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The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication (2 vols)
by Charles Darwin
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Saint Charles, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1868. First edition, second issue. Very Good.
411 + 32 p ad, 486 + 2 p ads pp.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 2nd issue, 1868, letterpress illustrations, 32pp publisher's catalogue dated April 1867 at end of volume 1, 2pp publisher's list at end of volume 2.
Original green cloth with gilt titles on the spines and blind-stamped design on all covers. Minor professional restoration apparent with new endpapers (matching original) and discreet spine reinforcement. Some light spotting at front and rear, pages in volume 2 mostly uncut. Ink name of a previous owner at top of ffep of volume 1. Slight foxing on endpapers only. Text otherwise shows just slight age toning, with no other marks or damage.
Large 8vo (Freeman 878 Second issue copy with one-line errata to volume I and no errata to volume II),
411 + 32 p ad, 486 + 2 p ads pp.
Synopsis
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication is a book written by Charles Darwin that was first published in January 1868. A large proportion of the book contains detailed information on the domestication of animals and plants but it also contains in Chapter XXVII a description of Darwin's theory of heredity which he called pangenesis.
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- Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AA1193
- Title
- The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication (2 vols)
- Author
- Charles Darwin
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, second issue
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1868
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science, Math and Technolodygy;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)
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Saint Charles, Illinois
About Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)
Seller of high quality books and ephemera, emphasizing older and unusual items, such as signed or association copies. I try to offer the kind of books, at fair prices, that appeal to me, hoping that they will appeal to others also.
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