origin of species, charles darwin

Description du livre: London: John Murray, 1859., 1859. 8vo., (7 6/8 x 5 inches). 32-page publisher's catalogue dated June 1859 [Freeman variant 3] at end. Half-title with quotations from "W. Whewell" and Bacon only on verso (title-page with one or two faint spots). Folding lithographic diagram by William West after Darwin bound to face page 117. Original green cloth, covers decorated in blind, gilt spine [Freeman variant a], brown coated endpapers, uncut by Edmonds and Remnants with their ticket on the lower pastedown (a bit rubbed along the top edge, but FINE AND ATTRACTIVE). 20th-century cloth clamshell box. Provenance: with the contemporary engraved armorial bookplate of a member of the Carrick family with their motto "Garde Bien", on the front paste-down; the blind library stamp of Sarah B Wheatland (fl 1950), natural historian. "A TURNING POINT, NOT ONLY IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE, BUT IN THE HISTORY OF IDEAS IN GENERAL" (DSB) First edition, and A FINE AND ATTRACTIVE COPY, of a book that changed the world, in which Darwin explained a theory of evolution that was recognisably superior and of infinitely greater impact than all previous hypotheses explaining biological diversity. Although some key observations and findings from the voyage of the Beagle acted as his initial inspiration, Darwin's ideas about the beneficial mutation of species did not cohere into the theory of evolution until his reading of Thomas Malthus's 'Essay on the Principle of Population' in the latter half of 1838. The theory which Malthus applied to humans made it clear to him that with species in general competition left only the best adapted to biological life. While the randomness of the process made it irreconcilable with higher design, Darwin nevertheless treated nature anthropomorphically "as a sort of omnipotent breeder who selected the most useful traits" (Adrian Desmond, James Moore and Janet Browne in ODNB). Before moving to Down House, Darwin wrote a 35-page sketch of his evolutionary theory, completed in June 1842. By February 1844 he had converted this into a coherent 231-page essay. There was then a considerable break until late in 1854 when, having finished his barnacle volumes, Darwin returned to collating his notes on species. On 14 May 1856, after consulting Charles Lyell, Darwin began writing an extended treatise aimed at his peers. By March 1858 "Natural Selection" was two thirds complete at 250,000 words, the whole book projected to run to three volumes. Then in June 1858 Darwin received a letter about evolution from Alfred Russell Wallace, who had arrived at similar conclusions independently. This led to papers on the subject by both scientists being read to the Linnean Society of London on 1 July. To stay ahead of the field Darwin had now to publish more rapidly. Urged on by Hooker, he wrote an "abstract" of "Natural Selection," finishing a manuscript of 155,000 words in April 1859. "The book, stripped of references and academic paraphernalia, was aimed not at the specialists, but directly at the reading public." Finally published as "On The Origin of Species" on 24 November 1859 in a print run of 1250 copies, it expounded a theory of evolution that was recognisably superior and of infinitely greater impact than all previous hypotheses explaining biological diversity. With "species" mispelled "speceies" on page 20, with the whale-bear story in full on page 184. Dibner Heralds of Science 199; Heirs of Hippocrates 1724; Freeman 373; Garrison-Morton (1991) 220; Grolier Science 23b; Norman 593; PMM 344b; Sparrow Milestones 49; Waller 10786. Catalogued by Kate Hunter. N° de réf. du libraire 72lib599

Description du livre: Hard cover. Folding lithographed diagram. ix, [1], 502 pp., 32 pp. of ads at end, dated June 1859. 8vo, orig. green cloth (binding variant a), stamped in blind & gilt (head of spine with slightest wear, lower hinge a little cracked), uncut. London: J. Murray,1859. First edition, and an outstandingly fine and fresh copy, of "the most influential scientific work of the nineteenth century."–Horblit 23b. This copy has Freeman’s binding variant a. This is a rather historic copy in the history of book collecting. It comes from the library of Ian Fleming, the author of several well-known novels. Our copy is housed in one of Fleming’s characteristic boxes with his arms in gilt on the upper cover. It was Fleming who conceived the idea of collecting milestones of progress in the nineteenth century and asked Percy Muir, the distinguished bookseller, to assist him. This concept of collecting "important" books, regardless of subject, marks the beginning of a style of collecting which has been canonized, for better or worse, by the book Printing and the Mind of Man. See Muir’s Minding My Own Business (1956) for an account of Ian Fleming and his "taste and technique" of book collecting. Fine copy. Binder’s ticket of Edmonds & Remnants on rear paste-down. ? Dibner, Heralds of Science, 199. Evans, Exhibition of First Editions of Epochal Achievements in the History of Science (1934), 110. Freeman 373. Garrison-Morton 220. Grolier Club, One Hundred Books Famous in Medicine, 70b. Printing & the Mind of Man 344b. N° de réf. du libraire JHABES2502

Description du livre: John Murray, London, 1859. hardcover. État : near fine. First. "The most important biological book ever written. Fairly common in libraries, but is much sought after and commands a far higher price than any other of Darwin's works". Freeman 373; PMM 344; Grolier/Horblit 23b; G-M 220; Todd v.9, 78. Illustrated with 1 folding diagram. ix, [1], 502pp. + 32pp of Murray's ads dated June 1859. Thick 8vo, original royal green cloth; decorative blind-stamped covers and gilt-stamped spine (spine ends and corners are just a bit soft; some minor thumbing of page edges; rear inner hinge a bit weak; original salmon end papers are rubbed, half title and title pages are creased, but still a very clean and tight copy). Housed in a folding cloth folio inside a slipcase with leather spine label. London: John Murray, 1859. An excellent, unsophisticated copy of the true first edition with "speceies" mis-spelled on page 20, and Freeman's earlier "variant a" binding. N° de réf. du libraire 222721

Description du livre: John Murray, 1859. Hardcover. État : Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo. ix, [i], 502 pp. With 1 folding plate. Half-morocco over marbled boards of the period. An excellent copy inscribed by Leonard Darwin, Charles Darwin's son, with related material bound in at the end, including a 2-page letter signed by Darwin, and an unrecorded offprint of a paper on Darwin's work. Preserved in a half-morocco solander box (see provenance). N° de réf. du libraire 13831

Description du livre: London: John Murray, 1859, 1859. Octavo, gathered and signed in twelves. Original green cloth, titles to spine gilt, decoration to boards in blind, chocolate brown coated endpapers, all edges untrimmed, Edmonds & Remnants binder's ticket. Housed in a dark green quarter morocco solander box with chemise made by The Chelsea Bindery. Ownership inscriptions of James Hughes to half-title and title page. Skilful cloth repair at head of spine, spine slightly darkened, extremities a little rubbed, few small marks to sides, front inner hinge skilfully repaired, a very good copy. Folded lithographic diagram by William West facing page 117. First edition of the "most influential scientific work of the nineteenth century" (Grolier/Horblit). In this revolutionary statement of his concept of the evolution of species, "Darwin not only drew an entirely new picture of the workings of organic nature; he revolutionized our methods of thinking and our outlook on the natural order of things. The recognition that constant change is the order of the universe had been finally established and a vast step forward in the uniformity of nature had been taken" (PMM). There is only one issue of the first edition (1,250 copies, of which 1,192 were available for sale) though there are small differences in the cases and advertisements. This copy has the 32-page inserted advertisements dated June 1859 in Freeman's third state and binding variant a (no priority). Dibner Heralds of Science 199; Freeman 373; Garrison-Morton 220; Grolier/Horblit 23b; Norman 593; PMM 344b. N° de réf. du libraire 70734

Description du livre: London: John Murray, 1859, 1859. Octavo (187 × 110 mm). Contemporary green half calf, spine elaborately gilt in compartments, red morocco label, patterned sides, marbled endpapers and edges. In a green half morocco solander case. Lightly rubbed, spine tanned, contents lightly toned, short tear at crease of folding diagram. An excellent copy. Folding diagram. Half-title present, this copy bound without ads as often. First edition of "the most influential scientific work of the 19th century" (Horblit) and "the most important biological book ever written" (Freeman), one of 1,250 copies. "The publication of the Origin of species ushered in a new era in our thinking about the nature of man. The intellectual revolution it caused and the impact it had on man's concept of himself and the world were greater than those caused by the works of Copernicus, Newton, and the great physicists of more recent times Every modern discussion of man's future, the population explosion, the struggle for existence, the purpose of man and the universe, and man's place in nature rests on Darwin" (Ernst Mayr). This copy contains the engraved bookplate of zoologist Brundson Yapp (1909–1990). Freeman 373. N° de réf. du libraire 60850

Description du livre: London: John Murray, 1859. Hardcover. État : Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. 8vo, rebound in modern full green straight-grained morocco, spine tooled and lettered in gilt, 5 raised bands, marbled endpapers. Housed in a morocco and cloth slipcase. ix,[1], 502 + 32 ad pp. Two quotations on the verso of the half-title; misprint "speceies" on p.20, line 11. Complete with inserted advertisements at rear, dated June 1859, text not surrounded by a frame. There is light darkening to contents, half-title and title with faint wear to fore-edges. A very fine copy of "certainly the most important biological book ever written" (Freeman). N° de réf. du libraire ABE-1208640848

Description du livre: John Murray, London, 1860. Cloth. État : Very Good. Second Edition. A very scarce presentation copy from Darwin of the second edition of his greatest work. This copy in common with most presentation copies has been inscribed by one of Murray's clerks, rather than the author himself. On the half title appears in fountain pen 'Frederic Moore From the Author Feby 10th 1860' and also on the title page is inscribed 'Frederic Moore a gift from the Author' Feb 1th 1860'. Moore FZS (May 13, 1830-May 10, 1907) was a British entomologist and fellow member of the Linnean Society with Darwin. We have also confirmed with Rosemary Clarkson of the Darwin Correspondence Project in Cambridge that Moore is indeed recorded as one of just 23 recipients of the second edition (See list of recipients in Volume VIII of Darwin's Correspondence). Presentation copies of the second edition are far rarer than those of the first edition, and it seems likely the recipients of the second edition presentation copies were colleagues which Darwin had forgotten the first time round. Bound in original dark green blindstamped cloth with gilt spine titles. Some very minimal expert restoration to the front inner hinge. Minor slight fraying to the ends of the spine News cutting recounting Darwin's funeral to the lower part of the half title. Minor bumping to corners. Folding diagram in good order. Some slight foxing but overall a tidy copy. 'Fifth Thousand' to title page indicating the second printing of this seminal work. ii-ix, (1), 502 pages + 32 pages of adverts dated January 1860. We can send images of this book on request. 8vo - 8 Inches. N° de réf. du libraire 029734

Description du livre: London: John Murray, 1869, 1869. Octavo. Original green fine sand-grain cloth, titles to spine gilt, decorative panels blocked in blind to sides, black endpapers: Freeman's variant "c" binding. Housed in a dark green quarter morocco solander box. Extremities rubbed, corners just worn, inner hinges cracked but holding, some quires starting, with resultant proud fore-edges slightly frayed; overall a little shaken, but a good copy. Folding lithographic diagram. Bound without the advertisements sometimes found in other copies. Modern bookplate of Nils Fries (1912–1994) professor of physiological and anatomical botany at Uppsala University, with his pencilled note at back noting his acquisition of the book in Sweden, 21 June 1952. Fifth edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the publisher's clerk, "From the author", on the half-title, as usual. This edition sees the first use by Darwin of Herbert Spencer's phrase "survival of the fittest", appearing in the heading of chapter IV and in the text. Darwin had expressed concern about the price of his book after learning that Lancashire labourers were forced to club together to be able to afford a copy. John Murray therefore produced two versions of the fifth edition: the cheaper volume sold for 7/6 and used a very small typeface; this copy is of the standard version, which continued to be sold for 15 shillings. Freeman 387. N° de réf. du libraire 41953

Description du livre: New York: D. Appleton, 1860, 1860. First American Edition; first issue. Minor scattered foxing and spotting; small label removed from the top corner of the front paste-down; fraying at the extremities strengthened; an excellent copy. N° de réf. du libraire 25274

Description du livre: London: John Murray, 1860, 1860. Octavo signed and sewn in twelves. Original diagonal-wave-grain green cloth, covers blocked in blind, titles to spine gilt, chocolate coated endpapers, edges untrimmed, Edmonds & Remnant's binder's ticket to rear pastedown. Housed in a green cloth folding case. Bookseller's ticket to front free endpaper, a little rubbed and bumped along the extremities, some small spots to cloth, hinges starting, occasional spotting to contents. An excellent copy. Folding diagram to face p. 117. Murray's general list advertisements, dated January 1860. Second edition, the usual issue with 1860 on the title page (a very few copies only have 1859). "The misprint 'speceies' is corrected and the whale-bear story diluted, an alteration which Darwin later regretted, although he never restored the full text" (Freeman). Freeman 376. N° de réf. du libraire 75264

Description du livre: London: John Murray, 1860, 1860. Octavo signed and sewn in twelves. Original diagonal-wave-grain green cloth, covers blocked in blind, titles to spine gilt, chocolate coated endpapers, edges untrimmed, Edmonds & Remnant's binder's ticket to rear pastedown. Two ownership signatures to front free endpaper. Boards a little rubbed and bumped at extremities, light scattered spotting. An excellent copy. Folding diagram to face p. 117. Murray's general list advertisements, dated January 1860. Second edition, the usual issue with 1860 on the title page (a very few copies only have 1859). "The misprint 'speceies' is corrected and the whale-bear story diluted, an alteration which Darwin later regretted, although he never restored the full text" (Freeman). Freeman 376. N° de réf. du libraire 63516

Description du livre: London, John Murray, 1861., 1861. Hardcover. État : Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Third edition, with additions and corrections (seventh thousand). 8vo. Half title page, folding diagram at p. 123. 2 pages of advertisements at end. Original green cloth stamped in gilt and blind; brown coated endpapers. Binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants on back pastedown. A fresh, bright, tight copy of a book that is usually found in worn condition. No foxing. Small booksellers label on verso front free endpaper. Neat signatures of two previous owners on the half title page. Freeman 381. "The most important biological book ever written" Freeman, p. 73. N° de réf. du libraire 304713

Description du livre: London: John Murray, 1860. Hardcover. État : Fine. SECOND EDITION. Original green cloth. Some rubbing, light wear to spine ends. Near fine. Before publication of the Origin, Darwin wrote to his publisher, "It may be conceit, but I believe the subject will interest the public." The first edition of 1250 copies sold out immediately; this second edition of 3750 copies was issued soon thereafter. N° de réf. du libraire ABE-3552990122

Description du livre: London John Murray 1860, 1860. Fifth thousand, one of 3000 copies printed only, after the 1250 which were printed by Murray of the first issue. Folding lithographed diagram by W. West, half title with quotations from Whewell and Bacon and Butler on verso, 32-page publisher's catalogue bound at end. 8vo, publisherÕs original green cloth gilt. ix, 502, index, [32] ads (dated January 1860). A fine, very pleasing and clean copy in excellent state with inner hinges in very nice condition, the paper fresh and unspotted and the book in absolutely original condition. THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK OF SCIENCE PUBLISHED IN THE 19TH CENTURY AND THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK OF BIOLOGY EVER PENNED. Printed from standing type of the first edition, with a number of resettings, Darwin himself considered that this edition was merely corrected, though the next printing, in 1861, was called the Third edition. A very nice and completely unsophisticated copy of "the most influential scientific work of the nineteenth century" and "the most important biological work ever written" (Horblit, Freeman). Darwin's elaboration of the theory of natural selection laid the groundwork for the controversy over the evolution of man, and with only slight modification by such scientists as Stephen Jay Gould, Darwin's ideas remain the umbra under which most current biological research is conducted. The repercussions of DarwinÕs theory on religious, scientific, sociological and philosophical thought was the result of what Garrison considered Òthe most wonderful piece of sythesis in the history of science.Ó In this first edition Darwin brought man to his true place in nature and accomplished a revolution. Darwin had intended the book to be an abstract of his 'big book' on transmutation, of which only the first part (VARIATION UNDER DOMESTICATION, 1868) was published in his lifetime. The first edition of ÒOriginÓ had a print run of only 1250 copies and was sold out in a day. No second issue of the first edition was undertaken and the book was republished again in a printing of only 3000 copies literally within days of the first issuance. N° de réf. du libraire 23938

Description du livre: John Murray, London, 1860., 1860. SECOND EDITION, second state. 8vo., pp. (ix) + 502 + catalogue (Jan.1860). With folding diagram.Very bright and fresh publisher's green textured cloth, patterned in blind to covers, tooled in bright, strong gilt to spine, coated brown endpapers, binder's label to rear. Front inner hinge starting. Contents clean, neat owner name to flyleaf, faint pencil name to title page, some rubbing to corners, minor bumping. Shows well. A most presentable copy indeed. The first edition was published in 1859; This fifth thousand (second edition) of "Origin" features considerable textual changes, most notably in the passage on the whale bear on p. 184. Freeman [376]. N° de réf. du libraire 32160

Description du livre: John Murray, 1860. Hardcover. État : Very Good. 8vo. A folding diagram. [ix] + 502 + 32 ( catalogue dated Jan. 1860 ) pp. Green original blind-stamped green cloth. A small snag at back hinge, head of spine; a smaller snag at back hinge, foot of spine; a small indentation at the center of the fore-edge of the front board ( as though it had been the top book in a stack of books tied up with twine ); "Lord Ruthven" in light ink at top of title-page, else quite a good copy of this monumental work. SECOND EDITION, second issue, with "Fifth thousand" on title-page. N° de réf. du libraire 45702

Description du livre: London, John Murray, 1860. Orig. full blindtooled green cloth, back gilt. Front endpapers slightly splitting, a contemporary library sticker pasted on upper frontcover. Corners slightly bumped, edges very slightly rubbed, otherwise a good copy. IX (including halftitle),502 pp. + Advertisements: 32 pp. and 1 folded lithographed diagram. A few brownspots to the first leaves and to the last leaves of the advertisements. Otherwise clean and fine and uncut. Second edition (second issue - the first issue only known in a few copies) - of one of the most influential works ever written, introducing THE DARWINIAN REVOLUTION."The philosopher John Passmore (1983) recently pointed out that only one intellectual revolution - the one brought about by Darwin - has been dignified by the suffix -ism. Hence we have Darwinism, but not Newtonianism, Maxwelllism, Planckism, Einsteinism, or Heisenbergism. This exceptional status is justified, for it would be difficult to refute the claim that the Darwinian revolution was the greatest of all intellectual revolutions in the history of mankind. Its importence lies in the fact that Darwin caused the overthrow of some of the basic beliefs of his age. Furthermore, and this is only now fully realized, Darwin established the basis for entirely new approaches in philosophy." (Ernst Mayr in "Towards a New Philosophy of Biology. Cambridge, 1988" p. 162).Of this second edition 3000 copies were printed. "The new edition is only a reprint, yet I have made a few importent corrections." (Darwin in a letter). - Freeman No 376 with "Fifth Thousand" on titlepage - binding: variant a. - Dibner No 199. - Horblit No 23b (1. edition) - Sparrow No 49 (1. edition). - Printinig and the Mind of Man: 344 b. N° de réf. du libraire 30253

Description du livre: Murray, 1860. Second edition, second issue as usual, dated 1860. Original publisher's green cloth, titled in gilt to the spine with blind stamped decoration to the covers, brown coated endpapers. 32pp of adverts dated January 1860. A very good copy indeed, which is bright and fresh with a small, invisible split to the head of the spine and a minor abrasion to the front endpaper. Internally clean with tight hinges and just a little looseness between some sections. A well preserved copy of a fragile book. Single fold-out diagram. Almost universally regarded as the most important scientific book of the nineteenth century. "Darwin not only drew an entirely new picture of the workings of organic nature; he revolutionised our methods of thinking and our outlook on the natural order of things. The recognition that constant change is the order of the universe had been finally established and a vast step forward in the uniformity of nature had been taken" (PMM). For the second edition, "The misprint 'speceies' is corrected and the whale-bear story diluted, an alteration which Darwin later regretted, although he never restored the full text" (Freeman). Freeman 374, PMM 344b (first edition). N° de réf. du libraire 29636

Description du livre: British scientist who laid the foundation of modern evolution theory. In "Origin of Species." Darwin introduced the concept that all related organisms are descended from common ancestors. In his book "Descent of Man" Darwin proposed that Man evolved from an anthropoid animal. Handwritten Autograph Letter Signed relating to his research for his theory of "Origin of Species" and also his theory on "Descent of Man." Origin of Species describes evolution and natural selection and gives a theoretical explanation for the diversity among living and fossil beings. He postulated the notion that humans were descended from ape-like creatures, and provided ample examples with the study of skeletons and skulls of various of humans, animals and fossils. Great scientific content Autograph Letter Signed, 1 page, 4.75" x 7.5", no date [paper watermarked 1860]. This may be a complete letter that Darwin puts with a package or maybe the final page of a letter to an unknown gentleman. This letter refers to his research on the half lop rabbit, that helped him develop his theory of "Origin of Species" but also directly influenced his theory on Descent of Man, where darwin compares the skull formation of the rabbit to man's skull. Darwin used an illustration of the half-lop rabbit skull in his own book to show how the skull of a domestic rabbit has evolved due to his different environment as opposed to a wild rabbit. Later Darwin also uses the Half-Lop Rabbit skull to explain how the human skull had developed over time. The letter also specificly mentions Skulls and Skeleton research he has not gotten to yet. Darwin writes in his hand, in part: "Send them to me at enclosed address, as I rather want to see two of them." Darwin adds a postscript: "I am getting together a few points to investigate. I think the Half-Lop, had better be Killed (not kicked in Head) if you get me." On a back panel Darwin adds, "I have not yet opened the box with the Skulls, for I have not yet come to Skeleton." Signed "C. Darwin," Darwin used the Half-Lop rabbit, mentioned in our letter, extensively in his research as early as 1854, five years before printing his revolutionary work "Origin of Species." In fact, Darwin underscored a passage about the Half-Lop in a book that can now be found in the Darwin Library-CUL and is annotated in Darwin's hand. Darwin later reproduced the illustration of the half-lop rabbit skull (Delamer 1854, opposite p. 135) in his own book Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication 1: 108. 1735.f8. He used this reproduction to show how the skull of a domestic rabbit has evolved due to his different environment as opposed to a wild rabbit. [See our illustration of Darwin's book pages] Darwin then uses again this research on the Half-Lop Rabbit skull to explain how the human skull had developed over time. In Descent of Man, Darwin writes: " the brains of domestic rabbits are considerably reduced in bulk, in comparison with those of the wild rabbit or hare; and this may be attributed to their having been closely confined during many generations, so that they have exerted their intellect, instincts, senses and voluntary movements but little. The gradually increasing weight of the brain and skull in man must have influenced the development of the supporting spinal column, more especially whilst he was becoming erect. " So his research on the half lop, mentioned in this letter, helped him develop his theory of "Origin of Species" but also directly influenced his theory on Descent of Man where he writes: "Now I was at first much surprised on finding that in all these rabbits the skull had become elongated or dolichocephalic; for instance, of two skulls of nearly equal breadth, the one from a wild rabbit and the other from a large domestic kind, the former was 3.15 and the latter 4.3 inches in length.[145] One of the most marked distinctions in different races of men is that the skull in some is elongated, and in others rounded; and here the explan. N° de réf. du libraire 12299

Description du livre: London: John Murray, 1860, 1860. Octavo signed and sewn in twelves. Original diagonal-wave-grain green cloth, covers blocked in blind, titles to spine gilt, chocolate coated endpapers, edges untrimmed, Edmonds & Remnant's binder's ticket to rear pastedown. Ownership inscription dated 1860 at head of title. A little rubbing to joints, inner hinges neatly restored, light spotting to first few leaves, a very good copy. Folding diagram to face p. 117. Murray's general list advertisements, dated January 1860. Second edition, the usual issue with 1860 on the title page (a very few copies only have 1859). "The misprint 'speceies' is corrected and the whale-bear story diluted, an alteration which Darwin later regretted, although he never restored the full text" (Freeman). Freeman 376. N° de réf. du libraire 70730

Description du livre: tredition. Paperback. État : Brand New. In Stock. N° de réf. du libraire __384724146X

Description du livre: D. Appleton and Company,, New York:, 1860. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FOURTH ISSUE. 8vo. in 12s. xi, 440, [2] pp. With 1 folding lithographic plate. Our copy, which is in excellent condition, is bound in the original brown blind-stamped publisher's cloth, expertly rebacked with the original spine laid down. From the library of the ecologist A[lexander] T. Cringan, with his ownership stamp and inscription. First American edition. This, the fourth issue, with the added three quotes, is the first of the American issues where the text has been considerably altered, revised and augmented by the author. In addition it contains the historical sketch, in its earlier and shorter form, as a preface, and a supplement of seven pages at the end. Our copy includes the mispagination on pp. 116-21 as per Freeman. This is one of the rarer issues of Darwin's Origin, and is quite scarce in the rare book market. N° de réf. du libraire 10899

Description du livre: London: John Murray. 1861, 1861. Third edition, with additions and corrections. (Seventh thousand.) 8vo. Hardback. Original green cloth, all edges uncut, folding plate. Original green diagonal-wave-grain cloth, covers blocked in blind, spine lettered and decorated gilt, brown endpapers. ppxix, 538, + i-iipp adverts at end. This copy bears the bookplate of Sir Theodore Cracraft Hope de Boothes. This copy has been professionally repaired; resewn and recased in original publisher's binding, keeping original endpapers. Head of spine has been neatly repaired. Overall, a Very Good, clean copy. Images available. N° de réf. du libraire 28374

Description du livre: New York: Appleton, . First American edition, first issue, 1860. Pp. xi, 502, with 1 folding diagram. Publisher's full brown pebble cloth, ornately blind-stamped on the front and rear board with a floral seal, spine lettered in gilt, 8vo. Preserved in a clam-shell box in matching brown cloth, spine with author/title label and date label, both lettered in gilt. This is Freeman 377. The volume has all of the points of the first American edition, first issue – the verso of half-title has two quotations and is dated October 1, 1859 as in the first British edition. Circular blind-stamp of previous owner (H. Bruce Rinker) on the front free endpaper. Professional repairs to cloth at the head and foot of the spine, front attached endpaper recolored where previous owner has removed a bookplate, text is bright and clean with no foxing or browning, cloth is clean with few signs of use; a very good to near fine copy in a new cloth-covered clam-shell box. The first issue is quite rare especially in such nice condition. N° de réf. du libraire 3322

Description du livre: John Murray, London, 1860. hardcover. État : Very Good++. Very Good++ Second Edition, Second Issue (with 'fifth thousand' on the title page) in the original green blindstamped cloth binding with gilt lettering, decoration spine. Mild cover edge wear, mild scattered foxing. At rear 32 pages of inserted advertisements dated January, 1860. This is Freeman 376. 8vo. ix, [1 instructions to binder], 502, 32 Ads pp. Freeman's statement (p.73 Works of Charles Darwin) ".certainly the most important biological book ever written." has stood the test of time. This Second Edition,Second Issue is preceded only by the rare first edition (the 1250 copies of which sold out in one day) and the second edition with 1859 date on the title page, known from only a very few copies. Thus this is the earliest most approachable issue. It is hard to overestimate the importance of the work ".Darwin not only drew an entirely new picture of the workings of organic nature; he revolutionized our methods of thinking and our outlook on the natural order of things" (PMM 344b). "The most influential scientific work of the nineteenth century" (Horblit 23b). Norman 100 Books Famous in Medicine 70b. Dibner 199. Garrison-Morton 220. Heirs of Hippocrates 1724. "I only met Darwin once.It was in '74 that I saw him at the Royal Society Reception (?). He spoke much of Principal Dawson of McGill, for whose work on fossil botany he had a great regard.He was a most kindly old man, of large frame, with great bushy beard and eyebrows. Feb. 28, 1915 William Osler" (quoted in Bibliotheca Osleriana. See entries 1565-1569). N° de réf. du libraire 43350

Description du livre: John Murray, 1861. folding chart, half-title present, edges of text lightly browned, soiled at foot of title-page, pp.xix, [i] (blank), 538, [2], 8vo., original wavy-grain green cloth, by Edmonds and Remnant, with their ticket, extremities rubbed, backstrip gilt lettered direct; sides blind panelled with wide stamped border, chalked brown endpapers, hinges strengthened and neat repairs to head and tail of spine, good The first edition to be fully revised, and the first edition to contain ‘An Historical Sketch of the Recent Progress of Opinion on the Origin of Species’ (pp.xiii-xix). (Freeman 381). N° de réf. du libraire 47516

Description du livre: London: John Murray, 1866, 1866. Octavo. Publisher's green sand-grain cloth, covers blocked in blind with a decorative frame, spine lettered in gilt, dark green coated endpapers. Bookseller's ticket to front pastedown, contemporary ownership inscription to half-title. Cloth a little rubbed and marked, occasional light spots to contents. An excellent copy. Illustrated with one folding diagram. Fourth edition, eighth thousand. The first edition was published in 1859. This is by far Darwin's best known and most important book and has justly been described by Horblit as "the most influential scientific work of the 19th century" and by Freeman as "the most important biological book ever written". This fourth edition of 1,500 copies was again extensively altered. It is the first in which the date of the first edition, as given on the half-title verso, is corrected to November 24th. The distinctive green cloth case is the same in general as the previous editions, though the spine lettering in this variant has ORIGIN and SPECIES in italic. Freeman 385 (variant c). N° de réf. du libraire 70739

Description du livre: London: John Murray, 1861, 1861. Octavo. Original green diagonal-wave-grain cloth, covers blocked in blind, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, brown coated endpapers. Binder's ticket to rear pastedown. Binding lightly rubbed, spine rolled, a few small marks to boards, corners bumped, contents very lightly toned. A very good copy. Folding chart. Third edition, issued in April 1861, 2,000 copies printed. The text was extensively altered, and a table is given of differences between it and the second edition, a feature that occurs in each subsequent Murray edition. The third is also notable for the addition of the historical sketch in which Darwin considers his predecessors in the general theory of evolution, which had already appeared in shorter form in the first German edition, as well as in the fourth American printing, both in 1860. Freeman 381. N° de réf. du libraire 70733