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DARWIN (CHARLES) The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, FIRST EDITION, John Murray, 1871
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DARWIN (CHARLES)
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with page 297 of volume 1 beginning "transmitted", volume 2 with errata on verso of title, tipped-in 'Postscript' leaf, and advertisement leaves in both volumes dated January 1871, half-titles, wood-engraved illustrations, partially unopened, foxing mostly to first and last free endpapers, publisher's green cloth gilt, hinges cracking in volume 1, rubbed with some wearing of gilt to spine of volume 1 [Garrison-Morton 170; Freeman 937; Norman 599], 8vo, John Murray, 1871
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Provenance: Maxwell of Gribton, bookplate and pencil inscription on title of volume 1; John Eriksson, bookplate; private Swedish collection.

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