Darwiniana from Natural History Books

London: Ward, Lock, Bowden, 1890. Later printing.. Some tanning to the endpapers and the first few pages of the text, a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. xx, [2], 549, [7], 6 plain plates (3 folding), 40 text figures. Publisher’s original grey-green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and in black on the… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1875. Second edition, fourth thousand. A touch of rubbing to two outer corners; a very bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. xiv, 473; x, 495, 43 woodcuts, 32 pages inserted advertisements at end dated November 1880. Publisher’s original forest green cloth with spine lettered in gilt and with ornate gilt decorations… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1897. Sixth edition, 49th thousand. Light browning to the front free and rear free endpapers only, light wear to cloth at the bottom of the spine; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. xxi, 432; 1 foldout phylogenetic diagram. Publisher’s original forest green cloth with spine lettered in gilt and with… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1888. Second edition, 23rd thousand. A few slight wrinkles to the outer corners of three pages in the frontis matter, the binding is bright and clean with no signs of wear, a near fine copy.. Pp. xvi, 693; 18 text-figures (woodcuts). Publisher’s original forest green cloth with spine lettered in gilt and with ornate… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1882. Second edition? (Fifteenth Thousand).. A tight, bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. x, 519, some text-figures. Later one-half black leather over marbled boards bordered in gilt, spine with four raised bands bordered by gilt panel lines, lettered in gilt in two compartments and with gilt designs in the other three… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1872. First edition.. Faint crack to paper only on the inner front hinge (the joint remains tight), faint foxing to front blank endpaper and to the title page, otherwise a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (ii), vi, 374, 4 pp., including publisher's advertisements dated November 1872, with 7 heliotype plates (3… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton, 1889. New edition (from the sixth English edition).. Slight edge wear to the outer cloth joints, a few faint mars to the rear cloth cover, the text is bright and clean, a very tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. xxi, 456; one foldout chart. Publisher’s original brick red cloth, lettered… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton, 1875. First American edition.. Light edge wear to the cloth at the head and foot of the spine; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. x, 462, (8, ads). Publisher’s original brick red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, decorated with four black wheels and black panel lines on… Read more about this item

Cambridge: privately printed, 1960. Reprint.. Wear to bottom corner of front wrapper with small missing section, a very good copy.. Pp. v, 31. Printed brown wrappers, bound with string through spine, lettered in black on cover, sm 8vo. This is a reprinted of Charles Darwin’s first published pamphlet that was originally dated Dec. 1, 1835. This volume… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society, 1959. First edition.. Small section (1/4 inch) missing from bottom corner of front wrapper, wear to spine with small missing material, the text is bright and clean, a very good copy.. Pp. 159-319, frontispiece, numerous text-figures. Publisher’s printed tan wrappers, lettered in black on spine and cover, small bust on cover, 4to.… Read more about this item

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2005. First edition.. A near fine copy in a near fine dustjacket.. Pp. xx, 485, 12 color plates, numerous text-figures. Publisher’s red cloth, small embossed “C” on cover, lettered in gilt on spine, pictorial dustjacket lettered in brown and black, lg 8vo. This biography of Charles Darwin examines the importance of geology… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1981. First U. S. Edition.. Light sunning to top edge of cloth, small tear to top edge of dustjacket, a near fine copy.. Pp. 536, 28 plates, 20 text-figures. Publisher’s quarter black cloth over yellow hardboards, lettered in gilt on spine, cream pictorial dustjacket with lettering in blue, black, and white on… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979. First edition.. A fine copy in a near fine dustjacket.. Pp. xiv, 409, numerous color and black and white illustrations. Publisher’s brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the front cover and spine, pictorial dustjacket, 4to. This book details the voyage of the H. M. S. Beagle from primary sources including Darwin’s… Read more about this item

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011. First edition.. A fine copy.. Pp. xvi, 492; some text-figures. Original tan pictorial wrappers, lettered in red and black, lg 8vo. The author excerpts, collects, and discusses the most illuminating and scientifically significant writings on the finches of the Galapagos to teach the fundamental principles of evolutionary theory and provide… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. Authorized edition.. The leather on the front outer joint is cracked but strong, there are a few faint cracks to the leather on the spine, page 1 had some pencil annotation, the text and binding is bright and clean; a good solid copy.. Pp. viii, 352; 15 text-figures illustrations in… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1899. Second edition, sixth impression.. Top outer corner clipped front endpaper presumably to remove a previous owner’s name, gilt on spine a little dull but fully readable, rear endpaper only with faint foxing; the text is very bright and clean with no signs of use; a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. xvi, 300; 38… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1868. First edition.. There is a faint crease to the front cover of volume 1 and minor bumps to the top rear outer corner of volume 1 and to the bottom front and rear outer corners of volume 2 (these tiny bumps are barely noticeable); the text blocks and original bindings of both volume are… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton, 1897. Authorized edition.. The spine is coated with a preservative which has left it very bright, faint scratch on the spine, small spot on rear cover, the text block is bright with no signs of use; a tight, near fine copy.. Pp. x, 592; 196 text woodcuts. Publisher's one-half red morocco leather, spine… Read more about this item

Cordoba, Argentina: Academia Nacional de Ciencias, 1958. First edition.. Vertical crease when the offprint was folded for shipping, otherwise a very good copy.. Pp. (16), 4 black-and-white photos. Original tan printed wrappers, lg 8vo. A tribute to Charles Darwin on 100th anniversary of the publication of the 'Origin of Species.' Academia Nacional de Ciencias,… Read more about this item

Westmead, UK: Gregg International Publishers, 1971. Reprint. Fine (as new) copy.. Pp. iv, 216, frontis portrait, 1 woodcut plate. Publisher's forest green cloth, gilt-lettered on the spine, sm 8vo. This is the only reprint of the rare 1879 first English edition published by John Murray in London. This work was first published in a journal… Read more about this item