The Variation Of Animals and Plants Under Domestication
by Darwin, Charles
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication is a book written by Charles Darwin that was first published in January 1868. A large proportion of the book contains detailed information on the domestication of animals and plants but it also contains in Chapter XXVII a description of Darwin's theory of heredity which he called pangenesis.
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by DARWIN, Charles
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1875 Charles Darwin Variation Under Domestication Biology Plant Evolution 2v
"One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die."
― Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
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The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication (2 vols)
by Charles Darwin
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London: John Murray, 1868. First edition, second issue. Very Good. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 2nd issue, 1868, letterpress illustrations, 32pp publisher's catalogue dated April 1867 at end of volume 1, 2pp publisher's list at end of volume 2.
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1868 1ed Charles Darwin Variation Under Domestication Biology Plant Evolution 2v
"One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die."
― Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
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The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication
by Darwin, Charles
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Vol. 1: iv, 494 pages, (6); Vol. 2: 568 pages (8).Freeman 879 - First American Edition with a preface by Asa Gray. Previous owner's signature on flyleaf, dated 1874, as well as another previous owner's stamp and a bookstore (Acres of Books) stamp in volume 2. No other library marks except label on spine.Proceeds from the sale of this book… Read more about this item Item Price
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by Darwin, Charles
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London: John Murray, 1868 Two volumes. First edition, first issue. One of 1500 copies. Bound in three-quarter contemporary brown calf over red marbled boards, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. A very good set with some wear and rubbing along edges and spines, former owner bookplate to front pastedowns, some foxing to the first… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication (2 volumes). 1893
by Darwin, Charles
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London: John Murray. 1893. Volumes I and II (complete), original cloth boards with gilt to spine and blindstamped rule boards. Second edition revised, eighth thousand. Insect damage and discolouration to spine and edges of boards, however, gilt titles generally still bright with very little loss to lettering. Most pages unopened at top edge. Contents clean, very good condition. First… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication.
by Darwin, Charles
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New York: Orange Judd & Company, 1868. First edition of Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis. Octavo, original publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with numerous in-text illustrations and a chart. Preface by Asa Gray. In near fine condition. An exceptional example. Item Price
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London: John Murray, 1868. First edition. Fine. 2 volumes octavo (23 cm). First issue points: 5 errata on 6 lines in Vol. I, and 9 errata on 7 lines in Vol. II. LACKS ADS, apparently discarded when bound by Henry Southeran. Bound in full tan polished calf, double-ruled in gilt; six-compartment spine tooled in… Read more about this item Item Price
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by Charles Darwin
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1st issue with 5-line errata in volume I and 7-line errata in volume II
2 volumes, Octavo, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: John Murray, 1868. This remarkable work by Darwin contains the first occurrence of the phrase "survival of the fittest" originally coined by Herbert Spencer in Principles of Biology (1864).
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London: John Murray, 1868. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Two volumes. 8vo (221 x 142 mm). viii, 411 [1]; viii, 486 pp. With 32 pp. of publisher's catalogue dated April 1867 in vol. I and [2] pp. ads dated February 1868 in vol. II; 1 erratum on 2… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication
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London: John Murray, 1868. FIRST EDITION. Original Cloth. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE IN ORIGINAL CLOTH of Darwin's sequel to the Origin of Species, including his first use of the term "survival of the fittest". "The Variation was a full statement of the facts on which the theories of the Origin were based...
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The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication. [In Two Volumes].
by Darwin, Charles.
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N.Y.: D. Appleton and Company. Good. 1900. Authorized Edition. Hardcover. 461 & 478 pp.; 8vo; burgandy cloth; spine lettered in gilt; top edge gilt; illustrations. Light cover wear; spines faded with back cover of volume 1 heavily faded leaving the sillouette of a bookend. . Item Price
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John Murray, 1868. First edition, first printing, first issue with vol i - 32pp ads dated April 1867 and five errata on 6 lines on pvi and vol ii with single advertisement dated February 1868 to rear and 9 errata on 7 lines on pviii. Complete in two volumes housed in a bespoke quarter green morocco gilt clamshell case… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: John Murray, 1868. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first issue; one of 1,500 copies. Two volumes, bound in publisher's original green cloth decoratively ruled in blind with spine lettered in gilt. viii, 411 pp. + 32pp [first issue ads, dated April, 1867]; viii, 486 pp. + [2]pp [first issue ads, dated February 1868]; with five lines… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication [Survival of the Fittest]
by DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)
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London: John Murray, 1882. Original Cloth. Fine. Second Edition (Revised), Fifth Thousand, two volumes complete in fine original bindings, featuring first occurrence of the phrase "survival of the fittest." Crown 8vo (188 x 118): xiv,473,[1]; x,495,[1]pp, with 43 woodcut illustrations. Publisher's green cloth, covers paneled in blind (arches style), spine stamped in gilt, chocolate coated end papers, top… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication
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London: John Murray, 1868. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Two volumes. 8vo (221 x 142 mm). viii, 411 [1]; viii, 486 pp. With 32 pp. of publisher's catalogue dated April 1867 in vol. I and [2] pp. ads dated February 1868 in vol. II; 5 errata on 6… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication
by Darwin, Charles
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes. 473 p.; 494 p. Authorized edition. Illustrated. Very Good condition. Clean pages. Scratching to marbled cloth; wear to crimson cloth at heads. Bumped corners with exposed tips. 1913 bookplates on paste downs. Item Price
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The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication
by DARWIN, Charles
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London: John Murray, 1868. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. With several text illustrations. Original publisher's green cloth, a few small bumps, minor wear to boards; approximately 2 inches of the top of the fly-leaf of both volumes cut out. Generally a very nice set, uncut, with the presentation bookplate of the University of Southern California Messrs. Milton and Stanley Slotkin… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Variation of animals and Plants Under Domestication
by Darwin, Charles
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London: John Murray, 1890. Second edition , revised. Tenth thousand. Cloth. Very good.. Two volumes, small octavo (5" x 7.5"), dark green cloth with gilt titles. Covers decorated in blind. xiv, 473pp, [1] with ad leaf; x, 495pp. with index. Illustrated with wood engravings. A tight, clean set with a minor rubbed spot on each spine. There is… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION [Two Volumes]
by Darwin, Charles
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- 1883
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1883. Second Edition, Revised, Fourth Thousand. Hardcover. Octavos, Two Volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in red cloth with black stamping to front boards, blind stamping to rear boards, and gilt titling to spines. Mild shelf wear and rubbing to binding. Volume 1 with one leaf of undated ads in rear; Volume 2… Read more about this item Item Price
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