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Darwin and After Darwin, An Exposition of The Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions, Second Edition..
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Darwin and After Darwin, An Exposition of The Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions, Second Edition.

Romanes, George John · London

Author
Romanes, George John
Date
1893, 95
Place
London
Publisher
Longman's, Green and Co.
Language
English
Binding
8vo.(5" x 7.5") Two (married) volumes complete (Second Edition).Ex-Lib. Full green cloth with blindstamp rule framing both boards. Spine with gilt lettering. Top edge darkened, black endpapers. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed, some with tiny loss to tips. Head and foot of spine ruffled with small closed tears. Boards rubbed with small lighter spots to upper board of Vol.II. Evidence of sticker removal from spines. Prior owners name in old ink to head of Preface and Illustration page in Vol.I, to the head of the half-title, title page and Chapter I in Vol.II. Embossed stamps of The American Congregational Association Library (Boston) to several leaves including both title pages. Date due sticker to rear pastedown of Vol.I. Illustrated with 131 drawings within text between both volumes. Vol.I with engraved frontispiece, Vol.II with photogravure frontispiece.
Edition
Mixed Editions
Category
Science & Medicine
Record
S.I.10344

"Darwin and After Darwin: An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions," Second Edition, published in 1893 by Longmans, Green and Co., London. This complete two-volume set explores Darwinian evolutionary theory and the scientific questions that followed, making it a noteworthy addition to collections of Victorian science, biology, and the history of evolutionary thought.

Octavo (5" x 7.75"), comprising two complete volumes in full green cloth with blindstamped rules framing the boards and gilt lettering to the spines. Illustrated with 131 in-text drawings between the two volumes, plus an engraved frontispiece in Volume I and a photogravure frontispiece in Volume II. The set has mixed-edition status as noted.

Condition: Ex-library, with embossed stamps from the American Congregational Association Library of Boston on several leaves, including both title pages, and a due-date sticker on the rear pastedown of Volume I. Previous owners’ names appear in ink on several preliminary pages. The bindings show edgewear, bumped and rubbed corners with minor tip loss, ruffled spine ends with small closed tears, and evidence of sticker removal from the spines. The top edges are darkened, and Volume II has small lighter spots on the upper board. A substantial historical set for collectors of Darwiniana, evolutionary science, and nineteenth-century scientific literature.

Condition

Very Good

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