Books by DARWIN Charles

New York Orange Judd & Company (1868) First American edition vg Octavo. x,494,[10]pp. viii,568,[8]pp. Original green cloth with blind-stamped borders on covers and gold lettering on spine. Important 19th century work by Darwin on the domestication of animals and plants with detailed facts about artificial selection and discussion of them. Chapter XXVII contains a description of Darwin's theory of heredity which he called pangenesis. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of in-text drawings. With publisher's a... more information

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Three Quarter Leather. Authorized Edition. 1897-1898. The 11 volumes consist of the following titles: Life and Letters of Charles Darwin (I & II); The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication (I & II); The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals; The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species; Geological Observations; Insectivorous Plants; The Origin of Species (I & II); The Power of Movement in Plants. Previous o... more information

New York: : Orange Judd & Co.,, 1868.. First edition - American. Original Cloth. Very Good. 1st American Edition. 2 volumes. 8vo (18.7 x 12.2 cm). Original green cloth. Collation: Vol. I- [2], [iii]-iv. [I]iv-x, [11] 12-494, [10-Ads] pp. + 48 text woodcuts; Vol. II- [iii]-viii, [9]-568 [8- Ads] pp. 3 pages corrections in Vol. I for both volumes. Bindings in very good condition, as is the text. There is small edge tear on front free end paper of Vol. I. This is the first American edition of the Va... more information

London: John Murray, 1868. First edition, bound without ads. 2 vols., Tall 8vo. With numerous in-text illustrations in Volume I. With 32-page inserted ad section dated April 1867 in Volume I and one leaf of ads in Volume II. Bound in contemporary polished tan calf and marbled boards, marbled edges, gilt spine with red and green title labels. Volume 2 has slight split at front joint, else fine. Freeman 877; Norman 597; Garrison & Morton 224.1 . This work "took up in detail that subject which had bee... more information

New York: D. Appleton. 1890's. Hardcover. Fine. Set of 16 volumes. Hardcover. Uniformly bound in polished tan 1/2 calf with marbled boards, marbled endpapers and text-blocks, black and red leather title labels on spine. Illustrated. Fine set. Exquisite contents; clean, bright and unmarked text. Minor spotting to leather. Strong, square bindings and hinges. All volumes were published by Appleton in the 1890's. 11 of the books are from the 1897 authorized edition of Darwin's works. The other 5 vol... more information

London: . : John Murray, 1868, 1868.. Original Cloth. Very Good. First edition, first issue. Two octavo volumes. 411pp. + 32pp ads dated april, 1867 & 496pp. + (2)pp ads dated February, 1868. Illustrated. Original green cloth titled in gilt on spine, dark green endpapers. Amoral book plate of J.A. J. Barclay with owner’s penciled signature on title page Vol. I and on front free end paper Vol.II. Original green cloth bindings with some fraying to ends of spines without loss, corners bumped, and ... more information