VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN FADED BROWN TO GREEN CLOTH. TOP OF SPINE IS FRAYED. WEAK BINDING. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE NATURAL HISTORY STRUCTURE PHYSIOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS. FIVE HAND COLOURED PLATES.
2ND EDITION. 12 HAND-COLOURED PLATES BY FITCH. MECHANICS INSTITUTE STAMP ON TITLE PAGE AND PLATE ON FIRST PAGE. SOME DAMAGE TO TOP OF SPINE . GREEN BOARDS GILT DECORATION ON FRONT.
REPRINT NICELY BOUND IN QUARTER LEATHER OVER GREEN BOARDS. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM EDWINA ASHLEY WIFE OF LORD MOUNTBATTEN TO THE COUNTESS OF BRECKNOCK MARJORIE MINNA JENKINS PRATT. SPOTTED FOXING TO FEP BUT VERY GOOD.
FOUR VOLUMES IN FINE CONDITION IN VERY GOOD SLIPCASE. INCLUDES: THE DESCENT OF MAN – AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES – BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION (OR THE PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE. A NATURALIST`S VOYAGE – JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRIES VISITED DURING THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPT. FITZ ROY R.N. INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD DAWKINS. THE EXPRESSIONS OF THE EMOTIONS – IN MAN AND ANIMALS. EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS.
VERY GOOD HARDBACK. SLIGHTLY WORN DUST WRAP. FASCINATING COMPOSITE PORTRAIT IN WORDS AND PICTURES SEEKING TO DEFINE SOME OF THE ENGLISHMAN’S ATTITUDES. INSCRIPTION ON F.E.P.
