Darwin, Charles
Collection of early editions
£2,142
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
all published by John Murray, 8vo, original cloth unless otherwise stated, Freeman numbers given in square brackets:
1) The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. London: John Murray, 1872. First edition, second issue, near-contemporary half calf for William Brown of Edinburgh, vi 374 pp., 7 heliotype plates (numbered in Arabic; 3 folding), bookplate of Henry Faulds (1843-1930), Scottish doctor and pioneer of fingerprinting, covers detached, advertisements (2C2-4) discarded, text-leaves toned, spotting to versos of plates and to adjacent text-leaves [1142];
2) Insectivorous Plants, 1875. First edition, second thousand, retaining errata slip, binding rubbed, fraying to spine-ends, front pastedown and free endpaper damp-stained [1218]
3) The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, 1882. Sixth edition, twenty-fourth thousand, folding lithographic plate, nick to head of spine, spotting to outer leaves and plate, inner hinges superficially cracked [407];
4) Idem, 1886. Sixth edition, thirtieth thousand, folding plate, spotting to plate outer leaves and plate [417];
5) Idem, 1906. Contemporary maroon half calf, photographic portrait frontispiece, folding plate [498/9];
6) The Descent of Man, 1875. Second edition, revised and augmented, eleventh thousand, slightly rubbed, spine rolled, spine-ends nicked, contemporary bookseller's blind stamp to front free endpaper [945];
7) Idem, 1888. Second edition, revised and augmented, twenty-second thousand, 2 volumes, contemporary half calf, stamp of Queen's College Belfast gilt to front boards, Queen's prize plate to D. E. Morell dated 1892 to volume 1 front pastedown, recipient's ownership inscription to volume 2 initial blank, collector's book-label to volume 2 front pastedown, related annotation to inner margin of p. v in each volume, bindings rubbed, volume 1 front inner hinge split [965];
8) Idem, 1909. Contemporary maroon half calf [1008];
9) The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication. Second edition, revised, fifth thousand, 1885. 2 volumes in 1, contemporary black half morocco, occasional marginalia, title-page spotted [886];
10) Idem. 1893. Second edition, revised, eighth thousand, 2 volumes, early ownership inscriptions to initial blanks [893];
11) The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom, 1878. Second edition, ex Kent County Library with shelfmark in white ink to spine, labels to front pastedown and free endpaper, and associated markings to title-page recto and verso, unrelated monogram ink-stamps to initial and terminal blanks, spotting to outer leaves [1251];
12) Idem, 1888. 'Second' edition, later ownership inscription to initial blank, largely unopened [1254];
13) The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects, 1890. Second edition, revised, fifth thousand, bookplate (E. E. Turner) [810];
14) The Formation of Vegetable Mould, 1882. First edition, sixth thousand, corrected, ownership inscription of Edinburgh shipbuilder Henry Garrett Gourlay (dated September 1882) to title-page, spine rolled, small split to front joint, spotting to endpapers [1362];
15) The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1889. Third edition, gilt stamp of the University Club, Edinburgh front board, folding map and plate (both with closed tears) [275]