Life Letters Charles Darwin Including by Darwin Francis Editor (17 results)

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Cambridge University Press digital reprint of the original John Murray edition from 1887. Three volume edition of which this is Volume 1 only. Volume 2 also in stock. 'Damaged' stamp to publication details page. Some label residue to the bottom of the rear cover and some light corner rubbing but otherwise unmarked.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Cambridge University Press digital reprint of the original John Murray edition from 1887. Three volume edition of which this is Volume 2 only. Volume 1 also in stock. 'Damaged' stamp to publication details page. Two inch crease to the top rear corner, some label residue to the bottom of the rear cover and some light surface wear and corner rubbing but otherwise unmarked.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint Edition. Soft cover, very clean, tight and bright.

Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear; B&W Illustrations; 562 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine -. Volume 2 only Shelf 471 Text clean; book tight; name on FFEP; paper lightly browned; gilt to top edge of paper; a bit of light rubbing to edges and corners of covers and spine strip Not a book club (BC)copy. Not ex library, not a remainder, smoke free. PHOTOS POSTED WITH OUR BOOKS ARE STOCK AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT CONDITION OR EDITION OF BOOK OFFERED FOR SALE. WE DO NOT POST THE PHOTOS.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 395 pages. 8.75x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Spines slightly sunned, previous owner's bookplate and inked name and date on free front endpages. Box edges scuffed, faded, ; Two volumes in box, 558 and 562 pages. ; Vol. 2 VOL; 6 x 9 " in box; Unpaginated pages. shipping will be extra for this heavy set, please inquire.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. [A superior set, suitable for a fine library: Darwin's first major biography] Near fine. 3 volume set. Bound in publisher's green cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Minor spotting to edge. Portrait frontispiece. Gilt spine lettering, rule. Freeman 1457. From the library Dr. Owen Hannaway. Hannaway was director of the Center for the History and Philosophy of Science at Johns Hopkins University. He authored numerous books and served as an editor of academic magazines in the history of science. Partial list of publications: Chemists and the Word: The Didactic Origins of Chemistry (1975); Observation, Experiment, and Hypothesis in Modern Physical Science (1985); The Evolution of Technology (1989); Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century (1994); and The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages: Their Religious, Institutional and Intellectual Contexts (1996).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Re-issue. Limited Authorized Westminster Edition. 1,000, copies were printed of which this is number 26. An early reissue of the first American edition. With six black and white illustrations on plates, including portraits and manuscript facsimile. 8vo, original brick red cloth, lettered and ruled on the spines in gilt, the upper covers with a decorative border in black and with matching decorative border in blind on lower covers. viii, 558; iv, 562. A very good set with just a hint of darkening to the spines. Volume 1 has a previous owner's name written in pencil with a date of 1899. Below is a longer quote from Balzac wtritten in ink. This is the first and most basic life of Darwin. It contains the first version of Darwin's autobiography, which was edited to avoid giving offense to his widow (the full text was not published in English until 1958). The letters were selected with a more personal rather than scientific bias, with particular emphasis on the period during which Darwin was writing and preparing for publication his Origin of Species. This issue is in a more convenient format then the British 3 volume set. No date is present but the two volumes were published around 1895 or 1896.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. Second Edition. Three volumes, complete. Beautiful contemporary 3/4 dark brown leather binding with marbled (mostly red) paper-covered boards. Gilt lettering on spine. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. 6" x 8 3/4." All pages of all volumes, complete. Black-and-white illustrations (each volume has at least one), complete. Vol. I: 395 pages; four illustrations including frontispiece; tipped-in Errata in front. Vol. II: 393 pages; two illustrations including frontistpiece. Vol. III: 418 pages; one frontispiece; Appendices and Index in back. List of Illustrations in front of each volume. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning, occasional small marks, and occasional foxing. Covers are very clean and intact except for light wear to extremities, slight darkening to top edge of text block, and a small bump on fore-edge of Vol. III's back cover. Marbling on boards, edges of text block, and endpapers features rich, saturated colors and is still vibrant and not rubbed (slight darkening on top edges of text blocks but that is the only notable defect as to the marbling). Each volume and the overall set are Fine. Beautiful set of three volumes containing a biography of Charles Darwin (1809-1882), the eminent English naturalist, biologist, and geologist. Also includes an autobiographical chapter and reprinted letters by Charles. Edited by Francis Darwin (1848-1925), Charles's third son who went on to become a botanist.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Authorized edition. Two volumes, pp vi, 538; 562, with index, frontispiece in each volume, and a few additional illustrations. Bound in mauve cloth with gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt. Minor wear sheld wear, else fine. Includes an Introduction by Francis Darwin, 87 letters selected from the correspondence of Charles Darwin, an autobiographical chapter written by Charles Darwin for his family, and an essay by Thomas Huxley "On the reception of the 'Origin of Species.'".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This is a VG two volume set of the first American edition in maroon cloth bindings, gold spine lettering, black designs on the covers, yellow endpapers, previous owner's name. a nice tight set with no foxing, but there are some under lines in volume one. Photos on request. MEDIA SHIPPING ONLY, extra for airmail or international shipping.

Softcover. Octavo, three volumes. In Very Good condition. Green and yellow spines with green lettering. Covers and textblocks have mild shelving wear. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Multi-Volume Area (ND-MV). 1402906. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First US Edition. Boards with light rubbing to extremities and with light fraying to spine ends. Former owner's name on first blank page. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; viii, 558, [1], iv, 562, [1] pages.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 418 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 393 pages. 8.75x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 395 pages. 8.75x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.