London: Henry Colburn, 1839. Three volumes and the separately bound appendix to volume 2. 8vo. xxviii, (4), "597" [= 601]; xiv, (2), 694, (2); viii, 352; xiv, "615" [= 638] pp. With 8 folded engraved charts and maps loose. First edition. First issue. With 44 lithographed plates, most with tissue..... More

[England]: 4 October, 1832. Two pages. Letter written in brown ink on a folded sheet, the back leaf containing an address in manuscript with a black wax seal (a dragon with a D). The stamp has been cut from the letter without affecting the text. Letter by Francis Darwin, announcing..... More

Munich: Ernst Reinhardt, 1905. 8vo. viii, 335 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original cloth, faded. Bookplate of Otto Vernon Darbishire, plus his signature dated 1906 and the signature of E. Rimin dated 1939. First edition of Pauly's most important work which represented the sum of his efforts over thirty years in evolutionary..... More

London: Andrew Melrose, 1909. 8vo. xii, 245, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece photograph. Original cloth. Signature of Lindsay dated April, 1910. First edition. Thomson, a Scotch biologist, brings Darwin, his work and the issues that have arisen based on his theory of evolution, up to date. Thomson provides a foundation..... More

Paris: E. Thunot, 1849. 8vo. 15 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 1 folding plate. Marbled boards with the original front wrapper bound in bearing the author's presentation inscription. Dr. Herbert M. Evans's bookplate. Presentation copy of the first edition of this work by Daubrée, French geologist and mining engineer, containing an..... More

Paris: Flammarion, 1909. 8vo. [iv], 371, 8 pp. (publisher's catalogue). FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers, uncut. Needs re-sewing. Ownership signature on the half-title. First edition of the comprehensive overview of evolution. The authors first discuss earlier notions in the development of the theory, citing Lamarck, Erasmus Darwin, Saint-Hilaire, and others..... More

A La Haye: P. de Hondt, 1758. 4to. [ii], iv, 73 pp., plus 5-page publisher's catalogue. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH, TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN. Title in red and black, woodcut headpieces and initials, and 11 engraved plates. Calf-backed pebbled boards; last 3 leaves skillfully reinforced at fore-edge. From the library..... More

Paris: F.G. Levrault, 1812. 8vo. xii, 272 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 60 engraved plates made after drawings by Pretre. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, head of spine worn and the covers a bit faded; interior excellent. First edition of the author's major work on the classification of insects, with the..... More

Charleston: J.R. Schenck, 1821; 1824. Two volumes. 8vo. [ii], [ii]-iv, 14, 606, [vi]; [viii], 743, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. Volume I with the dedication leaf to Rev. Henry Muhlenberg. With 12 plates (6 in each volume). Contemporary boards re-backed in modern calf; interior clean with light offsetting on a few..... More

New York: John B. Alden, 1889. 8vo. xvi, 704 pp. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Blue publisher's cloth. An excellent copy. First American edition from the original London edition of 1884 which was published in two volumes. This edition has been enlarged with additions and corrections. The focus is on flower lore..... More

Strasbourg: Amand Konig, 1770. 4to. [vi], xviii, [iii], 252, [3] pp. FIRST EDITION. With 4 folding engraved plates. Contemporary paper-covered boards, rebacked; a fine copy. First edition of this very interesting work on the anatomy of fishes, in Latin and French on opposite pages. Gouan's history basically consists of full..... More

Washington: Printed for James C. Dunn, 1835. 8vo. 396, 160 pp., including appendix. FIRST EDITION. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Contemporary sheepskin; light penciling, extremities rubbed, otherwise very good. First edition. One of the best and earliest principal sources on Liberia's colonial history. Of particular interest is the chapter devoted to the..... More

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable;: London: Hurst, Robinson, 1824. 8vo. xviii, 372; xii, 288, 65 pp. Second edition. Engraved folding map of South America (browned). Half-calf over marbled boards. Signature of William Verelst, possibly one of the four sons of Harry Verelst (d. 1785), governor of Bengal. A fresh, clean copy. Second..... More