Francis darwin editor (38 Ergebnisse)

paperback. Zustand: As New.

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Book is in NF condition with trace edge wear noted, sticker remnants to front cover else a bright and solid copy. ARN W.09; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine -. Volume 2 only Shelf 471 Text clean; book tight; name on FFEP; paper lightly browned; gilt to top edge of paper; a bit of light rubbing to edges and corners of covers and spine strip Not a book club (BC)copy. Not ex library, not a remainder, smoke free. PHOTOS POSTED WITH OUR BOOKS ARE STOCK AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT CONDITION OR EDITION OF BOOK OFFERED FOR SALE. WE DO NOT POST THE PHOTOS.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Seventh Thousand, Revised. Formerly W.H. Smith & Sons Subscription Library copy. Battered but still game! This is Volume I only of a three volume set.

Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear; B&W Illustrations; 562 pages.

Unknown. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Moderate wear and scuffing to boards due to age and use. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. All pages are intact and otherwise clean, binding is sound. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. No dust jacket included with this book. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Second Printing. Spines slightly sunned, previous owner's bookplate and inked name and date on free front endpages. Box edges scuffed, faded, ; Two volumes in box, 558 and 562 pages. ; Vol. 2 VOL; 6 x 9 " in box; Unpaginated pages. shipping will be extra for this heavy set, please inquire.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 2 volume set. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. elf wear. Spines sunned. Some foxing to edges. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First U.S. edition. Covers have shelf wear and wear along the top and bottom of the spines. Some fading along the spine. Pages and inside covers discolored due to age. Inscription on fly pages. Red spines. Dec -cb.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Olive Green cloth boards with black titles to spine and front. 190 x 125 mm approx. xviii + 84 pp. 2nd Edition 1922. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good no dust jacket (Book - mild general shelf wear and soiling to cloth with mild dust soiling to top edge of book block. Attractive previous owner book plate to front paste down with- press review of the First Edition from the dust jacket tipped onto the front free end paper. Subject related short pencil note to margin one leaf and pencil underlining to numerous entries from a reading. No other notable defects).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 2 volume set. Bound in red cloth. Bindings repaired with tape. Some pages torn. Sold with all faults. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Softcover. Vintage Copy. Book condition is Very Good in illustrated wraps. Toning and edge wear to exterior. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 8vo. 8"h x 5 1/4"w.

Zustand: Good. Fourth Thousand in this Form. Hardcover book. Green cloth with gilt titles. 348pp. With portrait frontis. No dustjacket. A Good copy with some foxing to title page and endpapers. slight fraying to top of spine.Previous owner's name to front end paper. Pictures available.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Issued Without a Dust Jacket. Authorized Edition. Two Volumes in maroon cloth with gilt embossed title to spine and gilt topstain, rough outer page edges. Date of 1898 appears on both title pages. Verso of title pages state Authorized Edition. Volume I, 558 pages and 4 black and white photo plates including a portrait of Darwin as the frontispiece under tissue guard that features the subject's facsimile signature "A. Darwin" printed beneath. Volume II has 562 pages including 530 of text plus appedices and an index. Volume I contains a frontispiece with tissue guard and one additional plate featuring a facsimile of a page of one of Darwin's 1837 notebooks. Books are clean and unmarked. Spines are a bit sunned. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Bound in green cloth with blind-stamped decoration on front cover and gilt lettering on spine, light rubbing to all cover edges, clean tight and unmarked savve for neat gift inscription on front free endpaper, no foxing.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Books are lightly worn from shelf wear and handling, showing only minimal external edge/spine wear. Volumes remain intact, square, and firm. Pages are worn on their edges and are slightly foxing, minimal markings present inside preliminary pages, text and main interiors remain unmarked on both volumes. Binding remains intact and firm. Good reading/collecting copies.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Good condition hardcover books, no dust jackets. Two Volume Set. Beautiful gilt lettering on front covers and spine, slightest dulling to spine. Slightest shelf wear to covers. Spine sunned, very slight wear and slightest bumping to spine ends. Top edge of text blocks gilt, other edges rough cut. Slight toning and spotting to text block edges and end papers. Front and rear hinges split or beginning to split in both volumes, webbing exposed in hinges of volume two, binding is firm. All books are individually inspected and described. Never X-Library unless specifically described as such.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 395 pages. 8.75x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Special Edition. Offering this complete and matching two-volume set of "The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Including a Biographical Chapter" by Charles Darwin, edited by his son Francis Darwin. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1899, Authorized Edition. Red unbordered cloth hardcover with gilt top edge, gilt spine lettering, and the distinctive "Appletons" plural stamp at the bottom of the spine matching the publisher branding of their premier late-Victorian scientific set (this is a single 2-volume title of a set). The first volume opens with a deeply personal, introspective autobiography written by Charles Darwin for his children in 1876. The bulk of the volumes consists of Darwin's heavily annotated letters to contemporary scientific giants, including Thomas Henry Huxley, Sir Charles Lyell, Joseph Dalton Hooker, and Asa Gray. Overall condition is Very Good. Bindings are square and secure. Cover cloth shows fading and light bumping at edges and corners, gilt remains bright. Text blocks are mildly age toned. Interior joints are intact. The endpapers are gently age-toned, and the text pages are clean and free of any marks, creases or tears. A nice early 2v copy of this important scientific work! [D3].…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. None. A b24-page biography by Darwin's son, followed by a 42-page autobiography by Darwin himself, and 52 pages of reminiscences. The rest if a publication of all the extant letters by Darwin, including those relating to the Galapagos expedition and the writing and publication of The Origin of Species. A clean, unmarked, tight set, free of foxing or other age blemishes.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Re-issue. Limited Authorized Westminster Edition. 1,000, copies were printed of which this is number 26. An early reissue of the first American edition. With six black and white illustrations on plates, including portraits and manuscript facsimile. 8vo, original brick red cloth, lettered and ruled on the spines in gilt, the upper covers with a decorative border in black and with matching decorative border in blind on lower covers. viii, 558; iv, 562. A very good set with just a hint of darkening to the spines. Volume 1 has a previous owner's name written in pencil with a date of 1899. Below is a longer quote from Balzac wtritten in ink. This is the first and most basic life of Darwin. It contains the first version of Darwin's autobiography, which was edited to avoid giving offense to his widow (the full text was not published in English until 1958). The letters were selected with a more personal rather than scientific bias, with particular emphasis on the period during which Darwin was writing and preparing for publication his Origin of Species. This issue is in a more convenient format then the British 3 volume set. No date is present but the two volumes were published around 1895 or 1896.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Dampstain to corner of front endpaper and corner of frontispiece. Some foxing. Pencil owner's name on title page.; Sixth thousand. vi, 348 pages + portrait frontispiece + 1 plate (facsimile letter) + [4] pages advertisements. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, dark green lettering and decoration on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 196 x 126mm.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. No Dust Jacket. Joints rubbed. Some marginalia and underlining in blue colour pencil. Some foxing.; "New Edition. With a Portrait." [6], [2 (recto: Table of Contents; verso: facsimile letter)], 368 pages + portrait frontispiece. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Blind-stamped title and decoration on front board. Blind-stamped double border on rear board. Page dimensions: 197 x 127mm.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 2nd Edition. Second Edition. Three volumes, complete. Beautiful contemporary 3/4 dark brown leather binding with marbled (mostly red) paper-covered boards. Gilt lettering on spine. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. 6" x 8 3/4." All pages of all volumes, complete. Black-and-white illustrations (each volume has at least one), complete. Vol. I: 395 pages; four illustrations including frontispiece; tipped-in Errata in front. Vol. II: 393 pages; two illustrations including frontistpiece. Vol. III: 418 pages; one frontispiece; Appendices and Index in back. List of Illustrations in front of each volume. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning, occasional small marks, and occasional foxing. Covers are very clean and intact except for light wear to extremities, slight darkening to top edge of text block, and a small bump on fore-edge of Vol. III's back cover. Marbling on boards, edges of text block, and endpapers features rich, saturated colors and is still vibrant and not rubbed (slight darkening on top edges of text blocks but that is the only notable defect as to the marbling). Each volume and the overall set are Fine. Beautiful set of three volumes containing a biography of Charles Darwin (1809-1882), the eminent English naturalist, biologist, and geologist. Also includes an autobiographical chapter and reprinted letters by Charles. Edited by Francis Darwin (1848-1925), Charles's third son who went on to become a botanist. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Dampstain to lower corner of rear board. Small 4mm loss of cloth at tip of lower corner of front board. Minor foxing. Previous owner's small blind-stamp on title page "J.A.GRAY".; Sixth thousand in this form. A one volume abridgement of the 1887 "The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Including an Autobiographical Chapter". The one volume abridged edition was first published by John Murray in 1892. vi, 348 pages + photogravure portrait frontispiece + 1 plate (facsimile letter). Without advertisements. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, dark green lettering and decoration on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 197 x 127mm. Frontispiece portrait of a bearded and hatted Darwin from a photograph by Elliot & Fry. "It is pleasure to me to acknowledge the kindness of Messrs. Elliott & Fry in allowing me to reproduce the fine photograph which appears as the frontispiece to the present issue. Francis Darwin" - from the Note to the Second Edition, dated April, 1902. [Reference: Freeman 1473].…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This is a VG two volume set of the first American edition in maroon cloth bindings, gold spine lettering, black designs on the covers, yellow endpapers, previous owner's name. a nice tight set with no foxing, but there are some under lines in volume one. Photos on request. MEDIA SHIPPING ONLY, extra for airmail or international shipping.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 3 volume set. Hardcover. Library stamps and markings. Shelf wear. Gutters weakened. Textblock starting. Edges rubbed. Some pages loose. Scattered markings through out. Sold with all faults. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. 1888.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Fading to spine. Binding a little shaken, with some splits to gutters between gatherings.; "New Edition. With a Portrait." vi, [4], 368 pages + portrait frontispiece + 1 plate (facsimile letter). Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and rule on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 191 x 127mm.…

Softcover. Octavo, three volumes. In Very Good condition. Green and yellow spines with green lettering. Covers and textblocks have mild shelving wear. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Multi-Volume Area (ND-MV). 1402906. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Edited by Darwin's son, Francis Darwin. Nice frontispiece of Darwin. Green cloth, with gilt on spine and cover. Freeman 1461.