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THE ORIGIN; A Biographical Novel of Charles Darwin / By Irving Stone / Edited by Jean Stone
by Stone, Irving
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385120648
- ISBN 13
- 9780385120647
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1980. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED by the Author on a publisher's tipped-in front endpaper, thick 8vo, brown cloth with silver lettering on spine, frontispiece double-spread B&W map of the Beagle's voyage, archival mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped; $14.95) by Barry Littman, olive green endpapers, Bibliography, 743 pages. Krochs & Brentanos' "1st Edition Circle" bookmark laid in. Weight: 2 lbs. 5 oz. Irving Stone (1903 - 1989) was an American writer, chiefly known for his well-reserached and popular bio-historical novels about noted artists, politicians, and intellectuals. Among the best known are Lust for Life (1934), about Vincent van Gogh, and The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961), about Michelangelo. He married his editor, Jean Factor Stone, in 1934.<br /> <br /> Based on five years of research by Stone (paralleling in time Darwin's years aboard the "Beagle," The Origin is a biographical novel of the life of Charles Darwin. Darwin was a geologist and biologist, and is generally considered the father of evolutionary theory. The novel begins with Darwin at the age of 22 and is centered on the Voyage of "H.M.S. Beagle" until his death in 1882.<br /> <br /> SIGNED & in SUPERIOR CONDITION internally & externally. Slight edgewear mainly noticeable on dj's upper edge. No previous owner or remainder markings. Shipped well-wrapped in a box.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8609
- Title
- THE ORIGIN; A Biographical Novel of Charles Darwin / By Irving Stone / Edited by Jean Stone
- Author
- Stone, Irving
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385120648
- ISBN 13
- 9780385120647
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Darwin, geology, nature, voyage, Pacific, Galapagos Islands, South America, British, England, navy, survival, species, evolution, finches, disease,
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Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
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BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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