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Franklin Classics. paperback. New. 6x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Franklin Classics. hardcover. New. 6x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

London: Henry Colburn, 1839. Book. Good. Full-Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The first two volumes of the four volume set. Volume I - Proceedings of the First Expedition. 1826-1830 under command of Captain P. Parker King. xxviii, 2 l., 597pp; Vol. II. - Proceedings of the Second Expedition, 1831-1836 under the command of Captain Robert Fitzroy. xiv, 1 l., 694p, addenda, 41 plates including 2 frontispieces, lacking the four loose folding maps (2 maps in each volume) and the "Chart of a part of South America" in volume I. Volume II is lacking the title page but has the half-title page. Browning mostly front portions of both books and plates, some old marginal damp stains, both books in full tree calf bindings, recased with new marbled endpapers, using original spine strips, lower half of Vol. II spine strip sympathetically replaced. Gilt monogram of General Assembly library on both volumes. Please enquire if you are interested in purchasing volumes separately..

, Volume I xxviii, [4], 597 pp +errata. Volume II xiv [2], 694 pp. Appendix Volume,viii, 352 pp., 54 black and white plates which include 7 loose folding maps. The loose maps are all facsimiles and not originals.

London: Henry Colburn,, 1839. From the Wedgwood family library First edition, association copy, with the inscription "Wedgwood, Maer" faintly pencilled on the half-title of Darwin's volume, itself the first issue of his first published book. The prominent Wedgwood family were relatives of his; he frequently visited their Staffordshire home, Maer Hall, and consulted them about the publication of his account of the Beagle's voyage. The Darwin and Wedgwood families became closely intertwined in the 18th century, linked by friendships, business dealings, and a number of first and second cousin marriages. Charles's grandfathers were the renowned pottery entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood and the physician Erasmus Darwin, and Charles himself married his cousin Emma Wedgwood in 1839. He corresponded with several members of the Wedgwood family about the publication of his volume, the Journal and Remarks (now popularly known as The Voyage of the Beagle), and invited them to read the manuscript notebook of his… Read More

London, Henry Colburn, 1839. . First edition, early issue, 3 vols in 4, 8vo, ownership signature to half-title vol. I, title vol. II, half-title vol. III; 9 folding engraved maps by J. Gardner and J. & C. Walker; 47 etched plates after P. King, A. Earle, C. Martens, R. Fitzroy and others, original blue blindstamped cloth gilt, glazed yellow endpapers, vols I-III neatly recased preserving majority of original spines, inner hinges of vols I-III neatly strengthened. This set with the following early issue points: the half-title to vol. III does not contain the initials F.R.S. after Darwin's name thus denoting an early printing of the preliminaries prior to Darwin becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society on 24th January 1839, all spines imprinted Colburn / London rather than London / Colburn, each volume bears the author's name, lacking from later issues, this set without advertisements as sometimes and as noted by Freeman, light foxing and stains to frontispiece and plates vol. II, overall a good clean… Read More