£500 - £1,000
The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom - Charles Darwin. First Edition 1876 HB.1st Edition. Original green blind stamped cloth. Gilt title on spine. Top edge untrimmed. Coated brown endpapers. Errata slip present over Chapter One. .John Murray 1876. Green cloth boards are bumped and scuffed to edges and corners. Areas of bleaching/dusting present. Seam between spine and front board has a couple of small tears. Spine is complete with top and tail finger-pull damage. Spine is complete. Gilt lettering clear. Boards have light play and cracked seams. Residue of paste-down W H Smith label to inside front board. Circular impressed stamp to FEP. Contemporary name inscription dated 1887 to first blank. Pages are all clean and tight with practically no ageing. A better copy within than without, reflected in the estimate.
1st Edition. Original green blind stamped cloth. Gilt title on spine. Top edge untrimmed. Coated brown endpapers. Errata slip present over Chapter One. .John Murray 1876. Green cloth boards are bumped and scuffed to edges and corners. Areas of bleaching/dusting present. Seam between spine and front board has a couple of small tears. Spine is complete with top and tail finger-pull damage. Spine is complete. Gilt lettering clear. Boards have light play and cracked seams. Residue of paste-down W H Smith label to inside front board. Circular impressed stamp to FEP. Contemporary name inscription dated 1887 to first blank. Pages are all clean and tight with practically no ageing. A better copy within than without, reflected in the estimate. This lot is part of the collection that came from one of the oldest aristocratic families in British history.
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