The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects by DARWIN, CHARLES - 1877

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John Murray, 1904. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1904. Popular Edition. 300 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Library copy with stamps, labels and inscriptions to front free endpaper. Dewy code to spine. Black and white illustrations throughout. Cracking to rear hinge, exposing netting. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm with all pages attached. Pages are lightly tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. More pronounced towards the start and end of the book. Minor chipping to bottom edge of page 299. Text is unaffected. Black markings to top edge of text block. Minor scuffing to front hinge. Boards have moderate edge wear with corner bumping. Visible sunning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Small splits to spine edges, cloth is slightly frayed. Black marks overall. Scuffing with paper remnants to spine bottom edge. Book has a slight forward lean.

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Appleton, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. VG red boards with gilt lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; Contents clean and unmarked except for bookplate on front paste down. No dust jacket. 300pp. Index. Cover lightly soiled, spot where sticker removed on FFEP, previous owner stamp on end paper, slight webbing showing at half title page, slight wear to corners. 2nd edition, revised. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.

Uk: John Murray. Good. Leather Bound. 1888. 2nd Edition. 300 pages. 2nd edition revised 4th thousand - some age tanning-sc hool prize binding -raised banks -label /University college schoo l 1891 awarded to JOhn Aldous CLinch for mounting objects for the microscope-marbled end papers & edges .

E-354. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by D. Appleton and Company, New York. 1889. Xvi, 300 pgs. Illustrated. Second Edition, Revised. Bound in red decorated with black and blind design to the boards. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards. Light foxing present. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In this book Darwin explains the complex ecological connection of the worldwide coevolution between orchids and insects. He emphasizes the role of insects in plant pollination and thus opened up new fields of research for subsequent botanists. Although this book (first published in 1862) did not match the success of "On the Origin of Species" (1859) , it did cement Darwin's reputation as a botanist. Many of his studies of English orchids were made near where he lived , in Orchis bank", a place that is now a nature reserve and is still home to a large number of orchids, insects and birds. EB;… Read More

London: John Murray, 1899. Second edition, sixth impression.. Top outer corner clipped front endpaper presumably to remove a previous owner’s name, gilt on spine a little dull but fully readable, rear endpaper only with faint foxing; the text is very bright and clean with no signs of use; a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. xvi, 300; 38 woodcuts in text. Publisher's original forest-green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, and stamped in blind along the outer borders of the front and rear covers, 8vo. This is Darwin's primary work on plant fertilization. Darwin was keenly interested in the morphology of orchids and how these structures enticed insects to fertilize them. This is Freeman 814; there are only eight John Murray entries in Freeman for "Fertilisation of Orchids." Far fewer copies of this Darwin title were printed by Murray compared with his other titles. No ownership marks.