DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882). The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants … Second edition, revised. London: John Murray, 1875. Octavo (188 x 125mm). Half-title, 32pp. of ads at end dated January 1875 (occasional light scattered spotting...
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882). The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants … Second edition, revised. London: John Murray, 1875. Octavo (188 x 125mm). Half-title, 32pp. of ads at end dated January 1875 (occasional light scattered spotting, heavier at end). Original green cloth (small spot on upper cover). Provenance: Frederick du Cane Godman (penciled ownership inscription and bookplate on front pastedown). The first edition published in hard covers. Freeman 836. [With the same author's:]
The Power of Movement in Plants ... assisted by Francis Darwin ... second thousand. London: John Murray, 1880. Octavo (188 x 125mm). Half-title, numerous text figures, 32pp. of ads at end dated January 1879 (endpapers and ads lightly spotted). Original green cloth (extremities faintly rubbed). Provenance: Frederick du Cane Godman. Freeman 1326 (‘This was an extension of the work on climbing plants to show that the same mechanisms hold good for flowering plants in general’).
Insectivorous Plants … second thousand. London: John Murray, 1875. Octavo (190 x 125mm). Half-title, text-figures, errata slip (occasional light scattered spotting, heavier at beginning and end). Original green cloth (extremities faintly rubbed). Provenance: Frederick du Cane Godman. Freeman 1218 (‘These meticulous studies form a minor contribution to the evolutionary series by the study of adaptations of such plants to impoverished conditions’). Figs 7 and 8 are cut from drawings by Francis Darwin.
The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits ... Fourth thousand. London: John Murray, 1881. Octavo (188 x 123mm). Text-figures (index partially unopened, light spotting to title and leaves at end). Original green cloth. Provenance: Frederick du Cane Godman (penciled ownership inscription and bookplate on front pastedown). ‘A pioneer study in quantitive ecology’ (DSB). Darwin ‘calculated from the weight of worm-castings that on one acre in one year's time eighteen tons of soil are brought to the surface by worms’ (DSB). Freeman 1360.
The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin including an Autobiographical Chapter. Edited by Francis Darwin ... Fifth thousand revised. London: John Murray, 1887. 3 volumes, octavo (223 x 142mm). 3 portrait frontispieces (spotting at beginning and ending of vols). Original grey-green cloth. Provenance: Frederick du Cane Godman (bookplates). This works contains the first printed version of Darwin’s autobiography. Freeman 1453.
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DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882). The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants … Second edition, revised. London: John Murray, 1875. Octavo (188 x 125mm). Half-title, 32pp. of ads at end dated January 1875 (occasional light scattered spotting, heavier at end). Original green cloth (small spot on upper cover). Provenance: Frederick du Cane Godman (penciled ownership inscription and bookplate on front pastedown). The first edition published in hard covers. Freeman 836. [With the same author's:]
The Power of Movement in Plants ... assisted by Francis Darwin ... second thousand. London: John Murray, 1880. Octavo (188 x 125mm). Half-title, numerous text figures, 32pp. of ads at end dated January 1879 (endpapers and ads lightly spotted). Original green cloth (extremities faintly rubbed). Provenance: Frederick du Cane Godman. Freeman 1326 (‘This was an extension of the work on climbing plants to show that the same mechanisms hold good for flowering plants in general’).
Insectivorous Plants … second thousand. London: John Murray, 1875. Octavo (190 x 125mm). Half-title, text-figures, errata slip (occasional light scattered spotting, heavier at beginning and end). Original green cloth (extremities faintly rubbed). Provenance: Frederick du Cane Godman. Freeman 1218 (‘These meticulous studies form a minor contribution to the evolutionary series by the study of adaptations of such plants to impoverished conditions’). Figs 7 and 8 are cut from drawings by Francis Darwin.
The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits ... Fourth thousand. London: John Murray, 1881. Octavo (188 x 123mm). Text-figures (index partially unopened, light spotting to title and leaves at end). Original green cloth. Provenance: Frederick du Cane Godman (penciled ownership inscription and bookplate on front pastedown). ‘A pioneer study in quantitive ecology’ (DSB). Darwin ‘calculated from the weight of worm-castings that on one acre in one year's time eighteen tons of soil are brought to the surface by worms’ (DSB). Freeman 1360.
The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin including an Autobiographical Chapter. Edited by Francis Darwin ... Fifth thousand revised. London: John Murray, 1887. 3 volumes, octavo (223 x 142mm). 3 portrait frontispieces (spotting at beginning and ending of vols). Original grey-green cloth. Provenance: Frederick du Cane Godman (bookplates). This works contains the first printed version of Darwin’s autobiography. Freeman 1453.
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