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Geological Observations; On the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle'
by Darwin, Charles
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- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
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Sebastopol, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1896. Third Edition. Very Good. [8x5.5in]; xiii, 648 pp., illustration of H.M.S. Beagle on title page, two fold out color maps and cross sections, 5 fold out illustrations of fossils, appendices and index; Half bound goat stained red with marbled paper on covers, gilt lettering on spine with ruled lines, blind stamp double lines on leather, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, plain end papers; Minor Shelf wear to covers with some rubbing to edges and joints, corners worn, top and bottom of spine warn with small chips, several repaired closed tears on maps. Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist. He was the naturalist on the voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle from 1831 to 1836. During that voyage, Darwin researched and collected samples of plants, animals, minerals, fossils, many for the first time, to develop a better understanding of the natural environments and impact on living things. The information from this voyage provided a life's work of research, papers and books. This book is a compilation of the 1844 publication of "Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands" and the 1846 book of "Observations on South America". His more well known book, "The Origin of Species", published in 1859, caused a fundamental shift in "... the origin of man and his history." This refocused his work, for the remainder of his life, on evolution of species and is still debated today.
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- Bookseller
- David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11363
- Title
- Geological Observations; On the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle'
- Author
- Darwin, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- Geology, Darwin, Beagle, South America
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
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David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
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Sebastopol, California
About David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA is an online bookseller specializing in fine books, maps, publications, and ephemera related to Exploration, Adventure and World History with a focus on the Polar Regions, California and the American West. A particular interest is in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration from 1895 to 1920's. Other areas of interest are in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and a little bit of this and that.
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