Darwin, Charles, and Joseph Hooker.

Darwin, Charles. The Life and Letters...edited by his son, Francis Darwin. John Murray, 1887, 8vo,  3 volumes, first edition, presentation copy, inscribed to the editor's sister Henrietta on front endpaper ("H.E. Litchfield from her brother | Francis Darwin"), with the ownership signature in each volume of Henrietta's niece Gwendolen Darwin (later Gwen Raverat), annotations in pencil on the endpapers, together with markings in the text, possibly in the hand of Henrietta (or if not in that of another family member),  3 portraits, 3 plates, facsimile of autograph, original grey-green cloth, hinges partially split,  spines slightly torn and faded, edge-wear--Hooker, Joseph Dalton. Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a Naturalist. John Murray, 1854, 2 volumes, folding maps, tinted and wood-engraved plates, presentation copy inscribed by the author's wife Hyacinth Hooker to the Rev. J.D. La Touche on upper paste-down of volume 1 (dated 27 February 1891), nineteenth-century half calf, marbled boards and edges, foxed, folding plates frayed, binding very worn and rubbed and slightly torn (4)

Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Henrietta Litchfield, née Darwin, presentation inscription to her by the editor; her niece Gwen Raverat, ownership signatures dated 1928; thence by descent

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A fine family presentation copy. Shortly after Charles Darwin died in 1882 the family chose his third son Francis as the best editor for his letters. He was well qualified for at least two reasons, having had a good working relationship with his father, collaborating on experiments at Down after 1874, and also being the one with the most literary talent.

Hyacinth Hooker (née Jardine, 1842-1921) was the botanist and explorer's second wife, whom he married in 1876. They had two sons.