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Short List No. 170 - 2015.

Darwin on Botany

Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 170 2015.

1 Allan, Mea. DARWIN AND HIS FLOWERS. A Key to Natural Selection. First Edition; pp. 318, [2](blank); endpaper map, 19 coloured photos., 76 b/w. photos. & line drawings, glossary, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper covered with adhesive plastic. London; Faber and Faber; (1977). ***Largely based on original material and unpublished letters of Charles Darwin, and also his published works on plants. #7323 A$50.00


2 Barnett, S. A.; Edited by. A CENTURY OF DARWIN. First Edition, Second Impression; pp. xvi, 376; 5 plates, 55 text figures, references, index; original cloth; (some light pencilled underlining at start); a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. London; Heinemann; (1959). ***First published in the previous year. A fine collection of essays by leading biologists on topics discussed by Darwin. #24127 A$50.00


3 [Bell, Edward]. THE PRIMROSE AND DARWINISM. By a Field Naturalist, M.A. Camb. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 236(last 3 blank); 23 figures, index, glossary; original cloth, gilt; (slightly marked); a very good copy; scarce. London; Grant Richards; 1902. #66734 A$85.00


4 Darwin, Charles. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life. By Charles Darwin, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. 2 vols. in 1, f ’cap 4to in 12s; pp. [iv], 3-394(last blank), 356, [6](blank); portrait frontis., title-page in red & black, full-page diagram, glossary, index; original green cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut; a very good copy. New York; P. F. Collier & Sons; MCMII [1902]. ***Freeman 490. A reprint of the Sixth Edition. [with] Darwin, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN and Selection in Relation to Sex. By Charles Darwin, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. Part One [Two]. 2 vols., f ’cap 4to in 12s; Vol. I, pp. [iv], 3-430, [2](blank); 26 figs.; Vol. II, pp. [iv], 431-868, [4](blank); 356, 52 figs., extensive index; title-pages in red & black; original green cloth, top edges gilt, others uncut; a very good copy. New York; P. F. Collier & Sons; MCMII [1902]. ***Freeman 1004. A reprint of the Second Edition. [with] Darwin, Charles. JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES. By Charles Darwin, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. F’cap 4to in 12s; pp. [iv], 588(last blank); title-page in red & black, several illustrations in text, index; original green cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut; a very good copy. New York; P. F. Collier & Sons; MCMII [1902]. ***Freeman 101. Together comprising volumes 1, 2-3, and 4 of Library of Universal Literature, Part I Science; with signature and small name stamp of former owner on endpapers; a nice set. #66537 A$165.00


5 Darwin, Charles. JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World, under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. Author ‘Origin of Species,’ etc. Twelfth Thousand. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition, reissued; pp. x, 520(last blank); 14 text illustrations, index; contemporary half morocco, gilt, with marbled endpapers & edges; a nice copy; rare. London; John Murray; 1873. ***Ferguson 8957; Freeman 27. #66372 A$600.00


NOT IN FREEMAN? ; NOT IN FERGUSON

6 Darwin, Charles. A Naturalist’s Voyage. JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’ Round the World. Under the Command of Capt. FitzRoy, R.N. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., Author of ‘Origin of Species,’ etc. Twentieth Thousand. With Portrait. Cr. 8vo; pp. [ii], xii, [13]-616(last blank); portrait frontispiece, a few text illustrations, index; uncut in original dark green cloth (a little worn), gilt, with the Rhea Hunt in gilt on front cover, and Price (3/6) in gilt on spine; patterned John Murray endpapers; (hinges cracked & re-glued; a small defect to preliminary blank before frontispiece; name of original owner in ink on back of frontispiece); otherwise a very good copy; scarce. London; John Murray; 1889. ***Not in Ferguson; not in Freeman, but see his 50b, in which however he makes no mention of the portrait either in this edition or by reference to his 46 (1888) which is generally similar. The page references in the Postscript have been changed to refer to the new pagination scheme. #66374 A$300.00


7 Darwin, Charles. The Minerva Library of Famous Books. Edited by G. T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc. JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. “Beagle” Round the World. Under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. (From the Corrected and Enlarged Edition of 1845). With a Biographical Introduction. Seventh Edition. Cr. 8vo, Seventh Ward Lock Edition; pp. xx, 382(last blank), [2](adv. for Minerva Library), [12](adv.); 16 plates, several text illustrations (including maps), index; original grey-green cloth (spine slightly worn; front hinge repaired); a very good copy; scarce. London, New York, and Melbourne; Ward, Lock and Co.; 1890. ***Not in Ferguson; Freeman 60. The biographical introduction is by the editor, G. T. Bettany. #66386 A$120.00


8 Darwin, Charles. JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World, under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. London: T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row. Edinburgh; and New York. 1891. Reduced height demy 8vo; Third Nelson Edition; pp. [v]-616(last blank); 6 double-page & 16 full-page plates, several text illustrations, index; original blue cloth with bevelled edges, gilt; (spine a little worn & rear board stained; small stain also to foot of several leaves; LACKING front endpaper, preliminary blank & half-title, but otherwise quite complete); scarce. London; T. Nelson and Sons; 1891. ***Not in Ferguson; Freeman 68 (collation incorrect by reference to his 48). First published by Nelson in this form in 1888 (the first substantially illustrated edition). #66382 A$75.00


9 Darwin, Charles. The Minerva Library of Famous Books. Edited by G. T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc. JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. “Beagle” Round the World, under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.A. [sic]. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. (From the Corrected and Enlarged Edition of 1845). With a Biographical Introduction. Twelfth Edition. Cr. 8vo, Twelfth Ward Lock Edition; pp. [3]-492; portrait frontispiece & 15 plates, over 30 text illustrations (including maps), index; contemporary half calf, with marbled sides, all edges gilt; (spine a little worn; lacking half-title); a very good ex-library copy with stamps on title verso and at end of text only. London; Ward, Lock, & Bowden, Limited; 1894. ***Ferguson 8961a; Freeman 77. The biographical introduction is by G. T. Bettany. #23996 A$60.00


10 Darwin, Charles. 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. By Charles Darwin M.A., F.R.S. With illustrations. Cr. 8vo; pp. xiv, [15]-16, 528(last 7 adv.); 16 plates, 6 text illustrations, original leaf-green cloth (tiny nail-hole in edge of rear board; back of frontispiece browned); a very good copy. London; John Murray; 1902. ***Freeman 99. The second issue of this new format and binding, printed on somewhat inferior paper. #66375 A$95.00


11 Darwin, Charles. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., &c. Fifth Edition, with Additions and Corrections. (Tenth Thousand.) London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1869. The Right of Translation is reserved. Cr. 8vo, Fifth Edition; pp. xxiv, 596; folding diagram, index; original cloth, blind-stamped boards & spine gilt; uncut; (rebacked, with new endpapers & original backstrip preserved; minor repairs to inner margin of half-title; an old signature torn from top of title-page; gilt device of the Australian Club Library on front board & bookplate on endpaper, but no other markings; some foxing & minor soiling to first third of the book, but otherwise very clean); a very good, sound copy; very scarce. London; John Murray; 1869. ***Freeman 387, binding variant a. This edition contains the 2-1/2-page Additions and Corrections, to the Fifth Edition, and the Historical Sketch (here reset to nearly 9 pages). An important edition, with extensive additions and revisions. #66440 A$1200.00


12 Darwin, Charles. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., &c. Sixth Edition, with Additions and Corrections. (Fifteenth Thousand). London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1875. The right of Translation is reserved. Cr. 8vo, Sixth Edition, Fifth Issue; pp. xxii, 458; folding diagram, glossary, index; original green cloth, with binder’s ticket of W. Bone & Son on rear pastedown; (cloth a little marked; spine ends worn; hinges a little weak; two small light unobtrusive name-stamps on title-page); a very good copy. London; John Murray; 1875. ***Freeman 398. Printed from stereos of the eleventh thousand. The sixth is the final edition, the last to be revised by Darwin, quite extensively re-written, and includes a new chapter in refutation of objections to his theory, especially those of St. George Mivart, the Roman Catholic biologist. This was also the first edition to drop the word ‘ON’ from the title and the first edition of the ‘Origin’ to use the word ‘evolution’. The Glossary was compiled by W. S. Dallas at Darwin’s request. #9642 A$650.00


13 Darwin, Charles. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. By Means of Natural Selection. Or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life. By Charles Darwin, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. Chicago and New York. Rand, McNally & Company. 2 vols. in 1, cr. 8vo; pp. [v]-xxii(lacking half-title & preliminary ?blank), 224, vi, 218; glossary, index; original green cloth, decorated in gilt and red (spine slightly rubbed); top edge gilt; (lacking front free endpaper, preliminary blank(?) and half-title); otherwise a very good copy; very scarce. Chicago; Rand, McNally & Company; N.D. [c. 1899]. ***Freeman 459. An attractive volume, with title-page in red and black; the reason for the two-volume pagination is obscure, presumably being derived from some earlier issue in two separate volumes (unidentified and not noticed by Freeman). The text is derived from the sixth edition. #66463 A$95.00


14 Darwin, Charles. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. By Means of Natural Selection. By Charles Darwin, LL D. London: John Murray. Small cr. 8vo; pp. [v]-xxii(but complete), 430; folding diagram, glossary, index; original green cloth (spine faded); a very good copy. London; John Murray; (1926). ***Freeman 536 (but he does not note the slight change in pagination from earlier issues). A volume in Murray’s Library, first issued in 1910. This is a late reissue of the 1891 printing, with the Glossary commencing on Page 404 to save a leaf at end, and preliminaries reduced to save two leaves at start. #66460 A$45.00


15 Darwin, Charles. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. [Introduction by Professor Sir Arthur Keith, F.R.S., M.D.(sic), LL.D.] F’cap 8vo, Fifth Everyman Edition; pp. xxiv, 488; double-page diagram, glossary, index; original grey cloth (spine faded); a very good copy. London; J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.; (1947). ***Freeman 567. First published in this form in 1928 from the text of the Sixth Edition. Includes a list of the corrections and additions to the six editions, and a useful brief note on Foreign editions. #66476 A$35.00


16 Darwin, Charles. ON THE VARIOUS CONTRIVANCES BY WHICH BRITISH AND FOREIGN ORCHIDS ARE FERTILISED BY INSECTS, and on the good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., &c. With illustrations. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. vi, 366; 34 illustrations (2 full-page & 1 folding), index; contemporary half navy morocco with cloth sides; top edge gilt, others uncut; a nice copy; very scarce. London; John Murray; 1862. ***Freeman 800. #66713 A$2200.00


17 Darwin, Charles. FERTILIZATION OF ORCHIDS BY INSECTS. New Foreword by Norris H. Williams. Cr. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. xii, vi, 372(last 7 blank); 34 illustrations (3 full-page), index; original cloth; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper; scarce. Stanfordville, New York; Earl M. Coleman, Publisher; 1979. ***Presumably Freeman 817a (in his limited circulation Additions and Corrections to Second Edition of 1977 [of his bibliographical handlist], but he gives a slightly different place of publication. A facsimile of the First Edition of 1862 of ‘ON THE VARIOUS CONTRIVANCES BY WHICH BRITISH AND FOREIGN ORCHIDS ARE FERTILISED BY INSECTS, and on the good effects of intercrossing’ with the addition of the Foreword by Williams. #66714 A$75.00


18 Darwin, Charles. THE VARIOUS CONTRIVANCES BY WHICH ORCHIDS ARE FERTILISED BY INSECTS. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., &c. Second Edition, Revised. With Illustrations. Cr. 8vo, First Issue of Second Edition; pp. xvi, 300, 32(adv. dated January, 1876); 38 illustrations, bibliography, index; original cloth, uncut; (name of former owner clipped from head of title-page; old name on half-title and on preliminary binder’s blank); a very good copy; very scarce. London; John Murray; 1877. ***Freeman 801. The second issue of Darwin’s work, first published in 1862, here with considerably altered text, augmented by the text of a paper first prepared for insertion in the first French translation and a bibliography of works on the subject published in the intervening period. #66715 A$650.00


19 Darwin, Charles. Carlo Darwin. I DIVERSI APPARECCHI COL MEZZO DEI QUALI LE ORCHIDEE VENGONO FECONDATE DAGLI INSETTI. Prima Traduzione Italiana col consenso dell’Autore di Giovanni Canestrini e Lamberto Moschen. Impl. 8vo, First Edition in Italian; pp. [3]-208(last blank); numerous figures, index; entirely uncut and unopened; (some occasional mild foxing); disbound & lacking original wrappers, but a very good copy; scarce. Torino; Unione Tipografico-Editrice; 1883. ***Freeman 823. Italian edition of ‘THE VARIOUS CONTRIVANCES BY WHICH ORCHIDS ARE FERTILISED BY INSECTS’ from the second English edition. The half-title, pp. 1-2, lacking above is included, in rather distressed state laid down on thin blue card. #66732 A$85.00


20 Darwin, Charles. THE VARIOUS CONTRIVANCES BY WHICH ORCHIDS ARE FERTILISED BY INSECTS. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. Second Edition, Revised. Fourth Thousand. With Illustrations. Cr. 8vo, Fifth Issue of Second Edition; pp. xvi, 300, 32(adv. dated January, 1889); 38 illustrations, bibliography, index; original cloth, uncut; a very good, clean ex-library copy with erasure from spine, labels on front endpapers & a couple of neat stamps at start and end; scarce. London; John Murray; 1888. ***Freeman 808. The sixth issue of Darwin’s work, first published in 1862, this second edition with considerably altered text, augmented by the text of a paper first prepared for insertion in the first French translation and a bibliography of works on the subject published in the intervening period. #66716 A$220.00


21 Darwin, Charles. THE VARIOUS CONTRIVANCES BY WHICH ORCHIDS ARE FERTILISED BY INSECTS. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. Second Edition, Revised. Fifth Thousand. With Illustrations. Cr. 8vo, Sixth Issue of Second Edition; pp. xvi, 300, 32(adv. dated April, 1890); 38 illustrations, bibliography, index; original cloth (very slightly flecked), uncut; a fine, clean copy; scarce. London; John Murray; 1889. ***Freeman 810. The seventh issue of Darwin’s work, first published in 1862, this second edition with considerably altered text, augmented by the text of a paper first prepared for insertion in the first French translation and a bibliography of works on the subject published in the intervening period. #66717 A$450.00


22 Darwin, Charles; M.A., F.R.S. THE VARIOUS CONTRIVANCES BY WHICH ORCHIDS ARE FERTILISED BY INSECTS. Popular Edition, being the seventh impression of the second edition. With illustrations. Pp. xvi, 300, 4(adv.); 38 illustrations; index; original leaf green cloth (spine ends a little worn); a nice copy; scarce. London; John Murray; 1904. ***Freeman 816. #36387 A$135.00


23 Darwin, Charles. The Journal of the Linnean Society. ON THE MOVEMENTS AND HABITS OF CLIMBING PLANTS. By Charles Darwin, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S. &c. [Read February 2, 1865.] [Drop title]. First Edition; pp. [ii](title-page to Journal, Vol. VIII), 128; 13 text illustrations; contemporary quarter cloth (spine lightly worn), with patterned papered sides; (a few very light pencil marks; tiny tear to inner margin of first leaf repaired); a nice copy; very rare. [London; Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, and Williams and Norgate; 1865]. ***Freeman 833. The Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany, Vol. IX, comprising nos. 33 and 34, the double part issued to Fellows of the Society. Darwin’s paper occupies pp. 1-118 and is the first issue of the work. This copy has the title-page to the preceding volume (VIII) bound in at front. #66727 A$4500.00


24 Darwin, Charles. THE MOVEMENTS AND HABITS OF CLIMBING PLANTS. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., etc. Second Edition, Revised. With illustrations. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. viii, 208, 32(adv., dated October 1875); 13 text illustrations; original green cloth (spine worn; lacking front endpaper; a very good ex-library copy with label on front pastedown & a few stamps); very scarce. London; John Murray; 1875. ***Freeman 836. A considerable revision and enlargement of the first edition published in the Journal of the Linnean Society ten years earlier. Often described as the first edition in book form, this is not strictly true as the first, Linnean Society, version was also issued commercially at a price of Four Shillings (see Freeman 834). #66728 A$325.00


25 Darwin, Charles. THE MOVEMENTS AND HABITS OF CLIMBING PLANTS. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., etc. Third Thousand. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition, Fifth Issue; pp. x, 208; 13 text illustrations; original green cloth; entirely uncut; (tears to top margin of two leaves repaired); a very good copy; scarce. London; John Murray; 1888. ***Freeman 843. This edition includes the Appendix to the Preface which first appeared in the first issue of the Third Thousand in 1882. #66729 A$285.00


26 Darwin, Charles. THE MOVEMENTS AND HABITS OF CLIMBING PLANTS. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., etc. Fourth Thousand. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition, Sixth Issue; pp. x, 208, 32(adv., dated April, 1889); 13 text illustrations; original green cloth; entirely uncut and unopened; a very nice, bright copy; scarce. London; John Murray; 1888. ***Freeman 844. This edition includes the Appendix to the Preface which first appeared in the first issue of the Third Thousand in 1882. #66730 A$450.00


27 Darwin, Charles. THE MOVEMENTS AND HABITS OF CLIMBING PLANTS. Post 8vo, Popular Edition; pp. x, 208; 13 figures; original leaf green cloth (front joint slightly worn; business card of former owner affixed to endpaper); a very good copy. London; John Murray; 1906. ***Freeman 852. The title-page is a cancel (as in another copy we have seen). This edition includes the Appendix to the Preface which first appeared in the first issue of the Third Thousand in 1882. #42725 A$100.00


28 Darwin, Charles. THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., &c. With Illustrations. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1868. The right of Translation is reserved. 2 vols., demy 8vo, First Issue of First Edition; Vol. I, pp. viii, 412, 32(adv.); 43 text illustrations; Vol. II, pp. viii, 486, [2](adv.); index; original green cloth, gilt; (spine ends a little rubbed; hinges a little weak, but sound; some neat contemporary informative and interesting annotations in the margins of several leaves; a notice from the journal ‘Nature’ tipped in and newsclippings by Asa Gray pasted to last advertising leaf in Volume II); otherwise a very good, clean set; scarce. London; John Murray; 1868. ***With the publisher’s presentation stamp in blind on title-page of Volume I. Freeman 877, with the five lines of Errata in Vol. I and seven in Vol. II (note that Freeman 877 refers to four lines of Errata in Volume I, but in his introductory text correctly notes five). #9643 A$2850.00


29 Darwin, Charles. THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., &c. Second Edition, Revised. Fourth Thousand. In two volumes.--Vol. I [II]. With illustrations. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1875. The right of Translation is reserved. 2 vols., cr. 8vo, Second Edition; Vol. I, pp. [ii], xiv, 474(last adv.); 43 illustrations; Vol. II, pp. [ii], x, 496(last colophon only), 32(adv., dated January, 1876); index; original cloth (Vol. I slightly marked); uncut & portion of Vol. II unopened; (neat name of former owner on preliminary blanks); a very good, sound & clean set; scarce. London; John Murray; 1875. ***Freeman 880. In this work, the first issue of the Second Edition, DARWIN first states his theory of PANGENESIS. #66710 A$1000.00


30 Darwin, Charles. THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION. 2 vols., Vol. I, Second Edition, Revised, Fifth Thousand, cr. 8vo; pp. [ii], xiv, 474(last adv.); 43 illustrations; original green cloth, gilt; Vol. II, First Edition, second issue, demy 8vo; pp. viii, 486; index; binders red cloth (several small stamps at beginning and end; a very good ex-library copy); a good, mixed set. London; John Murray; 1875-68. ***Freeman 883 (Volume I) and 878 (Volume II). #66711 A$110.00


31 Darwin, Charles. Carlo Darwin. VARIAZIONE DEGLI ANIMALI E DELLE PIANTE ALLO STATO DOMESTICO. Traduzione Italiana sulla seconda edizione inglese col consenso dell’Autore di Giovanni Canestrini. Impl. 8vo, First Edition in Italian; pp. 824; numerous figures, index; entirely uncut and unopened; (moderate foxing throughout); original printed wrappers (detached, frayed and defective, but present; and with original sewing intact; small blank pieces missing from upper corner of last 8 pp.); a very good copy; scarce. Torino; Unione Tipografico-Editrice; N.D. [1876]. ***Freeman 920. Italian edition of ‘THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION’ from the second English edition. #66733 A$110.00


32 Darwin, Charles. DE LA VARIATION DES ANIMAUX ET DES PLANTES A L’ETAT DOMESTIQUE. Par Charles Darwin M.A., F.R.S., etc. Traduit sur la Seconde Edition Anglaise par Editor. Barbier. Preface de Carl Vogt. Avec 43 gravures sur bois. 2 vols., demy 8vo, Second French Edition; Vol. I, pp. xvi, 494, [2](blank); 43 engravings in text; Vol. II, pp. [iv], 524(last blank), 20(inserted advertising catalogue with green wrappers dated Novembre 1881.); index; original green cloth, gilt; uncut; (some occasional mild foxing); a very good set; scarce. Paris; C. Reinwald et Cie; 1879-80. ***Freeman 913. The first translation into French of the second edition. #7693 A$285.00


33 Darwin, Charles. THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., &c. Second Edition, Revised. Seventh Thousand. In two volumes.--Vol. I [II]. With illustrations. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1890. The right of Translation is reserved. 2 vols., cr. 8vo, Second Edition; Vol. I, pp. [ii], xiv, 474(last adv.); 43 illustrations; Vol. II, pp. [ii], x, 496(last blank), 32(adv., dated March, 1893); index; original green cloth, gilt (very slightly flecked); uncut; a very nice, clean 7 bright set; scarce. London; John Murray; 1890. ***Freeman 890. In this Second Edition, first issued in 1882, DARWIN first states his theory of PANGENESIS. #66712 A$950.00


34 Darwin, Charles. THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS & PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION. By Charles Darwin, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. Edited by Francis Darwin, Fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge. Popular Edition. In two volumes--Vol. I [II]. With illustrations. 2 vols., demy 8vo, Popular Edition; Vol. I, pp. xvi, 566, (lacking pp. [2](adverts.); 43 figures on 24 plates; Vol. II, pp. xii, 606(last blank), [6](adv.); index; original cloth; (several passages marked at start and end with small ink marks & with pencilled notes, otherwise a very good set); scarce. London; John Murray; 1905. ***Freeman 902. In this work DARWIN first states his theory of PANGENESIS. #7692 A$175.00


35 Darwin, Charles. INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., etc. With illustrations. Cr. 8vo, First Edition, First Issue; pp. x, 462; 30 text illustrations, index; original green cloth, gilt; uncut (several sections a little carelessly opened; some occasional mild foxing); a very good copy; rare. London; John Murray; 1875. ***Freeman 1217. #66718 A$2000.00


36 Darwin, Charles. INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., etc. With illustrations. Demy 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. x, 462; 30 text illustrations, index; original vinyl; a fine copy. [Bruxelles; Culture et Civilisation; 1969]. ***Facsimile, on larger paper, of the First Edition, John Murray, 1875. Freeman 1235. #66719 A$95.00


37 Darwin, Charles. INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., etc. Second Thousand. With illustrations. Cr. 8vo, First Edition, Second Issue; pp. x, 462; Errata slip, 30 text illustrations, index; original green cloth, gilt; uncut; (spine ends rubbed; piece cut from half-title); a very good copy; scarce. London; John Murray; 1875. ***Freeman 1218. #66720 A$850.00


38 Darwin, Charles. INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., etc. Second Edition, revised by Francis Darwin. Sixth Thousand. Cr. 8vo, Second Issue of Second Edition; pp. xiv, 378, 16(adv., dated January 1894); list of chief additions to the Second Edition, 30 text illustrations, index; a fine, clean and fresh copy in the original green cloth, gilt; entirely uncut and unopened; scarce. London; John Murray; 1893. ***Freeman 1227. With the armorial bookplate of Arthur Wood. This edition which includes material from Francis Darwin’s own experiments was first issued in 1888. #23608 A$500.00


39 Darwin, Charles. INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. Revised by Francis Darwin. With illustrations. Cr. 8vo, Third Issue of Second Edition; pp. xiv, 378, 4(adv.); list of chief additions to the Second Edition, 30 text illustrations, index; original leaf green cloth (spine faded); a very good copy. London; John Murray; 1908. ***Freeman 1233. This edition which includes material from Francis Darwin’s own experiments was first issued in 1888. Describing this volume as ‘Cheap Edition’, the list of ‘editions’ given by John Murray on half-title verso is seriously in error, omitting some issues, including the true first issue Second Edition of 1888, and describing the second ISSUE of July 1875 as ‘Second Edition’. #66721 A$125.00


40 Darwin, Charles. THE EFFECTS OF CROSS AND SELF FERTILISATION IN THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., etc. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. viii, 482; 1 diag., 109 tables, index, Errata slip; original cloth (slightly marked & rubbed); uncut; a very good copy; scarce. London; John Murray; 1876. ***Freeman 1249. #45643 A$1350.00


41 Darwin, Charles. Carlo Darwin. GLI EFFETTI DELLA FECONDAZIONE incrociata e propria nel Regno Vegetale. Traduzione Italiana col consenso dell’Autore per cura di Giovanni Canestrini e di P. A. Saccardo. Impl. 8vo, First Edition in Italian; pp. 346, [2](blank); diag., numerous tables, index; entirely uncut and unopened; (some occasional mild foxing; lacking wrappers, but with original sewing intact); a nice copy; scarce. Torino; Unione Tipografico-Editrice; N.D. [1878]. ***Freeman 1269. Italian edition of ‘THE EFFECTS OF CROSS AND SELF FERTILISATION IN THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM’. #66731 A$120.00


42 Darwin, Charles. THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF FLOWERS on Flowers of the Same Species. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. With illustrations. Cr. 8vo, First Issue of First Edition; pp. viii, 352, 32(adv., dated March, 1877); 15 text figures, index; original green cloth, gilt; uncut; (number neatly removed from spine; hinges a little loose); a nice copy; very scarce. London; John Murray; 1877. ***Freeman 1277. With the bookplate of J. Cluny Harkness. #66724 A$1250.00


43 Darwin, Charles. THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF FLOWERS ON FLOWERS OF THE SAME SPECIES. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. With illustrations. Cr. 8vo, Eighth Issue of U.S. Edition; pp. [iv], xxiv, 352(last blank), [6](adv.); 15 text figures, index; original red-brown cloth; (label neatly removed from spine; hinges cracked, but sound; mild waterstain to top edge of last several leaves); a very good copy; scarce. New York; D. Appleton and Company; 1903. ***Freeman 1292. This edition contains additional material by Francis Darwin which first appeared in the London edition of 1884. #66725 A$85.00


44 Darwin, Charles. THE POWER OF MOVEMENT IN PLANTS. By Charles Darwin, LL.D., F.R.S. Assisted by Francis Darwin. With illustrations. Cr. 8vo, First Issue of First Edition; pp. [ii], x, 592, 32(adv., dated May 1878); 196 text figures, index; a fine, clean and fresh copy in the original green cloth, gilt; entirely uncut and unopened; scarce. London; John Murray; 1880. ***Freeman 1325. #66722 A$2200.00


45 Darwin, Charles. THE POWER OF MOVEMENT IN PLANTS. By Charles Darwin, LL.D., F.R.S. Assisted by Francis Darwin. With illustrations. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 72 Fifth Avenue. 1896. Facsimile Edition; pp. x, 592, [6](blank); 196 text figures, index; original cloth; a nice copy. [New York; AMS Press]; (1972). ***Freeman 1341, a facsimile of the sixth U.S. issue (Freeman 1333). The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 15. #66723 A$95.00


46 Kerner, Dr. A. FLOWERS AND THEIR UNBIDDEN GUESTS. With a Prefatory Letter by Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.s. The Translation Revised and Edited by W. Ogle, M.A., M.D. With Illustrations. First Edition; pp. xvi, 164, 32(inserted adv.); 3 tinted litho. plates, 118 illustrations, index; original cloth, gilt, (spine a little worn); a very good copy; scarce. London; C. Kegan Paul & Co.; 1878. ***Freeman 1318. #66299 A$175.00


47 Müller, Prof. Hermann. THE FERTILISATION OF FLOWERS. Translated and Edited by D’Arcy W. Thompson. With a Preface by Charles Darwin. With illustrations. First Edition; pp. xii, 670, [2](adv.); 186 figures, extensive bibliography with index, index to insects, index to plants; original cloth, gilt; a very nice, clean ex-library copy with label on front endpaper, pocket on rear endpaper, neat blind stamp on title-page and ink number on verso, but no other marks; scarce. London; Macmillan and Co.; 1883. ***Freeman 1432. #66726 A$320.00


48 Ridley, Mark; edited by. A DARWIN SELECTION. revised. Pp. viii, 312(last blank); 24 figures, bibliography, index; original pictorial wrappers; a very good copy. (London); Fontana Press; (1994). ***First published in 1987 under the title ‘The Essential Darwin’. Extracts from several of Darwin’s major works. #66561 A$20.00


49 Rutherford, H. W. CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF CHARLES DARWIN NOW IN THE BOTANY SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE. Compiled by H. W. Rutherford, of the University Library; with an Introduction by Francis Darwin. Edited by Henry William Rutherford. Facsimile Edition; pp. [iv], xiv, 96(last 5 blank, but for printing information on last page); original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (Cambridge); Cambridge University Press; (2009). ***First published in 1908. #62682 A$25.00


50 Stauffer, R. C.; Editor. CHARLES DARWIN’S NATURAL SELECTION. Being the Second Part of His Big Species Book written from 1856 to 1858. Edited from Manuscript by R. C. Stauffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 692; 4 plates, several diagrams (including folding sheet), several tables, several appendices, bibliography, collation between the Origin and Natural Selection, index; original cloth; a nice copy in faded dustwrapper; scarce. (London); Cambridge University Press; (1975). ***Freeman 1583. This book comprises the second part of the original manuscript from which ‘On the Origin of Species’ was abstracted by Darwin after receiving Alfred Russel Wallace’s letter from Ternate, here made available in print for the first time. The first part of Darwin’s ‘big book’ was published after the ‘Origin’ as ‘The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication’ (1868), but much of the material presented here was never published in Darwin’s lifetime. #51144 A$250.00


51 Wanstall, P. J.; Edited by. A DARWIN CENTENARY. The Report of the Conference held by The Botanical Society of the British Isles in 1959 to mark the Centenary of the publication of The Origin of Species. First Edition; pp. 140; 7 plates, several figures, 2 tables, references, index; original buckram, gilt; a fine copy; scarce. London; Published by The Botanical Society of the British Isles, c/o Department of Botany, British Museum (Natural History); 1961. #66557 A$100.00

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