Insectivorous Plants

x, 462 pages. Ex-Lib with Hill Library Saint Paul on the title page. Binding shows some wear and between some signatures is loose, so the book lays flat. One signature is loose. No indication of thousand (print number) or errata slip, agrees with Freeman 1217, first edition.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, x, 462, [8] pages. In Very Good minus condition. Full binding of red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Minor shelfwear. Light chipping and rubbing to spine and corners. Age-toning to textblock. Bookplate on front pastedown. Signature of previous owner on front free endpaper. With 8 pages… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton, 1875. First American edition.. Light edge wear to the cloth at the head and foot of the spine; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. x, 462, (8, ads). Publisher’s original brick red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, decorated with four black wheels and black panel lines on… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1875. First edition of this classic work by Darwin. Octavo, original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, woodcut illustrations by Darwin and his sons, George and Francis Darwin. In very good condition. Bookplate and Henry Southeran's bookseller ticket to the pastedown. Darwin states in the opening pages to this comprehensive account: "During the summer… Read more about this item

UK: John Murray, 1888. Second Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second Edition 1888 Second edition, first issue, with no thousand given. The second edition features "some small corrections taken from Darwin's marked copy of the first edition, as well as textual additions and footnotes by his son which… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1893. xiv, 377, 30 woodcuts in text. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt to spine. Gift inscription dated 1906 and small ink ownership stamp to fly-leaf, and name in ink to top of title page. A very good, clean and bright copy.. Second edition, revised by Francis Darwin, sixth thousand. (The second edition was first… Read more about this item

Wigtown: Langford Press, 2002. (Facsimile reprint of the rare 1875 first edition, 30 text illustrations, small octavo, pp x, 462, a very good copy in a dustwrapper with a slight crease on the front fold-over flap. [Limited edition of 1000 copies]. Cloth. New/Very Good.

New York: D. Appleton & Company. Very Good+. 1875. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. The first American Edition. Better copy than normally found, VG+ or better. Some stains on the top edge. Internally in fine condition with no spotting, writing. Yellow endpapers, seems very fresh, possibly replaced? Book still square, clean boards. Freeman 1220. X +… Read more about this item

1875 1st ed Charles Darwin Insectivorous Plants Carnivorous Botany Evolution "One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die." ― Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species A rare first American edition of Charles Darwin's "Insectivorous Plants". This book was a study of Darwin's experiments and observations on carnivorous plants,… Read more about this item

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015-03-19. Paperback. Used: Good.

London : John Murray, 1893. Second edition, revised by Francis Darwin, sixth thousand. Octavo, publisher's blind blocked dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pp. xiv, 377; [1], lithographed illustrations in the text; some foxing to outer leaves, a very fine copy. First published on July 2 1875, the second edition published in 1888. This work was… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875. First US edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. x,462pp. followed by 8pp of publisher's ads. Original brick-colored cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and in black on the covers. Pale yellow coated endpapers. Illustrated. Index. Some wear to the hinges and boards else a near fine, bright copy, superior in… Read more about this item

Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.: Univ Pr of the Pacific, 2002. Reprint of the 1897 edition. Light cover creases and edge wear. Light cover indentations and slight cover curl. . Reprint. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall, 462 Pages.

London: John Murray,, 1875. A markedly fresh copy in the original cloth First edition, first issue. "These meticulous studies form a minor contribution to the evolutionary series by the study of the adaptations of such plants to impoverished conditions" (Freeman). Darwin consulted leading physiologists and chemists in the experimental work, and several of the woodcuts are after drawings by… Read more about this item

London: John Murray,, 1875. A meticulous study of botanical evolution First edition, first issue. Darwin consulted leading physiologists and chemists in this experimental work to show that carnivorous plants adapted to trap and digest insects, enabling them to survive in poor soil. Two of the woodcuts (figures 7 and 8) are after drawings by Darwin himself, while several are… Read more about this item

BiblioBazaar. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.

Independently published, 2019. Paperback. New. 243 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.55 inches.

University Press of the Pacific, 2002-08-25. Paperback. Used:Good.

Kessinger Publishing, 2004-06-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

London: John Murray, 1888. Second Edition Revised By Francis Darwin. “These meticulous studies form a minor contribution to the evolutionary series by the study of the adaptations of such plants to impoverished conditions. Darwin was helped by various physiologists and chemists in the experimental work, particularly by Professor Edward Frankland of the Royal College of Chemistry. His sons helped… Read more about this item