DARWIN CHARLES Geological Observations on the Volcanic Isla

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DARWIN, CHARLES. Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America. 5 folding plates; 2 folding maps; 40 text illustrations. Half-title. 8vo, 126x85 mm, contemporary 1/2 calf gilt, rebacked retaining worn and chipped original backstrip; faint dampwrinkling along bottom edges toward end, light foxing on plates, map of South America and plates unobtrusively reinforced in lower inner corner. London, 1876

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Second collected edition of Darwin's geological results from the Beagle voyage. These were originally published in 3 parts from 1842 to 1846 and in a single volume in 1851. Freeman 276.