Lot 281

Darwin, Charles
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex




Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 30 September 2020 at 11:00 BST
£625
Description
London: John Murray, 1871. 2 volumes, first edition, second issue with 9 works listed on the title-page verso of volume 2 and the half-title verso blank, and 'When' as the first word in volume 1 p.297, original green cloth gilt, bookplates, hinges worn, some internal foxing, some rubbing and bumping to covers, covers of volume 2 detached from text block with some fading and rippling to upper cover [Freeman 246]



