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1876 CHARLED DARWIN VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS 2 VOLUMES antique

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1893 CHARLES DARWIN SELECTED WORKS 15 VOLUMES antique ILLUSTRATED #147/1000: Selected Works of Charles Darwin New York and London, Appleton and Company; [1893] 15 volumes. With engraved frontispieces, plates, some folding, captioned tissue guards, title pages printed in red an

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1876 CHARLED DARWIN VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS 2 VOLUMES antique

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THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTIFICATION
by CHARLES DARWIN
2 volumes, complete
New York, D. Appleton and Co; 1876
Pp. xiv, 473, (4, ads); x, 495, (10, ads); 41 text-figures.
Publisher's original brick red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, blind-stamped with black decorations on the front cover
Second American edition , but the first Appleton edition.
Size 5.5 by 8"
Very good condition, minor wear of binding,
1890s library labels applied to the covers (easily removable with water - I can safely remove them by the request of the buyer before shipping) )
Ex-library
Text in English

Reserve: $500.00

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