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Darwin, Charles (1809-1882) The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex.
London: John Murray, 1871.
First edition, second issue, two octavo volumes, with 16 pages publisher's advertisements at rear of each volume; bound in publisher's green cloth decorated in blind with gilt lettering and black coated endpapers; repaired open tear to half-title of second volume, occasional spotting, particularly at ends; both hinges cracked on volume one, extremities bumped, blocks cracked in a few places; the set housed in a green cloth slipcase; 7 ½ x 5 7/8 in. Freeman p. 51.
[Together with] Darwin, Francis, ed. (1848-1925) Life and Letters of Charles Darwin. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1899. Later edition, two octavo volumes, illustrated with two frontispieces and four plates; bound in terracotta publisher's cloth stamped with black, gilt lettered spine, yellow coated endpapers; one or two marginal tears; extremities rubbed, spine caps just pushed; ex libris Iliff, with armorial bookplate; 7 ¾ x 4 ¾ in. (4)
From the Library of the late Stanley DeForest Scott, sold to benefit the Library of the Grolier Club.
