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$30.00
xxpof176301

The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin


DARWIN, CHARLES; DARWIN, FRANCIS (ed.)

This vol only. Super octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1887

KEYWORDS: charles darwin letters biography

$40.00
1y55b/20

The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Including an Autobiographical Chapter (In Three Volumes - Vol. III)


DARWIN, CHARLES & DARWIN, FRANCIS (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, iv + 418pp, VG- (heavy chipping to spine extrems with some sl loss, moderate tanning to spine, light bruising to board extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light cracking to gutters throughout, moderate foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1887

KEYWORDS: Charles Darwin autobiography letters correspondence

$120.00
1m37a/14

The Variation of Animals & Plants Under Domestication (2 vols)


DARWIN, CHARLES; DARWIN, FRANCIS (ed)

2 VOL SET. Crown 8vo, pp. xv + 566 + [2 (advts)], xii + 605 + [6 (advts)]; green paneled buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt, front board lettered & decorated in black; plates counted all present, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; heavy cracking to front gutters (vol. 1)).

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1905

KEYWORDS: Charles Dawin biogology evolution animals plants wildlife domestic domestication natural selection

$995.00
2i48b/1

The Power of Movement in Plants


DARWIN, CHARLES; DARWIN, FRANCIS (ed)

FIRST EDITION. Crown 8vo, pp. x + 592 + 32 advts; green cl bds paneled in blind, spine lettered in gilt; illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; sticker to front pastedown; heavy cracking to hinges). Publisher's advt. to rear dated 1878.

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1880

KEYWORDS: Charles Darwin first edition biology biologist 19th century science wildlife plants

$14.00
xxasd14545

The Essential Darwin


KOREY, KENNETH (ed) (DARWIN, CHARLES)

octavo paperback (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: little brown

KEYWORDS: specials science evolution charles darwin kenneth korey

$30.00
xxaje62060

Loeb Classical Library: The Speeches of Aeschines


Against Timarchus; On the Embassy; Against Ctesiphon

ADAMS, CHARLES DARWIN (Trans)

Duodecimo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Loeb Classics / William Heinemann 1988

KEYWORDS: specials Greece Greek language history politics philosophy literature classics Charles Darwin Adams Aeschines speeches

$12.50
xxdte67025

The Social Climbers


DARWIN, CHRIS & AMY, JOHN

Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Pan Macmillan 1991

KEYWORDS: specials Chris Darwin John Amy Mount Huascaran Mount Pisco South America adventure climbing mountaineering

$10.00
xxkwa70956

The Voyage of the Beagle


DARWIN, CHARLES

paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Bantam 1958

KEYWORDS: specials Charles Darwin darwinism evolution science

$22.50
xxfaa75647

Journal of Researches inot the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of HMS Beagle round the World


with a biographical introduction

DARWIN, CHARLES

Octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & CO (n/d)

KEYWORDS: specials Charles Darwin travel science geology HMS Beagle journals diaries natural history

$130.00
2g16b/35

The History of Holden since 1917


DARWIN, NORM

Quarto, illus pink glossy heavy card boards with white lettering, illus eps, 223pp, illus, VG (ding to rear board lower corner, owner's name in ink to fep verso, light tanning to page edges, creasing to several pages lower corner)

PUBLISHER: EL Ford Publications 1983

KEYWORDS: Norm Darwin Australian car industry Holden cars history automotive industry engineering

$460.00
1w37/1

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex


Second Edition (Twelth Thousand), Revised and Augmented. With Illustrations

DARWIN, CHARLES

Lacks f.e.p., early issue, twelth thousand second (revised) edition, octavo, half bound, marbled heavy card boards with ornate gilt tooling to leather spine, marbled eps, xvi + 693pp, illus, VG- (heavy rubbing with colour loss to boards, rubbing to board edges, some bruising to board corners, small tears with loss to front pastedown, lacks f.e.p., half-title page coming loose, v light foxing throughout, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1877

KEYWORDS: Charles Darwin human evolution biology science sexual selection

$24.50
xxfrd107263

The Formation of Vegetable nMould Through The Action of Worms with Observations on Their Habitat


DARWIN, CHARLES

Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Zhingoora Books 2013

KEYWORDS: history science biology plants

$325.00
2s29/43

The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species


DARWIN, CHARLES

Early edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, dark brown coated eps, xxiv + 352pp, illus, VG (heavy browning to page edges and prelims, heavy dampstaining to upper half of rear board, slight bruising to spine extrems, sporadic foxing)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1884

KEYWORDS: Charles Darwin natural history botany science flowers

$1650.00
2s29/44

The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom


DARWIN, CHARLES

First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind rule to boards, brown coated eps, viii + 482pp, VG (moderate fraying to cloth of board edges & corners, some bruising & fraying to spine extrems, 2cm tear to cloth of spine side, some staining to boards, moderately heavy browning to page edges, some foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1876

KEYWORDS: Charles Darwin science botany natural history vegetables fertilisation

$45.00
2s9b/1

Painter and Poet: The Wonderful World of Ashley Bryan


GIONVANNI, NIKKI & HENDERSON, DARWIN

Octavo, illus light card covers, 32pp, illus, Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art 2005

KEYWORDS: art exhibition painting poetry poems literature

$450.00
2s3a/22

The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects


DARWIN, CHARLES

Second edition revised, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 300pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1882

KEYWORDS: botany natural history Orchids plants flora insects

$14.00
xxpli136853

The Voyage of the Beagle: Journal of Research into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of HMS Beagle Round the World, Under the Command of Captain Fitz Roy, RN.


DARWIN, CHARLES & AMIGONI, DAVID (intro)

octavo softcover (VG-): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Wordsworth Editions Ltd 1997

KEYWORDS: history geology natural maritime adventure sea Royal Navy Beagle Darwin journal voyage zoology evolution

$12.50
xxcnc139293

The Voyage of the Beagle: Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. 'Beagle' Under the Command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.


DARWIN, CHARLES

Octavo hardcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: The Great Writers/Marshall Cavendish Partworks 1992

KEYWORDS: journal research evolution Charles Darwin beagle nature botany natural history anthropology notes exploration geology

$14.00
xxqbh141774

The Illustrated Origin of Species


DARWIN, CHARLES & LEAKEY, RICHARD E. (Abridged & Intro)

Imperial octavo softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1986

KEYWORDS: Charles Darwin evolution illustrated history nature philosophy biology

$17.50
xxrbd146665

Lysias: Selected Speeches


LYSIAS & ADAMS, CHARLES DARWIN (ed.)

Octavo softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press 1970

KEYWORDS: speeches ancient lysias

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