printed the same year as this. Green cloth covers with patchy fading or mottling, spine ends rubbed and chipped, corners rubbed, secure binding, endpapers bright and without any inscriptions, the rear endpaper has a small tear and signs of glue to the hinge, presumably a historical repair which is neat and secure. Half title spotted, pages a little age toned, with a few rare spots. Complete with pull out chart. Good condition. 19x13cm, xxi+ 458 pages.

Seller: Bushido Books, Guildford, United Kingdom

DARWIN, Charles. The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. John Murray, 1872.

Price: US$1708.82 + shipping

Description: 6th edition, with additions & corrections (12th thousand). In green cloth with blind-stamped rules & device; gilt lettering on spine; brown end papers. Owners' names on front free end paper; cracked hinges repaired; a few spots of foxing. Board corners a little worn; short tears in cloth at head & foot of spine Used - Good. Good hardback in green cloth

Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

DARWIN, Charles [Robert] [1809-1882].. The Origin Of Species By Means Of Natural Selection, Or The Preservation Of Favoured Races In The Struggle For Life. London: John Murray, 1872., 1872.

Price: US$3000.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo. pp. xxi, 458. folding diagram. original cloth (spine ends frayed, inner hinges partly cracked). Sixth Edition (Twelfth Thousand). Generally regarded as the last edition, the sixth was extensively revised and included a new chapter, VII, inserted to refute the views of the Roman Catholic biologist St. George Mivart, and a glossary compiled by W.S.Dallas. The title was changed to The Origin of Species, and the word ‘evolution’ appears in this text for the first time. "Prepared under the advice of Lyell and Hooker, this was Darwin’s greatest work and one of the most important books ever published The evidence for the existence of evolution and that it resulted from the survival of the fittest by natural selection is marshaled and set out as never before. Garrison considered this "the most wonderful piece of synthesis in the history of science". Darwin’s influence on biology was fundamental, its full implications being by no means yet exhausted." (Garrison & Morton) Freeman 392. cfGarrison & Morton 220. cfGrolier/Horblit 23b. cfPrinting and the Mind of Man 344b.

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