Allan, M. Darwin and his Flowers.
Pub. Faber and Faber. 1977 pp. 318 with numerous colour and b/w. photographs and illus. A vg. copy in same dw.
It was through his studies on flowers that Darwin put his theory of Natural selection to the test. From Darwin’s own accounts of his work with plants, and from the mass of original material he left plus the unpublished letters, Mea Allan gives us a profound and delightful picture of this great man.
£35.00 [ref: 37301]

Aydon, C. Charles Darwin.
1st. Ed. Pub. Constable. 2002 pp.xxvi, 326 with b/w. photos and maps. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine hardback in fine dw., gently sunned on spine. Out-of-print.
Aimed at readers who want more than a short introduction, but not a full-scale academic biography. Includes an extended postcript reviewing the ups and downs of Darwin’s reputation since his death, and evaluates the personal qualities, and the external influences, which made his achievements possible.
£7.50 [ref: 55952]

Barlow, N. (Ed.). Darwin and Henslow. The Growth of an Idea. Letters 1831-1860.
Pub. Bentham-Moxon. 1967 pp.xii, 251 with plates and a fold-out maps. The dw. is sl. worn and chipped. Overall a very good copy. Freeman No. 1598.
£10.00 [ref: 42851]

Barlow, Nora (Ed.). Darwin’s Ornithological Notes.
1st. Ed. Pub. British Museum (Nat. His.). 1963 pp.[ii], [203]-278. Small 4to. Fine softback. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series Vol.2 No.7.
Through reading Darwin’s ‘Ornithological Notes’ which he finished by March 1837, it is possible to assess the part played by ornithology in Darwin’s developing thought.
£45.00 [ref: 59265]

Barrett, P.H. & Freeman, R.B.(Ed). The Works of Charles Darwin. Volumes 4, 5, and 6. The Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle.
Pbk. Fac. Ed. Pub. New York Uni. Press. 1987 Three volumes with b/w. reproductions of the original plates and illus. 8vo. Fine softbacks.
These three volumes, (part of the bigger 29 volume edition of Darwin’s collected works), contain the complete 5 parts of the Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S Beagle. Volume 4 comprises - Part I: Fossil Mammalia and Part II: Mammalia. Volume 5 comprises - Part III: Birds and Volume 6 comprises - Part IV: Fish and Part V: Reptiles.
£50.00 [ref: 57933]

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Barrett, P.H. (Ed.). The Collected Papers of Charles Darwin. 2 Volumes. With a foreword by T. Dobzhansky.
Pub. Uni. Chicago. 1977 2 Volumes with figs. throughout. A nr. fine set in sl. spine-faded dustwrappers.
£25.00 [ref: 42865]

Bendall, D.S. (Ed). Evolution from Molecules to Men.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1983 pp.xiii, 594 with figs. 8vo. Hardback. Signature. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw., showing some sunning to spine.
Takes a broad view of biological evolution as a whole and attempts to identify outstanding problems as they appear to the most able exponents of the subject 100 years after the death of Charles Darwin.
£22.50 [ref: 21435]

Bowman, Robert I. Morphological Differentiation and Adaptation in the Galapagos Finches. Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands. Contribution No.1.
1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of California Press. 1961 pp.vii, 326 with b/w. photos., illus. and figs. 4to. Nr. fine softback with gently sunned covers.
A detailed study of the structural variations of the Galapagos finches to explain the adaptive significance of these variations to food and feeding behaviours. It also provides an inventory of facts on the anatomy, foraging behaviour and environment of the finches.
£35.00 [ref: 59270]

Brent, P. Charles Darwin. A Man of Enlarged Curiosity.
1st. Ed. Pub. Heinemann. 1981 pp.536 with b/w. photos., and illus. 8vo. Bookplate. A fine hardback in good dw. Newspaper article about the death of Harriet, a giant Galapagos tortoise, aged 175 loosely inserted.
£7.50 [ref: 55937]

Bronowski, J. The Ascent of Man.
1st. Ed. Pub. Book Club. 1976 pp.448 with colour and b/w. photos. and illus. 4to. A thor. vg. hdbk. in vg. dw., showing some fading and chipping on spine.
£5.00 [ref: 49968]