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 From Darwin’s own accounts of his work with plants, and from the mass of original material he left plus the unpublished letters, Mea Allan gives us a profound and delightful picture of this great man.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

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]

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]

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]

Brooks, John Langdon. Just Before the Origin. Alfred Russel Wallace’s Theory of Evolution.
Pub. Columbia Uni. Press. 1984 pp.xiii, 284 with b/w. maps. 8vo. Neat ownership label to front-paste down. A fine hdbk. in nr. fine dw.
£15.00 [ref: 49162]

Browne, Janet. Charles Darwin. Volume 1 - Voyaging.
1st. Ed. Pub. Jonathan Cape. 1995 pp.xiii, 605 with b/w. illus. 4to. Some wear to top-edge of rear board, o/w. a thor. vg. hdbk. in thor. vg. dw.
£12.00 [ref: 52674]

Bunting, J. Charles Darwin. A Biography.
Pub. Bailey Brothers and Swinfen. 1974 pp.126. Scattered light foxing to fore-edges, dustwrapper a little marked in places. Overall a vg. copy.
£8.50 [ref: 46393]

Burkhardt, F. and Smith, S. (Eds.). A Calendar of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821-1882. With Supplement.
Pub. C.U.P. 1994 pp.viii, 690 with b/w. frontis. Very small snag to top-edge of several pages o/w. contents in fine condition. Black cloth boards, lightly faded on spine, o/w. fine.
Very comprehensive.
£65.00 [ref: 45232]

Chapman, Roger and Duval, Cleveland (Eds.). Charles Darwin, 1809-1882. A Centennial Commemorative.
1st. Ed. Pub. Nova Pacifica, Wellington, New Zealand. 1982 pp.xii, 376 with 27 colour plates (one being fold-out), monochrome portrait frontis., and many illus. in text. 4to. Bound in half navy blue calf leather over blue cloth boards. Lettered and decorated in gilt to spine. A fine hardback in fine slipcase. Limited edition of 750 copies, this being No. 236.
A fascinating insight. Published to commemorate the far reaching achivements of Charles Darwin. With contributions from Darwin scholars including Mea Allan. Principally divided into four parts, namely ‘Darwin Biography’, ‘Darwin and the Nineteenth Century’, ‘Darwin and the Sciences’ and lastly, ‘Darwin and the Twentieth Century’.
£250.00 [ref: 54355]

Darwin, C. Journal of Researches.
Pub. Grand Colosseum Warehouse. [1895] pp.492 with text figs. Binding stained and pulled at spine ends. Plum cloth binding. Contents very clean and bright. Good to vg. Freeman 78.
£25.00 [ref: 18649]

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