The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin Including an Autobiographical Chapter. 3 volumes complete

Francis Darwin

Published by John Murray., Albemarle St, London., 1887

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3 volumes 5th thousand revised. Volume 1 has X pp + 395 pages and advert leaf (last page mis-numbered 539), Volume 2 has 393 pages + advert leaf. Volume 3 has IV pp + 418 pages and an advert leaf at rear, all three volumes have a frontispiece, volume 1 has 3 other engravings from photos and volume 2 has a facsimile page from Darwin's diary of 1837. Grey cloth boards a little worn and some fading at spine, titles dull, partly unopened and uncut. full octavo (9 x 6 inches) 22.5 x 15 cm. *NOTE: This set has the armorial bookplate to each volume, inside the front boards of; Sir John Tomlinson Brunner, 1st Baronet, DL (1842?1919) was a British chemical industrialist and Liberal Party politician. Went on to create the chemical company Brunner Mond & Co, initially making alkali by the Solvay process. As a Member of Parliament he represented Northwich, Cheshire, in 1885?1886 and then from 1887 to 1910. He was a paternalistic employer and as a politician supported Irish Home Rule, trade unions, free trade, welfare reforms and a generous benefactor to the towns in his constituency and to the University of Liverpool. He is the great grandfather of the Duchess of Kent.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin Including an Autobiographical Chapter. 3 volumes complete
• Publisher: John Murray., Albemarle St, London.
• Publication Date: 1887
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Humanities
  • Natural History
  • Biography