Darwin, Charles

i) Fitz-Roy, Robert. The Weather Book. 1863, FIRST EDITION, 16 plates, contemporary half calf, rather worn; ii) Müller, F. Facts and Arguments for Darwin. 1869, first edition in English, illustrations, original cloth, bookplate of Frederick Ducane Godman; iii) Bewick, T. A General History of Quadrupeds. Newcastle, 1820, seventh edition, illustrations, contemporary calf, signature of Gwen Raverat (Darwin's grand-daughter and artist), occasional spotting, binding worn; iv) Cholmondeley-Pennell, H. The Sporting Fish of Great Britain. 1886, FIRST EDITION, 16 chromolithographed and 2 plain plates, Francis Darwin's copy with his signature and bookplate, original vellum-backed cloth, spine somewhat marked; v) Sidney, Rev. Edwin. A collection of 6 pamphlets in one volume. [c.1856-1860], contemporary half calf; vi) Darwin, Francis, editor. The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin. 1887, 3 volumes, FIRST EDITION, a few plates, original cloth; vii) Myrtle, Harriet. A Day of Pleasure... for young children. 1853, small 4to, 8 engraved plates, most coloured by a former owner, inscribed "Lizzy Darwin Dec. 1852", contemporary half calf, plates spotted, slightly rubbed, upper joint splitting; viii) Parsons, Theophilius. On the Origin of Species. New Haven, 1860, 13pp. offprint from the American Journal of Science and Arts, vol. 30, original printed wrappers (loose and chipped); and 5 others (including Berta Ruck's (a cousin of Bernard Darwin) own annotated copy of her autobiography A Story-teller Tells the Truth (1935)), all but one 8vo (15)

In addition to any condition described in the catalogue, some of the volumes have detached covers.
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