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Price: US$473.73 + shipping
Description: Limited Edition Number 222 of 500 copies, quarto, pp. (19), 843, two-tone frontis portrait, 4 sepia plates, Preface by HRH Prince Charles (King Charles III), signed by George Darwin, great-grandson of Charles Darwin, George Pember Darwin, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, original half calf boards, gilt decoration front board, raised bands, gilt dec. spine, gilt signature of Charles Darwin to rear bd, in cloth slipcase, title label to front, near-fine condition. Heavy book, please inquire regarding postage. The 'Journal' entirely reproduced in faithful facsimile from the Charles Darwin's hand-written original, held in The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The observations which provided the foundation for one of the most revolutionary theories ever put forward had been carried out by the author more than twenty years before and are recorded in this Journal.
Seller: Muir Books -Robert Muir Old & Rare Books - ANZAAB/ILAB, PERTH, WA, Australia
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 35 cm; 843 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates, illustrations. In half polished black leather over green cloth, with red leather roundel on upper board within a stamped gilt lozenge; facsimile autograph in gilt on lower board. Spine in six compartments with red leather title label and gilt ornaments. All edges brightly gilt. Protected in publisher's slipcase of green cloth with cream-colored paper label. Effectively as new. Facsimile of Darwin's handwritten journal of the crucial voyage of the Beagle, with a preface by King Charles III (Prince Charles at the time), and an introduction by Richard Darwin Keynes. Limited to 500 copies signed by the author's grandson, G.P. Darwin.
Seller: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio, ABAA, Tuxedo, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$639.34 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: An exceptional limited edition of Charles Darwin's account of the second survey expedition of the HMS Beagle, signed by Darwin's own great-grandson. Number twenty-seven of five hundred copies of this work, flat signed by George Pember Darwin, the great grandson of Charles Darwin.The majority of the text of this work is a facsimile of the handwritten manuscript of Darwin's journal onboard the Beagle, produced from the hand-written original held by the The Royal College of Surgeons.Illustrated with four sepia plates, and a frontispiece. Collated, complete.In the publisher's original quarter calf binding, and slip case.A wonderful limited edition of Darwin's account of the expedition, including information on the biology, geology, and anthropology which he observed.With a preface from King Charles III, Prince Charles at the time of publication. In the publisher's original half calf binding with gilt detailing, and corresponding cloth covered slip case. Externally, exceptional, with light rubbing to the top raised band of the back strip, and a minor fold in the back strip centre. Slip case in fine condition. Internally, firmly bound. Plates clean and bright. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom