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DARWIN (CHARLES)
Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, together with Some Brief Notices on the Geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Being the Second Part of the Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle, under the Command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N., during the Years 1832 to 1836, FIRST EDITION, Smith, Elder, 1844

25 March 2015, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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DARWIN (CHARLES)

Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, together with Some Brief Notices on the Geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Being the Second Part of the Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle, under the Command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N., during the Years 1832 to 1836, FIRST EDITION, folding lithographed map, woodcut illustrations in the text, 24pp. advertisements (dated January 1844) inserted at end, light spotting, publisher's purple cloth, gilt lettered "Darwin on Volcanic Islands" on spine, slightly faded [Freeman 272], 8vo, Smith, Elder, 1844

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"The three parts of Darwin's geological results of the Beagle voyage were separately published over a period of five years, but they were intended, and described on the title pages, as parts of one work" (Freeman). This, the second part published at a price of 10s.6d, included observations on Australia and the Cape of Good Hope.

Provenance: Robert Hyde Greg (1795–1875), cotton manufacturer, economist, MP for Manchester and founder member of the Anti-Corn Law Association, bookplate and inscription on front free endpaper ("Quarry Bank", Greg's mill at Styal, Lancashire).

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