The Works of Charles Darwin [in 15 volumes]

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1897-1898, 1897. Half Leather. Octavo. Good +. Item #35836

15 Volumes, Authorized Edition. Half maroon leather and marbled boards, gilt spine titles, top edge gilt, illustrated with many line-drawings, plates, and maps, some unopened. Volumes include: The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs. 1897 Third Edition, plates & 1 folding map; Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America during the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle. 1897 Third Edition, with maps and illustrations, some in colour and many folding; Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle Round the World, under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. 1897; The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication. In Two Volumes. 1897, illustrated; Insectivorous Plants. 1897, illustrated; The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species. 1897, illustrated; The Power of Movement in Plants. 1897, illustrated; The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservaton of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life. In Two Volumes. With Additions and Corrections from Sixth and Last English Edition. 1898; The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. 1898 Second Edition Revised and Augmented, illustrated; The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. 1898 with Photographic and other illustrations; The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms with Observations on Their Habits. 1898, illustrated; The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin Including and Autobiographical Chapter. In Two Volumes. Edited by his son Francis Darwin. 1898, illustrated. Very lightly scuffed at the spine ends, with a faint odour of moth balls, else a good, clean and tight set.

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