The Power of Movement in Plants

Charles Darwin

Published by D. Appleton and Co., 1896

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. New Edition. Very good with previous owner's signature on the front free end paper. Bit of loss to the tips and rubbing to the head and foot of the spine. DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 592 pp, 196 text woodcuts. Assisted by Francis Darwin. BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS. This title is, without doubt, the hardest of Darwin's scientific works to obtain in a Murray imprint. Only about 3000 were issued in the entire 19th Century and none were printed at all in the UK in the 20th Century, by any publisher, until facsimiles appeared in the 1960s. "This was an extension of the work on climbing plants to show that the same mechanisms hold good for flowering plants in general. It was another specialist book and seems to have sold fewer copies than any other, and was not reprinted in England after the year of Darwin's death until modern facsimilies appeared of the first thousand in 1966 and the second in 1969. "The first edition was published on November 6, 1880, and it is recorded that 1,500 copies were sold at Murray's autumn sale. It was in a standard binding and cost 15s. Seller Inventory # 300020

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Power of Movement in Plants
Publisher: D. Appleton and Co.
Publication Date: 1896
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good