The Origin of Species
London: John Murray, 1869. 5th. Fifth edition, tenth thousand, as stated on title page and copyright page. Book very good, repair at front and rear gutters. Page 29/30 missing. Comes with custom-made slipcase.
London: John Murray, 1869. 5th. Fifth edition, tenth thousand, as stated on title page and copyright page. Book very good, repair at front and rear gutters. Page 29/30 missing. Comes with custom-made slipcase.
John Murray, UK, 1871. 1st Edition. Hardcover. London: John Murray, 1871, 1871. 2 volumes, octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spines gilt, sides with panels blocked in blind, blue coated endpapers. The covers are in good condition and very secure - both spines have been professionally rebacked. Gilt nice and.....
John Murray, Albemarle Street, London, 1871. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1st issue. London: John Murray, 1871, 1871. 2 volumes, octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spines gilt, sides with panels blocked in blind, blue coated end papers. The covers are in very good condition. Gilt nice and bright. There.....
John Murray, 1881. 2nd. hardcover. Second edition, 1881. Book very good, gutters somewhat cracking, foxing mainly in front and back.
John Murray, 1871. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good first edition, second issue: The verso of the title leaf of Volume II of the second issue has a list of nine other works by Darwin and no errata, which distinguishes it from the first issue. Previous owner's stamp on front free.....
D. Appleton and Co, 1873. first. hardcover. First US edition, 1873 stated on title page. Book very good, former owner's bookplate attached to front paste-down, gutters have been repaired but still cracked.
1882. 15th thousand. 15th thousand edition. Book very good, paper tape to gutter of 1st and 2nd front free end papers, some foxing mostly to front and rear papers, former owner's name and date on 2nd front free end paper, some bubbling to verso of front free end paper.
The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1978. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine limited edition from The Franklin Library. 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of "The Great Books of the Western World". Full leather bound with gilt detailing and a satin ribbon book marker. Previous owner's bookplate on the front free end page.
London, UK: John Murray, 1875. 6th. hardcover. Sixth edition, Fifteenth Thousand. Book very good, cracking along front and rear gutters, some wear, previous owner's name on half-title and title page. Housed in provided fold-out case.
London: John Murray, 1888. 6th. hardcover. 6th edition, with additions and corrections to 1872. Book very good. Comes in custom-made slipcase.
London: Murray, 1885. 6th. 6th Edition, 28th Thousand, very good in original cloth.
London: Murray, 1891. Sixth. hardcover. A beautiful near fine copy, with bright gold lettering and decoration on the spine. Appears unread. Some offsetting on the endpapers. Forty-first thousand.
London: Murray, 1860. Second. hardcover. The second edition in original cloth, very good but for moisture stain in top corner of front endpapers. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Second edition, second issue (with "fifth thousand" on title page), one of only 3000 copies and yet the largest printing of.....
London: John Murray, 1888. 6th edition. hardcover. 6th edition, with additions and corrections to 1872 (thirty-third thousand). Book very good, wear to corners and spine ends, cracking to front and rear gutter, some foxing to front and rear pages, handwritten name and date on 2nd front free end paper.
London: John Murray, 1892. 6th. hardcover. 6th edition, as stated on title page. Book very good, minor rubbing along edges, minor wear to spine ends. Housed in custom-made slipcase.
London Colburn and Bentley, 1831. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A collection of reports of military and scientific expeditions in 1830, including a fascinating and important section on a pre-Darwin expedition of the Beagle, which later included Charles Darwin. Author unknown. Includes information about a Beagle expedition that is reported nowhere else.....
John Murray, 1881. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Printing part of the Four thousand, as stated on the title page. Same year as small first printing. Very good in original green cloth. Some light foxing on first few pages, but otherwise very clean.