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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 From Darwin’s own accounts of his work with plants, and from the mass of original material he left plus the unpublished letters, Mea Allan gives us a profound and delightful picture of this great man.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]

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Darwin and His Flowers. Allan, M. Darwin and His Flowers. The Key to Natural Selection.
1st. Ed. Pub. Faber. 1977 pp.318 with colour and b/w. photographs; b/w. illus. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
What has never been pointed out about Darwin and the ‘Origin’ is that it was through his studies of flowers that he put his Natural Selection theory to the test. For the first time, in this work, the story is knowledgably and sensitively told by Mea Allan. She provides the reader with a profound and delightfully human picture of the man who ‘could not tell a daisy from a dandelion’ but who ended by teaching the botanists.

£9.50 [ref: 64894]

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Charles Darwin. 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.

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Darwin and Henslow. 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]

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The Works of Charles Darwin. Barrett, P.H. & Freeman, R.B.(Ed). The Works of Charles Darwin. Volume 14. Monographs of the Fossil Lepadidae and the Fossil Balanidae.
Pbk. Fac. Ed. Pub. New York Uni. Press. 1988 pp.6, vi, 123, v, 58 with b/w. reproductions of the original plates and illus. 8vo. Signature. Fine softback.
A very well produced reproduction of Darwin’s ‘Monograph on the Fossil Lepadidae’ (1851), and ‘A Monograph on the Fossil Balanidae’ (1854)

£15.00 [ref: 59587]

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The Collected Papers of Charles Darwin. 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]

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Evolution from Molecules to Men. 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]

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Morphological Differentiation and Adaptation in the Galapagos Finches. 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]

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The Ascent of Man. 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]

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Charles Darwin. Browne, J. Charles Darwin. Volume 1 - Voyaging; Volume 2 - The Power of Place.
Pub. Pimlico and Jonathan Cape. 1996 - 2002 Two volume set with b/w. photos., illus., and maps. 8vo. Vol.1 fine softback, Vol. 2 fine hardback in fine dw. A review of The Power of Place by A.S. Byatt (Pub. Science (2003)) loosely inserted.
Drawing on new material 'Voyaging' considers the question of how did the young, amiable Charles Darwin grow into the thinker that he became to be? 'The Power of Place' then considers the transformation in Darwin's life following the unexpected announcement of the theory he and Alfred Wallace devised.

£45.00 [ref: 58146]

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