The Descent Of Man

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1871. First Edition. Good. First American edition. Complete in two volumes, both dated 1871 on the title pages, with postscript at front of Volume II. Good. CLoth soiled and darkened, rubbed at extremities with chipping at spine ends. Pages toned. Pencil notations, staple punctures and remnants of newsclippings to preliminary and terminal… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1871, 1872. First American Edition of "Descent" (with first use of the word "evolution" by Darwin), later issue without errata; Fifth Edition of "Origin.. 203 x 121 mm. (8 x 5"). All volumes with ads at the end. Two separately published works in three volumes.. Publisher's brown buckram, covers with black-stamped frames,… Read more about this item

Name stamp on endpaper, browning, binding good. Undated but looks early 1900s, reprint of 2nd edition

A near fine set. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the uncorrected text in Vol. I and with the list of errata on the verso of the title page in Vol. II. This is the work in which Darwin applied his theory of evolution by means of natural selection to man, a subject he had avoided for the decade following the… Read more about this item

John Murray, UK, 1871. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. London: John Murray, 1871, 1871. 2 volumes, octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spines gilt, sides with panels blocked in blind, blue coated endpapers. The covers are in good condition and very secure - both spines have been professionally rebacked. Gilt nice and bright. There is a scuffing… Read more about this item

London: John Murray , 1901. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5" . Not Stated . A new edition of this important work by Charles Darwin, which applies the evolutionary theory to human evolution. With illustrations. Charles Darwin applies the evolutionary theory to human evolution in this important volume. A new edition. Originally published in 1871. With… Read more about this item

New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1900. Measuring approximately 7.5" x 5.25" with 797 numbered pages. This book is in good condition. Minor bumping to both ends of spine. Minor sunning to spine. Moderate staining and scuffing to both boards. Minor staining and scuffing to all edges of textblock. Gilt top edge of textblock. Front hinge is… Read more about this item

1913. Trade Paperback. Used - Very Good/No Jacket. John Murray, London, 1913. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover with green cloth decorated covers. Spine has faded to brown. Light edge and corner wear on covers. Owners names on front endpapers. Endpapers have some foxing. Interior pages are clean. Reprinted Second Edition. 8x5.5 with 1031 pp including inde… Read more about this item

table of additions and corrections to this edition fly leaf loose hinging indextitle worn and un readable on spinesmall colophon at base of spine in gilt but shows wear.some wear top and bottom of spinebook is clean. No writing, no underlining no tears or mars chap 6 & 7 pencil marking in margins

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1971. Appears unread. Fine condition in Very Good original dust jacket (small chips, tears) and Very Good+ slipcase. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked -- apparently never read. Printed and bound at the Griffin Press, Adelaide, Australia. With more than 40 drawings… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1871. First edition of both volumes (with "transmitted" the first word on p. 297 in the first volume; in the second, the printer's note on the verso of the half-title, errata on title verso, and the postscript leaf after p. viii. both volumes have the January ads). Octavo, two volumes, original green cloth with gilt titles… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1889. Second Edition, Revised and Augmented, Seventeenth Thousand. Hardcover. Very Good, bound in full green cloth with gilt titles on spine. Edge wear and minor wear to exterior, toning to decorated end papers. No markings to text, binding intact. Illustrated throughout. 693 printed pages. 8vo.

John Murray, Albemarle Street, London, 1871. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, 1st issue. London: John Murray, 1871, 1871. 2 volumes, octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spines gilt, sides with panels blocked in blind, blue coated end papers. The covers are in very good condition. Gilt nice and bright. There is scuffing to the covers and… Read more about this item

New York: American Home Library, 1902. Hard cover. Fair. No dust jacket. Ex-library. A few pages in the front have underlining (~8). Two pages are partially torn. Standard library markings.. 2 v. (868 p. ): ill.; 21 cm. Includes Illustrations. Reprint. Originally published: 2nd ed., 1874. Includes bibliographical references and index. Stated publisher "American Publishers Corporation"

NY: Heritage Press. VG+. 1972. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Heritage Press Edition bound in red cloth with gold lettering and desi gn on the spine. Black & white drawings by Fritz Kredel. A VG+ copy. T here is a bump to the head of the spine and a chip at its upper rear s pine tip. The book is housed in… Read more about this item

This used leather bound book is in very good condition. The pages are crisp and clean. The gilt edges are free of any scratches. The binding is tight. The boards are clean inside and out. The spine is neat.

London: John Murray, 1909. Hardcover. Good. Publisher's original boards discoloured, rubbed at edges and at join with spine. Gilt titling to spine faded and spine scuffed at extremities. Hinges have been tape strengthened after cracks and are still holding. Long tear between lower board and spine. Two prev owners' names to front pastedown with some pencil scribbling.… Read more about this item

John Murray, 1881. 2nd. hardcover. very good. Second edition, 1881. Book very good, gutters somewhat cracking, foxing mainly in front and back.

New York: Merrill and Baker, 1900. Undated, ca. 1900. World's Famous Books series. Worn but attractive copy in pine green cloth with spine lettering and decoration in gilt, top edge gilt. Covers rubbed at the edges with minor fraying to the corners of the spine ends, gilt bright and clear, upper corner of front cover spotted, text… Read more about this item

Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 2013. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pictorial card covers, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, a reprint of the first edition, xxviii + 674pp.