Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

DARWIN, Charles. The Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection… 41st thousand. London: John Murray, 1891. Sixth edition, 8vo (187 x 117mm.) 1 folding plate. (Browning, minor spotting to preliminaries, some uncut leaves.) Original green cloth, blind-stamped, gilt lettering to spine (lightly bumped to spine ends). Provenance: G.G. Pierce (ink name to the front free endpaper).

DARWIN, Charles. The Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection… twenty-eighth thousand. London: John Murray, 1885. Sixth edition, 8vo (188 x 120mm.) 1 folding plate. (Extensive hand-written annotation to all preliminaries and from pp.421-429, spotting to rear blank.) Original blind-stamped green cloth, gilt lettering to spine (soiling to base of spine, lacking front free endpaper).

DARWIN, Charles. Journal of Researches into Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World… ten thousand. London: John Murray, 1860. 8vo (197 x 114mm.) 32pp. of publisher's advertisements to rear. (Browning and some spotting to preliminaries, pencil notes on verso of front free endpaper.) Original green cloth, blind-tooled, gilt lettering to spine (extremities bumped and surface rubbing to upper cover). Provenance: D'Arcy Adams (gift inscription in ink to preliminary blank).

DARWIN, Charles. The Power of Movement in Plants… second thousand. London: John Murray, 1880. First edition, 8vo (188 x 117mm.) Numerous illustrations, 32pp. publisher's advertisements to rear. (Light spotting to fore-edge, pencil ticks against list of works verso of the half-title.) Original blind-stamped green cloth, gilt titles to spine (lightly bumped to spine ends, number '99' in gilt to base of spine).

DARWIN, Charles. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication… fifth thousand. London: John Murray, 1885. 2 vols., second edition, 8vo (188 x 117mm.) 32pp. of publisher's advertisements to rear of volume 1 dated January 1885. (Mild toning, light spotting to preliminaries.) Original blind-stamped green cloth, gilt lettering to spine (fading to titles, mark to upper cover of volume 2) (2).

DARWIN, Charles. Insectivorous Plants… sixth thousand. London: John Murray, 1893. Second edition, 8vo (188 x 118mm.) (Uncut pages, some loss to corner of title, browning to margins.) Original blind-stamped green cloth, gilt lettering to spine (bumped to spine ends, some damp-spotting to covers).

DARWIN, Charles. The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom. London: John Murray, 1891. Third edition, 8vo (188 x 118mm.) Numerous tables, 32pp. of publisher's advertisements to rear. (Light spotting to preliminaries.) Original blind-stamped green cloth, gilt lettering to spine (bumped to spine ends). Provenance: Margaret M. Robson (ink name on front free endpaper). - And two more books by Charles Darwin ('The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species', fourth thousand, 1892, 8vo; and 'The Movement and Habits of Climbing Plants', fourth thousand, 1888, 8vo) (3).

DARWIN, Charles. The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects… fifth thousand. London: John Murray, 1890. Second edition, 8vo (188 x 117mm.) Numerous illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original blind-tooled green cloth, gilt lettering to spine (mark to upper cover). - And two more volumes by Darwin (including 'The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals', 1892, 8vo) (3).

DARWIN, Charles. The Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection… 34th thousand. London: John Murray, 1890. 2 vols., sixth edition, 8vo (190 x 119mm.) 1 folding plate. (Mild toning, uncut leaves to volume 2.) Original grey cloth blind-stamped, gilt lettering to spine (extremities bumped, upper cover of volume 1 rubbed at edge) (2).

DARWIN, Charles. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex… tenth thousand. London: John Murray, 1874. Second edition, 8vo (183 x 114mm.) Numerous wood-engraved illustrations. (Spotting to pastedowns and preliminaries, browning.) Original green cloth, blind-tooled, gilt lettering to spine (rubbing to extremities). - And another copy of Darwin's 'The Descent of Man', 2 vols., 1888, 8vo (3).

DARWIN, Francis (editor). The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, including an Autobiographical Chapter. London: John Murray, 1887. 2 vols., first edition, 8vo (219 x 129mm.) 2 portrait frontispieces (lacking frontispiece from volume 3). Original teal cloth, gilt lettering to spines (bumped to spine ends). - And two more volumes ('More Letters of Charles Darwin', 1903, 8vo) (5).

DARWIN, Charles. The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs. London: John Murray, 1889. Third edition, 8vo (189 x 118mm.) 3 plates on 2 folding leaves. (Light spotting to pastedowns.) Original blind-stamped cloth (spine darkened, titles faded). - And three related volumes on natural history (including Darwin's 'The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms', 1892, 8vo) (4).

WALLACE, Alfred Russel. Darwinism, an Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection. London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. Third impression, 8vo (198 x 124mm.) Portrait frontispiece, numerous illustrations, 1 folding map in colour. (Spotting to margins of frontispiece and preliminaries.) Original green cloth, gilt lettering to spine (spine darkened). Provenance: Fritz Frankau (bookplate to the front pastedown). - And two more volumes by Wallace (including 'The Malay Archipelago', 1894, 8vo) (3).

BATES, Henry Walter. The Naturalist on the River Amazons. London: John Murray, 1884. Fifth edition, 8vo (187 x 118mm.) Numerous illustrations. (Moderate spotting to front and rear leaves.) Original blind-stamped green cloth with pictorial gilt to upper cover, gilt lettering to spine (lightly bumped to spine ends). Provenance: W. Lansdown (pencil name to front free endpaper). - And three more related volumes on the natural history of Africa (4).

[WAKEFIELD, Patricia]. Letters on Entomology, intended For the Amusement and Instruction of Young Persons. London: Geo. B. Whittaker, 1825. First edition, 12mo (186 x 105mm.) 3 hand-coloured plates. (Heavy spotting pp.1-26, thereafter moderate, plates unaffected.) Later paper-backed boards (small loss to top of spine). Note: Patricia Wakefield (1751-1832) was a Quaker and philanthropist and author of over twenty books, including works on botany, insects and, in 1798, a work on feminism. - And eight more works on natural history (including Lt.-Col. H.R. Baker's 'Birds of Southern India', 1930, 8vo) (9).

JARDINE, William (editor). The Naturalist's Library. Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1834-1845. 40 vols., 8vo (172 x 100mm.) 40 engraved portrait frontispieces, additional pictorial titles, some hand-coloured, 1269 hand-coloured plates with tissue-guards. (Browning to margins, some uncut leaves.) Original cloth boards, original lettering pieces onlaid to spines (crudely rebacked in cloth, two volumes with inner joints broken, sunning to boards, one lettering piece missing). Note: complete in 40 volumes, comprising: ornithology (14), entomology (7), mammalia (13) and ichthyology (6). - And two duplicate volumes from the series (42).

NEW NATURALIST. - Eric SIMMS. British Larks, Pipits and Wagtails. London: Harpercollins, 1992. First edition, 8vo (214 x 142mm.) Numerous illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original green cloth, dust-jacket. - And twenty-one more volumes from the New Naturalist series (including Proctor, Yeo and Lacks's 'The Natural History of Pollination', 1996, 8vo) (22).

NEW NATURALIST. - Edward A. ARMSTRONG. The Folklore of Birds. London: Collins, 1958. First edition, 8vo (215 x 143mm.) Numerous illustrations. (Moderate spotting to preliminaries.) Original green cloth (spotting to lower corners), dust-jacket (light spotting to rear panel). Provenance: Margaret Farley (bookplate to the front pastedown). - And one related volume from the New Naturalist Monograph series (J.D. Summers-Smith's 'The House Sparrow', 1963, 8vo) (2).

GRUBB, Roy. Selected Orchidaceous Plants. Caterham, Surrey: R. Grubb, 1961. Limited edition, being one of 1450 copies, 4to (249 x 184mm.) Numerous illustrations by the author. (Mild toning.) Contemporary brown half-morocco boards bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, five raised bands to the spine with gilt lettering to the second and third compartments, t.e.g. Note: originally issued in four parts. - And three other books, including two relating to orchids (4).