Darwinism Stated by Darwin Himself; Characteristic Passages From the Writings of Charles Darwin
by Sheppard, Nathan, ed
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good +
- Seller
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Wilmington, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1884. First American Edition. Cloth. Very good +. Small octavo (4 7/8" x 7 3/4), terra cotta cloth. Cover decorated in black stamped border design, which is blind stamped on the back cover. Spine titled in gilt. 351, (17)pp. with publisher's ads for scientific books, including a list titled "Standard Evolution Library". Very nice condition. Slight wear at the extremities. There is a (probably) nineteenth century pencilled price on the front free-endpaper, which has been erased. There remains an indentation from the pencil of the heavy-handed bookseller. "This volume contains, of course, only an outline of the contents of the twelve volumes from which it is compiled, and for which it isby no means intended as a substitute. It will, on the contrary, we should hope, create an appetite which can be satisfied only by a careful reading of the works themseves." A great sales pitch, which is followed by two pages of "Darwin and His Theories from a Religious Point of view"
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- Bookseller
- Austin's Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19313
- Title
- Darwinism Stated by Darwin Himself; Characteristic Passages From the Writings of Charles Darwin
- Author
- Sheppard, Nathan, ed
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1884
- Keywords
- Science; Natural History; Darwin; Natural Selection; Professor Nathan Sheppard
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Austin's Antiquarian Books
Biblio member since 2005
Wilmington, Vermont
About Austin's Antiquarian Books
Austin's Antiquarian Books is a used, rare and out of print bookshop located on West Main Street in Wilmington, Vermont. At our shop we have a general stock of approximately 15,000 used, scarce and out-of-print books, with particular strength in American History, especially Theodore Roosevelt the West, Travel, Decorative Arts, Natural History, and Sporting. We also offer a selection of antique maps and prints, historical paper and ephemera.
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