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1 Allen, Grant. English Worthies, Edited by Andrew Lang. CHARLES DARWIN. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. viii, 206, [2](adv., for the series, verso blank), 12(inserted adv. dated September 1885); index; original sepia-printed papered boards (lightly worn & soiled; some foxing); fore & lower edges uncut (a couple of leaves a little carelessly opened); a very good copy; scarce. London; Longmans, Green, and Co.; 1886. ***From The Urwick Library, founded May, 1885, with label on endpaper and presentation inscription dated February 1886, but no other marks. This was the first volume in the series. #65603 A$35.00


2 Aveling, Edward B.; D.Sc. THE STUDENT’S DARWIN. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 340(last blank), viii(index), 24(inserted adv., dated November, 1883); original cloth; a very good copy; scarce. London; Freethought Publishing Company; 1881. ***Volume II in the International Library of Science and Freethought. A precis of most of Darwin’s works. #66608 A$75.00


3 Bowlby, John. CHARLES DARWIN. A New Life. Med. 8vo, First U.S. Edition; pp. xiv, 514(last 3 blank); 6 maps, numerous illustrations, chronology, appendix, notes, bibliography, index; original quarter cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. New York; W. W. Norton & Company; (1990). ***The Author died shortly before publication of this U.S. edition. Contains approximately seventy pages on the Beagle voyage. #51829 A$65.00


4 Bowler, Peter J. CHARLES DARWIN. The Man and His Influence. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 250, [10](blank); endpaper map, 15 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Oxford); Basil Blackwell; (1990). ***Blackwell Science Biographies, General Editor: David Knight. #52473 A$60.00


5 Burkhardt, Frederick; Edited by. CHARLES DARWIN’S LETTERS. A Selection 1825-1859. [Foreword by Stephen Jay Gould]. First Edition; pp. xxvi, 254(last 5 blank); portrait frontispiece, double-page map, a few figures, endpaper genealogical table & map, notes, biographical register, bibliography, bibliography note, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Cambridge); Cambridge University Press; (1996). #16329 A$45.00


6 Burkhardt, Frederick; Edited by. CHARLES DARWIN THE BEAGLE LETTERS. With an Introduction by Janet Browne. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxx, 470, [6](blank); frontispiece, 12 coloured & 24 b/w. plates, a few figures, endpaper genealogical table & map, chronology, notes, brief biographies and index to correspondents, bibliography, index; original papered boards; (inscription on endpaper verso); a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Cambridge); Cambridge University Press; (2008). #37959 A$65.00


7 Clark, Ronald W. THE SURVIVAL OF CHARLES DARWIN. A Biography of a Man and an Idea. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 454(last 3 blank); 16 plates, references, bibliography, index; original quarter cloth; (a small corner cut from endpaper); a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. New York; Random House; (1984). #19008 A$35.00


8 de Beer, Gavin. CHARLES DARWIN. THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY. Autobiographies. Edited with an Introduction by Gavin de Beer. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxvi, 126(last 3 blank); 12 plates, chronology of Darwin and of Huxley, bibliography, notes index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Oxford University Press; 1974. ***Freeman 1508. A volume in the series Oxford English Memoirs and Travels, General Editor: James Kinsley. #49208 A$35.00


9 [de Besancenet, Alfred]. LES CONTEMPORAINS. Charles Darwin (1809-1882). 4to; pp. 16; portrait; sewn; a fine copy. No Imprint; [c. 1900]. ***Part of a larger publication, or serial; text in French in double-column. #65650 A$20.00


10 Desmond, Adrian and Moore, James. DARWIN. Thick med. 8vo, First Edition, Second Impression; pp. xxii(last blank), [3]-808(as issued), [4](blank); 56 plates, map, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Michael Joseph; (1991). ***Inscribed and signed by the second Author on title-page. #65599 A$85.00


11 Desmond, Adrian and Moore, James. DARWIN. Thick med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxii(last blank), [3]-808(as issued), [4](blank); 56 plates, map, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Michael Joseph; (1991). #49250 A$65.00


12 Desmond, Adrian and Moore, James. DARWIN’S SACRED CAUSE. How a Hatred of Slavery Shaped Darwin’s Views on Human Evolution. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxii, 490(last 5 blank); 16 plates, 3 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. (London); Allen Lane an imprint of Penguin Books; (2009). #48605 A$50.00


13 Eiseley, Loren. DARWIN AND THE MYSTERIOUS MR. X. New Light on the Evolutionists. Illustrated with photographs. First Edition; pp. xiv, 278; 12 plates, notes, index; original quarter cloth; (slight foxing of edges); a nice copy in faded dustwrapper. New York; E. P. Dutton; (1979). ***Edward Blyth was Mr. X. #8082 A$30.00


14 Freeman, R. B. CHARLES DARWIN. A Companion. First Edition; pp. 312(last 3 blank); portrait frontispiece, 6 illustrations; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly faded dustwrapper. (Folkestone); Dawson; (1978). #14055 A$85.00


15 Freeman, R. B. DARWIN PEDIGREES. 4to, First Edition; pp. [iii]-viii(as issued), 84; 9 plates, 20 pedigrees; original cloth; a fine copy. London; Printed for the Author; 1984. ***Comprising a facsimile of the 1888 “Pedigree of the Family of Darwin,” compiled by H. Farnham Burke, and privately printed in an edition of only 60 copies, substantially augmented, updated, and with commentary by Freeman. #65674 A$65.00


16 Gruber, Howard E. DARWIN ON MAN. A Psychological Study of Scientific Creativity by Howard E. Gruber. Together with Darwin’s Early and Unpublished Notebooks Transcribed and Annotated by Paul H. Barrett. Foreword by Jean Piaget. Med. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. [ii], xxviii, 498(last 3 blank); 35 illustrations (photographs, drawings & diagrams), chronology, appendices, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; Wildwood House; (1974). ***Freeman 1582. #9724 A$75.00


17 Herschel, Sir John F. W.; Edited by. ADMIRALTY MANUAL OF SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY. With a New Introduction by David Knight. Facsimile Edition; pp. xxii, xii, 504(last adv.); 2 folding maps, appendices, including an additional leaf before Page 99; original buckram; a nice copy. (Folkestone, Kent); Dawsons of Pall Mall; (1974). ***Freeman 335, a facsimile of the Second Edition of 1851 (Freeman 328). The chapter on Geology is by Charles Darwin. #66838 A$65.00


18 Holder, Charles Frederick. Leaders in Science. CHARLES DARWIN. His Life and Work. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], xvi, 280(last blank), [4](adv.), [2](blank); 28 plates, several illustrations, appendix (bibliography), index; original cloth (slightly marked); a very good copy; scarce. New York; G. P. Putnam’s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press; 1891. #65629 A$75.00


19 Hubbard, Elbert. Little Journeys to Homes of Great Scientists. DARWIN. Written by Elbert Hubbard and done into book form by the Roycrofters at their shop, which is in East Aurora, New York, A.D. MCMV. F’cap 4to, First Edition; pp. [viii](adv.), [4], 157-192(last 3 adv.), [8](adv.); sewn in original wrappers; a very good copy. East Aurora, N.Y.; The Roycrofters; MCMV [1905]. #65630 A$35.00


20 Huxley, Julian S.; Dobzhansky, Theodosius; Niebuhr, Reinold; Reiser, Oliver L.; Nikhilananda, Swami. A BOOK THAT SHOOK THE WORLD. Anniversary Essays on Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], viii, 60, [2](blank); original wrappers (spine a little worn; inscription & stamp on first blank); a very good copy; scarce. (Ann Arbor, Michigan); University of Pittsburgh Press; (1958). #66501 A$20.00


21 Marshall, A. J. DARWIN AND HUXLEY IN AUSTRALIA. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 142, [2](blank); 4 plates, bibliography; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Sydney; Hodder and Stoughton; (1970). #8679 A$65.00


22 Moore, Ruth. The Stratford Library. CHARLES DARWIN. Cr. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. 208; portrait frontispiece, note on sources, index; original cloth; a nice copy in very slightly defective dustwrapper. London; Hutchinson of London; (1957). #65618 A$30.00


23 Pancaldi, Giuliano. DARWIN IN ITALY. Science Across Cultural Frontiers. Updated and expanded edition. Translated by Ruey Brodine Morelli. Med. 8vo, First Edition in English; pp. xvi, 224(last blank); several illustrations, notes, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Bloomington and Indianopolis; Indiana University Press; (1991). ***First published in Bologna in 1983. Includes Lombroso and social darwinism. #65503 A$65.00


24 Ralling, Christopher. THE VOYAGE OF CHARLES DARWIN. His autobiographical writings selected and arranged by Christopher Ralling. First Edition; pp. 184(last blank); double-page map, 24 coloured & 4 b/w. plates, 2 full-page portraits (Darwin and FitzRoy), index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (London); British Broadcasting Corporation; (1978). #66362 A$40.00


25 [Simpkin, Julie; Editor]. CHARLES DARWIN: AN AUSTRALIAN SELECTION. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xii, 132; numerous coloured illustrations, notes; original thin pictorial boards; a fine copy. [Canberra; National Museum of Australia Press; 2008]. ***Extracts from Darwin’s original diary relating to Australia, with essays by Tom Frame, Nicholas Drayson and Robyn Williams, and introduction by Michael Pickering. With a 2-page review by Barry Butcher loosely inserted. #66409 A$35.00


26 Ward, Henshaw. CHARLES DARWIN. The Man and His Warfare. Illustrated. First Edition; pp. [xii], 472; 2 full-page maps & 25 plates, appendix, bibliography, index; original cloth (marked & with tiny tear to spine; marginal repair to one leaf & two others with slight browning from previously inserted clipping); a very good copy. Indianapolis; The Bobbs-Merrill Company; (1927). #8091 A$25.00


27 Weismann, August. CHARLES DARWIN. Pp. 431-452; titled wrappers; a fine copy. [Washington; Extracted from the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution; 1909]. #65669 A$20.00


28 White, Michael and Gribbin, John. DARWIN. A Life in Science. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 322; notes, 2 appendices, references, index; original papered boards; (inscription on front endpaper); a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Simon & Schuster; (1995). #17978 A$25.00


29 Willis, H. G.; M.A. CHARLES DARWIN: HIS LIFE AND WORK. First Separate Edition; pp. [97]-110(last blank); original wrappers (lightly soiled); a very good copy; scarce. Manchester; Reprinted from the Annual Report and Transactions of the Manchester Microscopical Society; 1909. #65667 A$70.00


30 Darwin, Charles. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES DARWIN 18091882. With original omissions restored. Edited with Appendix and Notes by his grand-daughter Nora Barlow. Facsimile Edition; pp. [3]-254(last blank, as issued); 4 plates, appendix, notes, index; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. New York; W. W. Norton & Company; (1993). ***A facsimile of Freeman 1497. #65652 A$25.00


31 Darwin, Charles. CORAL REEFS. Volcanic Islands. South American Geology. Cr. 8vo; pp. [ii], xx, 550(last blank); 6 plates (3 folding, including 2 maps), over 40 text illustrations, 3 indices; original green cloth, spine gilt; a very good copy; scarce. London; Ward, Lock & Co.; 1910. ***Freeman 300. A volume in The World Library series. #66834 A$85.00


32 Darwin, Charles: DARWIN: THE INDELIBLE STAMP. The Evolution of an Idea. Edited, with Commentary by James D. Watson. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 338(last blank, ‘Beagle Voyage’); [339]-602(last blank, ‘Origin’); [603]-1060(last blank, ‘Descent’); [1061]-1258(last blank, ‘Emotions’), [1259-1262](references), several illustrations; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Philadelphia; Running Press; (2005). ***Comprising The Voyage of the ‘Beagle’ ( from the edition of 1845), On the Origin of Species ( from the first edition), The Descent of Man ( from the second edition), and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals ( from the first edition). #66551 A$75.00


33 Darwin, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN, and Selection in Relation to Sex. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. Second Edition, Revised and Augmented. Twenty-Ninth Thousand. With Illustrations. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition, Fourteenth Issue; pp. [ii](blank), xvi, 694(last blank); 78 text illustrations, Table of Additions & Corrections, Supplemental Note, extensive index; uncut in the original blind-stamped green cloth, spine gilt; (covers flecked & spine ends worn; light toning of text throughout, but a very good copy); scarce. London; John Murray; 1890. ***Freeman 971. As Freeman notes: the word ‘evolution’ occurs, for the first time in any of Darwin’s works, on Page 2 of the first volume of the first edition, before its appearance in the sixth edition of the ‘Origin’ in the following year. This edition includes the Supplemental Note on Sexual Selection in Relation to Monkeys (Reprinted from Nature, November 2, 1876, p. 18). This first appeared in the 12th Thousand of 1877. #26878 A$75.00


34 Darwin, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN, and Selection in Relation to Sex. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. Second Edition, Revised and Augmented. Thirty-Fifth Thousand. With Illustrations. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition, reprinted; pp. [ii](blank), xvi, 694(last blank); 78 text illustrations, Table of Additions & Corrections, Supplemental Note, extensive index; uncut in the original blind-stamped green cloth; (spine ends a little worn; blue pencil marks on 3 pp.); a very good copy; scarce. London; John Murray; 1896. ***Freeman 985. This edition includes the Supplemental Note on Sexual Selection in Relation to Monkeys (Reprinted from Nature, November 2, 1876, p. 18). This first appeared in the 12th Thousand of 1877. #67678 A$85.00


35 Darwin, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN. And Selection in Relation to Sex. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. Author of “The Origin of Species,” etc., etc. Reprinted from the Second English Edition, Revised and Augmented. Illustrated. Cr. 8vo; pp. viii, 800(last 3 blank); portrait frontispiece, 78 text illustrations, extensive index; original cloth; top edge gilt (a little flecked; inner margin of title-page restored; new endpapers); a very good copy. New York; A. L. Burt Company, Publishers; N.D. [c. 1900]. ***Presumably Freeman 988, as the title-page has the circular device with the text: ‘Burt’s Library of the World’s Best Books’, but the spine has ‘The Home Library’ in gilt (see Freeman 973). #66508 A$25.00


36 Darwin, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN, and Selection in Relation to Sex. By Charles Darwin, M.A., Fellow of the Royal Society, Etc. With Illustrations. New Edition, Revised and Augmented. Complete in One Volume. Cr. 8vo; pp. [3]-706(last blank, complete, as issued); portrait frontispiece, 78 text illustrations, extensive index; original cloth (a little marked; rear board slightly creased; some underlining); spine gilt; a good copy. New York; Hurst and Company, Publishers; N.D. [c. 1900]. ***Freeman 992. The spine has ‘Library Edition’ in gilt at foot. #66527 A$35.00


37 Darwin, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN, and Selection in Relation to Sex. By Charles Darwin, M.A., Fellow of the Royal Society, Etc. With Illustrations. New Edition, Revised and Augmented. Complete in One Volume. Cr. 8vo; pp. [5]-708(last 3 blank, complete, as issued); 78 text illustrations, extensive index; original publisher’s half pebble-grained cloth, with marbled sides; spine decorated in gilt; (slight wear to board edges); a very good copy. New York; Hurst and Company, Publishers; N.D. [c. 1900]. ***Freeman 992. In this variant, the spine carries the words “Edition De Luxe” at foot. #66528 A$50.00


38 Darwin, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN and Selection in Relation to Sex. by Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. With Illustrations. Thick 8vo, Second Edition, 24th Impression [Fourth Issue of New Edition]; pp. xx, 1032(last blank), [2](adv.), [2](blank); 78 text illustrations, Supplemental Note, extensive index; original leaf-green cloth, spine gilt, front board printed in black; (rear joint repaired; stamps on endpapers and at foot of pp. 101, 179, 415, 595 and 851; otherwise nice and clean); a very good copy. London; John Murray; 1913. ***Freeman 1018. Printed from stereos of the Library Edition, with the larger type and page count. This impression has a list of the Murray editions with prices on half-title verso; this list first appeared in the 22nd impression [but Freeman fails to note it in the earlier issues]. #66526 A$65.00


39 Darwin, Charles. The Thinker’s Library, No. 12. THE DESCENT OF MAN. Part I and the Concluding Chapter of Part III. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. With a Preface by Major Leonard Darwin. F’cap 8vo, First Edition of this version; pp. xii, 244; a few illustrations; a nice copy. London; Watts & Co.; (1930). ***Freeman 1033. #60124 A$30.00


40 Darwin, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN and Selection in Relation to Sex. With a Preface by Ashley Montagu and Drawings by Fritz Kredel. Post 4to; pp. [ii], xx, 362; numerous text illustrations, supplemental note, extensive index; original full maroon leather-grained cloth, spine gilt; a fine copy. New York; The Heritage Press; (1972). ***Freeman 1044 (date in error?). This, the trade edition of the Limited Editions Club edition of the previous year is taken from the revised and supplemented edition of 1877 omitting Chapters Nine to Sixteen [concerning sexual selection in “lower” animals]; a note on the reasons why is supplied by Ashley Montagu. #49849 A$75.00


41 Darwin, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN and Selection in Relation to Sex. With a Preface by Ashley Montagu and Drawings by Fritz Kredel. Post 4to; pp. [ii], xx, 362; numerous text illustrations, supplemental note, extensive index; original quarter black leatherette, with cloth sides, gilt; a fine copy in slipcase. Norwalk, Connecticut; The Heritage Press; (1972) [but later c. 1975?]. ***A re-issue of Freeman 1044. This, a re-issue of the trade version of the Limited Editions Club edition of 1971, is taken from the revised and supplemented edition of 1877 omitting Chapters Nine to Sixteen [concerning sexual selection in “lower” animals]; a note on the reasons why is supplied by Ashley Montagu. #66531 A$65.00


42 Darwin, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN and Selection in Relation to Sex. With a Preface by Ashley Montagu and Drawings by Fritz Kredel. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Collector’s Edition bound in genuine leather. Post 4to; pp. [iv], xx, 362; coloured frontispiece, numerous text illustrations, supplemental note, extensive index; original full black leather, gilt; all edges gilt, watered silk endpapers & silk ribbon; (the gilt on rear board a little dull, otherwise a fine copy). Norwalk, Connecticut; The Easton Press; (1979). ***A re-issue of Freeman 1044. This, a re-issue of the trade version of the Limited Editions Club edition of 1971, with the addition of the coloured frontispiece is taken from the revised and supplemented edition of 1877 omitting Chapters Nine to Sixteen [concerning sexual selection in “lower” animals]; a note on the reasons why is supplied by Ashley Montagu. #60121 A$95.00


43 Darwin, Charles: EVOLUTION. Selected letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt, Samantha Evans, Alison M. Pearn. Foreword by David Attenborough. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxii, 308, [6](blank); portrait frontispiece, endpaper genealogical table, biographical register, bibliography, bibliographical note, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Cambridge); Cambridge University Press; (2008). #21417 A$35.00


44 Darwin, Charles. THE EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS IN MAN AND ANIMALS. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., Etc. With Photographic and other Illustrations. U.S. Edition; pp. vi, 372, [4](blank); 7 photogravure plates containing 30 portraits, by V. Brooks, Day & Son, 21 text illustrations (7 full-page), index; original dark green cloth, top edge gilt; a very good, clean & sound copy. New York; Specially Published for The Brunswick Subscription Co. by D. Appleton and Company; 1915. ***Freeman 1162. A volume in The World’s Greatest Scientists series, so designated on spine. #66854 A$85.00


45 Darwin, Charles. The Thinker’s Library, No. 47. THE EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS IN MAN AND ANIMALS. Revised and abridged by Surgeon-Rear-Admiral C. M. Beadnell [etc.]. F’cap 8vo, First Edition (in this form); pp. x, 180(last blank); frontis., 21 text illusts., index; original papered boards; (Page 5 a little marked); a very good copy. London; Watts & Co.; (1934). #66855 A$25.00


46 Darwin, Charles. THE EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS IN MAN AND ANIMALS. Third Edition. With an Introduction, Afterword and Commentaries by Paul Ekman. Essay on the history of the Illustrations by Phillip Prodger. Pp. xxxvi, 476(last 3 blank); numerous text illustrations, references, notes, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. New York; Oxford University Press; 1998. ***There have of course been many editions since the true second edition of 1890 (Freeman 1146), edited by Darwin’s son Francis, but this is the first new edition with additional text, incorporating much material from Darwin’s archives and similar contemporary sources. #64754 A$50.00


47 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


48 Darwin, Charles. THE FORMATION OF VEGETABLE MOULD through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits. By Charles Darwin, LL.D., F.R.S. With illustrations. Tenth Thousand (Corrected). Cr. 8vo, Tenth Thousand; pp. [ii], viii, 328, [2](colophon, verso blank), 32(inserted adv. dated July 1887); 15 text illustrations, index; original cloth (covers very marked & worn; internally very good and unmarked); uncut; scarce. London; John Murray; 1888. ***Freeman 1372. With corrections and additions by Francis Darwin as first issued in the Seventh Thousand. #66844 A$85.00


49 Darwin, Charles: FROM SO SIMPLE A BEGINNING. The Four Great Books of Charles Darwin. Edited, with Introductions by Edward O. Wilson. Thick med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 432(‘Beagle Voyage’); [433]-760(‘Origin’); [761]-1248(‘Descent’); [1249]-1478(last blank, ‘Emotions’), [1479-1484](last blank, Afterword), [1484]- 1706(footnotes & indices to the four works), [6](blank); several illustrations, index to each work, plus general (modern) index linking to modern biological concepts; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper in original slipcase. New York; W. W. Norton & Company; (2006). ***Comprising The Voyage of the ‘Beagle’ ( from the edition of 1845), On the Origin of Species ( from the first edition), The Descent of Man ( from the first edition), and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals ( from the first edition). This volume is rather better illustrated and annotated than the generally similar volume edited by James D. Watson and published the previous year, and in addition it is fully indexed. #66552 A$95.00


50 Darwin, Charles. THE ILLUSTRATED ORIGIN OF SPECIES. Abridged and Introduced by Richard E. Leakey. Consultants W. F. Bynum [and] J. A. Barrett. Post 4to, First Australian Edition (in this form); pp. 240; geological chart on endpaper, several maps, numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations, figures, and diagrams, glossary, list of further reading, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in pictorial dustwrapper (spine slightly faded). Melbourne; Oxford University Press; (1979). ***A useful abridgement from the sixth edition, with informative illustrations, and a good introduction by Leakey. #18639 A$30.00


51 Darwin, Charles. IL MEGLIO IN ANTROPOLOGIA. L’origine dell’uomo e la scelta in rapporto al sesso. L’espressione delle emozioni nell’uomo e negli animali di Charles Darwin a cura di Giorgio Celli. Saggio aggiunto di G. G. Simpson. Traduzioni di Giovani Canestrini e di Michele Lessona aggiornate da Giorgio Celli. Ventuno disegni nel testo e ventinove illustrazioni fuori testo. Cr. 8vo, Italian Edition; pp. 1206(last blank), [26]; endpaper map, 8 plates, 21 figures, chronology, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in glassine dustwrapper in original card slipcase. Milano; Longanesi & C.; (1971). ***Freeman 1099b (IN Additions and Corrections to Second Edition of 1977 to 1 January, 1986 - limited circulation, University College London for the Author), but 1971 rather than 1972. Translation into Italian of ‘Descent of Man’ and ‘Expression of the Emotions’. #66536 A$30.00


NOT IN FREEMAN THE SECOND AUSTRALIAN EDITION (?)

52 Darwin, Charles. A JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES BY CHARLES DARWIN. Commonwealth of Australia. E. W. Cole, Bourke Street, Melbourne. 346 George Street, Sydney. 67 Rundle Street, Adelaide. (Printed in Great Britain). F’cap 8vo, Australian Edition; pp. [ii], 492; over 30 text illustrations (including maps), index; original green cloth, decorated in gilt and blind; (a little worn and used, but sound); scarce. Melbourne; E. W. Cole; N.D. [c. 1910]. ***Not in ANB (but see 12157); not in Freeman, but clearly derived from the Ward, Lock edition of 1910 (with similar binding); the plates are omitted but the biographical introduction by G. T. Bettany is included (as in that edition). The half-title/title-page fold is a cancel. The Contents leaves (pp. 19-22) are included, but Page 22 is blank. This may be the second Australian edition. #66394 A$40.00


53 Darwin, Charles. JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE GEOLOGY & NATURAL HISTORY of the Various Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the World by Charles Darwin. London: J. M. Dent & Co. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. F’cap 8vo, Second Everyman Edition; pp. xvi, 496; a few text illustrations, original grey ribbed cloth, spine gilt; a nice copy. London; J. M. Dent & Co.; (1908). ***Not in ANB; Freeman 113. First published in Everyman’s Library in 1906 (Freeman 110). Includes Darwin’s Postscript as originally published in 1860. #66397 A$45.00


54 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. Cr. 8vo, First Ward Lock Edition; pp. xx, 382(last blank), [12](adv.); 16 plates, several text illustrations (including maps), index; binder’s cloth (lacking front endpaper; some foxing & minor soiling); a very good copy; scarce. London, New York, and Melbourne; Ward, Lock and Co.; 1889. ***Ferguson 8959; Freeman 52. The biographical introduction is by the editor, G. T. Bettany. #66384 A$45.00


55 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. (From the Corrected and Enlarged Edition of 1845). With a Biographical Introduction. Cr. 8vo; pp. 492; 16 plates, over 30 text illustrations (including maps), index; original green cloth, boards stamped in black, spine in gilt and black, all edges gilt; a nice copy; scarce. London; Ward, Lock & Co., Limited; N.D. [c. 1890?]. ***Not in Ferguson; similar to Freeman 67, but not identified as a volume in either the Macaulay or Minerva Libraries. The biographical introduction is by G. T. Bettany. #34729 A$95.00


56 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$50.00


57 Darwin, Charles. Sir John Lubbock’s Hundred Books. 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. (From the Corrected and Enlarged Edition of 1845). Cr. 8vo; pp. xiv, 382(last blank); portrait frontispiece, a few text illustrations, index; contemporary half leather, with marbled sides & endpapers; top edge gilt; (spine a little worn); a nice copy; scarce. London and New York; George Routledge and Sons; N.D. [1891]. ***Not in Ferguson; Freeman 69, the first Routledge edition, clearly derived from the Ward, Lock editions but without the biographical introduction by G. T. Bettany. #66392 A$95.00


A MOST UNUSUAL COMBINED VOLUME NOT IN FREEMAN

58 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. 8vo; pp. [ii](adv.), [ii](title-page, verso imprint: Printed by T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty, at the Edinburgh University Press), viii, 188, [2](section title to index, verso blank), [189]-194(index), [2](adv.); [ii](title-page to The Scarlet Letter, verso Contents), 76 + 4 full-page illustrations on 4 leaves, [2](adv.); [iv](title-page, verso dedication & Contents to Adventures), 54 + 6 full-page listed illustrations on 6 leaves; printed throughout in double-column; original brown publisher’s cloth, printed in darker brown; a very good copy. London [and] Manchester; W. H. White & Co.; 1892. ***In addition to the full-page illustrations mentioned in the collation above, there are 11 text illustrations to Darwin’s Journal and there is an illustration on each of the three title-pages (these are all dated 1892). A most unusual publisher’s issue in one volume of three quite unrelated works, the second being Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter and the third being Sir John Kincaid’s ( factual) Adventures in the Rifle Brigade in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands. Darwin’s Journal is Freeman 73 but he does not record this combined issue. #67538 A$75.00


59 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. 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. 492, [20](adv.); portrait frontispiece, 16 plates, over 30 text illustrations (including maps), index; original blue-grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge uncut; (lacking front endpaper; name on half-title); a very good copy. London; Ward, Lock, & Bowden, Limited; 1894. ***Freeman 77. The biographical introduction is by G. T. Bettany. #66415 A$95.00


60 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$45.00


61 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. With a Biographical Introduction. Cr. 8vo; pp. 492, [12](adv.); 16 plates, over 30 text illustrations (including maps), index; original red cloth, gilt; (spine slightly stained & small stain to lower inner margin of frontis & title-page); a very good copy; scarce. London; Ward Lock & Co., Limited; N.D. [c. 1900]. ***Freeman 95, a volume in the Minerva Library, New Series, but not explicitly identified as such. The first leaf of the advertisements describes “The Minerva Library (New Series.) Large Crown 8vo, art linen, extra gilt, fully illustrated, 2s.” and Volume II in the series is this work. The biographical introduction is by G. T. Bettany. #66387 A$85.00


NOT IN FREEMAN

62 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. With a Biographical Introduction. Cr. 8vo; pp. 492; 15 [of 16] plates, over 30 text illustrations (including maps), index; original blue cloth, gilt; (LACKING frontispiece; endpapers browned); scarce. New York; New Amsterdam Book Company; N.D. [c. 1900]. ***NOT IN Freeman, but similar to his 95, with the binding of the Minerva Library, New Series (apart from the different publisher details on spine). The biographical introduction is by G. T. Bettany. #66389 A$25.00


63 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$50.00


64 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. With a Biographical Introduction. Cr. 8vo; pp. 492; 16 plates, over 30 text illustrations (including maps), index; contemporary prize calf, gilt, with prize label for Sydney Grammar School dated December 1908; (moderate foxing throughout); a very good copy; scarce. London; Ward, Lock & Co., Limited; N.D. [c. 1906]. ***Freeman 111 (?) with the frontispiece portrait of Darwin standing from the painting by Sir J. Collier in the National Portrait Gallery. The paper is rather soft and spongy in comparison to another copy we have seen in original binding with the same portrait. The biographical introduction is by G. T. Bettany. #66391 A$65.00


65 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 command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N. Cr. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. xii, 500; a several illustrations, index; original art. leather with mounted coloured illustration on front board; a fine copy. (London; Marshall Cavendish Ltd.; 1987). ***Facsimile of John Murray’s edition of 1905 (Freeman 105); a volume in The Great Writers Library. #60151 A$40.00


66 Darwin, Charles: THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN. Including an Autobiographical Chapter. Edited by his Son, Francis Darwin. Foreword by George Gaylord Simpson. In two volumes. Vol. I [II]. 2 vols., Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. xxii, 558, [6](blank); 4 plates; Vol. II, pp. [x], 562; frontispiece & facsimile with facing transcription, 4 appendices, index; original cloth (spines faded; name on title-pages); a very good set in original slipcase (rubbed & repaired). New York; Basic Books, Inc.; 1959. ***Freeman 1501. A facsimile of the two-volume Appleton edition (1888) of the original three-volume edition, with the addition of the Foreword by Simpson. #65661 A$85.00


67 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. Pott 8vo, Second Impression (of this edition); pp. [viii], 454, [2](blank); full-page diagram, index; original cloth, spine gilt; a very good copy. London; Grant Richards; ( June) 1902. ***Freeman 486. A reprint of the Second Edition of 1860. First published in this form in January, 1902. The World’s Classics, [No.] XI, The Works of Charles Darwin.—I [all published]. This World’s Classics edition was available in cloth (as here) at 1s. net, or in leather at 2s. net. #66472 A$25.00


68 Darwin, Charles. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Pott 8vo, Fourth impr. (of this edition); pp. [iii-viii](lacking half-title), 454, [2](blank), 8(adv.); full-page illust., index; original ‘Sultan-red’ leather, spine gilt; top edge gilt; (spine slightly worn); a very good copy. London; Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press; (1907). ***Freeman 503. A reprint of the Second Edition of 1860. First published in this form by Grant Richards in 1902. The World’s Classics, No. XI. With a Note on ‘The Origin of Species’ by Grant Allen. According to the advertisements at end this World’s Classics edition was available in no less than thirteen different styles of binding and paper type! #66470 A$35.00


69 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. [Issued for the Rationalist Press Association, Limited]. First Watts Edition, Third Impression; pp. 208(last 5 adv.); full-page diagram, index; original light green sepia-printed wrappers (enclosed in thin card protective wrapper); a very good copy. London; Watts & Co.; 1907. ***Freeman 504. A reprint of the First Edition. #66493 A$30.00


70 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. Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, Paris, New York, Toronto & Melbourne. MCMIX. Cr. 8vo; pp. 430, [2](adv.); full-page diagram, Historical Sketch (at end), index; original green cloth; a very good copy; scarce. London; Cassell and Company, Ltd.; 1909. ***Freeman 505. A volume in The People’s Library. A reprint of the second edition, with the addition of the Historical Sketch from the third edition. #66478 A$45.00


71 Darwin, Charles. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Means of Natural Selection. London & Glasgow, Collins’ Clear-Type Press. Pott 8vo; pp. 524, [4](adv.); full-page diagram, index; original red cloth (slightly marked; some wrinkling of text, but no staining). London; Collins’ Clear-Type Press; N.D. [c. 1920?]. ***Freeman 512 (dated [1910]). A volume in Collins Illustrated Pocket Classics series [No. 149]. A reprint of the third edition, perhaps the only one such (?) including the first text of the Historical Sketch. With short inscription on endpaper verso dated Xmas 1922 which suggests that this may be a later issue than that given by Freeman. #66479 A$30.00


72 Darwin, Charles. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Pott 8vo, Seventh Issue in the World’s Classics series; pp. [viii], 454, [2](blank), 8(adv.); full-page diagram, index; original cloth (spine ends slightly rubbed); a very good copy. London; Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press; (1923). ***Freeman 530. A reprint of the Second Edition of 1860, first published in this form by Grant Richards in 1902. The World’s Classics, No. XI. With a Note on ‘The Origin of Species’ by Grant Allen. #66469 A$40.00


73 Darwin, Charles. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. By Means of Natural Selection. (A Reprint of the Second Edition). Pott 8vo, First Edition in this form; pp. lxiv, 456, 16(adv.); full-page diagram, index; original cloth; a very good copy. London; Oxford University Press; (1929). ***Freeman 544. The World’s Classics, No. XI. With a Preface by Leonard Darwin and a valuable comparison of the first and second, and first and sixth editions by Miss Irene Manton. #40357 A$60.00


74 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. (A Reprint of the First Edition). With a Foreword by Dr. C. D. Darlington, F.R.S. Reduced demy 8vo; pp. xxii, 426; double-page diagram, index; original cloth; (a little foxing towards end); a nice copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Watts & Co.; (1950). ***Freeman 571. Claimed to be the first reprint of the first edition, “the only changes being punctuation”, but this is clearly not so, the very same publisher having reprinted the first edition in 1903 (complete with an extensive note stating that fact—this not explicitly noted by Freeman). #66431 A$65.00


75 Darwin, Charles. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. A Facsimile of the First Edition with an Introduction by Ernst Mayr. Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], xxviii, x, 490, [491-502](bibliography & subject index), [2](blank); portrait frontispiece, folding diagram, bibliography, index; original cloth (spine faded; ink annotations to front endpaper, Mayr’s Introduction and to last chapter); a very good copy. Cambridge, Massachusetts; Harvard University Press; 1964. ***Freeman 602. The first facsimile edition, but the bibliography and index (replacing the original) are new to this edition. #60116 A$65.00


76 Darwin, Charles. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. A Facsimile of the First Edition with an Introduction by Ernst Mayr. Facsimile Edition, Thirteenth Printing; pp. [ii], xxviii, x, 490, [491-520](bibliography & subject index, last 5 blank); portrait frontispiece, double-page diagram (at end), bibliography, index; original wrappers; a fine copy. Cambridge, Massachusetts; Harvard University Press; (1994). ***A later printing of Freeman 602, first published 1964, the first facsimile edition. The bibliography and index (replacing the original, and here enlarged from the 1964 edition) are new to this edition. #66430 A$45.00


77 Darwin, Charles. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. The Illustrated Edition. David Quammen, General Editor. Square 4to, Fourth Impression of this edition; pp. xvi, 544; very numerous coloured illustrations, appendix, glossary, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Sterling; (2008). ***Comprising the text of the First Edition, with numerous additions, lavishly (and usefully) illustrated. #57545 A$75.00


78 Darwin, Charles. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Means of Natural Selection. With a Preface by George Davidson. Med. 4to, U.S. Issue; pp. 384; numerous text illustrations from contemporary and other sources, diagram, glossary, index; original pictorial papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Chartwell Books, Inc.; (2010). ***A reprint of the Sixth Edition of 1872 (notwithstanding the title, which follows that of the First), first issued in this form in the U.K. in 2008. #35692 A$65.00


79 Darwin, Charles. ON THE STRUCTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CORAL REEFS. Also Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and parts of South America visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. With portrait, maps, plates, and numerous illustrations and critical introductions by Prof. John W. Judd, F.R.S., Professor of Geology in the Normal College of Science, South Kensington. Cr. 8vo; pp. xx, 550(last blank), [6](adv. for Minerva Library, New Series); frontispiece (portrait of Darwin by Collier), 6 plates (3 folding, including 2 maps), over 40 text illustrations, 3 indices; original red cloth, gilt (mildly soiled; new endpapers); a very good copy; scarce. London; Ward, Lock & Co.; N.D. [c. 1900]. ***Freeman 294 (but a variant binding with less elaborate decoration to front board). #66832 A$95.00


80 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$65.00


81 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., LL.D., F.R.S. Popular Impression of the corrected copyright edition. Issued with the approval of the author’s executors. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street 1901. Post 8vo; pp. xxii, 432, [2](adv.); folding diagram, glossary, index; original orange-brown printed wrappers (a little worn; half-title silverfished; tiny stain to extreme top edge of several leaves); uncut & largely unopened; a very good copy; scarce. London; John Murray; 1901. ***Not in Freeman, however see his 475 (green wrappers, description inadequate). This is a reissue of the 1891 printing, on slightly larger paper, and with slightly differing text to title-page, with quite different pagination from the other ‘Popular Impressions’ of 1900 and following. #66455 A$85.00


82 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, LL D., F.R.S. Popular Impression of the corrected copyright edition. Issued with the approval of the author’s executors. London John Murray, Albemarle Street 1910. Cr. 8vo; pp. [iii]-xxii(lacking half-title?), 432; folding diagram, glossary, index; original pink-red cloth (faded; a little foxing of edges & end leaves); a very good copy; scarce. London; John Murray; 1910. ***Freeman 509. A volume in Murray’s Library. This is a reissue of the 1891 printing, with slightly differing text to title-page, and with quite different pagination from the other ‘Popular Impressions’ of 1900 and following. #66457 A$70.00


83 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


84 Darwin, Charles. The Thinker’s Library, No. 8. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Means of Natural Selection. By Charles Darwin, LL.D. Last (Sixth) Edition. F’cap 8vo, First Edition in the Thinker’s Library; pp. viii, 434, [6](adv.); full-page diagram, glossary, index; original printed papered boards; a nice copy. London; Watts & Co.; (1929). ***Freeman 545. #66491 A$35.00


85 Darwin, Charles. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Charles Darwin. Demy 8vo; pp. [iii]-x, 374, [2](blank); diagram; original cloth; (probably lacking a preliminary blank); a very good copy. New York; Carlton House; N.D. [c. 1935]. ***Freeman 561. Includes the Historical Sketch, but not an index. World’s Great Thinkers series, so identified on spine. #66468 A$20.00


86 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


87 Darwin, Charles. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Means of Natural Selection. [and] THE DESCENT OF MAN and Selection in Relation to Sex. William Benton, Publisher. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Chicago, London, Toronto. Two works in one volume, roy. 8vo, First Edition in this form; pp. [ii], xii, 252(last blank), [vi], 253-660(last blank); 1 diagram in “Origin” & several figures in “Descent”, Supplemental Note on Sexual Selection in Relation to Monkeys (Reprinted from Nature, November 2, 1876), glossary, index to each work; printed in double-column; original cloth; a fine copy. Chicago; Encyclopaedia Britannica; (1952). ***Great Books of the Western World, Robert Maynard Hutchins, Editor in Chief, [No.] 49. Darwin. Freeman 576 (=1039). Includes the Historical Sketch of the Sixth Edition of the Origin. #66434 A$40.00


88 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. A reprint of the Sixth Edition with a Preface by Sir Gavin de Beer. Pott 8vo, Fourth Edition of this version; pp. xxxii, 592; full-page diagram, glossary, index; original cloth; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Oxford University Press; (1963). ***Freeman 596. The World’s Classics, No. XI. A reprint of the Sixth Edition, first issued in this form in 1951, having earlier (1902 ff.) been published in this series reprinting the Second Edition of 1860. #66474 A$40.00


89 Darwin, Charles. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. Introduction by L. Harrison Matthews, F.R.S. Cr. 8vo, Everyman Edition; pp. xxii, 488; bibliography, double-page diagram, glossary, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper adhered to boards in adhesive plastic. London; J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.; (1975). ***First published in this form in 1928 from the text of the Sixth Edition (with introduction by Sir Arthur Keith), and with the new (substituted) introduction by Matthews in 1972. Includes a list of the corrections and additions to the six editions, and a useful brief note on Foreign editions. #66477 A$20.00


90 Darwin, Charles. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. With a New Preface by Patricia Horan. Med. 8vo; pp. [xii], 460, [18](glossary, last blank); portrait frontispiece, full-page map, 90 full-page illustrations, double-page diag., Historical Sketch, glossary; original green vinyl, fully gilt; a fine copy; issued without dustwrapper? New York; Avenel Books; (1979). ***A reprint of the First Edition of 1859, together with the later Historical Sketch, and the Glossary, reproduced from the Sixth Edition. A nicely illustrated edition, with good legible type. #66429 A$25.00


91 Darwin, Charles. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. By Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Introduction by Sir Julian Huxley. Second [Hardcover] Impression of this Edition; pp. xvi, 448; full-page diagram, glossary, index; original vinyl, gilt; printed marbled endpapers; a nice copy. (New York); The Masterpieces of Science, New American Library; (1986). ***First published in this form in 1958 (Freeman 585). A reprint of the Sixth Edition. #66480 A$65.00


92 Darwin, Charles. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. with an Afterword by Oliver Francis. Pott 8vo, First Edition in this form; pp. 576; double-page diagram, historical sketch, glossary, brief bibliography & biography; original cloth; all edges gilt, marker ribbon; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Collectors Library; (2004). ***An attractive small portable edition, clearly printed and nicely bound, taken from the text of the Sixth Edition. #66482 A$65.00


93 Darwin, Charles. QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BREEDING OF ANIMALS. [1840] Facsimile. With an Introduction by Gavin de Beer, F.R.S. lately Director, British Museum (Natural History). 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. xii, 8; original cloth, gilt; a fine copy. London; Society for the Bibliography of Natural History; 1968. ***Freeman 263. This was the first of Charles Darwin’s printed questionnaires sent out to gain information and specimens for his studies. Only two copies of the original work are known to have survived. #66809 A$65.00


94 Darwin, Charles. THE VOYAGE OF A NATURALIST ROUND THE WORLD IN H.M.S. “BEAGLE”. Pott 8vo; pp. vi, 530, 8(adv.); index; original blue roan, gilt; top edge gilt; (spine faded & worn at top; name stamp of former owner on half-title, at head of Page 1 and on fore-edge; otherwise fine and clean); a very good copy. London; George Routledge & Sons, Limited; N.D. [1905]. ***Not in ANB; Freeman 109. The New Universal Library. The Works of Charles Darwin, [Volume] I The Voyage of a Naturalist [all published]. An attractive small volume. #66396 A$25.00


95 Darwin, Charles. THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. F’cap 8vo, Ninth Everyman Edition; pp. xvi, 496, 16(adv.); several text illustrations, bibliography, index; original cloth; (a few leaves a little stained). London; J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.; (1936). ***Everyman’s Library, No. 104. Freeman 139; not in ANB. First published in Everyman’s Library in 1906 (Freeman 110). Includes Darwin’s Postscript as originally published in 1860. #60147 A$25.00


96 Darwin, Charles. THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. F’cap 8vo, Everyman Edition; pp. xvi, 496; several text illustrations, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly torn dustwrapper. London; J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.; (1950). ***Everyman’s Library, No. 104. Freeman 142; not in ANB. First published in Everyman’s Library in 1906 (Freeman 110). Includes Darwin’s Postscript as originally published in 1860. #66398 A$25.00


97 Darwin, Charles. THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE by Charles Darwin. Abridged and Edited by Millicent E. Selsam. Illustrations by Anthony Ravielli. Med. 8vo, U.K. Edition; pp. xxiv, 326, [2](blank); several maps & illustrations, bibliography; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Kingswood Tadworth Surrey; The World’s Work (1913) Ltd; (1966). ***Freeman 158. This abridgement was first published in 1959. #66354 A$20.00


98 Darwin, Charles. THE VOYAGE OF THE ‘BEAGLE’. With an Introduction and Appreciation by H. E. L. Mellersh. Distributed by Heron Books. First Edition (in this form); pp. xxiv, 506, [507]-536(the “Appreciation”), 537-552(2 pp. sources & index, last modern colophon); portrait frontispiece, 15 plates (2 double-page) & 1 full-page illust. to Darwin’s Journal, 15 plates to “Appreciation”, several text illustrations, sources of illustrations, index; original artificial leather, gilt; a nice copy. (Geneva); Distributed by Heron Books (Edito-Service S. A.; 1968). ***Freeman 160. A complete facsimile of the second edition of 1845, with the addition of the plates ( from the three-volume Narrative, the Zoology, and other sources) and the useful “Appreciation” by Mellersh. #66403 A$60.00


99 Darwin, Charles. The Harvard Classics, Edited by Charles W. Eliot, LL.D. THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. By Charles Darwin. With Introduction and Notes. “Registered” Edition; pp. [iv], 524; frontispiece, several text illustrations & maps, index; original vinyl, gilt. New York; P. F. Collier & Son Corporation; (1937) [but later c. 1980?]. ***First published in this form in 1909, many times reprinted, often undated as noted by Freeman (see his 140 for the original 1937 printing); this one of somewhat inferior paper and binding from the 1969 printing, but similar in style. Originally Volume 29 in The Harvard Classics series, here designated as “Registered Edition” on half-title and as “Deluxe Edition” on spine. #66404 A$35.00


100 Darwin, Charles: WHAT MR. DARWIN SAW in his voyage round the world in the ship “Beagle”. F’cap 4to, First Edition; pp. 236, [2](adv.); 12 maps, 103 illustrations (some full-page, including portrait of Aimé Bonpland and portrait frontispiece of Charles Darwin); original cloth (worn; recased with new endpapers; some foxing and soiling); a very good copy; very scarce. New York; Harper & Brothers, Publishers; (1879). ***Freeman 35. Extracts from Darwin’s published Journal adapted for young readers. #66363 A$65.00


101 Darwin, Charles; Editor. THE ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. “BEAGLE”. Part V: Reptiles, by Thomas Bell, with a new introduction by Roberto Donoso-Barros, facsimile reprint by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 1975. 4to, First Edition (in this form); pp. [ii], vi, [ii], vi, 52; 20 plates; references; original cloth; a fine copy. Lawrence, Kansas; Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles; 1975. ***Originally published London, Smith, Elder, 1843 - see Freeman 9; Spence 342. #66351 A$75.00

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