DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication . London: John Murray 1868. 2 volumes, 8°. Woodcuts in the text, 32pp. of advertisements at the end of vol.I and with the final advertisement leaf at the end of vol.II. Original cloth, uncut (covers of vol.II very slightly cockled, a few slight marks). Provenance : G.A. Paley (signature on an endpaper) -- Melton Wold Estates (book-label in vol.II and stamped on fore-edges of vol.I) -- Quentin Keynes (1921-2003, Darwin's great-grandson; a gift to his doctor). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE though with the errata in vol.I occupying 5 lines. cf.Freeman 877.
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication . London: John Murray 1868. 2 volumes, 8°. Woodcuts in the text, 32pp. of advertisements at the end of vol.I and with the final advertisement leaf at the end of vol.II. Original cloth, uncut (covers of vol.II very slightly cockled, a few slight marks). Provenance : G.A. Paley (signature on an endpaper) -- Melton Wold Estates (book-label in vol.II and stamped on fore-edges of vol.I) -- Quentin Keynes (1921-2003, Darwin's great-grandson; a gift to his doctor). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE though with the errata in vol.I occupying 5 lines. cf.Freeman 877. With a copy of the first American edition (New York, [1868]), with the same provenance as the above. (4)
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication . London: John Murray 1868. 2 volumes, 8°. Woodcuts in the text, 32pp. of advertisements at the end of vol.I and with the final advertisement leaf at the end of vol.II. Original cloth, uncut (covers of vol.II very slightly cockled, a few slight marks). Provenance : G.A. Paley (signature on an endpaper) -- Melton Wold Estates (book-label in vol.II and stamped on fore-edges of vol.I) -- Quentin Keynes (1921-2003, Darwin's great-grandson; a gift to his doctor). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE though with the errata in vol.I occupying 5 lines. cf.Freeman 877.
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication . London: John Murray 1868. 2 volumes, 8°. Woodcuts in the text, 32pp. of advertisements at the end of vol.I and with the final advertisement leaf at the end of vol.II. Original cloth, uncut (covers of vol.II very slightly cockled, a few slight marks). Provenance : G.A. Paley (signature on an endpaper) -- Melton Wold Estates (book-label in vol.II and stamped on fore-edges of vol.I) -- Quentin Keynes (1921-2003, Darwin's great-grandson; a gift to his doctor). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE though with the errata in vol.I occupying 5 lines. cf.Freeman 877. With a copy of the first American edition (New York, [1868]), with the same provenance as the above. (4)
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