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Auction archive: Lot number 274

DARWIN, EIGHT VOLUMES FROM THE SIXTH EDITION OF 'ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES', 1872-1895 (8 VOL.)

Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$1,928 - US$2,571
Price realised:
£1,875
ca. US$2,411
Auction archive: Lot number 274

DARWIN, EIGHT VOLUMES FROM THE SIXTH EDITION OF 'ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES', 1872-1895 (8 VOL.)

Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$1,928 - US$2,571
Price realised:
£1,875
ca. US$2,411
Beschreibung:

Darwin, Charles EIGHT VOLUMES FROM THE SIXTH EDITION OF ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES… JOHN MURRAY 1872-1895, COMPRISING: i) 1872, sixth edition ("eleventh thousand"), original green cloth, [Freeman 391], library label on front fixed endpaper, hinges splitting; ii) 1872, sixth edition ("twelfth thousand"), original green cloth, [Freeman 392], marginal notes, lower hinge split, loss to lower joint; iii) 1872, sixth edition ("thirteenth thousand"), original green cloth, [Freeman 393], hinges splitting, slight cockling to cloth; iv) 1872, sixth edition ("thirteenth thousand"), original green cloth, [Freeman 393], upper hinge split, binding worn; v) 1873, sixth edition ("thirteenth thousand"), original green cloth, [Freeman 396], hinges split, abrasions to spine; vi) 1875, sixth edition ("fifteenth thousand"), original green cloth, [Freeman 398], hinges split, remnants of former mounting on front fixed endpaper; vii) 1878, sixth edition ("twentieth thousand"), original green cloth, [Freeman 403], upper hinge split; viii) 1895, sixth edition ("forty-seventh thousand"), original green cloth, [Freeman 446], head and foot of spine very slightly bumped; all 8vo, half-titles, folding lithographed plate, occasional spotting, a few ownership signatures or stamps, occasional embossed stamps, bindings worn (8)

Auction archive: Lot number 274
Beschreibung:

Darwin, Charles EIGHT VOLUMES FROM THE SIXTH EDITION OF ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES… JOHN MURRAY 1872-1895, COMPRISING: i) 1872, sixth edition ("eleventh thousand"), original green cloth, [Freeman 391], library label on front fixed endpaper, hinges splitting; ii) 1872, sixth edition ("twelfth thousand"), original green cloth, [Freeman 392], marginal notes, lower hinge split, loss to lower joint; iii) 1872, sixth edition ("thirteenth thousand"), original green cloth, [Freeman 393], hinges splitting, slight cockling to cloth; iv) 1872, sixth edition ("thirteenth thousand"), original green cloth, [Freeman 393], upper hinge split, binding worn; v) 1873, sixth edition ("thirteenth thousand"), original green cloth, [Freeman 396], hinges split, abrasions to spine; vi) 1875, sixth edition ("fifteenth thousand"), original green cloth, [Freeman 398], hinges split, remnants of former mounting on front fixed endpaper; vii) 1878, sixth edition ("twentieth thousand"), original green cloth, [Freeman 403], upper hinge split; viii) 1895, sixth edition ("forty-seventh thousand"), original green cloth, [Freeman 446], head and foot of spine very slightly bumped; all 8vo, half-titles, folding lithographed plate, occasional spotting, a few ownership signatures or stamps, occasional embossed stamps, bindings worn (8)

Auction archive: Lot number 274
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