Darwin's Works (fourteen volumes).

NY:: D. Appleton and Company,. Very Good. 1890s. Hardcover. An incomplete set: 14 of 15 volumes (Volume I of The Origin of Species is missing). Animals and Plants Under Domestication (two volumes), Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species, Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America, Insectivorous Plants, The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin (two volumes, edited by his son Francis Darwin), The Power of Movement in Plants, The Origin of Species (Volume II only), The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms, Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle Round the World. Author's Edition (Limited): this set is number 223 of 1,000. Octavos, half bound in burgundy leather, marbled boards, raised bands along the spines, gilt lettering and design on the spines, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrations, photographs, and fold-out maps. Light shelf wear and aging, aptly the Insectivorous Plants volume has two small holes at the fore edge of the text block - insect damage, one of the volumes has the previous owner's name and address on a front endpage, else all volumes are very good. Texts are clean and bindings are sound. .