Preface Charles Darwin (15 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. pp.xiii, 372 pages, a very good paperback, a book first published thus in 1965 [0226136566].

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. used hardcover copy missing dust jacket, no markings, stickers or stains. fast shipping with tracking number.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. Xvii, 362 Pp. #139 Of 1500 Copies Of This Limited Edition, Signed By The Artist. Quarter Lavender Morocco, Gilt, Over Wood Grained Paper Covered Boards. No Wear But Damp Staining To Top And Bottom Of Spine And Adjacent Areas Of Boards. Slipcase With Damp Staining To Spine And Entire Surface Of All Panels Except Front Panel, Wear And Splits But Intact. Signed by Illustrator(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Bound in black and red cloth. Gilt lettering. Hardcover in slip case. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Slip case slightly sunned. Clean, unmarked pages. The Heritage Press operated from 1937 - 1982 and was created by George Macy. Heritage reprinted the lovely volumes of the Limited Editions Club. Heritage was established to give these works a wider audience by making them more affordable and widely available. Every book was selected by Heritage's editors as a classic in its field, chosen from the world's best-known and most enduring literature. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Special Edition. 470pp; Index. Pale green cloth HC with gilt lettering on spine. VG slipcase included. Contents clean and textually unmarked. Owner's bookplate affixed inside front cover. Sandglass brochure laid in.

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket as issued. Collector's Edition. xvii + 362 pp, Publisher's Preface, Montagu's Preface, Darwin's Introduction, topical tables of contents, text in 3 Parts / 21 Chapters with footnotes - illustrations, supplemental note, index. Includes note by T. H. Huxley on brain structure. Ffep curled slightly. Upper fr board corner with minor soil spots & rubbed gilt design. 8" x 10.6" black leather boards, with gilt design, letters, and textblock. Size: Quarto. Kredel, Fritz (illustrator). Book. …

Leatherbound. Condition: New. LIKE NEW! Unread. Leatherbound. 470 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, 1 color portrait ; 27 cm. . . . . . . Easton Press editions are renowned for their craftsmanship and collector appeal. These books feature genuine leather bindings, 22-karat gold stamped designs, raised hubbed spines, silk moire endpapers, and sewn (not glued) signatures for durability. The use of archival-quality acid-neutral paper and gold-gilded page edges ensures both aesthetic beauty and preservation over time.…

Hard Cover with Slipcase. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Oversize hardcover with green leather spine with gilt lettering and decorations; boards covered in wood-grain paper(?); top edge of text block speckled with green paint; limited edition 914/1500; signed by Fritz Kredel. Book in very good or better condition: spine tips tanned where the glassine is chipped; a few small spots on back board that might be flaws in the wood-grain; otherwise book is like new. Slipcase in good condition with a little sunning; a little chipping and splitting to the paper. Will cost extra for priority shipping. Not available for international shipping. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Signed by Illustrator(s). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint of the Sixth Edition, the last edition published in Darwin's lifetime. Publisher's original Oxford Blue cloth boards, gilt titles to spine. Clean and fresh text. Price-clipped DJ - fresh and crisp. Diana Bloomfield (illustrator).…

Condition: Fair. Cloth boards, octavo. internally good. .This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1400grams, ISBN.

4to [28 x 21 cm]; xvii, [iii], 362, [ii] pp, numerous illustrations from drwgs by Fritz Kredel including full-page printed in black and red, index, title page in red and black. original morocco-backed wood veneer boards, elaborate gilt design and title lettering on spine, fine and clean in original veneer covered slipcase with gilt decorated end (sight wear to edge). Freeman 1043. It was originally published in 1871 in 2 volumes, the word 'evolution' appearing for the first time in any of Darwin's works, and deals with the evolution of man. This edition is printed from the definitive 1877 edition. It is a companion volume to Origin of Species. A picture of this book is available on request.…

[Evolutionary science] COLLECTOR'S EDITION. Octavo (27 x 20cm), pp.[8] xxx; 470. With a colour frontispiece, and numerous wood engravings by Landacre throughout the text. Publisher's black full morocco, with designs and titles tooled in gilt to boards and spine. All edges gilt, and orange watered-silk endpapers. Light handling, otherwise a fine copy. Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859) is a seminal work in naturalist literature and without doubt the pivotal work and foundation of evolutionary science. It introduced the theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. Darwin's book was the culmination of evidence he had accumulated on the voyage of the Beagle in the 1830s and expanded through continuing investigations and experiments since his return.…

Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. HARDBACK NODustJacket, 1924, 1st U.S. Edition, 1st Printing, VG/GOOD+, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Interior nice tight with light Fox Toning Thruout & few small light Stains wear, Small Green with Black Decorations Cvr light rub, wear tiny Chips Extremities, Spine Cvr wear & tiny Dings chips , 5 X 7 1/2 IN. 93 Pgs , Index, NO ADS in Back, few small dogears pgs, .Glossy B/W photo Frontispiece of Man in Knickers, Shirt & Tie Playing Indoor Golf photo taken by Richard Brown of A. G. Havers of Coombe Hil Golf Club Swinging the Follow Through, Blank Endpapers Foxing & some pencil writing, Illustrated with B/W Glossies .It is an attempt to bring the newest Discoveris of Mental Science to the aid of players of a Great Game, to Explain Failure, & to bring hope of Success. Nothing has been more pleasant in recent yrs. than the camaraderie of Golf with America Winning the Open British Championship of the Game. Ancient Game of Golf, Mr. Bailey was seized with the thought, still very much alive today, that the subconscious execution of the swing would produce quicker and more satisfactory resUlts than learning the physical aspect.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1955, 1ST Edition THUS, EARLY ISSUE REPRINT, VG+/VG, TINY EDGE CHIP EXTREMITIES DJ, Back of DJ says a few of 500 Authors starts with Ainsworth ends With ZOLA, is nearly 65 years old and is in good condition for its age. There is ONLY VERY slight damage to the dust jacket, 496 PGS, Index, This volume contains in the form of a Journal a history of our voyage and a sketch of observations in Natural History and Geology which I think will possess some interest for the general reader. I have in this edition largely condensed and corrected some parts and have added a little to others in order to render the volume more fitted for popular reading."- Charles Darwin in his preface to "The Voyage of the Beagle.".…

"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." DARWIN, Charles. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. With a Preface by Ashley Montagu and Drawings by Fritz Kredel. Adelaide, South Australia: Printed for The Limited Editions Club, 1971. Limited to 1,500 copies signed by Fritz Kredel, this being no. 1201. Large quarto (10 11/16 x 7 7/8 inches; 272 x 201 mm.). 384 pp. Illustrated throughout with numerous black and white drawings, some of which are full-page. Publisher's quarter green Oasis morocco over natural 'wood veneer' paper boards, spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Minimal fading to spine, still a near fine copy in the publisher's matching slip-case. Charles Robert Darwin, (1809-1882) was an English naturalist and geologist, best known for his contributions to evolutionary theory. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors, and in a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding. Darwin published his theory of evolution with compelling evidence in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species, overcoming scientific rejection of earlier concepts of transmutation of species. By the 1870s, the scientific community and much of the general public had accepted evolution as a fact. However, many favored competing explanations and it was not until the emergence of the modern evolutionary synthesis from the 1930s to the 1950s that a broad consensus developed in which natural selection was the basic mechanism of evolution. In modified form, Darwin's scientific discovery is the unifying theory of the life sciences, explaining the diversity of life. Darwin has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history. He was honored by burial in Westminster Abbey. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex was first published in 1871. It applies evolutionary theory to human evolution, and details Darwin's theory of sexual selection, a form of biological adaptation distinct from, yet interconnected with, natural selection. The book discusses many related issues, including evolutionary psychology, evolutionary ethics, differences between human races, differences between sexes, the dominant role of women in mate choice, and the relevance of the evolutionary theory to society. Fritz Kredel (1900-1973) was a German, later American artist and graphic designer. In his early years, he studied under Rudolf Koch at Offenbach School of Art and Design, and developed skills in woodcuts. Koch and Kredel collaborated on A Book of Signs (1923) and The Book of Flowers (1930). Following Koch's death in 1934, Kredel moved to Frankfurt, but in 1938 he fled Germany for political reasons with help from Melbert Cary. After emigrating to the United States that year, he taught at Cooper Union in New York and continued to work as an artist. He produced illustrations for over 400 books in German and English and received many awards and honors. Many of his originals are now housed at the Art Library at Yale University. Limited Editions Club Bibliography, 435. Signed.…