three-19th-century-books-by-charles-darwin
Lot 297
Three 19th Century Books by Charles Darwin
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
All published by John Murray of London, octavo, green linen boards, to include: The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex (1871), Vol. II of II only (owner-inscirbed on half title; tight binding; sketch on rear free endpaper); The Variation of Plants and Animals Under Domestication(1875), Vol. I of II only (front board loose at hinge; signature comprising pages 65-96 is disbound; overall age toning); The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1898), noted as the "Fifty-First Thousand" (boards somewhat loose at front hinge; browning; some sections marked with cut margins and tape).

7.75 in.

Deteriorating brown paper wraps on two books.