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Oct. 10, 2024
Darwin (Charles) The Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, sixth edition (eighteenth thousand), John Murray, 1876.
Est: £500 - £700
Darwin (Charles) The Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, sixth edition (eighteenth thousand), half-title, folding plate, bookseller's ticket of Hugh Hopkins of Glasgow to front pastedown, pencil ownership name of P. Johnson and small abrasion mark to front free endpaper, half-title with very short tear to head, scattered spotting, gutter cracked at a few points, hinges cracked, binder's label of W. Bone & Son to rear pastedown, original cloth, spine with a few small marks and nicks to ends, some light rubbing, heavier to corners, [Freeman 401], 8vo, John Murray, 1876. *** "The printing of 1876 is the final text as Darwin left it...The issue was of 1,250 copies only. This number is as small as any, being equaled only by that of the first edition...and is remarkably hard to come by" (Freeman, pp.80-81).
Forum Auctions - UK
Oct. 10, 2024
Darwin Charles, The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex [...] In two volumes. Vol. I (-II). With illustrations. London: John Murray, 1871.
Est: €200 - €400
2 volumi in-8° (mm 190x125). Pagine VIII, 423, [1], 16; VIII, 475, [1], 16. Con numerose illustrazioni in bianco e nero nel testo. Lievi fioriture diffuse, macchioline sparse e uno strappo restaurabile alle pagg. 15-16 della Mr. Murray's list of standard works al secondo volume. Legatura editoriale in piena tela, con cornici impresse a secco ai piatti e titoli in oro al dorso. Macchie e abrasioni ai piatti, punte stanche e difetti alla cerniera del piatto anteriore del primo volume, ma nel complesso buona copia. Nota di possesso manoscritta all'occhietto del primo volume. (2)
Gonnelli Casa d'Aste
Oct. 09, 2024
Darwin, Charles: On the origin of species (3. Auflage)
Est: €1,200 - €1,800
Darwin, Charles. On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle of life. Third edition, with additions and corrections. XIX, 538 S., 1 Bl . (Anzeigen). Mit lithographischer Falttafel. 20 x 12,5 cm. OLeinen (schwach berieben, Ecken etwas bestoßen) mit Gold- und Blindprägung. London, John Murray, 1861. -- Freeman 381. PMM 344b. – Dritte Ausgabe eines der größten Werke der Wissenschaft, von Darwin bedeutend erweitert und erstmals mit einem vollständigen historischen Abriss versehen. "The third edition was extensively altered, and is of interest for the addition of a table of differences between it and the second edition, a table which occurs in each subsequent edition, and also for the addition of the historical sketch. This sketch was written to satisfy complaints that Darwin had not sufficiently considered his predecessors in the general theory of evolution" (Freeman S. 78). – Im Schnitt leicht stockfleckig, mit einigen dezenten Anstreichungen in Bleistift.
Bassenge Auctions
Sep. 08, 2024
CHARLES DARWIN
Est: $100 - $200
5 Books on Charles Darwin, covering a variety of his work such as his writings, voyages and theories. Titles included are Charles Darwin by Gavin de Beer, Catalogue of the Darwin Memorial, Charles Darwin by Peter J. Bowler, The Voyage of Charles Darwin and Darwin's Journal by Gavin de Beer. Science
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Sep. 05, 2024
Darwin (Charles) The Origin of Species, 2 vol., sixth edition, 34th thousand, 1890; and others similar (7).
Est: £100 - £150
Darwin (Charles) The Origin of Species, 2 vol., sixth edition, 34th thousand, half-title to vol. 1 only, advertisements at end vol. 1, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, cracked joints, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1890 § Howell (F. Clark) and François Bourlière. African Ecology and Human Evolution, first edition, illustrations, folding map, faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, slight chipping and creasing to edges, short tear to upper cover, 1964; and others similar, 8vo (7).
Forum Auctions - UK
Aug. 15, 2024
Darwin (Charles) The Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, sixth edition (twenty-eighth thousand), John Murray, 1885; and others by the same (6)
Est: £200 - £300
Darwin (Charles) The Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, sixth edition (twenty-eighth thousand), folding lithographed chart, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper offset to half-title (inscription itself faded/erased), spotting to final f. and rear free endpaper, upper hinge tender, slight shelf-lean, little rubbed, heavier to corners, 1885; The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, second edition (twenty-ninth thousand), illustrations, later pencil notes to endpapers and title, very occasional pencil underlining or annotation, endpapers browned, spine slightly faded, extremities rubbed, upper joint split at head, 1890, half-titles, small sticker to foot of rear pastedowns, very slight marginal toning, original green cloth, few very small nicks to spine ends, John Murray; and 4 others by the same, 8vo (6)
Forum Auctions - UK
Aug. 15, 2024
Darwin (Charles) The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, sixth edition (twenty-second thousand), John Murray, 1880.
Est: £150 - £200
Darwin (Charles) The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, sixth edition (twenty-second thousand), folding diagram plate, half-title with later pencil ownership inscription to foot, gutter cracked at a couple points, some light foxing near start, margins very slightly toned, front free endpaper working loose at foot, hinges cracked, original cloth, spine a touch darkened, some wear to corners, spine ends and joints very lightly rubbed, else very good, 8vo, John Murray, 1880.
Forum Auctions - UK
Aug. 07, 2024
Charles Darwin Signed Letter Photo Frame
Est: $1,760 - $3,520
Charles Darwin Signed Letter Photo Frame
Joe R. Pyle Complete Auction & Realty LLC
Aug. 07, 2024
Charles Darwin & Sir Richard Owen Signed Cuts Photo Frame
Est: $1,200 - $2,400
Charles Darwin & Sir Richard Owen Signed Cuts Photo Frame
Joe R. Pyle Complete Auction & Realty LLC
Jul. 18, 2024
Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, third edition, presentation copy, presentation inscription 'From the Author' in a secretary's hand, John Murray, 1861
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, third edition (seventh thousand), presentation copy to John Gilbert Baker, the inscription on the front endpaper in the hand of Murray's clerk reads 'From the Author', with an A.L.s from Alfred Russel Wallace loosely inserted (4pp., folded) half-title, folding plate, advertisement leaf at end, a few occasional spots or instances of finger-soiling, hinges starting, original blind-stamped cloth, tears in cloth to spine ends, also bumped, and other extremities rubbed, [Freeman 381], 8vo, John Murray, 1861. *** A presentation copy with a fascinating association, emerging directly from Darwin’s scientific milieu. John Gilbert Baker (1834-1920) was appointed in 1866 to the herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He was known to Darwin in his botanical research, and references to Baker - exchange of specimens, the collections at Kew and Baker's own research - appear strewn across Darwin's correspondence with other notable botanists of the day. For example, Joseph Dalton Hooker (Darwin's close friend and then director of Kew), particularly commends Baker in a 1878 letter, '[he] is the most hardworking useful man & was elected F R.S. last year. his Services to this establishment have been most self-sacrificing. & he is a general favorite'. Most interestingly for our copy, an 1881 letter from Alfred Russel Wallace regarding wind dispersal of seeds over mountains in Africa, references Baker’s recently published findings on alpine plants of Madagascar as identical with those on the mountains of Abyssinia, the Cameroons, and other African mountains [letters accessible online at the Cambridge University 'Darwin Correspondence Project'] Meanwhile, the A.L.s from Alfred Wallace Russel here loosely inserted, also discusses research and botanical experimentation. More specifically he refers to a list he is compiling of ‘“reputed” endemic’ plants and animals, the purpose of which is ‘calling attention to the admitted fact that there are some differences – specific and varietal – between the fauna & flora of our islands & the continent’. He also expresses that ‘I am rather disappointed that during the last ten years so little has been done to settle, either by experiment or by exhaustive comparison of British & Continental examples the numerous cases of such differences given in my earlier lists’. Having been presented by Darwin to Baker, this copy continued in botanical circles; passed to his son Edmund Gilbert Baker (1864-1949), botanist and plant collector, who later presented it to Job Edward Lousley (1907-1976), amateur botanist renowned for his knowledge of British flora and author of many publications [typed slip dated 1947, signed by Lousley in ink, tipped-in to pastedown]. Overall a notable association copy, linking together Darwin and several of his botanical colleagues.
Forum Auctions - UK
Jul. 10, 2024
Charles Darwin (1809-1882). Autograph letter signed ('Ch. Darwin') to Lawso
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
Charles Darwin (1809-1882). Autograph letter signed ('Ch. Darwin') to Lawson Tait, Down, 6 August 1876.
Christie's
Jun. 19, 2024
Darwin, Charles
Est: £300 - £400
Darwin, Charles Photographic portrait Woodburytype, showing Darwin in old age, in a heavy coat, facing right, trimmed to image, 10.3 x 6.3cm, window-mounted, in 19th-century oblong folio album, Darwin's photograph on leaf with similar portraits of Matthew Arnold, Richard Owen (biologist, 1804-1892), and John Lubbock (1834-1913, polymath), the album containing approx. 130 further photographs, mainly cartes de visite and cabinet card albumen-print photographic portraits by Lancashire studios including J. Frankland of Blackburn, one cabinet card portrait by J. Henry Hoff of Kendal showing a man in eastern dress with manuscript caption ‘Rev. W. Swailes, C[hurch] M[ission] S[ociety], Dera Ismail Khan’, covers and spine detached
Lyon & Turnbull
Apr. 26, 2024
6 VOL.
Est: €300 - €400
1. L'origine des espèces au moyen de la sélection naturelle ou La lutte pour l'existence dans la nature. Traduit sur l'édition anglaise définitive par Ed. Barbier. Paris, C. Reinwald, 1887. - 2. La descendance de l'homme et la sélection sexuelle. Traduit par Edmond Barbier [...]. Préface par Carl Vogt. Ibid., 1881. Third French ed. - 3. Voyage d'un naturaliste autour du monde fait à bord du navire le Beagle de 1831 à 1836. Traduit de l'anglais par M. Ed. Barbier. Deuxième édition. Ibid., 1883. - 4. L'expression des émotions chez l'homme et les animaux. Traduit de l'anglais par les docteurs Samuel Pozzi et René Benoit. Avec vingt et une gravures sur bois et sept planches photographiées. Seconde édition revue et corrigé. Ibid., 1877. - 5-6. De la variation des animaux et des plantes à l'état domestique. Traduit sur la seconde édition anglaise par Ed. Barbier. Préface de Carl Vogt avec 43 gravures sur bois. Ibid., 1879-1880.
Arenberg Auctions
Apr. 21, 2024
Charles Darwin Signature with Sentiment.
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
DARWIN, CHARLES ROBERT. 1809-1882. A signature clipped from a two-sided letter page in black ink, reading: "With my sincere thanks, your truly obliged Charles Darwin"; 1 15/16" x 4 1/8". The text fragment verso in Darwin's hand includes the name "Mr. Herbert Spencer," the English philosopher/biologist/sociologist etc. who coined "survival of the fittest." Condition: fine, with slight horizontal fold creases; adhesive remnants verso. Provenance: Private Collection; acquired from Stanley Gibbons, Guernsey, 2007.
Turner Auctions + Appraisals
Apr. 04, 2024
DARWIN (Charles)
Est: £100 - £200
DARWIN (Charles) The Origin of Species..., sixth edition, twelfth thousand, London 1872, 8vo, half-title, folding lithographed chart (tear), contemporary ink name and date to head of title, some pencil underlining and notes to text, original green cloth
Cheffins
Mar. 28, 2024
Darwin (Charles) The Origin of Species , sixth edition (eleventh thousand), John Murray, 1872.
Est: £500 - £700
Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species, sixth edition (eleventh thousand), half-title, folding diagram plate, a few instances of minor spotting, upper hinge starting, original green cloth, spine gilt, spine toned and ends bumped, otherwise light scuffing, [Freeman 391], 8vo, John Murray, 1872.
Forum Auctions - UK
Mar. 22, 2024
Charles Darwin
Est: $50 - $80
Two books on Charles Darwin. 1) The Voyages of Charles Darwin: His Autobiographical writings selected and arranged by Christopher Ralling. BBC 1979. 2) Darwin and the Beagle by Alan Moorehead. Penguin. Paperback.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Mar. 21, 2024
Darwin (Charles) Portrait cabinet card by Elliot & Fry, on printed mount, [c.1882].
Est: £200 - £300
Darwin (Charles) Portrait cabinet card by Elliot & Fry, on printed mount, captioned "The Late Charles Darwin. Born Feb 12. 1808 Died April 19. 1882", blind-stamp of William Lucks London to lower mount, "Marion, Imp Paris" printed to foot of mount verso, short tear into portrait fore-edge without loss, some very faint spotting and surface soiling, light foxing to mount verso, portrait 144 x 104mm., mount 167 x 109mm., [c.1882]. *** This half-length portrait is thought to be one of the last taken of Darwin, dating from around 1880.
Forum Auctions - UK
Mar. 21, 2024
Darwin (Charles) The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, first edition, second issue, 1872.
Est: £150 - £200
Darwin (Charles) The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, first edition, second issue without initial blank leaf and with 'htat' misprint on first line of p.208, 7 heliotype plates, three folding, in earlier state with Arabic numbering, wood-engraved illustrations, 4 pp. advertisements at end, some light offsetting, plate 6 mounted on stubs and slightly frayed at edges, pp.131-142 working loose, original green cloth, corners and spine ends bumped with some loss to head, cockled, spine darkened, shelf-lean, [Freeman 1142], 8vo, John Murray, 1872. *** "This is an important member of the evolutionary set, and it was written, in part at least, as a confutation of the idea that the facial muscles of expression in man were a special endowment" (Freeman).
Forum Auctions - UK
Mar. 21, 2024
Darwin (Charles) The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 2 vol., first edition, second issue, 1871.
Est: £300 - £400
Darwin (Charles) The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 2 vol., first edition, second issue, wood-engraved illustrations, 16 pp. publisher's advertisements dated 'January 1871' at end, a few small marginal tears, light spotting to first and last couple of leaves, vol.1 with loosely inserted printed ephemera causing browning to 2C5 & 6, vol.1 with some cracking to gutter and gathering M working loose, original green cloth, slightly rubbed, spines slightly darkened and ends a little bumped, [Freeman 937], 8vo, John Murray, 1871. *** The first appearance of the word "evolution" in any of Darwin's works. In The Descent of Man Darwin "compared man's physical and psychological characteristics to similar traits in apes and other animals, showing how even man's mind and moral sense could have developed through evolutionary processes" (Norman). This set bears the following issue points, as called for by Freeman. Vol.2: verso of title with list of works by the author; half-title with verso blank. Vol.1: first word on p.297 is 'When.'
Forum Auctions - UK
Mar. 21, 2024
Darwin (Charles) The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, 2 vol., first edition, second issue, 1868 & others by or relating to Darwin (13)
Est: £400 - £600
Darwin (Charles) The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, 2 vol., first edition, second issue with one line errata in vol.1, 32pp. publisher's advertisements dated 'April, 1867' at end of vol.1, vol. 2 2pp. advertisements at end dated 'February, 1868', light foxing to title, some light damp-staining to margins, cloth with light staining to vol.1, 1868; The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, first edition, second issue with plates numbered in Roman, 7 heliotype plates, 4pp. advertisements at end, pp.183-186 gathering detached, 1872, original cloth, light marking and dents to covers, extremities a little rubbed; and 10 others, by or relating to Darwin, including a sixth edition of Origin of Species and a "third thousand" edition of Insectivorous Plants, these in original cloth, 8vo (13) *** An excellent group of early editions of Darwin's works, with accompanying reference books.
Forum Auctions - UK
Mar. 21, 2024
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, tenth thousand, 1860.
Est: £150 - £200
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, tenth thousand, final definitive text, with postscript, wood-engraved illustrations, 32 pp. publisher's advertisements at end dated October 1866, upper hinge cracked and weak, the odd spot, small newspaper fragment lightly offset onto 2A7 & 8, Edmonds & Remnants ticket to rear pastedown, original green cloth, slightly rubbed and soiled, corners and spine head bumped, spine slightly darkened, [Freeman 20], 8vo, John Murray, 1860. *** "His first published book is undoubtedly the most often read and stands second only to Origin of the Species as the most often printed. It is an important travel book in its own right and its relation to the background of his evolutionary ideas has often been stressed" (Freeman).
Forum Auctions - UK
Mar. 07, 2024
Charles Darwin as a Young Man
Est: £250,000 - £300,000
Adrian Ghenie b. 1977 Charles Darwin as a Young Man signed and dated 2014 (on the reverse) oil on canvas 48.8 by 32.1 cm. 19¼ by 12⅝ in. framed: 52.6 by 35.9 cm. 20¾ by 14⅛ in. Executed in 2014.
Sotheby's
Feb. 29, 2024
Darwin (Charles) The Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection, sixth edition (thirteenth thousand), 1872
Est: £300 - £400
Darwin (Charles) The Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection, sixth edition (thirteenth thousand), folding chart, without advertisements, ink stamps and ink ownership inscription to endpapers, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example, [Freeman 393], 8vo, 1872. *** The sixth was the first edition of Origin to include the word "evolution".
Forum Auctions - UK
Dec. 15, 2023
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) Autograph letter signed ('Ch. Darwin') to [Thom
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) Autograph letter signed ('Ch. Darwin') to [Thomas Rivers], Down, 5 March [1863]...
Christie's
Dec. 15, 2023
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) Autograph letter signed ('Ch. Darwin') to Lawso
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) Autograph letter signed ('Ch. Darwin') to Lawson Tait, Down, 6 August 1876
Christie's
Dec. 15, 2023
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) Autograph letter signed ('Ch. Darwin') to [Thom
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) Autograph letter signed ('Ch. Darwin') to [Thomas Rivers], Down, 1 February...
Christie's
Dec. 15, 2023
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) Autograph letter signed ('Ch. Darwin') to [Thom
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) Autograph letter signed ('Ch. Darwin') to [Thomas Rivers], 28 December [1862]
Christie's
Dec. 15, 2023
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) Autograph letter signed ('Charles Darwin') to [
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) Autograph letter signed ('Charles Darwin') to [Thomas Rivers], Down, 23...
Christie's
Dec. 13, 2023
Darwin (Charles) The Formation Of Vegetable Mould, Through The Action of Worms, With Observations On Their Habits, early printing, 1883.
Est: £100 - £150
NO RESERVE Darwin (Charles) The Formation Of Vegetable Mould, Through The Action of Worms, With Observations On Their Habits, early printing with "ninth thousand" on title, illustrations, light scattered spotting, endpapers with light damp-staining, original blind-stamped cloth, spine ends a little bumped and frayed, corners bumped, [Freeman p.165], 8vo, 1883.
Forum Auctions - UK
Dec. 13, 2023
Darwin (Charles) The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, first edition, first issue, John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1868.
Est: £600 - £800
Darwin (Charles) The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, 2 vol., first edition, first issue, wood-engraved illustrations, 5 errata (in 6 lines) on page vi of vol. I, 9 errata (in 7 lines) on page viii of vol. II, 32 pp. publisher's advertisements, dated April 1867, at rear of Volume I, 2 pp. publisher's advertisements, dated February 1868, at rear of Volume II, occasional neat underlining in ordinary, red or blue pencil, a few signatures loose or working loose, occasional spotting, dark green coated endpapers, endpapers spotted, hinges split, original green cloth, spines gilt, covers blind-stamped, spine ends frayed, corners worn, small nick to both joints of vol.II, water-stained, a few small stains, rubbed and marked, [Freeman 877], 8vo, John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1868. ⁂ The first appearance of the phrase 'survival of the fittest' in any of Darwin's works. 'This represents the only section of Darwin's big book on the origin of species which was printed in his lifetime and corresponds to its first two intended chapters.' (Freeman).
Forum Auctions - UK
Nov. 23, 2023
Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, fourth edition (8th thousand), 1866.
Est: £150 - £200
NO RESERVE Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, fourth edition (8th thousand), half-title, folding plate, lacking advertisements at end, ink ownership name to front free endpaper, first few ff. with slight fraying and creasing to edges, title with short closed tear to fore-edge (into text to verso but without loss), some faint staining or soiling, occasional light spotting, both mainly to peripheral ff., gutter cracked at points with a couple gatherings working or nearly loose, original green cloth, spine and lower cover worn and detached, upper cover missing, [Freeman 385 and p.79], 8vo, 1866. ⁂ Only 1500 copies of the fourth edition were printed, with extensive alterations from previous editions.
Forum Auctions - UK
Nov. 23, 2023
Darwin (Charles) The Descent of Man, 2 vol., first edition, John Murray, 1871; and 15 others (17)
Est: £400 - £600
Darwin (Charles) The Descent of Man, 2 vol., first edition, a little spotting to preliminaries, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spines gilt with contrasting morocco label, extremities rubbed, John Murray, 1871; The Life and Letters, 3 vol., edited by Francis Darwin, frontispieces and plates, contemporary purple half calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, spines sunned, rubbed, 1887 § Huxley (Thomas H.) Collected Essays, 9 vol., 1904-11; Life and Letters, 3 vol., edited by Leonard Huxley, 1908, uniformly bound in contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 8vo (17)
Forum Auctions - UK
Oct. 19, 2023
Darwin (Charles) The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, sixth edition, John Murray, 1888.
Est: £150 - £200
Darwin (Charles) The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, sixth edition (35th thousand), half-title, folding plate slightly frayed and browned at edge, without publisher's catalogue at end, hinge cracked and weak in places, pencil notes to front free endpaper and occasional annotations throughout, original cloth, lightly scuffed, [Freeman 423], 8vo, John Murray, 1888.
Forum Auctions - UK
Oct. 12, 2023
DARWIN (Charles)
Est: £200 - £400
DARWIN (Charles) On the Origin of Species, 3rd edition, 7th thousand, London: John Murray 1861, 8vo, folding diagram, title very slightly cut at head with offset pale lettering stains, lacking half-title, without the advertisements at end, one text leaf loose and a little frayed to edges, half calf
Cheffins
Oct. 06, 2023
Charles Darwin 1889 Journal Researches
Est: $300 - $400
A Naturalist's Voyage. 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. FitzRoy R.N. by Charles Darwin. With Portrait Published in London by John Murray in 1889. refer Freeman Darwin Bibliography Page 41 No 49 Eighteenth edition, Some wear to the original cloth. Slanted and a few ink notations to the early pages
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Oct. 06, 2023
Charles Darwin First
Est: $400 - $500
The Expression of the Emotions in Man And Animals by Charles Darwin With Photographic and Other Illustrations. Published in London by John Murray in 1872, It collates as per Freeman Bibliography of Charles Darwin No 282. The book has been repaired with the original spine laid down and with new endpapers. Good copy. First edition
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Oct. 05, 2023
Darwin Charles, The life and letters of Charles Darwin including an autobiographical chapter [...] Vol I (-III). London: Murray, 1887.
Est: €80 - €160
3 volumi in-8° (mm 220x135). Antiporta con ritratto dell'Autore fuori testo a ciascun volume. Esemplare parzialmente intonso, con fioriture diffuse. Legatura originale in tela verde con cornici di filetti impressi a secco, con titoli in oro al dorso. Ampie tracce di umidità e muffa ai piatti, soprattutto a quello anteriore del terzo volume. (3)
Gonnelli Casa d'Aste
Sep. 28, 2023
Darwin (Charles) The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, 2 vol., first edition, first issue, 1868.
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
Darwin (Charles) The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, 2 vol., first edition, first issue, illustrations, previous owner's ink signature to blanks, faint spotting to first few blank ff., original green cloth, gilt, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1868.
Forum Auctions - UK
Sep. 28, 2023
Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, second edition, second issue with "fifth thousand" on title, 1860.
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, second edition, second issue with "fifth thousand" on title, half-title, folding lithograph diagram, 32pp. publisher's catalogue dated January 1860 at end, hinges broken, original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, overall a sharp, near-fine copy, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Freeman 376], 8vo, 1860. ⁂ The first edition had a print run of only 1250 copies and was sold out in a day. The book was republished in a printing of only 3000 copies literally within days of the first issuance. Darwin himself considered this edition "little more than a reprint of the first 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).
Forum Auctions - UK
Sep. 21, 2023
Darwin (Charles) The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, second edition, 1874.
Est: £150 - £200
NO RESERVE Darwin (Charles) The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, second edition, half-title, 3 folding maps, with small tears and repairs at folds, 6pp. publishers advertisements at end, a few scattered spots, original cloth, rebacked, preserving original spine, a little rubbed and soiled, 8vo, 1874. ⁂ This edition was extensively revised to take into account the work of Professor James Dwight Dana on Corals, which was published after Darwin's first edition.
Forum Auctions - UK
Sep. 21, 2023
Darwin (Charles) Postanak Vrsta. [On the Origin of Species], Belgrade, Prosveta, 1948.
Est: £300 - £400
Darwin (Charles) Postanak Vrsta. [On the Origin of Species], portrait plate and folding genealogical tree, the latter with short tear to fold without loss, light browning, original cloth-backed boards, corners lightly bumped, a few light stains, a little heavier to head of lower cover, 8vo, Belgrade, Prosveta, 1948. ⁂ The first Serbo-Croatian edition to be written in Latin alphabet. The work was first published in Serbia in 1878, translated into Cyrillic alphabet.
Forum Auctions - UK
Sep. 21, 2023
Charles Darwin | Autograph letter signed from Darwin to Lyell, autograph letter from W.J. Hooker to Darwin, plus ephemera
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
By Descent: the Property of the Hooker Family Charles Darwin, William Jackson Hooker Autograph letter signed from Darwin to Charles Lyell, autograph letter from Hooker to Darwin, plus associated ephemera i. Autograph letter signed, [9 April 1873], from Charles Darwin to Charles Lyell, expressing Darwin's hope that Lyell has "enjoyed [his] excursion to Ludlow in Shropshire", regretting that the weather in London has not been "favourable as far as I can remember" and informing Lyell that he "did not hear that you were off till you were gone", 1 page, 8vo, paper headed "Down | Beckenham, Kent", previously folded, slightly creased at folds, traces of old mount on verso of final leaf Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet (1797-1875) was a Scottish geologist whose Principles of Geology (1830-1833), Elements of Geology (1838), and Antiquity of Man (1836) appeared in many editions (Darwin Correspondence Project). A Professor of Geology at King's College London and President of the Geological Society (1835-1837 and 1849-1851), Lyell was also Darwin's scientific mentor and friend. Lyell's excursion to Ludlow alongside his wife Mary Elizabeth is mentioned in a letter of April 25 to Darwin from J.D. Hooker (not part of this lot). Mary Elizabeth died suddenly of typhoid on April 24 during this very trip, her condition deteriorating suddenly from her first arrival in Shropshire. ii. Autograph letter, from William Jackson Hooker to Charles Darwin, informing Darwin that he "read yesterday the notes on Bond Island which I owe to you", questioning whether there was "ever such an enigma" and expressing his excitement about the local flora and fauna ("...above everything such a proposition of individual monocototyledons!"); Hooker also notes that the ecological conditions do not seem very different from the Galapagos Islands, and expresses his amazement, both that "many monocotyledons [should] have come here" and why they survived "more there than on the main island if once connected", 4 pages, 8vo, first leaf with blindstamp of Royal Gardens Kew, creased where folded previously "The geographical distribution of plants was a central concern for Hooker. He was puzzled, for example, by the species he had seen growing on widely scattered islands; like other naturalists he wondered how they had got there. One option was simply to assume that God had created them several times in their existing locations, but Hooker rejected this theory of multiple centres of creation, and sought a more law-like explanation. He assumed that each species had been created (by an unknown means) at a single time and place from where it had spread. However, this did not explain how species travelled over huge expanses of ocean" (ODNB). iii. Autograph of Charles Darwin, on small scrap of paper, old tape to verso iv. Portrait of Charles Darwin on silver print postcard, 124 x 85mm., light spotting and adhesive residue from old mount to verso LITERATURE: Autograph letter to Charles Lyell: Darwin Correspondence Project, letter number 8552F (https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8552F.xml), also published in Burkhardt et al., eds., The Correspondence of Charles Darwin (CUP, 1985)
Sotheby's
Sep. 15, 2023
Charles Darwin and the Beagle
Est: $150 - $250
A collection of books on Charles Darwin and the Beagle. 1) Charles Darwin's The voyage of the Beagle by Kerrigan 2) Mariners are Warned Stokes and the Beagle 3) The Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the meanings of life by Bennett 4) Darwin the Australian Collection 5) Darwin in Australia by Keyes
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Sep. 07, 2023
Darwin (Charles) The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, sixth edition, 1880, & 2 others (3)
Est: £200 - £300
Darwin (Charles) The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, sixth edition, plates, one colour and one folding, bookplate to front pastedown and ownership inscription to front free endpaper of Gilbert C. Bourne, annotations on blanks throughout, some spotting, contemporary half-calf, slightly rubbed at extremities, red morocco label to spine, slightly sunned, 1880 § Gilbert White, The Works, in Natural History, vol.1 only (of 2), frontispiece, plates, one colour, several folding, some spotting, rebacked, retaining original calf covers and spine, 1802 § Thomas Sydenham, Opera Medica, vol.1 only (of 2), portrait frontispiece, vignette title printed in red and black, spotted, offsetting, later calf, very slightly rubbed at extremities, red morocco label to spine, spine sunned, 1723, v.s (3)
Forum Auctions - UK
Jul. 12, 2023
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882) 'Manual of Geology.' Offprint from: Adm
Est: £5,000 - £8,000
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882) 'Manual of Geology.' Offprint from: Admiralty Manual of Scientific...
Christie's
Jul. 12, 2023
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882) On the Origin of Species by Means of Na
Est: £80,000 - £120,000
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. London: John...
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Jul. 12, 2023
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882), contributor – STEPHENS, James Francis
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882), contributor – STEPHENS, James Francis Illustrations of British entomology: or, a synopsis of indigenous...
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