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RATS : OBSERVATIONS ON THE HISTORY & HABITAT OF THE CITY'S MOST UNWANTED INHABITANTS (SIGNED)
by Sullivan, Robert
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- First U.S. Edition
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- 2004
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- Hardcover
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New York: Bloomsbury, 2004. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Octavo, 9.5 in. x 6.25 in., pp. 242. Signed on the title page by the author. Black cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Untrimmed fore-edge. Dustjacket protected in mylar. Robert Sullivan (1963 - ) is a contributing editor to Vogue and a frequent contributor… Read more about this item Item Price
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BETWEEN THE TIDES
by Crowder, William
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- First Edition (NAP)
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- 1931
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- Hardcover
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1931. First Edition (NAP). Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. Purple cloth-covered boards, ruled in blind, with gilt vignette depicting a sea creature to front board. Gilt lettering to spine. Fading especially to spine. Previous owner's bookplate to front free endpaper. Endpapers show squids. Previous owner's inscription (parents to their daughter, Christmas, 1933) to… Read more about this item Item Price
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SEASHORE ANIMALS OF THE PACIFIC COAST
by Johnson, Myrtle Elizabeth and Harry James Snook
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- Used - Very Good Plus / Good Plus
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- Reprint
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- 1935
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- Hardcover
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1935. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Good Plus. Octavo, 9.5 in. x 6.3 in., pp. xiv, [2], 659. Illustrated with tissue-guarded frontis and ten additional color plates, and many black and white photos and ink drawings. With glossary, index, and bibliography. Light green cloth boards and embossed frame in blind, title in… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE HISTORY OF CREATION : OR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EARTH AND ITS INHABITANTS BY THE ACTION OF NATURAL CAUSES. A POPULAR EXPOSITION OF THE DOCTRINE OF EVOLUTION IN GENERAL, AND OF THAT OF DARWIN, GOETHE, AND LAMARCK IN PARTICULAR. (VOLUME I ONLY); Translated from the German by E. Ray Lankester
by Haeckel, Ernst
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- Used - Near fine
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- Second Printing
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- 2009
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- Hardcover
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- 9780978806439
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Rosamund, CA: Bill Huth Publishers, 2009. Second Printing. Hardcover. Near fine. Volume I only. Octavo, 8 in. x 5.2 in., pp. xix, [1], 374, [3] (advertising). Illustrated with frontispiece, two additional full-page plates, and seven figures. Forest green boards with elaborate frame stamped in blind to front and back. Gilt title to spine. Originally published in 1899, The… Read more about this item Item Price
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POLWARTH SHEEP 1880-1980; A Resume for the First 100 Years
by Dennis, Noel C.
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- First Edition
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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- 9780959316902
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Ballarat, Australia: Polwarth Sheep Breeders' Association of Australia, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Very Good. Octavo, 8.8 in. x 5.6 in., pp. 131. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Black cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Lengthy inscription on front free endpaper. Light rubbing to edges of dustjacket, with a couple short closed tears… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE UNFORESEEN WILDERNESS: KENTUCKY'S RED RIVER GORGE
by Berry, Wendell, with photographs by Ralph Eugene Meatyard
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- Used - Very Good Minus
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- Revised
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- 1991
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- Softcover
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- 9780865474628
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San Francisco, CA: North Point Press, 1991. Revised. Softcover. Very Good Minus. 9 in. x 8 1/2 in. Covers just a big age-tanned; otherwise book tight and bright. One small gift inscription to the front free endpaper. First printing of this revised edition by North Point Press. "The Red River Gorge is an uncultivated area of great natural… Read more about this item Item Price
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AN ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH MOTHS WITH LIFE-SIZE FIGURES FROM NATURE OF EACH SPECIES AND OF THE MORE STRIKING VARIETIES; ALSO, FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF BOTH THE PERFECT INSECT AND THE CATERPILLAR, TOGETHER WITH DATES AND APPEARANCE, AND LOCALITIES WHERE FOUND
by Newman, Edward
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition
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- 1869
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- Hardcover
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London, England: W. Tweedie, 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Quarto, 10.4 in. x 7.2 in., pp. viii, 3-486. Illuatrated with hundreds of life-size black and white woodcut drawings of moths and caterpillars. Red cloth beveled boards with elaborate frame stamped in black to front and in blind to back, and five gilt moths and title to front. Black… Read more about this item Item Price
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ARIZONA AND ITS BIRD LIFE : A NATURALIST'S ADVENTURES WITH THE NESTING BIRDS ON THE DESERTS, GRASSLANDS, FOOTHILLS, AND MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA (SIGNED)
by Brandt, Herbert
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- Used - Very Good Plus / Good
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- First Edition
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- 1951
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- Hardcover
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Cleveland, Ohio: The Bird Research Foundation, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Good. Quarto, 10.25 in. x 7.75 in., pp. xvi, [2], 723, [2]. Presentation copy with a sweet inscription and signature of the author, dated November 10, 1951, to half title. Author lists this book as "Copy number 32". Book is presented to "Doctor Castle."… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE BOOK OF BIRDS (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: 2 VOLUMES COMPLETE)
by Grosvenor, Gilbert and Alexander Wetmore. (Editors)
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- Used - Very Good Plus in Good Plus dustjackets
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- 1939
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- Hardcover
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Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good Plus in Good Plus dustjackets. Quartos. Green buckram boards, with bright gilt lettering to boards and spines. Beige-olive dustjackets (quite sunned) with black lettering.
With 950 Color Portraits by Major Allan Brooks. Authoritative and handsome set, loaded with photographs and color portraits. For the serious bird enthusiast --… Read more about this item Item Price
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A HISTORY OF THE EARTH AND ANIMATED NATURE (SIX PARTS IN TWO VOLUMES); Wth an Introductory View of the Animal Kingdom, Translated from the French of Baron Cuvier, and Copious Notes Embracing Accounts of New Discoveries in Natural History; A Life of the Author, By Washington Irving; and Carefully Prepared Index to the Whole Work
by Goldsmith, Oliver
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- 1853
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- Hardcover
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London, England: A. Fullarton and Co, 1853. Hardcover. Very Good. Matching set of two: Large Octavos, 10.5 in. x 6.6 in. Illustrated with forty-four full-page hand-colored plates. Green half calf with blind tooling over textured green cloth boards. Gilt title to red panel, and five-raised bands bordered by gilt bars to spines. Marbled edges. Light rubbing to extremities,… Read more about this item Item Price
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SEASHORE ANIMALS OF THE PACIFIC COAST (SIGNED)
by Johnson, Myrtle and Harry James Snook
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- Used - Very Good
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- FIRST EDITION (NAP)
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- 1927
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- Hardcover
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo, 9.5 in. x 6.3 in., pp. xiv, [2], 659. Illustrated with eleven color plates and many black and white photos and ink drawings. With glossary, index, and bibliography. Light green cloth boards and embossed frame in blind, title in dark green, and beautiful bright gilt… Read more about this item Item Price
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ICONES FLORAE GERMANICAE ET HELVETICAE SIMUL PEDEMONTANAE, VOLUME XXII; ON SPINE: BOTANICAL HAND-COLORED PLATES, 19TH CENTURY
by Reichenbach, H. (Heinrich) G. (Gottlieb)
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- Used - Very Good Plus
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- 1867
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- Hardcover
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Lipsiae, F. Hofmeister, 1867. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Quarto, 8.5 x 11.2 in. Pagination: First plate has "1" at top left, and "MMLII" (2052) at top right; plates progress to "220" and "MMCCLXXI" (2271). 220 hand-colored plates of orchids, alongside numbered ink sketches of each plant's specific parts. No half-title, title, or publisher's page; title is indicated only… Read more about this item Item Price
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FOSSIL SHELLS FROM WESTERN OREGON. A GUIDE TO IDENTIFICATION
by Moore, Ellen J.
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 2000
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- Softcover
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- 9780964006614
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Corvallis, Oregon: Chimtimini Press, 2000. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Trade paperback, 6 x 9 in., pp. x + 131. 1/2 inch white scratch to rear cover. Light edge-wear to bottom; light thumbing to lower right corner. Previous owner's name in felt marker to top-edge. Pages are bright and clean.
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THE HISTORY OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM, EMBRACING COMPREHENSIVE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PLANTS MOST INTERESTING FROM THEIR USES TO MAN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS; THEIR APPLICATION IN THE ARTS, MANUFACTURES, MEDICINE, AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY; AND FROM THEIR BEAUTY OR PECULIARITIES; TOGETHER WITH THE PHYSIOLOGY, GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION, AND CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS; Illustrated with Several Hundred Figures, Many of them Coloured
by Rhind, WIlliam
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- Used - Very Good
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- Revised Edition, With Supplement
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- 1868
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- Hardcover
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London, England: Blackie and Son, 1868. Revised Edition, With Supplement. Hardcover. Very Good. Large octavo, 7 x 9.8 in., pp. xvi + 734. Illustrated with 43 steel engraved color and black and white plates including title, and numerous wood engravings; Two of the 45 steel-engraved plates (#5 and 36) are missing. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Linnaeus, with tissue… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE COMMON MOTHS OF ENGLAND
by Wood, J.G.
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- Used - GOOD
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- 1880
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- Hardcover
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London, England: George Routledge and Sons, 1880. Hardcover. GOOD. E. Smith T.W. Wood W.S. Coleman. Duodecimo. 7 1/2 in. x 5 in. Publisher's decorative, beveled hunter-green cloth boards. Black lines, designs stamped all-round. Spine and front board with gilt-stamped butterfly, fern stems, and lettering. Rubbing to extremities. Front, rear hinges cracked, text-block split between pp. 96 and 97.… Read more about this item Item Price
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BRITISH ZOOLOGY. VOL. IV. CRUSTACEA MOLLUSA TESTACEA
by Pennant, Thomas
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- Used - Very Good Plus
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- 1777
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- Leather-bound
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London, England: Printed for Benj. White, 1777. Leather-bound. Very Good Plus. Thomas Pennant. Octavo. Dark brown full diced calf (russia), bordered by blind stamped interlocking device. Rebacked in matching calf, ruled in gilt. Contrasting spine label (gilt on black). Marbled edges. Crabs, Lobsters, Worms, Shells. 93 plates. Very tight, pages unmarred, very clean. Fascinating little-before known notes about… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE FAMILY HERBAL OR AN ACCOUNT OF ALL THOSE ENGLISH PLANTS, WHICH ARE REMARKABLE FOR THEIR VIRTUES, AND OF THE DRUGS WHICH ARE PRODUCED BY VEGETABLES OF OTHER COUNTRIES; WITH THEIR DESCRIPTIONS AND THEIR USES, AS PROVED BY EXPERIENCE; Also Directions for the gathering and preserving roots, herbs, flowers, and seeds; the various methods of preserving these simples for present use; receipts for making distilled waters, conserves, syrups, electuaries, juleps, draughts, &c. &c. with necessary cautions in giving them: INTENDED FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES
by Hill, John (Sir, M.D.)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1812
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- Leather-bound
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Bungay, Suffolk, England: C. Brightly and Co. and T. Kinnersly, 1812. Leather-bound. Very Good. 8vo. 8 3/8 in. x 5 in. Contemporary tree calf, double-ruled in gilt chain pattern. Contrasting spine label - six compartments. Owner name Samuel S. Parkinson to front free endpaper. Note to front pastedown: "Collated May 30, 1902), and double initialed. FIFTY-FOUR ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL… Read more about this item Item Price
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LETTERS ON THE ELEMENTS OF BOTANY, ADDRESSED TO A LADY; (Translated into English, with Notes, and Twenty-Four Additional Letters, Fully Explaining the System of Linnaeus by Thomas Martyn)
by Rousseau, J.J. (and Thomas Martyn, Translator)
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- Used - Good Plus
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- Fifth Edition
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- 1796
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- Leather-bound
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London, England: B. and J. White at Horace's Head, Fleet-Street, 1796. Fifth Edition. Leather-bound. Good Plus. Small quarto, Contemporary mottled calf measuring 8 1/2" x 5 3/8". Front and rear boards each double-ruled in gilt with a continuous gilt device (appearing like tiny life preservers strung upon a striped rope), and a contrasting, gilt-on-black title label, perhaps a… Read more about this item Item Price
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A GENERAL HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS; The Figures Engraved in Wood by T. Bewick
by Bewick, Thomas
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- Used - Good Plus
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- Second Edition
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- 1791
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- Leather_bound
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London: Robinson and Dilly, 1791. Second Edition. Leather_bound. Good Plus. Thomas Bewick. x,483 pages. Title vignette and numerous woodcuts throughout the text. Leather spine, original boards, black spine label. Large octavo. Chafing to spine, spine label cracked and chipped, corners bumped. Beautiful navy, plum and cream marbled endpapers, light foxing throughout. Binding sound. The second edition was much… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN, INCLUDING AN AUTOBIOGRAPICAL CHAPTER : (THREE VOLUMES COMPLETE)
by Darwin, Charles [Edited by Francis Darwin]
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- Used - Good Plus
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- Second Edition
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- 1887
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- Hardcover
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London: John Murray, 1887. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Complete set in three volumes. Frontis of Darwin to each volume, 2 plates. ix,539,396,418 pages, Index. Gren cloth, large octavos with titles in gilt. Volume I has contemporary inscription dated 1887. Some foxing to endpapers, notes in pencil to rear endpaper of each volume, a few pages have some… Read more about this item Item Price
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