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Price: US$57.51 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1888. Sixth Edition with Additions. 339 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Volume II. Noticeable cracking to front hinge causing pages up to contents pages to be slightly loose. Mild cracking to gutters and rear hinge. Binding throughout remains firm. Rough-cut pages are mild tanned with foxing foxing throughout. Occasional dog-eared corners. Previous owner's inscription in pen to front endpaper. Occasional thumb-marking. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Minor splits to spine ends causing cloth to be frayed. Gilt lettering is darkened. Faint rubbed marks overall with minor water stains to front. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Volume 2 only. Spine is neatly repaired. 6th edition with Additions and Corrections, (33 Thousand). There is light gilt on the spine of the book. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. The edges on the spine are slightly frayed. Internally the text is legible. The binding is strong. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original grayish green cloth lettered in somewhat dull gilt on spine. Spine ends and corners bumped and frayed. Uneven mottling and lightening along spine and some edges of boards. Solid binding and clean text. Lightly browned and foxed pages. Former owner name on title page. No ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 339 pages
Seller: Old Editions Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, North Tonawanda, NY, U.S.A.
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. London: John Murray, 1888.
Price: US$254.81 + 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$318.51 + shipping
Description: Sixth edition with additions and corrections, thirty-fifth thousand. Green cloth boards with gilt titles. Owner's personal library reference number on the spine. Ex libris label on the front pastedown. Near fine with some limited professional restoration. Several pages of notes in an unknown hand laid in. Lacks dustjacket.
Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom
Price: US$318.51 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xxi, [1], 458, folding diagram. . HB. 8vo (186x125mm), cont. half calf, rubbed/scuffed, rebacked retaining orig. backstrip, gilt tooling to compartments, leather title piece, marbled boards (rubbed), edges and endpapers. Foxing to prelims, occasional spotting elsewhere. Vg. Sixth edition. Thirty-third thousand. The sixth edition (first published 1872, and reissued many times) is regarded as the last and contains Darwin's final major corrections and revisions, including a new chapter, VII, inserted to confute the views of the Roman Catholic biologist St George Mivart. The title is changed to 'The Origin of Species', and it is in the sixth edition that the word 'evolution' appears for the first time.Freeman, 423.
Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United Kingdom
Price: US$445.91 + shipping
Description: pp. xxi, (i), 458, 32 Catalogue (dated July 1887). Folding chart. Dark green Murray cloth, joints weak, a little wear to the spine ends and to the top front edge, contents clean and in very good order. *FREEMAN #423 - This, the Sixth edition, is generally considered to be the final text though Darwin did make a number of minor changes in the 1876 edition. Freeman records that Chapter VII is entirely new, and '. was inserted to confute the views of the Roman Catholic biologist St George Mivart. The edition was aimed at a wider public and printed in smaller type, the volume shorter again and giving the general impression of a cheap edition, which at 7s. 6d. it was. The title changes to The origin of species, and a glossary, compiled by W. S. Dallas, appears. It is in this edition that the word 'evolution' occurs for the first time.' The Glossary in this, the 33rd. thousand, contains the misprint 'indigeens' for 'indigenes' and the opening sentence of the Historical Sketch reads - 'I will here a give a brief sketch .'. This latter misprint was not corrected until the issue of 1891.
Seller: Patrick Pollak Rare Books ABA ILAB, SOUTH BRENT, DEVON, United Kingdom
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Description: An early Victorian edition in the original dark-green cloth typical to Darwin's books. With portrait frontispiece, and illustrations throughout. 8vo, publisher's original dark-green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. xi, 500, 32 ads pp. A very nice copy of a book very hard to find in fine condition, the cloth is bright and fresh with only a bit of wear to the tips and extremities, the spine without fading and with bright gilt, a few spots to the rear cover. The text is solid and uncommonly clean, a hint of spotting to the prelims only, memorial prize plate on the front pastedown and slight starting at the join of the front endsheets. AN IMPORTANT WORK IN THE DARWIN OEUVRE. One of the early printings which used the title "A Naturalist's Voyage" on the title page. One of Darwins earliest works. Even without publication of his works on evolution, he would have had a considerable reputation as the author of The Voyage of the Beagle. While The Origin of Species dominates perceptions of his work, this is an important travel book in its own right and its relation to the background of his evolutionary ideas has often been stressed.(Freeman). "Of the great exploratory voyages, a most important place is taken by the voyage of the Beagle in 1831-1834. Darwins name is so associated with the evolutionary idea through which he profoundly influenced scientific, philosophical, political, religious, and ethical thought, that certain of his other claims are often forgotten. To appreciate his distinction, it is necessary to recall that, had he never written on evolution, he would still stand in the front rank among naturalists, and would have to be included in any history of science. Thus even during the voyage in the Beagle he reached conclusions that modified and extended the fundamental working principles of geology and geophysics." - Singer. During the voyage, Darwin suffered severely from seasickness. In a letter to his sister Caroline he wrote, " I continue to suffer so much from sea-sickness, that nothing, not even geology itself can make up for the misery ." (Bowlby, p.164)
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$630.65 + shipping
Description: pp.xxi, [i], 458 with fold-out plate. 8vo. Hardback. Period ownership signature to title page and further ownership insc. (dated 1946) to ffep. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block, first couple of leaves and fold-out plate, o/w. contents exceptionally clean and nr. fine. A few sections of the glossary and index uncut. Original green cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine and blind tooled decoration to boards in thor. vg. to nr. fine condition with just light wear to extremities. Freeman 423. A very pleasing copy of the most complete edition of Darwins masterpiece.
Seller: C. Arden (Bookseller) ABA, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Price: US$637.02 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Sixth edition (33rd thousand). 2 vols. 8vo. Pp xxvi, 365; v, errata leaf, 339. Folding table to vol 1. Single page listing of the author's works to the rear of both volumes. Volume 2 entirely unopened. Original cloth. Light foxing to endpapers. Foxing to fore-edge vol 2. Inner hinges secure. Light uniform wear/marking to bindings. A very nice copy. Overseas postage at cost.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
Darwin, Charles. The Origin of Species. John Murray, London, 1888.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 6th edition, with additions and corrections to 1872 (thirty-third thousand). Book very good, wear to corners and spine ends, cracking to front and rear gutter, some foxing to front and rear pages, handwritten name and date on 2nd front free end paper.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$828.13 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xxi, 458, 32 pp. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettered spine. Minor marks to the boards. Slight bumping to the corners with rubbing to the extremities and spine ends. Wear to the front hinge with webbing exposed, otherwise binding firm. Internally clean with slight toning to the edges of the pages and some spotting to the foredge. Contains a folding diagram to page 91. 32 page publisher's list at rear dated Feburary 1888. 35th thousand of the sixth edition, with additions and corrections to the 1872 edition. The sixth edition was the last to receive revisions from Darwin himself. 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Darwin, Charles. The Origin of Species. John Murray, London, 1888.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 6th edition, with additions and corrections to 1872. Book very good. Comes in custom-made slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1155.00 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes. Second edition, sixth thousand, a very early printing of this important edition revised. With all Illustrations as called for throughout. 8vo, publishers original green cloth, decorative borders in blind on the covers, the spine lettered and decorated with a small tool and ornate bands at the spine tips in gilt. xiv, 473, [1]; x, 495, [32 ad catalogue] pp. An excellent set, especially well preserved and quite fine, bright and clean, unusually so, in fact it is still partially unopened and with only a small abrasion to the free-fly being the only evidence of use. Finding these in such nice condition is rare for academic books. A FINE SET, SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION, AND AN IMPORTANT WORK. The second edition is very important in that Darwin made a number of corrections, but more importantly he reworked Chapter XXVII on Pangenesis. This work "represents the only section of Darwin's big book on the origin of species which was printed in his lifetime and corresponds to its first two intended chapters. It contains, in Chapter XXVII, his provisional hypothesis of pangenesis; one which he thought was new, but has a long back history" (Freeman 877). The first work to truly discuss the actual origin and development of species as an accepted scientific method. The second part of his 'big book' was not published until 1875, under the title NATURAL SELECTION. It was in this work that Darwin attempted his finalization of the understanding or pangenesis and an explanation of acquired characteristics and hereditary resemblance. These subjects were near to impossible to explain in Darwins time as scientific methodology and technology had simply not developed to the point at which finite and provable studies on genes and chromosomes could be explored.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Darwin, Charles. The Origin of Species. John Murray, London, 1888.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Sixth edition, thirty-fifth thousand. An unusually fresh copy, bound in publisher's original green cloth ruled in blind and stamped in gilt, with folding lithographic diagram. Near Fine with light wear to cloth, small series of spots to the fore edge. A bright and sharp example.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.