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Charles Darwin. The Power of Movement of Plants. John Murray, London, 1880.
Price: US$640.15 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: F1326. Second thousand. Publishers list date 1879.
Seller: Scarthin Books ABA, ILAB., Cromford, United Kingdom
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 592 pp, 196 text woodcuts. Assisted by Francis Darwin. adverts (32pp, dated May 1878). BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS. Images and contents below. Freeman ref: F1325 Recently rebound in quarter green Morocco with calf labels hand-lettered in 24ct gold (the titling has been kept the same as on the original cloth spines: "The Movements of Plants"). Binding tight. Fresh green endpapers. No previous names. Generally very clean- a very good, tight copy. This title is, without doubt, the hardest of Darwin's scientific works to obtain in a Murray imprint. Only about 3000 were issued in the entire 19th Century and none were printed at all in the UK in the 20th Century, by any publisher, until facsimiles appeared in the 1960s. "This was an extension of the work on climbing plants to show that the same mechanisms hold good for flowering plants in general. It was another specialist book and seems to have sold fewer copies than any other, and was not reprinted in England after the year of Darwin's death until modern facsimilies appeared of the first thousand in 1966 and the second in 1969. "The first edition was published on November 6, 1880, and it is recorded that 1,500 copies were sold at Murray's autumn sale. It was in a standard binding and cost 15s. There are thirty-two pages of inserted advertisements dated May 1878; to have them more than two years earlier than the date of the book is unusual, but this is normal and they are present in Darwin's own copy, at Cambridge. In this issue there are two lines of errata on page x which are corrected in the second thousand of the same year. In this second thousand, the advertisements may be the same as those in the first, but are more often dated November 1880. In the third thousand of 1882, the last Murray printing, the preface is slightly altered. In all three, the spine title differs from the form on the title page, reading 'The movements of plants'."
Seller: A Turn of the Page Books, Fishers, IN, U.S.A.
DARWIN, Charles. The Power of Movement in Plants. John Murray, London, 1880.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: Numerous black & white illustrations in the text. x, 592 pages. Small thick 8vo, handsomely bound by Riviere in full tan polished calf -- ornately gilt-stamped spine with red & green labels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. London: John Murray, 1880. Second Thousand. Outer joints with neat older repairs, still a very good(+) attractive copy.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Charles Darwin. The Power of Movement In Plants. John Murray, 1880.
Price: US$1273.89 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Second Thousand, 1880, published by John Murray. Original green cloth covers, square, a few marks to the spine, with a small split to the top edge of the spine, plus a vertical crease. Dark brown endpapers, front hinge cracked, but secure, a few spots to the first couple of pages, plus a previous owners inscription in ink to the reverse of the free endpaper, clear pages, some light creasing, rough cut page edges, three cut untidily, causing loss to the margin, not affecting the text, otherwise neat. The majority of pages, from p153 and onward, remain uncut. Good to very good condition. x, 592 pages plus 32 page list of works dated May 1878.
Seller: Bushido Books, Guildford, United Kingdom
Darwin, Charles & Francis. The Power of Movement in Plants. John Murray, London, 1880.
Price: US$1317.42 + shipping
Description: 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). x, 592pp, 32pp. 196 b/w vignettes. Adverts May 1878. G : in good condition. Professionally rebound with original spine. New eps
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Darwin, Charles. The Power of Movement in Plants.. John Murray, 1880.
Price: US$1359.67 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: x, 592, 32 (advertisements) pp. 1880. First edition first impression. Two lines of errata to the tail of page x. The advertisements dated May 1878. No contemporary or other inscriptions. A very good, clean, tight copy. Original publisher's green cloth - gilt embossed to the spine. A few marks to the front board and some light mottling towards the lower and leading board edge of the front board and from the middle of the rear board to the leading edge. Slight (not heavy in anyway splitting to the inner hinges. A 2cm short tear to the head of the half title page - now expertly repaired. A tiny contemporary 'Hatchards, Piccadilly' sticker to the tail of the front paste-down. A very good, clean, tight well preserved first edition copy.
Seller: Trumpington Fine Books Limited, Gilmilnscroft, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Price: US$1450.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Size: 8" x 5 1/2". Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Green cloth over boards, gilt-stamping along spine, 592 pages plus 32 pages of ads dated May, 1878, two lines of errata on p. x, presentation in publisher's clerk's hand on front free flyleaf. Corners and spine ends bumped, covers have minor stains/signs of rubbing, small divot on spine with fraying cloth, front board loosening but still attached. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 5 lbs 0 oz. Category: Science & Technology; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 015379.
Seller: Dennis Holzman Antiques, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1920.44 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue. Publisher's original green cloth boards, with borders in blind to the upper and lower boards, titles in gilt to the spine. Illustrated with 196 woodcuts throughout the text. Publisher's 32 page catalogue to the rear dated May 1878. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners, the cloth with a light mark to the top of the upper board. The contents, with a previous owner's name in ink to the front pastedown, spotting to the first and last pages and sporadically to the margins, are otherwise clean throughout. The front hinge is cracked but holding firm, the rear hinge starting at the bottom. An attractive, entirely unsophisticated example. Darwin began writing this book in the summer of 1877, and at 600 pages is his longest botanical book. It is an extension of his work on climbing plants, showing that the same mechanism operated for flowering plants in general. 'A tough piece of work,' he commented in his autobiography, '. in accordance with the principle of evolution it was impossible to account for climbing plants having been developed in so many widely different groups unless all kinds of plants possess some slight power of movement of an analogous kind. This I proved to be the case' (Autobiography, ed. F. Darwin, New York, 1958, p. 52). This first issue, containing two lines of errata on page x, was published on 6 November 1880 in an edition of 1500 copies. (Freeman 1325). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Price: US$3200.73 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue, of Darwin's penultimate book, continuing his experiments with climbing plants and prepared with the assistance of his son Francis. The first issue is distinguished by the presence of two lines of errata on p. x, which are corrected in the second issue of the same year. The collaborative authorship proclaimed on the title page reflects Darwin's interest in introducing his children into the world of science. Francis Darwin trained as a doctor but turned from medicine to botany, initially working as secretary and assistant to his father. In 1876, was for some months at the University of Würzburg, learning laboratory methods from Julius Sachs. "The book was an extension of Charles Darwin's work on climbing plants and it showed that the same mechanisms can be observed in plants in general. By extending the idea of irregular circumnutation the Darwins analysed the growth movement of plants in response to factors of the environment such as light, gravity, and wounds. In addition, they demonstrated that the mechanism of curvature in both roots and shoots was the result of differential growth rates. They could also confirm that the effect of the stimuli on the growth movement was indirect and that light and gravity act on some substance in the tip of the root and the shoot, which is transmitted to other parts of the plant. Francis Darwin later refined some of the experimental techniques and modified their theoretical conclusions" (ODNB). Freeman 1325. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, covers panelled in blind, brown coated endpapers. With 196 woodcuts within text. 32 pp. publisher's advertisements dated May 1878 at rear. Spine and top edge of front cover slightly darkened, ends and corners lightly rubbed and bumped, inner hinges cracked but holding firm, contents clean: a very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$3520.80 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue, of Darwin's penultimate book, continuing his experiments with climbing plants and prepared with the assistance of his son Francis. The first issue is distinguished by the presence of two lines of errata on page x, which are corrected in the second issue of the same year. The collaborative authorship proclaimed on the title page reflects Darwin's interest in introducing his children into the world of science. Francis Darwin trained as a doctor but turned from medicine to botany, initially working as secretary and assistant to his father. In 1876, he was for some months at the University of Würzburg, learning laboratory methods from Julius Sachs. "The book was an extension of Charles Darwin's work on climbing plants and it showed that the same mechanisms can be observed in plants in general. By extending the idea of irregular circumnutation the Darwins analysed the growth movement of plants in response to factors of the environment such as light, gravity, and wounds. In addition, they demonstrated that the mechanism of curvature in both roots and shoots was the result of differential growth rates. They could also confirm that the effect of the stimuli on the growth movement was indirect and that light and gravity act on some substance in the tip of the root and the shoot, which is transmitted to other parts of the plant. Francis Darwin later refined some of the experimental techniques and modified their theoretical conclusions" (ODNB). Provenance: with the ownership signature dated May 1949 of William Glynn Burton (1916-1989) on the front pastedown. A botanist, he was one of the original members of the European Association for Potato Research when it was founded in 1953 and became President in 1969. He was married to his fellow botanist Marie Rosenberg (1907-1982), who specialized in freshwater algae. Freeman 1325. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, covers panelled in blind, brown coated endpapers. With 196 woodcuts within text. 32 pp. publisher's advertisements dated May 1878 at rear. Christmas 1880 gift inscription to half-title. Extremities rubbed resulting in a touch of wear to corners, tiny split to cloth at centre of toned spine, ends bruised, front inner hinge cracked but holding firm, contents clean: a very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Charles Darwin; Francis Darwin. The Power of Movement in Plants. John Murray, London, 1880.
Price: US$3584.81 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The very scarce second thousand of Charles Darwin's illustrated study of plant movement and response to external stimuli. The very scarce second thousand of Charles Darwin's study on phototropism and other types of movement in plants. First published on the 6th November 1880 and quickly selling out its first 1,500 copies, this second thousand was published within two months of the first.Authored with the assistance of Darwin's son, botanist Francis Darwin, the work concerns itself with how plants respond to external stimuli, examining these processes in individual plants to gain understanding of general principles governing their growth and life.Featuring numerous vignette illustrations throughout.With a single page of publisher's advertisements to the verso of the half title, and a thirty-two page publisher's catalogue, dated January 1879, to the rear.From the library of prominent English botanist, television presenter, author and environmental campaigner, David Bellamy.Remarked upon by Francis Darwin as a work that was 'widely reviewed and excited much interest among the general public', this is a lovely copy of a very scarce later work from Charles Darwin. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, bright, some bumping and with light marks to front board. Front hinge strained a bit but with board holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. One spot present from page 586 to 591, with some spotting to final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Pages otherwise exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom