The Origin of Species. [with] The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects [with] The Descent of Man. [and] Insectivorous Plants
Published by London: John Murray 1878, 1877, 1877, 1875, 1878
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Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United KingdomBow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB)
AbeBooks seller since September 22, 1998
Condition: Used
US$ 3,093.46
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Four volumes, mixed editions. 8vo. Uniformly bound in contemporary green full calf, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered red spine labels, the other compartments richly gilt, endpapers and all edges marbled , the early book label of a Walter Palmer of "The Acacias, Reading" to the front free endpapers. "Origin." with a folding plate, illustrations in the text throughout the other works. Foxing to the front and rear of each volume, some rubbing to the extremities, a handsome set of these early issues. "Origin of Species" - sixth edition, 20th thousand, dated 1878 (the second issue of the definitive text published two years earlier); "Various Contrivances." - second edition, revised (preceded only by the first edition of 1862); "Descent of Man" - second edition, 12th thousand, revised and augmented, 1877; "Insectivorous Plants" - second thousand (preceded only by the first issue published in July the same year). Freeman, 403, 801, 948 and 1217 respectively.
Seller Inventory # 45749
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Origin of Species. [with] The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects [with] The Descent of Man. [and] Insectivorous Plants
- Author
- DARWIN, Charles
- Publisher
- London: John Murray 1878, 1877, 1877, 1875
- Publication year
- 1878
- Seller catalogs
- Natural History
Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB)
Lewes, United Kingdom
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Store description
Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association…
Specialty
Literature, Topography & Travel, Maps & Atlases, Geology, Fine Bindings & Fore Edge Paintings, General Antiquarian, Science, Natural History, Sussex, BloomsburyAssociation member
Seller's business information
Bow Windows Bookshop Ltd.
175 High Street
Lewes, United Kingdom BN7 1YE
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We can accept payment by Mastercard, Visa and Sterling cheques, as well as by bank transfer. Please make cheques payable to Bow Windows Bookshop Ltd. All books must be prepaid before sending, unless you are already known to us. All books are returnable for a full refund if found not to be as described. Postage will be charged at cost and will automatically include full insurance cover. Please note that international deliveries may be subject to import duties, taxes, and fees that are beyond our control and these are not included in any delivery charges, except for EU destinations, where we will contact you about the duty charges which have to be DDP (delivery duties paid). Customs procedures may also cause delivery delays.
Bow Windows Bookshop Ltd., registered in England and Wales, company no. 7290146. Registered office: 1 West Street, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2NZ.
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