Porter Duncan Editor (7 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. Pages are crisp and clean, no marking. Cover is good. Binding is tight/good. There is a name at the first page.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 288 pages. 9.75x7.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Like New. First Edition. Dark blue hardback with gilt lettered spine, complete with original dustjacket, just ever so lightly shelf-worn. In nearly new, if not new condition: firm and square with strong joints, no bumps. Contents are crisp, tight and clean; no pen-marks. Thus a very nice copy that looks and feels unread, now offered for sale at a very reasonable price.…

Hardbound. Condition: VG. Black cloth boards w/ green DJ, [xl] 655pp, numerous BW illustrations. From the publisher--Charles Darwin's health improved substantially in 1866 under a dietary and exercise regime prescribed by his physician Henry Bence Jones. With renewed vigour, he worked steadily on his manuscript of Variation of Plants and Animals under Domestication, submitting all but the final chapter to his publisher in December. He also worked on the fourth, and much revised, edition of Origin which was delivered to printers in July, and preparations were begun for a third German edition of Origin. His improved health allowed him a more active social life. At Down, Darwin entertained a number of scientific colleagues whom he had known previously only through correspondence. He also made his first appearance in London scientific society in many years, touring the Zoological Gardens at Regent's Park, and appearing at a soirée at the Royal Society.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 936 pages. 9.75x6.75x2.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 736 pages. 9.50x6.75x1.75 inches. In Stock.