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DARWIN, CHARLES. Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the various countries visited by H. M. S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy...from 1832 to 1836. London: Henry Colburn 1839.
8vo, 232 x 149 mm. (9 1/8 x 6 in.), original brownish-purple blind-stamped ribbed cloth, spine gilt-lettered, Freeman variant "b", folding stiff cloth chemise and slipcase, a few tears to head and tail of spine and along lower joint, corners scuffed, board edges slightly bruised, spine faded, upper inner hinge starting, first few quires loosening, both maps foxed and with a short tear at mount edge, occasional faint mostly marginal staining.
FIRST EDITION, first separate issue, (preliminary pages [i-iv] cancelled and pp. [v-vi] discarded), half-title, 2 folding engraved maps, 4 text wood engravings, addenda, Colburn's 16-page catalogue dated August 1839 bound in at end.
Ellis/Mengel 624; Freeman 11; Hill II, p. 394.
Provenance:
Dr. Evan Morton Evans (1870-1955)
Daniel Webster Evans (1907-1966).
8vo, 232 x 149 mm. (9 1/8 x 6 in.), original brownish-purple blind-stamped ribbed cloth, spine gilt-lettered, Freeman variant "b", folding stiff cloth chemise and slipcase, a few tears to head and tail of spine and along lower joint, corners scuffed, board edges slightly bruised, spine faded, upper inner hinge starting, first few quires loosening, both maps foxed and with a short tear at mount edge, occasional faint mostly marginal staining.
FIRST EDITION, first separate issue, (preliminary pages [i-iv] cancelled and pp. [v-vi] discarded), half-title, 2 folding engraved maps, 4 text wood engravings, addenda, Colburn's 16-page catalogue dated August 1839 bound in at end.
Ellis/Mengel 624; Freeman 11; Hill II, p. 394.
Provenance:
Dr. Evan Morton Evans (1870-1955)
Daniel Webster Evans (1907-1966).