The Various Contrivances By Which Orchids Are Fertilised By Insects

Fine illustrated and antiquarian Natural history . 2nd. Ed. [1st. Thou.] Pub. John Murray. 1877. pp.xvi, 300 with 38 text woodcuts, plus 32-page John Murray catalogue dated January 1876. 8vo. Short closed tear to two pages, o/w. contents very clean and in fine condition. Original green cloth in nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy. Freeman 801. This book… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: D. Appleton, 1892. Early Reprint. Decorative Cloth. Fine. A virtually pristine example of one of Darwin's scarcer titles. 8vo: xvi,300,[8]pp, with 38 text woodcuts. Publisher's terra-cotta cloth, upper cover stamped in black and lower cover in blind with edge roll and trailing vine device, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, cream colored end… Saber más sobre este artículo

John Murray, 1904. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1904. Popular Edition. 300 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Library copy with stamps, labels and inscriptions to front free endpaper. Dewy code to spine. Black and white illustrations throughout. Cracking to rear hinge, exposing netting. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Murray, 1890. Second Edition. Revised. Fifth Thousand. Hardcover Hardcover. Good Condition. 20cm x 13cm. xvi, 300 pages, 32 advertisements. Green cloth, gilt lettering. Darwin's first published work after the Origin of Species, providing evidence supporting his theory of evolution through natural selection. Darwin believed this volume tackled the question of design in nature. He maintained that… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Murray, 1899. Second edition, sixth impression.. Top outer corner clipped front endpaper presumably to remove a previous owner’s name, gilt on spine a little dull but fully readable, rear endpaper only with faint foxing; the text is very bright and clean with no signs of use; a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. xvi, 300; 38… Saber más sobre este artículo

Appleton, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. VG red boards with gilt lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; Contents clean and unmarked except for bookplate on front paste down. No dust jacket. 300pp. Index. Cover lightly soiled, spot where sticker removed on FFEP, previous owner stamp on end paper, slight webbing showing at half title page, slight… Saber más sobre este artículo

University Press of the Pacific, 2003-07-16. Paperback. Very Good. 1.0236 7.7953 4.9606.

London: John Murray, 1890. Second Edition, Revised, Fifth Thousand. Hardcover. Very good +. From Wikipedia: "Fertilisation of Orchids is a book by English naturalist Charles Darwin published on 15 May 1862 under the full explanatory title On the Various Contrivances by Which British and Foreign Orchids Are Fertilised by Insects, and On the Good Effects of Intercrossing. Darwin's… Saber más sobre este artículo

John Murray., 1890. 2nd. Ed. 5th. Thou.. pp.xvi, 300, with b/w. woodcut illus. in text plus 32 page publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Bookplate to front pastedown. Occasional neat pencil annotation in margins, some notes to rfep. Several leaves a little clumsily opened, minor splash marks to end-papers, o/w. contents fine. Front internal hinge showing a little wear. Original green… Saber más sobre este artículo

Uk: John Murray. Good. Leather Bound. 1888. 2nd Edition. 300 pages. 2nd edition revised 4th thousand - some age tanning-school prize binding -raised banks -label /University college school 1891 awarded to JOhn Aldous CLinch for mounting objects for the microscope-marbled end papers & edges .

London: John Murray, 1899. Second edition, revised, sixth impression. With numerous illustrations. 8vo, original green cloth lettered in gilt on spine and blocked in blind on the covers. xvi, 300, Index + 32 ads. pp. A very fine copy, bright and clean and beautifully preserved. EARLY PRINTING IN VERY… Saber más sobre este artículo

E-354. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by D. Appleton and Company, New York. 1889. Xvi, 300 pgs. Illustrated. Second Edition, Revised. Bound in red decorated with black and blind design to the boards. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards. Light foxing present. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free… Saber más sobre este artículo

John Murray, London, 1904. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 300 pages (complete). A benign copy. The boards have wear, scuffing, marks all about from handling, shelving and storage, age. The spine is marked by hand and shelving, there is wear to head and foot and along the seams. They are steady and sound. … Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Murray, 1877. xvi, 300, 32pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Recased, with new endpapers. Housed in modern green morocco-backed clamshell case. Extremities rubbed and a trifle marked. Scattered spotting. The second edition, revised and significantly enlarged from the first of 1862, of Darwin's first detailed demonstration of his… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1886. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good+ with no dust jacket. Second Edition. Exlibrary marks. Lightly circulated. Front hinge paper cracked but holding, binding and rear hinge sound. Writing on ffep along with scraped area. Pages clean, tanned. Cloth over boards is lightly shelf worn with edge rubbing and wear to extremities of spine… Saber más sobre este artículo

John Murray 1882. Second edition revised, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 300pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges)

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London: John Murray, 1877. Second edition, revised. With numerous illustrations. 8vo, publisher's original green cloth lettered in gilt on spine and blocked in blind on the covers. xvi, 300, Index + 32 ads. pp. A handsome and pleasing copy, bright and clean and beautifully preserved. EARLY PRINTING IN VERY… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Murray, 1877. 8vo. pp.xvi + 300 + 32 pages of the books published by Murray.[ Catalogue January 1876 ].Illustrated with woodcuts. Second Edition Revised. Original green cloth Private Book written in ink on verso of the half title .Spine ends have been repaired. some rubbing to corners,some foxing to the last few pages of the catalogue.rubbing to… Saber más sobre este artículo

London, John Murray 1877.. Second Edition, revised. 8°. Schmutztitel, Titel, XVI, 300 S., 32 S. (Verlagsanz.). Mit 38 Holzstich-Ill. im Text. Grüner OLn.-Bd. mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. Kapitale, Rücken u. Kanten etwas berieben. Schmutztitel mit gelöschtem Stempel. Ränder Minimal gebräunt, sonst gut erhalten. vgl. Freeman 800 - Zweite Auflage des erstmals 1862 erschienenen Werkes von Charles Darwin (1809-1882) zur… Saber más sobre este artículo