INVENTORY #146465
The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Including an Autobiographical Chapter. In Three Volumes.
DARWIN, Francis (ed.)
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Contains a selection of 87 letters from the correspondence of Charles Darwin, an autobiographical chapter written by Charles Darwin for his family, and an essay by Thomas Huxley "On the reception of the 'Origin of Species'". Correspondents include Charles' wife Emma, his brother Erasmus, cousin William Darwin Fox, Asa Gray, Charles Kingsley, Thomas Huxley, Charles Lyell, John Murray II, Herbert Spencer, Alfred Russel Wallace and others.
Publication Info
- Publisher: John Murray
- Edition: First Edition. Vols. II & III state Seventh Thousand Revised
- Date Published: 1887; 1888; 1888
- Place Published: London
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: ex library-good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
3 vols.: ix, 395; 393; iv, 418 p. 23 cm. Frontispiece portrait in each volume. Family tree chart. 2 b&w drawings in vol. I. Facsimile page in vol. II. Green cloth. Corners bumped, cloth on vols. II & III rubbed and wrinkled. Vol. I spine a bit cocked. Vol. III has tear in bottom of rear hinge. Vol. I has small label on front endpaper, ink stamp on next leaf and title. Older subscription library bookplates on front pastedowns. Some spotting to text block edges. Vol. I plate opposite p. 320 is loosening at bottom.