THE DESCENT OF MAN - CHARLES DARWIN - 1888 - SECOND EDITION - LEATHER BOUND
Item History & Price
THE DESCENT OF MAN AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX, CHARLES DARWIN, 1888.SECOND EDITION REVISED AND AUGMENTED (TWENTY THIRD THOUSAND)
LEATHER BOUND
Published by John Murray, London.
Lovely copy bound in fine brown leather with some wear and bumps but binding nice and tight with no major damage other than the 'Darwin' label on the spine missing (please see photos). Title label a little faded and nibbled but in fine green leather. Nice 19th Century marbled boards.Previous owner... leather label 'H.J CAPON' to front board. Owners inscription on front endpaper 'H.J Capon, 159 Edgware Road, London'693 pages in total. Internally the book is in very good condition for a book of this age with no staining or foxing but a few pages have previous owners notes/ markings in blue crayon/ pencil. Numerous 'in page' illustrations.
Please see all the photos for an overall assessment of the condition.
Please also see my other listing for my 1888 6th Edition of 'The Origin of the Species' by Darwin in the same binding and from the same original library/ owner.
LEATHER BOUND
Published by John Murray, London.
Lovely copy bound in fine brown leather with some wear and bumps but binding nice and tight with no major damage other than the 'Darwin' label on the spine missing (please see photos). Title label a little faded and nibbled but in fine green leather. Nice 19th Century marbled boards.Previous owner... leather label 'H.J CAPON' to front board. Owners inscription on front endpaper 'H.J Capon, 159 Edgware Road, London'693 pages in total. Internally the book is in very good condition for a book of this age with no staining or foxing but a few pages have previous owners notes/ markings in blue crayon/ pencil. Numerous 'in page' illustrations.
Please see all the photos for an overall assessment of the condition.
Please also see my other listing for my 1888 6th Edition of 'The Origin of the Species' by Darwin in the same binding and from the same original library/ owner.
