CHARLES DARWIN AND THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE
by Darwin, Charles; (Nora Balow, Editor & Introduction)
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
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About This Item
London, UK: Pilot Press, 1945. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/Bright, clean, As New. Gilt embossed blue linen boards/NF w/faded spine. DJ/None. PO label to front cover verso, and sticker removal scar to rear cover verso. Frontispiece. Fold-out map (New) to rear. Primary resource. Anthology. A collection of 39 letters written to family, and notebooks penned by Charles Charles Robert Darwin (1809 - 1882) over near 5 years during the voyage aboard the Beagle begun 1931. Volume, edited by Emma Nora Barlow (née Darwin) (1885 - 1989), granddaughter of Darwin, presents previously unpublished materials. A record of developing thoughts.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- CHARLES DARWIN AND THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE
- Author
- Darwin, Charles; (Nora Balow, Editor & Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Publisher
- Pilot Press
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- History/Journals/Letters/Adventure/Expedition
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- Adventure/Expeditions;
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