The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex

Darwin, Charles

Published by John Murray, London, 1901

The 'New' edition, based on the second edition of 1874. Contemporary binding in green half-leather by 'Bumpus of Oxford Street London' with the bookbinder's stamp in gilt to lower leather turn-in front paste-down, title and decorations in gilt to spine, raised bands spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers with some tanning, b&w illus, index, pp xix, 1031. Later ex-library, with markings and a library number stamped in gilt to foot of spine. An ink gift inscription second blank endpaper to Mary Desiree Waller, dated 'Oct 21st, 1907' from her cousins Edward, Hilda and Margaret Poulton (the children of evolutionary biologist, Edward B. Poulton). This book would have been a twenty-first birthday gift to Mary Desiree Waller (b. October 21,1886 - 1956), daughter of the famous physiologist, August Desiree Waller, who recorded the first ECG. She was later to become Professor of Physics at the Royal Free Hospital Medical School in London. Her book "Chladni Figures - a Study in Symmetry" was published posthumously in January 1961. Considerations on the origins of man, covering evolutionary development, races of man, and the role of sexual selection in species differentiation. Seller Inventory # 103829

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation...
Publisher: John Murray, London
Publication Date: 1901
Binding: Half leather
Edition: 1st thus.