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Date: 1869. Signed. DARWIN, Charles. Autograph letter signed. WITH: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life. Kent, United Kingdom, November 24, [1869] and New York: D. Appleton, 1870. Single sheet of unlined paper, measuring 5 by 8 inches folded; pp. 4. Housed in a custom cloth portfolio. WITH: Octavo, original purple cloth. Housed together in a custom clamshell box. $125,000.Very rare and desirable signed autograph letter from Charles Darwin to American publisher D. Appleton's London agent, Charles Layton, agreeing to a second American edition of the Origin of Species, with a slightly raised price, but requiring that Appleton also commit to an American edition of The Descent of Man. Accompanied by the second American edition of Origin of Species in original cloth.The letter, written entirely in Darwin's hand and dated ""Nov. 24th. Beckenham [Kent],"" reads in full: ""Dear Sir, I am much obliged by your note. You say that Messrs. Appleton 'would also like to have a set of stereotyped plates of new edit of Origin of Species on same terms.' I am not sure that I understand this, for I have not permitted the Origin to be stereotyped in England. If it means that Messrs. Appleton will print a new edition in Stereotype Plates (or in common type which would be much preferable) I gladly agree to his terms for this edition & for my next book. I have ...
New York: D. Appleton and Company, Date: 1860. Full Description: DARWIN, Charles. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or The Preservation of Favoured Faces in the Struggle for Life. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1860. First American edition, first issue, with two quotations on the verso of the half-title. One of only 1,500 copies printed. Octavo (7 5/8 x 5 inches; 195 x 125 mm). 432 pp. Folding lithographed diagram (speciation tree) facing p, 108. Original dark brown bead-grain cloth with covers decoratively stamped in blind and spine ruled in gilt and blind and lettered in gilt. Original dark brown coated endpapers. A minor amount of foxing throughout. Page 70 with previous owner's marginal notes in red pencil. A small blindstamp to front flyleaf. Overall a near fine copy of the extremely scarce first issue of the first American edition. Housed in a custom black morocco clamshell. One of the most influential scientific works of the nineteenth century, On the Origina of Species was (and still is) one of the most controversial. In it "Darwin not only drew an entirely new picture of the workings of organic nature; he revolutionized our methods of thinking and our outlook on the natural order of things. The recognition that constant change is the order of the universe had been finally established and a vast step forward in the uniformity of nature had been taken" (Printing and the Mind of Man). Although published the same year as the second ...
New York: D. Appleton and Company, Date: 1860. First American Edition. Very Good. First American edition, first printing. First issue with two quotes opposite the title page. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth decorated in blind, with titles in gilt on the spine, fold out chart intact.Very Good with moderate rubbing to cloth, shallow wear at spine ends and rubbing through at corners and bottom edge. Short splits started at hinge ends of free endpapers, front free endpaper creased and worn along top edge. Former owner name to front pastedown and first blank sheet. Contents foxed and a handful of several small, light marginal pencil notations present. A bright and well-kept copy, unsophisticated and uncommon to find free of rebinding, restoration or repair. An immensely influential work, considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology, in which Darwin postulates that species evolve over the course of generations through natural selection. 1860. D. Appleton and Company US
London, John Murray, Date: 1861., 1861. Third edition, with additions and corrections (seventh thousand). 8vo. Half title page, folding diagram at p. 123. 2 pages of advertisements at end. Original green cloth stamped in gilt and blind; brown coated endpapers. Binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants on back pastedown. A fresh, bright, tight copy of a book that is usually found in worn condition. No foxing. Small booksellers label on verso front free endpaper. Neat signatures of two previous owners on the half title page. Freeman 381. "The most important biological book ever written" Freeman, p. 73.. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1861. London, John Murray, 1861. US
New York: D. Appleton and Company, Date: 1860. First American Edition. Near Fine. First American edition, first printing, first issue with two quotes opposite the title page. 432 pp. Bound in publisher's green pebbled cloth decorated in blind, titles in gilt on the spine, original coated brown endpapers, folding chart intact. A Near Fine copy, expertly rebacked, light rubbing to cloth, small stain to edge, contemporary ownership inscription to front paste down and title page, light foxing and occasional offsetting to contents. An immensely influential work, considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology, in which Darwin postulates that species evolve over the course of generations through natural selection. 1860. D. Appleton and Company US
London: John Murray, Date: 1860. Second Edition. Very Good+. Second edition, second issue with "fifth thousand" listed on the title page. Bound in publisher's original green cloth decorated in blind and stamped in gilt. Very Good or better with light wear to cloth at extremities, corners softened. Free endsheets are replaces somewhat sympathetically, owner name in pencil to half-title page, pages toned with sporadic foxing, short split to the foot of two folds of the chart, a few light pencil markings and faint cigar smoke odor to pages. Small binder ticket to rear pastedown. An immensely influential work, considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology, in which Darwin postulates that species evolve over the course of generations through natural selection. 1860. John Murray US
London: John Murray, Date: 1860 Second edition, second issue (with "fifth thousand" on title page), one of only 3000 copies and yet the largest printing of any edition or issue in Darwin's lifetime, and the last English edition to contain the whale-bear story. Folding lithographed plate, 32pp. of publisher's advertisements at rear. Original publisher's green cloth, covers stamped in blind, gilt spine. About near fine, with just a touch of wear to spine ends, rear hinge faintly cracked but secure, binding slightly shaken at signatures in rear but sturdy overall, cloth bright and clean, interior with a bit of spotting but generally very clean and fresh, table at pp. 116-7 with a tear at fold. Overall, a superb copy in original cloth. Freeman 376. Darwin's On the Origin of Species is the basis for all of evolutionary biology. It includes evidence from Darwin's journey aboard the HMS Beagle, including data on the famous finches from the Galapagos Islands. First published in November 1859 with only 1,170 copies for sale, the book sold out in a single day. Just six weeks later, this second edition was printed, which contained many corrections and alterations. One of the biggest changes Darwin made was to a section on the hypothetical evolutionary relationship between whales and bears that had been misinterpreted by some and used to criticize the book and Darwin's theory. Darwin also made alterations to the book's conclusion to diffuse ...
Folding lithographed diagram. 8vo, orig. pale green cloth (head & foot of spine with slightest chipping, occasional unimportant foxing), covers stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt. New York: D. Appleton, 1860. First American edition, "second issue" with three quotations on verso of half-title. A very good and bright copy preserved in a slip-case. ❧ Freeman 378. For the first edition, see Horblit 23b; Dibner, Heralds of Science, 199; and Printing & the Mind of Man 344b. US
Hardcover London : printed by W. Clowes and Sons for John Murray, 1861. Third edition. Octavo, original green cloth, boards blocked in blind, spine gilt (corners slightly bumped, light bumping to head and foot of spine, small damp mark to upper panel, small 10 mm mark recoloured to spine), binding variant B (no preference), without full point (period) after ?MURRAY? in spine imprint, tan endpapers, bookseller's ticket of T. M. Buzzard to front pastedown, previous owner's name to front free endpaper, blindstamp of 105 Port Road Hindmarsh, previous owner's name to half-title, dated 1864, pp. xix; [blank], 548; (2 - publisher's catalogue), folding lithographic plate by William West after Darwin, internally clean, a fine and crisp copy of the third edition. The first edition of 1859, a great rarity, is described in Freeman as ". the most important biological work ever written."; Dibner, ". the most important single work in science."; Printing & the Mind of Man, ". revolutionized our methods of thinking and our outlook on the natural order of things. The recognition that constant change is the order of the universe had been finally established and a vast step forward in the uniformity of nature had been taken". The third edition, of which 2000 copies were printed, contains substantial revisions by Darwin, unlike the second edition, which was essentially a reprint of the first. The third edition 'was extensively ...
New York: D. Appleton and Company, Date: 1860. Full Description: DARWIN, Charles. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1860. First American edition, third issue. "Revised Edition" on title-page and three quotations to verso of half-title. Octavo (7 11/16 x 4 7/8 inches; 196 x 125 mm). [1]-432 pp. With folding chart. Original pebbled brown cloth with covers decoratively stamped in blind. Spine lettered in gilt. Green-coated endpapers. A very slight bit of fraying to top and bottom of the spine. Spine lightly sunned. Previous owner's pencil signature on front free endpaper. And an old ink gift inscription dated 1895 on front flyleaf. Some intermittent light foxing. Housed in a custom full black morocco clamshell. Overall a very good unrestored copy. One of the most influential scientific works of the nineteenth century, On the Origin of Species was (and still is) one of the most controversial. The book caused an uproar immediately upon its publication, and many early copies were burned in protest of its author's ideas. In it "Darwin not only drew an entirely new picture of the workings of organic nature; he revolutionized our methods of thinking and our outlook on the natural order of things. The recognition that constant change is the order of the universe had been finally established and a vast step forward in the uniformity of nature had been taken" ...
[publisher: 1861] London: John Murray 1861. Publisher's original pebble-grain cloth with gilt-decorated title to spine. Original coloured endpapers. (xx 538 2pp.). With fold. diagram at p.123 and book adverts. at end. Minor creasing to a few text-leaves in Chapter 1 and early owner's name at head of title. Otherwise a most uncommonly fine crisp uncut copy of 'The Most Important Biological Work Ever Published'. Freeman 381. NOTE: 'The Intellectual revolution it caused and the impact it had on man's concept of himself and the world were greater than those caused by the works of Copernicus Newton and the great physicist of more recent times . Every modern discussion of man's future the population explosion the struggle for existence the purpose of man and the universe and man's place in nature rests on Darwin.' - Ernst Mayr. [Berrima, NSW, Australia] [Publication Year: 1861]
London: John Murray, Date: 1888. Sixth Edition. Near Fine. Sixth edition, thirty-fifth thousand. An unusually fresh copy, bound in publisher's original green cloth ruled in blind and stamped in gilt, with folding lithographic diagram. Near Fine with light wear to cloth, small series of spots to the fore edge. A bright and sharp example. 1888. John Murray US
London: John Murray, Date: 1869. Fifth. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with 1 folding lithographed diagram, facing page 132. xxiii, [1], 596 pages. Thick 8vo, original deep green textured cloth with decorative blind-stamped covers and gilt-stamped spine (some light discolorations on backstrip along with a small blank paper label; neat repairs to spine ends, otherwise just a bit of rubbing overall and the original black glazed endpapers are well preserved; several inked signatures on half title, dated 1870 & 1927, but otherwise rather clean; several pages at rear have minor chipping in margin, one page has a longer closed tear, just touching the text). London: John Murray, 1869. Fifth edition, with additions and corrections, with "tenth thousand" designation. A very good(+) copy; clean and tight, with binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants on rear paste-down, bound without the rear advertisements.<br/> <br/> A nice copy of "the most influential scientific work of the nineteenth century" and "the most important biological work ever written" (Horblit, Freeman 387). Six editions were printed during Darwin's lifetime -- this is the fifth, and the first to use Herbert Spencer's expression "survival of the fittest" (chapter iv). "Tenth Thousand" -- one of only 2000 copies printed. <BR> <BR> The foundational evolutionary biology text and one of the most influential science books ever ...
New York: D. Appleton and Company, Date: 1878. New Edition, from the Sixth English Edition, with Additions and Corrections. xxi, [1], [1]-458pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Publisher's russet cloth, blocked in black. Near fine. New Edition, from the Sixth English Edition, with Additions and Corrections. xxi, [1], [1]-458pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. "Certainly the most important biological book every written ... The sixth edition, which is usually regarded as the last, appeared in [London in] February 1872 ... It is again extensively revised and contains a new chapter, VII. ... It is in the edition that the word 'evolution' occurs for the first time. It had been used in THE DESCENT OF MAN in the previous year, but not before in this work" (Freeman, p. 79). The present 1878 edition is the fifth issue of the American edition based on the sixth edition. A lovely copy of an early American edition. Freeman 403 1878. D. Appleton and Company US
London: John Murray, Date: 1892. Very good plus.. Sixth edition ("forty-third thousand") overall - and the first to use the term "evolution" to describe the mechanism of natural selection that Darwin introduced in the book. "Evolution" - the word now most associated with THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES - did not appear in the publication until the sixth edition. By then, Darwin was well aware that he had a phenomenon on his hands with the title - it was time to widen his audience. The 6th edition was purposefully set in smaller type, slimming the book's profile and making it more affordable ("I have been told on authority which I can trust that [...] workmen club together to buy the Origin," Darwin noted of previous editions in correspondence in 1871). It also contains a glossary for the first time, making the text more accessible to a non-specialist audience. Appropriately, this copy was once owned by James G. Mead, whale biologist and longtime curator of marine mammals at the Smithsonian. Mead is a particular proponent of the anatomical study of marine mammals, a method of examination that Darwin also favored; THE NEW YORK TIMES notes that Mead's use of this technique "has given scientists a detailed look at species that often can be observed only fleetingly in the wild." A notable edition of an iconic work. 7.5'' x 5''. Publisher's green cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. Floral patterned endpapers of the John Murray monogram. xxii, 432 pages, including index; folds from ...
Cambridge at the University Press, Date: 1909. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; in the publisher's green buckram binding with spine lettered in gilt and beveled edges; xxix, [1]. 263 pages including the Index; top edge gilt with other edges rough-cut; there is a small and neatly penned name on the front endpaper; with photogravure portrait frontispiece, protected with a tissue guard and a facsimile; the spine is just a bit darkened and there is a very faint musty odor.~~Two essays written in 1842 and 1844, in which Darwin's theory of natural selection is first considered; the 1842 essay was published earlier that year, but this is the first appearance in print of the 1844 essay, and thus the first appearance of the two essays together. Of note is that "[t]he sketch of 1844 bears, on the whole a striking resemblance to the origin of species ... even some of the sentences are identical." [DNB, Vol. V (1917), p. 526] Darwin himself provides evidence of the high estimate he had formed of the sketch: "A letter exists, addressed to his wife, in which he made provision, in case of his death, for the publication of the manuscript ... stating that he believes his conclusions to be ‘a considerable step in science'" [ibid.]~~An attractive First Edition of this fore-runner of one of the most important books of the 19th century. (DNB , Vol V, (1917), p. 527). Very Good binding. 1909. Cambridge at the University Press US
Hardcover First Edition by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. With portrait. London : John Murray, 1891. Two volumes, octavo, original publisher's gilt-lettered grey-green cloth (light corner wear, lightly bruised with small tears at head and foot of spine, spine lightly sunned), original navy blue chalk-surfaced endpapers; Vol. I, pp. [ii], xxvi, 366, [2] (adv., verso blank); portrait frontispiece (with tissue-guard), folding diagram; Vol. II, pp. vi, 340; glossary, index, light foxing to preliminaries. A very good set. A very good copy of the sixth edition of one of the most important texts in the history of science. The first edition of 1859, a great rarity, is described in Freeman as ". the most important biological work ever written."; Dibner, ". the most important single work in science."; Printing & the Mind of Man, ". revolutionized our methods of thinking and our outlook on the natural order of things. The recognition that constant change is the order of the universe had been finally established and a vast step forward in the uniformity of nature had been taken." The Sixth Edition was the final edition extensively edited by Darwin and the first edition to drop the word 'ON' from the title and the first edition of the 'Origin' to use the word 'evolution'. The Glossary was compiled by W. S. Dallas at Darwin's request. This ...
New York: D. Appleton and Co, Date: 1871. Octavo. . 5th edition with additions and corrections. Half-title, 447pp., (8)pp. publisher's ads. Darwin's work introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. Bound in publisher's brown pebble grained embossed cloth, spine lettering faded, yellow endpapers, marginal faint damp stain to lower corners not affecting text, wear to spine ends. Previous owner's name E. K. Boyle, dated 1871, who was a prominent lawyer of Belfast, Maine. A very good copy. 1871. D. Appleton and Co US
Hardcover First Edition by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. London : John Murray, 1892. Sixth edition, with additions and corrections (forty-third thousand). Octavo, original publisher's gilt-lettered green cloth (corners a little rubbed, slightly bruised at head and foot of spine) original endpapers (lightly foxed), contemporary owner's name to preliminary blank, pp xxi, [blank], 432, folding lithographed plate. A fine copy, several quires are unopened. A fine copy of the sixth edition of one of the most important texts in the history of science. The first edition of 1859, a great rarity, is described in Freeman as ". the most important biological work ever written."; Dibner, ". the most important single work in science."; Printing & the Mind of Man, ". revolutionized our methods of thinking and our outlook on the natural order of things. The recognition that constant change is the order of the universe had been finally established and a vast step forward in the uniformity of nature had been taken." The sixth edition, extensively rewritten by Darwin and published in 1872, removed the word 'On' from the title 'On the origin of species' and includes rebuttal of Roman Catholic biologist St. George Mivart's theological arguments in his 1871 text On the Genesis of Species. The sixth edition is significant for including the use of the word ...
Hardcover First Edition Öfversättning från femte Originalupplagan af A.M. Selling. Stockholm : L.J. Hiertas Förlagsexpedition, 1871. Octavo, publisher's gilt-lettered quarter-roan over cloth bound boards, spine and edges rubbed, contemporary owner's name to endpaper, pp. xi; [blank]; 420, lithographed plate between pp. 96-97, a fine, clean copy. The rare first Swedish edition of the greatest treatise in biological science. The first translation of Darwin's magnus opus into Swedish, and the first edition published in Sweden, as well as the first translation of Darwin's Origin into any Scandinavian or Nordic language. It was translated from the fifth edition of theOrigin,published in London in 1869. The sixth revised edition would see the title altered from On the origin of species to The origin of species. The Swedish translation precedes the first Danish translation (1872), Norwegian translation (1890), and Finnish translation (1913). Scarce Freeman 793 [Armadale, VIC, Australia]
Hardcover First Edition by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. With a new preface by Charles G. Darwin. Illustrated with wood engravings by Paul Landcare. [New York] : Limited Editions Club, 1963. Printed for The Limited Editions Club at The Griffin Press, Adelaide, South Australia. Quarto, quarter wallaby over papered boards, imitating wooden boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge speckled green, pp. xxxii; 470, (2), folding table, illustrated with wood-engravings, printed on paper made in Australia especially for this edition, housed in publisher's green cloth slipcase with printed title label, a very good to fine copy. Limited to 1500 numbered copies. Loosely enclosed : The Monthly Letter of The Limited Editions Club, April, 1963, which discusses this publication. A fine and handsome printing of the original text from 1859, notable for being the first edition printed in Australia, and finely bound in Australian wallaby. The first edition of 1859, a great rarity, is described in Freeman as ". the most important biological work ever written."; Dibner, ". the most important single work in science."; Printing & the Mind of Man, ". revolutionized our methods of thinking and our outlook on the natural order of things. The recognition that constant change is the order of the universe had been finally established and a vast step forward in the uniformity of nature had ...
Darwin C. The origin of species through natural selection or conservation of favoured breeds in the struggle for life. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Darvin Ch. Proiskhozhdenie vidov putem estestvennogo podbora ili sokhranenie blagopriyatstvuemykh porod v borbe za zhizn.. E6 [United, Malden, USA]
D. Appleton and Company. Collectible - Acceptable. 1868, Appleton, early US edition, brown cloth, edgewear, wear to corners and spine heel, about 1 3/4 inch of backstrip at spine head is missing, tears to backstrip at sides, front hinge cracked, owner stamp to front pastedown, pencil notes to page opposite half-title, owner name in pencil to title page, foxing and pencil underlining to some pages, pencil arrows in some margins, o/w clean, hinge cracked in a couple of places but binding still sound, diagram opposite p108 is in very good condition, no dust jacket, (photo on Amazon shows frontis of Darwin - our copy does not have a frontis, not sure if it ever did). D. Appleton and Company US
ISBN10: 0674637526, ISBN13: 9780674637528, [publisher: Norwalk: The Eastern Press, 1976.] Hardcover Quarto,470 pp.,handsome text illustrations. Publisher's full gilt morocco, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, a fine copy. The text for this production was taken from the 1872 sixth edition. [Prahran, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 2001]
New York: D. Appleton and Company, Date: 1889. Cloth. Very Good +. A handsome copy of this 1889 "authorized" American edition, "with additions and corrections from sixth and last English edition". Complete in 2 octavo volumes. Both volumes clean and VG+ in their russet cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spines. A touch of very light wear at the spine crowns, otherwise sharp and very clean. An impressive late 19th century edition of Darwin's magnum opus. 1889. D. Appleton and Company US
[publisher: Watts & Co] Hardcover RO60147355: 1929. In-12. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 434 pages. Texte en anglais. Rousseurs. Un ex-libris à l'encre sur la page de garde. Nombreuses annotations au crayon et à l'encre dans le texte. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon [SABLONS, France] [Publication Year: 1929]
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Watts & Co. 1929. In-12. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 434 pages. Texte en anglais. Rousseurs. Un ex-libris à l'encre sur la page de garde. Nombreuses annotations au crayon et à l'encre dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon 'Collection ''Thinker's library'', n°8 Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon' [France, Sablons, FRA] [Publication Year: 1929]
New York: The Modern Library, Date: 1936. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. First edition thus, with "First Modern Library Edition, 1936" on the copyright page. A Modern Library "Giant", brining together for the first time in one volume the two principal works of Charles Darwin (1809-82). Octavo: xvi, 1000 p. Original blue cloth binding, with silver stamping. A near fine copy in an especially nice dust jacket with some mild toning and wear along the extremities. Scarce. 1936. The Modern Library US
New York: D. Appleton and Company, Date: 1889. Hardcover. Later printing, with additions and corrections from the sixth and last English edition. Arguably the most significant work of science in the Western canon, The Origin of Species first appeared in 1859, positing a theory of evolution in which living organisms change through a series of random permutations, which are 'naturally selected' insofar as they are adapted to their environment. Octavo, two volumes: xxvi, 365 p. + v, 339 p. with the publisher's ads at the rear. Original brown cloth binding, with gilt titles and black and blind-stamped decorations. Some sparse pencil marginalia, with erasures to the each front flyleaf. Bookplate and a small address label to each front pastedown. The spines are darkened just a touch, with some general shelfwear. 1889. D. Appleton and Company US
[publisher: John Murray, London, circa 1929.] Hardcover h/c + d/j, 17.5x12cm, 430 pages, glossary, index, fold out plate, d/j has chipped spine ends, black dot on spine bottom price,owners name and date (1929), 3.5x2.5cm chip to rear top corner, damp stained rear board d/j d/j, affecting last pages, stains to rear d/j flap, some d/j foxing, corner d/j tears, approx 26 pages have lightly rough side edge, two small holes on rear d/j fold. Regarded as the only complete authorised edition with the authors executors approval. Despite the damp stains, a scarce release. [Box Hill, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 1929]
Hardcover First Edition by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. With portrait. London : John Murray, 1902. Octavo, original publisher's gilt-lettered green cloth (light corner wear, lightly bruised at head and foot of spine) original endpapers (lightly foxed); pp xxxii, 703, folding diagram. A very good copy. A very good copy of the sixth edition of one of the most important texts in the history of science. The first edition of 1859, a great rarity, is described in Freeman as ". the most important biological work ever written."; Dibner, ". the most important single work in science."; Printing & the Mind of Man, ". revolutionized our methods of thinking and our outlook on the natural order of things. The recognition that constant change is the order of the universe had been finally established and a vast step forward in the uniformity of nature had been taken." As with the three preceding issues, printed in larger type and on slightly larger paper than the preceding editions, taken from the setting for the two-volume 'Library Edition' of 1888 (repaginated, with minor adjustment at the end of Volume I in that edition, and with the Contents at start, and Index at end reset), but printed on thinner paper. This is the fourth issue of the 'Popular Impression' first issued in November 1900, and so identified on Page [vi]. It is considered the definitive text for ...
New edition, from the sixth English edition, with additions and corrections. Octavo. Half title page with ads on the verso. Original gilt and black stamped brick red cloth. Yellow coated endpapers, folding chart at page 91. No dust jacket. Good (corners worn; light chipping at head and base of spine). 458 pages. No signatures or bookplates.Freeman 425. Date: 1888. D. Appleton and Company US
[publisher: The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut,] Hardcover First Easton edition; whole leather binding with gilt decoration on boards and spine in perfect condition; inside as new, never read; Illustrated with wood engravings by Paul Landacre (illustrateur). in the collection of the hundred greatest books; XXX, 470 pages; perfect as new copy; [Paris, France] [Publication Year: 1976]
New York: The Modern Library, Date: 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First Modern Library edition. Octavo. 1,000pp. Publisher's rust-colored cloth stamped in silver. Neat bookplate on the front endpaper, light offsetting at the gutters, spine ends gently bumped, just about near fine in a dustwrapper with a lightly toned spine and a bit of chipping on the topedge, very good save for one chip and a closed tear on the cover. Still a bright, nicer than usual copy in the fragile dustwrapper. 1936. The Modern Library US
Harvard University Press, Date: 1966. Second Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1966 edition. Green paper dust jacket has light edge wear, very light soiling, and toning around edges, on spine, and unevenly on backside. Price has been clipped on flap. Green cloth boards have lightly rubbed edges. Binding is good. Name in pen on front endpaper. A few faint stains on page edges. Interior pages are clean and unmarked. Includes tipped-in fold-out chart. 502 pages. LO 1966. Harvard University Press US
[publisher: The Folio Society, London] Hardcover 8vo. pp. xxxi + 415 with 39 colour and black & white illustrations. Original tan cloth with decorated upper board and spine. In a black slipcase. Fine as new copy in original publishers shrink wrap. [Buderim, QLD, Australia] [Publication Year: 2006]
Softcover First Edition Ankara : Onur Yayinlari, 1976. Octavo, lettered blue wrappers (light edge wear), pp. 591, internally clean. An early Turkish translation of The Origin of Species, translated by Öner Ünalan from the sixth London edition, the first Turkish translation was published just a few years prior in 1970. The first edition of 1859, a great rarity, is described in Freeman as ". the most important biological work ever written."; Dibner, ". the most important single work in science."; Printing & the Mind of Man, ". revolutionized our methods of thinking and our outlook on the natural order of things. The recognition that constant change is the order of the universe had been finally established and a vast step forward in the uniformity of nature had been taken." [Armadale, VIC, Australia]
[publisher: The Easton Press, Norwalk, C.T., U.S.A.] Hardcover 553 pages. The book has minimal wear. Bound in red leather with gold gilt lettering, red fabric endpapers, gilt page edges, red ribbon page edges. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. [Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia] [Publication Year: 1993]
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, Date: 1991. Limited Edition. Octavo (27cm); full black leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; silk endpapers; all edges gilt; xxx,470pp; illustrated throughout with wood engravings by Paul Landacre. A Fine copy, part of the publisher's 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series. 1991. The Easton Press US
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, Date: 1976. Full-Leather. Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Shore, R.; Landacre, Paul. An exceptional copy. 1976 Full-Leather. xxx, 470 pp. 8vo. Original black full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Includes a new preface by Charles G. Darwin, a color frontispiece portrait of Darwin by R. Shore, and wood engravings by Paul Landacre. Darwin's landmark work on evolution and natural selection. 1976. The Easton Press US
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, Date: 1975. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated by Juan Carlos Barberis. Published exclusively for subscribers to the Franklin Library collection : The 100 Greatest Books of All Time. Bound in the publisher's original brown composition leather, spine stamped in gilt. Five raised bands on the spine. Decorations stamped in gilt on the covers and spine. Silk moire end papers.100.00 1975. Franklin Library US
Franklin Center, Penn.: The Franklin Library, Date: 1978. A Limited Edition. Fine in full light green leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A octavo measuring 8 1/2 by 6 inches containing 610 pages of text including an index. One of the volumes in The Franklin Press' collection of The Great Books Of The Western World. A beautiful, tight, clean and crisp copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates. 1978. The Franklin Library US
ISBN10: 1400041279, ISBN13: 9781400041275, [publisher: Random House USA Inc, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. Easily the most influential book published in the nineteenth century, Darwins The Origin of Species is also that most unusual phenomenon, an altogether readable discussion of a scientific subject. On its appearance in 1859 it was immediately recognized by enthusiasts and detractors alike as a work of the greatest importance: its revolutionary theory of evolution by means of natural selection provoked a furious reaction that continues to this day.The Origin of Species is here published together with Darwins earlier Voyage of the Beagle. This 1839 account of the journeys to South America and the Pacific islands that first put Darwin on the track of his remarkable theories derives an added charm from his vivid description of his travels in exotic places and his eye for the piquant detail. Easily the most influential book published in the nineteenth century, Darwin's "The Origin of Species is also that most unusual phenomenon, an altogether readable discussion of a scientific subject. On its appearance in 1859 it was immediately recognized by enthusiasts and detractors alike as a work of the greatest importance: the revolutionary theory of evolution by means of natural selection that it presented provoked a furious reaction that continues to this day. "The Origin of Species is here published together with Darwin's earlier ...
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, Date: 1976. Hardcover. 470 pages. Limited edition. Features a new preface by Charles G. Darwin. Includes illustrated with wood engravings by Paul Landacre. A fine copy in a decorated full leather binding with all page edges gilt and a bound in silk book marker. One of the nicer books in the series. 1976. The Easton Press US
Franklin Center:: Franklin Library,. Fine. Date: 1975. Hardcover. Limited edition ("The 100 Greatest Books of All Time"). Octavo, fully bound in brown leather with gilt lettering and design, raised bands along the spine, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, sewn-in ribbon bookmark. Fine. . 1975. Franklin Library, US
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[publisher: Watts & Co. London 1929] Hardcover First Edition 1st ed. thus hardback with dust jacket Nice copy small octavo viii + 434pp., frontis., text ills., glossary, index, The Thinker's Library edition. No.8. First edition in this form. Very nice copy in decorated black & gold boards, in a nice unclipped dust jacket with some wear [Melbourne, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 1929]
[publisher: Folio Society, London] Hardcover Introduced by Richard Keynes. A beautiful copy in slipcase. This book may require a freight adjustment. [Ballarat, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 2006]
NY: Modern Library, Date: 1936. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Modern Library Edition. xvi, 924pp+ index. Prelims darkened, light splash mark on boards, else a very good hardback in a darkened and rubbed jacket that has a few tiny nicks and closed tears with a chip to the bottom of the front panel. 1936. Modern Library US
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